text: Some well known Japanese football players started practicing football (or soccer) because of this anime, I think that alone says a lot about it. The story evolves around a boy, Tsubasa, who loves football more than any other thing - the ball is his friend, he says - and the struggles he has to face to fullfill his dream of becoming one of the best football players ever. Every match is team face is a challenge, and in every challenge there are opponents which share the same dream as Tsubasa. The tricks and plays that characterize each character of the anime is what makes it so damn funny and unforgettable, especially for every kid - like me at the time - who dream of becoming a footballer.


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The Browns on Monday placed LB Quentin Groves on injured reserve with an ankle injury and promoted LB Brandon Magee to the active roster from the practice squad.
Magee, a 5-11, 225-pound rookie from Arizona State, appeared in the Browns' first six games and recorded three special-teams tackles. He was inactive Week 7 and spent the past two weeks on the practice squad. Magee, who spent training camp with Dallas, appeared in 44 games with the Sun Devils and recorded 231 tackles. He was also an outfielder on the Arizona State baseball team who helped the squad advance to the College World Series twice and was selected in the MLB draft three times. A native of Corona, Calif., he graduated from Centennial High School.
Voted the 2013 special-teams captain by his teammates, Groves appeared in five games and registered five tackles and two sacks on defense. He also had one coverage tackle and a forced fumble during a punt.

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In his latest column, Paul Krugman discusses a theme that we're pretty fond of around these parts: The disconnect between the belief that the government has expanded wildly under Obama, and the reality, which is that government spending has fallen in a way that's quite unusual for an economy trying to recover.
The key, of course, is that the fall in government spending is the result of state and local cuts, which people will say is not the result of any administration policies: And that may be true, but it doesn't change the economics.
Start with government employment (which is mainly at the state and local level, with about half the jobs in education). By this stage in the Reagan recovery, government employment had risen by 3.1 percent; this time around, it's down by 2.7 percent.
Next, look at government purchases of goods and services (as distinct from transfers to individuals, like unemployment benefits). Adjusted for inflation, by this stage of the Reagan recovery, such purchases had risen by 11.6 percent; this time, they're down by 2.6 percent.
Krugman argues that if you assume government spending growth like Reagan had, you'd get another 1.3 million jobs, and an unemployment rate sub-7%.
Thus he concludes:
This policy malpractice is doing double damage to America. On one side, it's helping lose the future — because that's what happens when you neglect education and public investment. At the same time, it's hurting us right now, by helping keep growth low and unemployment high.


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One of my favorite things about spring is that sugar snap peas are everywhere right now. If I go to a farmer's market, there will be bins full of sugar snap peas piled high. And inevitably someone offering a sample using the peas, like a salad with a lemony dressing.
My favorite way to cook them is just roasting them in the oven with olive oil, salt, and pepper, serving them alongside dishes like buttermilk roast chicken. But this week I decided to use them in a stir-fry with some radishes I also picked up at the Greenmarket.
Since I started developing and testing Soy Vay recipes back in January as one of their brand ambassadors, I've made a bunch of really tasty dishes using just a handful of ingredients: Teriyaki Turkey Burgers, Ginger Hoisin Chicken, Teriyaki Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms, and a Garlic Beef and Asparagus Stir-fry. This month, in honor of National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, I decided to do a vegetarian recipe instead.
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We love our carburetors. For the last 12 years the owner of this 357ci small-block Chevy-powered '68 Camaro has rocked a Holley carb; for the last eight, it was a 950-cfm Ultra HP. This thing worked great, even on the street. It went drag racing, to the road course, the autocross, on early morning car show departures, and late-night cruises. The truth is, these "old technology" fuel dumpers just plain work. However, today's EFI systems make it easier than ever to make the conversion.
The decision to make the switch from a good ol' Holley carburetor to fuel injection isn't easy for someone who has never used it before. Sure, your daily driver has fuel injection from the factory, but many of us haven't been hands-on with something aftermarket. We try and keep our hot rods as simple and clean as possible, and adding an entirely new system to it with wires and stuff can be a little bit intimidating. The benefits of smooth, cold start-up, constant idle during braking, smooth fuel delivery under hard turning, and maximum efficiency outweighed reservations about the switch to fuel injection.
Meet Holley's Terminator EFI system (PN 550-406). It's a throttle-body injection system that is a direct replacement to your square-bore carburetor and includes everything as far as the wiring, the sensors, the computer, the handheld controller, and the throttle body itself. We also got the optional fuel systems kit (PN 526-2) to retrofit the Camaro for high fuel pressure. The fuel system kit includes Holley's billet in-line fuel pump, billet fuel pressure regulator, pre- and post- billet fuel filters, 20 feet of Earl's Pro-Lite 350 fabric braided hose, and enough Ano-Tuff hose ends and adapters to stitch it all together.
We kick off the installation at Scott's Speed and Custom in Antioch, California. If you've been reading this magazine over the last couple years, you may remember a couple of builds turned feature cars that came from this shop. They were nice enough to lend a lift and a hand in getting this project started and wrapped up in two easy days.
Fuel System
Day one was plumbing day. The Camaro already had a Holley Blue electric pump so the wiring for an electric pump was already there. The needs are basic: power, ground, ignition power, and a relay. The fuel pump signal wire and relay is within the Terminator EFI wiring harness so all you need is a chassis ground near the pump.
After plucking the 10-year-old Holley Blue, we built a bracket out to mount the Holley billet in-line fuel pump (PN 12-700) between the gas tank and the differential about one inch above the bottom of the tank level. As the fuel system kit suggests, we attached the 100-micron billet fuel filter directly to the inlet side of the pump.
The fuel tank had a large diameter fuel outlet previously welded to the bottom of the tank to bypass the six-cylinder Camaro's original 5⁄16-inch fuel line. We used the same outlet with this kit but a factory one of 3⁄8-inch or better would have been fine.
From the pump we routed the AN-6 Earl's Pro-Lite 350 fabric braided hose along the inside of the framerail to the firewall where we installed the 10-micron billet in-line filter. We continued the line to the throttle body, which was loosely set on the carburetor studs for the fuel system mockup. The throttle body has two AN-6 fittings on it, an in and an out. We connected to the remaining fitting and ran a second line rearward to the firewall where the billet fuel pressure regulator sat. Lastly, a second run of AN-6 Pro-Lite, purchased separately, went all the way back to the tank as a return.
That brings us to the return line issue. There are a couple ways we can re-introduce fuel into the tank. In this case, since we already had an auxiliary outlet to work with, we could use the factory pickup fuel outlet as the return. We used Earl's PN AT165106ERL, also ordered separately, to convert the hardline to AN-6 for easy hook up. We did need to drop the tank for this part because of where the fuel lines were, so don't roll into this project with a full tank of gas like we did, oops. You can also install a bulkhead using fuel-safe nylon or rubber washers on the pickup plate to add a place to dump return fuel. Another option is to use Moroso's EFI filler neck tube return kit (PN 65385) that adds a fuel line barb to your filler neck for the return.
There are only two sensors outside of the throttle body that need to be installed: an engine coolant temperature sensor and the wideband oxygen sensor. The coolant temperature sensor is a basic 3⁄8-inch pipe thread that will fit into a cylinder head coolant port or one on your intake manifold. The oxygen sensor needs to go in a header collector, if equipped, or an exhaust pipe close to an exhaust manifold. It needs to be placed 10-degrees above the midline of the tube. This protects the sensor from damaging condensation that collects in cold exhaust tubes. Before you drill a hole, also consider clearance for the sensor and the wiring. We used a step-bit to make the 7⁄8-inch hole, ground the ceramic coating away from the edges, and MIG welded in the threaded bung included in the kit.
All of these old cars are wired differently from complete wiring harness upgrades, wiring project additions, or both. This particular specimen has a terminal in the glovebox that provided easy access to power, ground, and key-on sources for the main harness. The glovebox also houses the MSD Digital 6 box with the tachometer output the ECU needs to sense rpm. The ECU also needs a heavier 10-gauge power and ground has its own black braided sleeve and comes long enough to go all the way to the trunk-mounted battery in this car, but would be shortened up for an engine-bay mounted battery. The Terminator EFI system has the ability to control timing, fuel pump, electric fans, and A/C compressor shutoff, however, they were unused in this installation. The most intimidating part of the entire installation was deciding where to drill the 2-inch hole in the firewall to pass the main harness through. Once we settled on the spot it was cake from there on. The ECU needs to be mounted in a low-vibration area so we chose to mount it on the top of the heater core housing under the dash.
Throttle Body
In the 550-406 kit is a 950-cfm Hard Core Gray hard-coat anodized throttle body (PN 550-405 is tumble polished aluminum) with four 80-pound injectors located below the throttle plate. This makes for optimum atomization as fuel doesn't need to pass the turbulent throttle plates. This all-aluminum throttle body is styled after the Holley one used in NASCAR's new EFI program. One of the things that makes this kit extra easy to work with is that the sensors and injectors are pre-installed and pre-wired into the unit with one plug. It includes an air temperature sensor, a MAP sensor, a throttle position sensor, and an idle air control motor. Throttle and kickdown hookups are the same as on a carburetor, but two brackets and a set of ball studs are included in the kit in case you're starting from scratch.
With the fuel pressure regulator set to 43 psi and a thorough check for fuel leaks, we are ready for initial startup. The Terminator EFI instructions walk you through using the handheld to do the initial setup. You will be asked questions such as, is your engine smaller or larger than 410 ci; is your camshaft mild, factory, or unknown; do you want to control timing; and a few others. This gives the ECU enough information to set up a base fuel map for initial startup. The last step before turning the key is to do a throttle position sensor sweep. This allows the computer to adjust to your physical throttle sweep. This is a good time to check that you get wide-open throttle, so grab a buddy and have them push on the throttle to the stop after you have it floored in the car. If they can get any travel out of it you will need to investigate why.
Just before twisting the key to cranking position, we verified that the sensor readings were correct on the handheld. Everything was within specifications so it was time to start it up for the first time. You almost expect it not to happen, that maybe you forgot a step or left something unplugged, but it fired right up. The only thing we had to do was adjust the idle speed on the throttle body and off we went on our first drive.
It turns out EFI isn't scary at all. The Terminator EFI system, with bar-none self-learning software built in, made the switch from carburetion to fuel injection effortless. We spent two easy six-hour days on the project with no hang-ups. The first drive out of the shop was a 30-minute mix of highway and street driving. There's no specific protocol for how to break it in or set it up, the instructions are to just go drive. Through high load, deceleration, and cruise conditions, the car ran smoothly with no hiccups. The wideband oxygen sensor and ECU communications did fast work in creating ideal fuel delivery for every condition.
The incentive for this swap was that as an autocross and road racer, being able to stop abruptly and turn sharply without a stumble is incredibly important, and that's what we got. The more we drove it, the more impressed we were by how it performed. The 950 Ultra HP carburetor that was on it was very well tuned and made excellent horsepower on this street/track motor. We were impressed to see the Terminator throttle body felt to produce just as much power but with a smoother cruise and improved fuel economy.
|Parts List
|Part Number
|950-cfm 200-600HP Terminator EFI Kit, Hard Core Gray
|Fuel Injection System Kit
|10-foot, AN-6 Pro-Lite 350 Hose (return line)
|Ano-Tuff 3/8-Hardline to AN-6 male Adapter


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Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the International Forum of the Americas Forum for Global Cities
Toronto, 9 November 2009
Mr. Chairman, The Honourable Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, good morning.
Restoring growth in a post-bailout era, the topic of this year's Forum, is one of the greatest challenges we face today and the way we address this challenge will shape our future.
City-power: our recovery engines
The amazing economic power of cities seems an obvious fact. But looking at some numbers always helps to grasp its real dimension. 83% of the population in OECD countries lives in large or medium-sized cities. And these cities are main engines for growth. Seoul, for example, concentrates more than 45% of the Korean population, nearly half of the national GDP, 45% of total employment and 56% of foreign direct investment. Copenhagen and Dublin produce almost one-half of the national GDPs of Denmark and Ireland. Paris and London, account for more than 40% of their respective country's total patent applications. In many developing countries, the concentration of economic power in big metropolis is even greater.
China, the largest urban nation in the world, has 600 million city dwellers; a figure which is projected to reach 1 billion after 2030. China's urbanization is having a tremendous economic impact. Currently China has at least 70 cities with more than one million inhabitants. Shanghai has built more skyscrapers in the past decade than New York did in the past hundred years.
Stronger cities, stronger economies
After two years of bad news and trillions of dollars of losses, the global economy is now stabilising. The great challenge is to move from a policy-based recovery to self-sustained growth. At the OECD, we are helping countries build stronger, cleaner and fairer economies. And we are asking ourselves the same crucial question that you are posing here today: how can cities, the main economic engines of this world, contribute to produce such growth?
Today, stronger cities need to be built on the basis of open innovation, hi-tech research and development, strengthened financial regulation, public sector transparency, e-government, stronger corporate governance and sound fiscal health. The strongest cities of the future will be the ones that tackle frontally all the major systemic failures of this crisis, in order to address more successfully their structural challenges: i.e., urban poverty, environmental deterioration, waste management, energy and water supply, efficient transport, public security, etc.
Two additional factors will be crucial to realize the full potential of our cities: First, the capacity of their governments to budget and plan in the 10 to 20 year time frame, beyond political cycles; and second, their capacity to turn their cities into global poles of innovation for green growth and sustainable development. This takes me to the next important challenge: how can our cities help us to build a cleaner type of growth.
Cleaner cities for green growth
Our cities, as they are designed today, are energy hungry. They use over two-thirds of the world's energy and account for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions. Thus, any solution to climate change will demand significant changes in the ways we build, live and manage our cities. And it will require an intense collaboration between urban authorities globally, including both from developed and developing countries.
The transformation of our cities into energy efficient places is a colossal challenge that will demand unprecedented levels of leadership, research & development, multilateral cooperation and innovative policy-making.
Fortunately leading mayors and regional officials are on the frontlines of this battle and are providing some of the most innovative climate solutions. In our forthcoming report, Competitive Cities and Climate Change, which will be released in the Copenhagen climate change summit, we will show how local officials have shown leadership by reducing carbon footprints. A short list of initiatives includes:
One of my favourite projects comes from Toronto: the use of naturally cold deep lake water to cool 50 high-rise buildings downtown. This is an important knowledge that needs to be shared, especially with cities in developing and emerging economies, which will account for the bulk of new emission in years to come.
And we need to make our cities fairer
Another important challenge is to turn our cities into social equalizers. Our current fiscal stimulus packages must make this objective a priority.
By 2030, there will be close to 5 billion people in the world living in urban areas. Many of the new urbanites will be poor. It is our duty to share our most innovative policies for urban socio-economic cohesion and inclusion with the authorities of the cities in developing and emerging economies. The OECD is one of the places where this "sharing" is already happening.
Now, how are we going to make these changes possible? How can we turn our cities into engines of stronger, cleaner and fairer economic growth?
Multilevel governance is needed
An important part of the answer lies in better targeting and coordination between local and national governments or what we call in the OECD "multi-level governance". Here are three reasons why the time is right to revive serious discussions about this topic:
Many national governments have realized the untapped potential of local action. The establishment of the White House Office for Urban Affairs for instance, testifies of the importance of collaboration between cities and national governments.
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I wish you all continued success in building stronger, fairer and cleaner cities. I am pleased to note that Mayor Miller has already embraced this message and would like to thank you, Mr. Mayor, as well as your staff for our great collaboration in the Toronto Review. We stand ready to further work with you and your partner cities in making economic recovery a durable reality.
And of course, I could not finish before congratulating you and your city for being chosen to host the Pan American Games in 2017. Well deserved!
Thank you very much.
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Here's a round up of some of my favorite looks from Joy Cioci, Emerson, Carlos Miele and Badgley Mischka.
Joy Cioci's ode to a 20s summer had pearl-encrusted swim caps, sea-salted nails and beautiful blues making me look forward to Spring.
We saw a lot of braids at the shows this season...and Emerson had some of the best, lying low on the forehead, and created by Zahir Ziani. Jackie Fraser-Swan's inspiration was 70s horror films, with the black and white ensembles balanced out with softer floral pieces and touches of red like the finale's burst of red confetti, Carrie-stylez. Dancing With The Stars' Maksim Chmerkovskiy was there, as were other recognizable celebs: Crystal Reed (Teen Wolf) and Johnny Wujek (ANTM creative director).
You know how much I love a good print, and Carlos Miele delivered. Paula Abdul, Vanessa Williams and Daisy Fuentes are fans. (It was also fun to see Joy Adaeze in front of me) always with cool headgear and go backstage after the show.
I may have been slightly more excited to spot Bryanboy (and Kelly Bensimon, who I photographed backstage at Alice + Olivia, Ivana Trump, Lauren Conrad, Kevin Jonas) in front row than to pay attention to the beauty of Badgley Mischka. That's until the show started, and then their romantic "Midsummer Night's Dream" inspired collection had a lot of beautiful pieces that took my breath away, namely the final coral layered organza number....what a dream. Remember when this happened?


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The Black Cats made an offer on Thursday, believed to be above the ?4million mark, and the Canaries are understood to have followed suit.
Graham has scored four goals in his last five appearances for Swansea, but has been frustrated at his lack of game time thanks to the goalscoring form of Michu.
The 27-year-old, who is thought to prefer a return to his native north-east, started his career at Middlesbrough, before his impressive form for Carlisle and Watford yielded a £3.5million move to Swansea in the summer of 2011, with the fee making Graham the club's then-record signing.
He went on to score 14 goals in 39 appearances in his debut season, and has struck seven times in 21 outings this term.
When asked about possible January signings on Thursday, Canaries boss Chris Hughton said: "Numbers-wise we're fine as regards the squad. The injury situation hit us a bit up front having Grant Holt and Steve Morison out for a period of time.
"Can we add to it? If we are able to add some quality to what we've got we'd gladly do that. We are ambitious here. We do want to develop but it has to be in the framework of the club."
On a link with a move for Celtic forward Gary Hooper, he added: "My responsibility is to report on anything that is fact or almost fact and we are not at that stage at the moment."
With Graham potentially leaving the Liberty Stadium, Swansea could be set to firm up their interest in Stoke forward Kenwyne Jones, with reports suggesting they are primed to return with an improved offer having had a £3million bid turned down.
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In her first major film role, the bubbly comedy "The House Bunny", Rumer Willis, daughter of Bruce and ex-wife Demi Moore, plays something of an outsider in a sorority that caters for the outsider until an ex-Playboy bunny shows up and teaches them how to evolve.
For Willis, there was always a sense of inevitability that she would follow in her famous parents' footsteps she says, in one of her first major press interviews. "I wanted to do it as soon as I got on a movie set and I kind of grew up on them so being able to do so myself has been really amazing," the actress explains. "I've felt really lucky to do the few things that I have. It is a very different experience, because there is a shift in your mindset when you go from being the accessory to being the one who's actually in front of the camera, so it has been a different kind of ride or journey."
Asked to explain why she considered herself an 'accessory', Willis means "an accessory just in terms of having grown up around sets when I was younger, but I was never necessarily in the movies. But I would sit in the trailer and hang out, so it is a different level. Then when you grow up at a certain level and you see people who have already worked very hard in their careers and already gotten to a certain point – I'm kind of at the very beginning. I've had exposure to the media but in terms of actual work I've done it's very little in terms of that so it is just a different experience to actually be the one who is at the press junket. I've been to press junkets but I've never actually been the one sitting behind the table, so t is a different experience."
Willis admits that her high-powered parents "are very supportive. I don't think I could ask for anything else, because you kind of just take the support and I think that is the only thing any parent can do for a kid."
And she is genuinely excited being part of the comically ensemble cast in House Bunny. "I'm fortunately lucky, because I got to work with Anna Faris, I mean, c'mon. It was really cool. It's been very different and I have to say, probably the biggest learning experience I've ever had, just to be able to do it and all the responsibility is on you. I felt very grateful to be a part of it."
Willis says it was easy to identify with the outsider facet of her character. "I was a dork, a computer nerd had braces and glasses. I wasn't necessarily too active in getting in the social crowd, so I definitely understand the entirely not fitting in, but I think everyone has their own version of feeling a bit out of place and one of the great things I think that we have the ability to do is show that it's alright. You can have that awkward phase, so It's not about whether you're the popular girl or the nerdy one but just about feeling confident and comfortable with kind of where you fit and who you are and accessing that and making that your own."
Willis has also been attacked by a core group of bloggers and she remains philosophical on the subject. "Everybody has an opinion and we live in America so you're allowed to. But the thing about it is the media is an interesting outlet, because it allows people to see who they think you are, an idea of you, but it might not be who you really are and as long as you are comfortable with who you know you really are and remain true to your friends and the people around you, that's all that really matters."


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I've decided to sell off my on-again off-again Touchstream on ebay. Can't find my account details (I'm sure I had one on here!) so had to create a new one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251079046833. Probably be sad to see it go, but if anyone wants a nearly new LP with no wear I can notice, here you go.


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On July 30, drinkers will be able to revisit six retired beers at Throwback Fest with the added bonus of not having to use the horribly scary bathrooms at Night Shift's original location.
That day, a limited amount of those six beers will be available at the brewery in four packs and draft.
The beers are Trifecta (A Belgian-style ale brewed with vanilla beans and fermented with three Trappist yeast strains), Taza Stout (stout brewed with cacao nibs from Taza Chocolate, chicory and ginger), Bee Tea (strong ale brewed with wheat, sweet orange peel and honey and aged with loose green tea leaves), Viva Habanera (rye ale brewed with agave nectar and aged with fresh habanero peppers), Rose (saison brewed with rosemary and honey and then aged with pink peppercorns and Jojo (American-style IPA infused with hibiscus flowers).
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$2 Million Bail for Frat Row Murder Suspect
Acknowledging that Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield, charged with murdering UC Berkeley graduate Chris Wootton in May posed a threat to the community and a flight risk, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson set his bail at $2 million Monday.
Jacobson explained that the excessive amount would guarantee that family and friends who raised it would ensure that the defendant showed up at his pre-trial hearing in two weeks.
The judge also ordered Hoeft-Edenfield, who lives on San Pablo Avenue in West Berkeley with his mother Eileen, to stay 300 feet away from UC Berkeley and its fraternities and sororities, in light of the fact that the very actions that had put him behind bars had started from a frat row fight last May.
Hoeft-Edenfield's private attorney, Yolanda Hwang, asked the judge to set bail at $60,000, explaining that anything higher than that would make it unaffordable for Hoeft-Edenfield's mother, who was employed at a nonprofit, and his father, a construction worker.
She added that his parents did not own any property, saying that "if he posts bond it would be because of the faith and support of the community."
Alameda County deputy district attorney Stacie Pettigrew requested the judge to set bail at $3 million.
Hoeft-Edenfield was denied his previous request for bail on Aug. 25 after Jacobson ruled that there wasn't substantial evidence presented to prove that he had acted in self-defense, as his lawyer asserted in court documents.
"After reading the police report, my presumption is there is a substantial amount of evidence that he is guilty of the offense charged," he said. "Evidence available in the case supports first-degree murder, so I have to keep the charge of murder in mind. The maximum potential [sentence for the] charges may be 26 years to life—that's a factor that shows that his incentive to flee is great."
Jacobson then asked Hwang about the defendant's proximity to the UC Berkeley campus from where he lives in Berkeley, to which she replied two and a half miles.
"I have some concerns that if the defendant is free and makes his way around Berkeley, he may encounter young men again and may pose a threat," he said. "I am to consider potential danger to others."
Jacobson also noted, however, that Hoeft-Edenfield did not have a prior criminal record.
"I know that he has spent his entire life in Berkeley, has family and friends here, has gone to school here and has significant attachment to the community," he said.
Hwang informed the judge that Hoeft-Edenfield had been admitted to an outreach program in the sheriff's department but said that she was unable to produce the letter in the courtroom that afternoon.
Hoeft-Edenfield's mother and his friends—a few from Berkeley City College, where he was a student—were present in the courtroom during the bail hearing at 2:30 p.m. along with a group of 10 to 12 supporters, mostly friends and family, of Wootton.
Jacobson said that there was enough evidence at this point to have Hoeft-Edenfield locked away for "many many years."
"Looks to me like people have a lot of evidence," he said. "If the jury finds him guilty of manslaughter, the possibility of significant incarceration is real."
Jacobson said that Hoeft-Edenfield had given three different versions of the incident to investigators at the police station, the first two being "two rather-difficult-to- believe versions," and the final one leading to the self-defense story.
He said that the defendant had lied to one of his friends while talking to him on a cell phone, denying involvement in the incident.
After stating his concerns, Jacobson set the $2 million bail and also ordered Hoeft-Edenfield to stay away from drugs and alcohol and restaurants and bars that serve alcohol, warned him against carrying any dangerous weapons or firearms and restricted his use of knives to cutlery.


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Oh wait.
Looks like he did.
Weiner finally came clean Monday and admitted that it was none other than he himself who sent that text of a man's, ahem, member to a college co-ed in the Pacific Northwest, this after a solid week of dodging the issue.
In fact, he admitted that he has had flirtatious relationships with a total of six women via social networks like Facebook and Twitter, both before and after his high-profile marriage to a former aide to Senator Hillary Clinton. He did deny, however, that those online relationship ever became physical.
So ends the mystery, but will it also end Weiner's career? He was widely considered a Democratic frontrunner for mayor in 2012, and we have to believe that every other politician who is considering running for the post is taking at least a little bit of glee in Weiner's "hard" luck.
But Weiner wasn't the only New York City politician getting into a little bit of hot water thanks to Twitter this past week. Councilman Eric Ulrich also caused some controversy - albeit on a much smaller scale than Weiner (which says nothing of his manhood, mind you) - when he shot back at a person who tweeted him after a fatal accident occurred just blocks from the councilman's office.
Ulrich has been a vocal critic of the Department of Transportation adding bike lanes to streets in his district - he once tweeted "Had a nightmare last night that NYCDOT installed a bike lane on my block. #ohthehorror" - but after two vans collided and one of them hit and killed a pedestrian waiting to cross the street just blocks from his office, Twitter user "hangingbyastrap" tweeted the councilman "After last night's tragic van accident in ur district, bike lanes & traffic calming should be a dream not a nightmare."
Well, Ulrich couldn't let that comment go unanswered, and in a response tweet told hangingbyastrap to "#getalife," which didn't go over too well with bike advocates, who quickly jumped on what they perceived as Ulrich's insensitivity.
When pressed about the issue, Ulrich said that he has been the victim of harassment on the part of hangingbyastrap, and that he was offended that someone would use a tragic incident to advance their own agenda.
We can't really speak to the first point, but on the argument that he was offended that someone would use a tragic accident to advance their own agenda, we have to call #bull!
People use tragic accidents all the time to highlight their own agendas. Mothers Against Drunk Driving use tragic accidents to highlight the need for tougher drunk driving laws. Does Ulrich have a problem with them? This past weekend, there was a march across the Brooklyn Bridge by people who have lost family members to suicide calling on the need for awareness and prevention. Perhaps Ulrich should call them out, too. Didn't Vasean's Law – or generally any law nicknamed after a person – come about because of a tragedy?
Anyway, we have to bring this thing full circle, so just how do these two instances of Twitter controversy overlap? Because Ulrich - who has been rumored to be considering a challenge to Weiner - referenced his possible opponent in his own statement about his Twitter flap, stating "First of all, I can say with certitude that my Twitter account, to my knowledge, has not been hacked."
Well played, councilman!


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The year is 1933. A second Roosevelt sits in the Oval Office. The economy is slow, and the cars are even slower. So slow that the big dogs top out at a measly 80 mph.
The year is 2003. A second Bush sits in the Oval Office. The economy is still slow, but at least the cars are fast. Eight cylinders or four, just about any competent performance machine is capable of 150 mph these days. Even econoboxes will take you well past the century mark–and deliver more than 35 mpg, thank you very much.
Arguably the greatest General Motors small-block to ever turn an rpm, the all- aluminum Gen III LS1 design is the consummate tool for bridging a 70-year gap in technological advances. Although it's quickly gaining popularity amongst hot rodders, this one thumps in a most unlikely suspect: A '33 Willys 77.
"Big motor, small car. Making an LS1 fit was something else," says owner Richard Maddox. Other than a Street & Performance (Mena, Arkansas) intake manifold, the Gen III motor is bone stock. It exhales through a set of custom ceramic-coated long-tube headers with 3-inch collectors, and a pair of Flowmaster mufflers. A 4L60E trans, Mark Williams 9-inch rearend, and 3-inch aluminum driveshaft round out the driveline.
On the chassis side, the Willys sports a Kugel Komponents Mustang II front suspension kit, with stainless steel upper and lower control arms, Aldan Eagle shocks, and variable-rate springs. At the corners, Wilwood two-piston calipers and 11-inch cross-drilled and slotted rotors peek through billet aluminum Budnik Gasser wheels (17×7 front, 20×9 rear) that Richard says made it just in time for the '03 HOT ROD Power Tour. We're sure glad they did. Inside, Frank Collins Interior (Fort Worth, Texas) wrapped the seats in matching blue leather, and installed a set of VDO gauges in the body-colored dash. Vintage Air A/C chills the air, and a Sony stereo cranks out the tunes.
Richard's 2,800-pound blue beast ingests tasty sea-level Texas air and spits out 12.55-second timeslips. Not too shabby for a car that in its original form would have gotten spanked by a Geo Metro.
Despite its track-proven performance, the aesthetics of Richard's Willys–a masterful blend of balanced ingredients–are what first caught our attention. The overall execution is not ostentatious, yet not subdued. The candy pearl Cobalt Blue paint is searing, yet soothing. The lines flow aggressively, yet elegantly. Chrome is plentiful, yet not excessive. The hunkered-on-Budniks stance lends a modern look, yet there's no mistaking the decade from which it reigns.
Built at a time before dragstrips even existed, when fast cars were still compared to horse-drawn carriages, any piece of '30s-era machinery that can hold its own against a new Corvette Z06 demands respect. However, you can only see so many 350-powered highboys before they start looking like 350-powered first-gen Camaros. With a potent Gen III Chevy mill and the exclusivity of an all-steel Willys body, we don't think Richard will run into that problem. HR
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Type: '98 Chevrolet LS1, 346 ci
Block: Stock aluminum with cast-iron sleeves
Oiling: Stock
Crankshaft: Stock nodular cast-iron
Connecting Rods: Stock powdered metal
Pistons: Stock hypereutectic
Cylinders Heads: Stock aluminum
Camshaft: Stock hydraulic roller
Induction: Street & Performance "chromed" composite
Ignition: Stock
Exhaust: Custom ceramic-coated 15/8-inch long-tube headers with 3-inch collectors, dual Flowmaster mufflers
Cooling: Custom aluminum by Be Cool
Performance: 12.55 sec at 106 mph
Transmission: GM 4L60E automatic
Driveshaft: Inland Empire Driveshafts 3-inch aluminum
Rear Axle: Mark Williams 9-inch, Strange aluminum case, 3.50:1 gears, limited slip
Front Suspension: Kugel Komponents Mustang II, stainless steel upper and lower control arms, Aldan Eagle shocks, variable-rate springs
Rear Suspension: Aldan Eagle shocks, linear-rate coilover springs
Steering: Kugel Komponents rack-and-pinion
Brakes: Wilwood calipers, 11-inch cross-drilled/slotted rotors front and rear, adjustable proportioning valve
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Wheels: Billet-aluminum Budnik Gassers, 17×7 front (6-inch backspace), 20×9 rear (5-inch backspace)
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Body: Steel, modified hood and trunk
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You should enter this in the Pattern of the Year contest.
Gemini is a good name and can be used to describe the type of spaceship as well as the specific spaceship.
Due to its large size, Gemini will remain a genre of one for a while...
Now, can we find a replicator that displays "Sierpinski growth", i.e. that of HighLife's replicator?
Oh, that term must have been taken. I meant something else.
calcyman wrote:Due to its large size, Gemini will remain a genre of one for a while...
Not necessarily. Now that Andrew has demonstrated self-replication, we can expect an inundation of related self-replicators.
igblan wrote:The beauty is in the simplicity of the design. Using a single arm producing slow salvos was beginning to look messy and impractically slow. But I was so locked into the "elegance" of such a design that I was blinded to the efficiency of a two-arm approach.
igblan wrote:Nor would I have thought to use a dynamic tape, which leverages the P1 property of stable reflectors and Herschel tracks to allow the timing for glider-pair construction to be microcoded in the timing of the tape gliders.
igblan wrote:Dave Greene and I had also rather locked our thinking into his idea for destroying the original: a number of "bombs" mixed in with the Herschel tracks which, when activated with a single glider, would destroy the pattern without trace - seeds, as it were, of its own destruction. Again, your third-arm cleanup is inspired, and so simple.
knightlife wrote:I am just wondering how long it took to finally complete the spaceship...?
Bringing the ends of the spaceship closer together is also possible to some extent, until the head of the recipe stream starts trying to use the next copy of a reflector array before the tail of the stream has quite finished constructing it...
mscibing wrote:I started construction in mid-December.
I probably won't have time this week to write a full article.
Amazingly, Andrew managed this feat independently, despite the fact that he had access to limited knowledge and resources. In fact, that may have actually helped him -- he was not familiar with, and therefore not constrained by, the preliminary work in this field.
A new age of Game of Life exploration and design!
What is the range of velocities that can be achieved in this way?
For each velocity, what are the smallest spaceships (by various definitions of "smallest")?
How about rakes, guns, puffers, breeders based on such spaceships, and/or constructing them?
How readily can changes in velocity be programmed into such a ship?
Can sets of such ships, with varied velocities, be used to simulate isotropic collisions, etc. to an acceptable degree of accuracy?
...all the required Herschel-related knowledge was contained in the prototype pattern...
... two variants of a 90-desgree reflector which yield an output glider of the same or different colour parity respectively.
Another thing I love about this design is the redundancy in the six 12-gang reflector arrays,
It's not redundancy; it allows the same instructions to serve both ends of Gemini. A stroke of genius, in my opinion!
calcyman wrote:How readily can changes in velocity be programmed into such a ship?
Gemini can only have a constant velocity, and not a variable velocity. It would be possible if the twin constructors had independent instruction tapes, but the same instruction tape is used for both in the original Gemini.
Infinite deceleration requires a totally different design.
calcyman wrote:Infinite deceleration requires a totally different design.
No, it doesn't. Translating the NW end by (6144,2048) and the SE end by (5120,1024) would cause the twins to separate over time, thereby resulting in the spaceship expanding and decelerating.
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Could anybody help me with solving such matrix problem:
Find all matrices $A$ (non zero and identity matrices), which corresponds to this equation:
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Could anybody help me with solving such matrix problem:
Find all matrices $A$ (non zero and identity matrices), which corresponds to this equation:
For every Jordan block of $A$, denoted as $J=\lambda I+N$, where $N$ is a nilpotent matrix with the property $N^n=0, N^k\ne0(k<n)$, $J$ also satisfies the equation. Now from $J^2=J^3$ one can obtain: $$\lambda^2(\lambda-1)I+(3\lambda^2-2\lambda)N+(3\lambda-1)N^2+N^3=0$$
So the order of $J$ must be smaller than $4$ for $N^3=0$. If $order=1$, $J=0\text{ or }1$. If $order=2$, $J=\begin{pmatrix} 0&1\\ 0&0 \end{pmatrix}$. And no $\lambda$ can be found when $order=3$. Finally, such $J$'s (or their transpositions) direct sum provides an instance of $A$. For example,
$$A=\begin{pmatrix} 1&0&0&0\\ 0&0&1&0\\ 0&0&0&0\\ 0&0&0&0 \end{pmatrix}$$
The given matrix $A$ describes a linear transformation ${\mathbb R}^n\to {\mathbb R}^n$ which we denote by $A$ as well.
So we now are talking about a linear transformation $A:\ X\to X$ of some vector space $X$ that satisfies $A^2=A^3$. It follows that $(A^2)^2 = A (A^3) = A(A^2) = A^3 = A^2$, so $A^2$ is a projection. Let ${\rm im}(A^2) =: U$ and ${\ker}(A^2)=V$; then "by general principles" $X=U\oplus V$. For any $y\in U$ there is an $x\in X$ with $y=A^2 x$. From this we get $Ay=A^3 x =A^2 x= y$, i.e., $A$ is the identity on $U$. Let $W:={\rm ker} A \subset V$ and chose a subspace $W'\subset V$ such that $V=W \oplus W'$. $A$ restricted to $W'$ is injective, but for any $y\in W'$ we have $A (Ay)=0$, whence $Ay\in W$.
Now choose a basis $(e_i)_{1\leq i\leq n}$ for $X$ as follows: The first $r$ vectors $e_i \ (1\leq i\leq r)$ form a basis of $U$, the $d$ vectors $e_{r+ 2k-1} \ (1 \leq k\leq d)$ form a basis of $W'$, and the $d$ vectors $e_{r+ 2k}$ $\ (1 \leq k\leq d)$ are defined as $e_{r+2k}:=A e_{r+2k-1}$ $\ (1 \leq k\leq d)$. The latter form a linearly independent set in $W$. Finally choose $e_i \in W$ $\ (r+2d+1\leq i\leq n)$ so that altogether we have a basis of $W$, whence of $V$.
If we now look at the matrix of $A$ with respect to this basis then we see first $r$ ones in the main diagonal, then $d$ $2\times2$-boxes $\left[\matrix{0 & 0\cr 1 & 0\cr}\right]$ along the main diagonal, and everything else is $0$.
So we have proven the following: If a given matrix $A$ satisfies $A^2=A^3$ then by choosing a suitable new basis of ${\mathbb R}^n$ we can arrive at a matrix of the simple form just described.
Such a matrix has minimal polynomial that divides $t^3-t^2 = t^2(t-1)$. Therefore, the characteristic polynomial is of the form $t^n(t-1)^m$ for some nonnegative integers $n$ and $m$ that add up to the dimension of the matrix.
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$A^3=A^2$ is the same as $A(A-I)(A+I)=0$. A solves it's own characteristic equation. So find all $A's$ whose eigenvalues are $0, 1,-1$.


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Breaking Down Nemesis: Part One
Welcome to a new series of articles centered around breaking down, and understanding Nemesis, a Miss Marple Mystery, by Agatha Christie. If you're curious, and wish to follow along, you can purchase the book here! (or make use of your public library, of course! <3) We'll be breaking down several things, focusing on the Tension, the Characterization, and the Plot Threads, while searching out this mysterious Agatha Christie Code that I've heard so much about! Nemesis is a story in the middle of the Miss Marple Mysteries, a series about an old woman, Miss Jane Marple, who happens to solve mysteries in between gardening, knitting, and enjoying her golden years. Most people at that age are happy reaping the benefits of the recent changes to pensions and counting things off their bucket list, but each to their own. At twenty two chapters, we're going to be breaking down each chapter and looking over it. At the end, I'll give a final post about what I've learned from the intrepid Miss Agatha.
In the afternoons it was custom of Miss Jane Marple to unfold her second newspaper.
This is the first line of the novel. Odd choice, honestly, but it works, because it shows off a certain oddness about Miss Marple in the first place. Then, odder still, Miss Marple goes off on a tangent about how often her paper is late because the boy delivering it is either late, or has handed off his route for a little while, or has been sacked.
Strangely enough, this drew me in immediately, if only because I really felt like I was listening to the mental ramblings of an old lady. But another part of it shows just how very AWARE Miss Marple is about EVERYTHING. She knows more than just 'oh the paper's late, I can't read it with early morning tea.' She knows WHY her paper is late, which is something few people even bother paying attention to.
The pacing so far is unbearably slow. I haven't figured out anything other than what this old woman is doing with her afternoon. Which appears to be reading a newspaper she's nicknamed "The Daily All-Sorts". Then, we are treated to another rant, this time about being unable to find anything in the Times. This rant seems devoted to her lamenting how things have changed from when she was young.
A wonderful way to show us her age, and also an intriguingly clear indication that perhaps the so-called Agatha Christie Code is correct. She seems very intent on describing Miss Marple's thought process in larger-than-life detail. Here, we find out another odd detail about Miss Marple.
"It's sad really, but nowadays one is only interested in the deaths!" – Miss Marple
She seems to be looking to see if anyone she knows has died, or perhaps given birth, or gotten married. An odd passtime, but when one has all the time on her hands that Miss Marple seems to, I can see why it would become interesting. Everything about Miss Marple at this point seems to be just this side of odd for an old woman. Miss Christie is leaving us hints as to just how odd Old Miss Marple is underneath. This is wonderful examples of characterization. But still, nothing has happened yet.
Finally, Miss Marple comes across a name that stirs some familiarity. Jason Rafiel, listed in the obituaries. She can't seem to remember who it is, but she has no doubt it will come to her. In fact, we are treated to a long process of her figuring it out. She begins by looking out the window, lamenting that the doctors refuse to allow her to garden. Another hobby we find she enjoyed that now she is restricted. Poor Miss Marple, her old age is catching up to her. Turning away from the window, she picks up her knitting, which appears to be a pink jacket, just missing the sleeves.
Now pink wool, this triggers something of her memory. As we can see:
Pink wool. Now wait a minute, where did that fit in? Yes- yes- it fitted in with the name she'd just read in the paper. Pink wool. A blue sea. A Carribean sea. A sandy beach. Sunshine. Herself knitting and- why of course, Mr. Rafiel. That trip she had made to the caribbean. The Island of St. Honore. A treat from her nephew Raymond. And she remembered Joan, her niece-in-law, Raymond's wife, saying: "Don't get mixed up in any more murders, Aunt Jane. It isn't good for you."
Do you see what she did there? Miss Agatha Christie just took us through a perfect example of how the mind ACTUALLY works! After scent, touch is the closest sense to memory, followed by sight! Now, Miss Marple didn't just remember this up, as if it were a scene, no, it's broken down into actual recollections, actual thoughts. Instead of a flashback, we get a disjointed connection through various memories.
And like any of us, Miss Marple doesn't just remember everything about that trip at once. No, she has to tease it together, starting with the names. She remembered the elderly Major, whose name continued escaping her. Then she remembers the kind of man Mr. Rafiel had been. Not perfectly, as some people are want to do. She remembers him being an obstinate man, as well as strong, as well as rich. Difficult, irritable and shockingly rude, she remembers. Clearly he made an impression on Miss Marple. And, not only has she remembered Mr. Rafiel, but others too.
Mrs. Walters, a widow and Mr. Rafiel's secretary. Mr Rafiel's Masseur-Attendant, Arthur Jackson, who she thought was a rather doubtful character. But instead of being sure of Jackson's name, she continues to question it. This is a very organic process of tracking down what the thoughts and memories of this time were. And clearly she is remembering the people specifically, not the events. I assume this was Miss Christie's way of not rehashing the entire events of the previous book, but instead teasing us along into remembering it as well.
Then comes Miss Knight, who was once Miss Marple's own companion, a young woman she's rather happy to get rid of. But for some reason, she keeps messing up her name, thinking of her as Miss Bishop. She even quips about it:
"Oh dear," said Miss Marple again, "I always get all the names wrong. And of course, it was Miss Knight I was thinking of. Not Miss Bishop. Why do I think of her as Miss Bishop?" The answer came to her. Chess, of course. A Chess piece. A knight. A bishop.
I'll admit, at this point, Miss Christie had me hooked as a writer, although perhaps not as a reader. Such an organic transition, and a clear definition of this character's mind. Already I am aware that she notices things others don't care about, and she puts together odd connections, forming them in her mind to remind herself of things. I haven't even had to read the rest of the series, and I find myself feeling like Miss Marple is an old friend.
She gives us a rundown of how she and Mr. Rafiel had been partners, for a time, but she never gets around to explaining in what. This makes me want to track down the book previous and read it. Well played, Miss Christie. We find out that Miss Marple was quite excited about these events, and it makes us excited too. Already, we've found ourselves enthralled by the way Jane Marple sees the world.
Then, we get to meet Cherry, who is now Miss Marple's Companion. It seems that Miss Marple uses Cherry as a bit of a sounding board. Also, the voices between Miss Marple and Cherry are quite different. I find myself seeing Cherry as perhaps african american, if only because of the vernacular she chooses.
"You did have it in for little Gary Hopkins I must say," said Cherry. "When you caught him torturing his cat that day. Never knew you had it in you to go for anyone like that! Scared him stiff, you did. He's never forgotten it."
"I hope he hasn't tortured anymore cats."
"Well, he's made sure you weren't about if he did," said Cherry. "In fact I'm not at all sure as there isn't other boys as got scared. Seeing you with your wool and the pretty things you knits and all that- anyone would think you were gentle as a lamb. But there's times I could say you'd behave like a lion if you was goaded into it."
Also, a wonderful choice there, to show us Miss Marple's sense of rough justice through the eyes of Cherry, her companion. At this point, I'm also hoping to see more of Cherry. Their interaction seems quite natural, that of a companion and someone of an age beyond adulthood.
Let's pause for a moment and talk about the syntax of Miss Christie's work. So far, I'm seeing quite a large number of 'said's, and very little added description. She was clearly a follower of the 'no adjectives' rule, as well as a detractor from the 'said is dead' forum of discussion. However, I don't feel it takes away from her work. The dialogue itself is well written, as well as showing us little glimpses of what we need to know about Miss Marple. There isn't a word wasted here. I can see why Agatha Christie is said to be the single best-selling author in the world.
There's a small break away from the heavy thinking to have a conversation with Miss Bartlett, a companion-gardener to one Miss Hastings. Then, her mind turns back to Mr. Rafiel, and gives us a wonderful description of their relationship. Ships that pass in the night. After that, she resolves that she will probably never think of him again. She'd look out for an obituary, out of what seems an honor for his passing, but she isn't very hopeful about it. As a final thought, she notes that he hadn't been anyone of major importance in any industry.
He had just all his life made enormous amounts of money…
What I wouldn't give to make enormous amounts of money. But on another note, clearly, the foreshadowing here is pretty thick. On the second read through, I found things I hadn't noticed, such as the Mrs. Hastings reference. Already we have so many characters to follow, and Miss Marple at the center of it all. Red herrings everywhere for a mystery that hasn't even been introduced, and I'm excited about this book that literally NOTHING HAS HAPPENED IN. All Miss Marple has done is read her newspaper, think about old memories, and talk to two women for five minutes each!
Breaking it down, just a bit, we see already how Miss Christie built up the character for us, showing through thought and action just what sort of woman Miss Marple is. We know she has just a little lion inside her, and is the kind to beat a child senseless for torturing an innocent creature. We know that she has an impeccable memory for detail, although sometimes it takes her a minute and some odd associations to get there.
This entire first chapter was spent introducing the main character. But it wasn't wasted at all. We weren't bored to tears by a flashback of what happened in the Caribbean. We weren't shown her beating the boy, we weren't even shown her doing anything other than normal things. THIS is an introduction chapter. This is the type of first chapter that will get you published.
Here's a challenge, then. Take the first chapter of your book, or first paragraph of your short story, or any beginning at all. And have the main character do nothing, but think. Explain who this character is, show it, by their thoughts and actions. Give us a snippet of your results in the comments! And don't be afraid to tell me what you think about the article either!more