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a magazine subscription isn't an automatic, or even reasonable, choice. People who want more bang for their buck are more likely to plop 12-15$ for an anthology published by a recognizable name, and featuring at least three or four authors they know and like, than they are to pay 50$ for a year's subscription that essentially boils down to a monthly gamble.I had a spontaneous demonstration of the difference between magazines and original story anthologies just last week, when my reading of the Ellen Datlow-edited The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy coincided with that of the September issue of Asimov's. The latter contains one good story: Stephen Baxter's "The Ice War," which takes place in the early 18th century and describes an alien attack through the eyes of a young Englishman who falls in with Isaac Newton, Jonathan Swift, and Daniel Defoe, and therefore reads a little like a cross between The Baroque Cycle and War of the Worlds. Another story, "Usurpers" by Derek Zumsteg, is stylish and harsh, but the rest of the magazine is dull and underperforming, with the exception of Ian Creasey's "Cut Loose the Bonds of Flesh and Bone," which may very well be the worst story I've read this year that wasn't a major genre award nominee. The Del Rey Book, meanwhile, though obviously not entirely to my taste, is a meaty, impressive anthology, with something to recommend almost every story within it.
The standout story in the anthology, and the one you'll most likely have heard of, is Margo Lanagan's "The Goosle," a sequel of sorts to "Hansel and Gretel" which shot to public attention when Dave Truesdale excoriated it in his review of The Del Rey Book, calling it pornographic and complaining that its darker elements--the story finds Hansel returning to the witch's cottage as the sex slave of a drifter and con man, who engages the witch in a battle of wits while Hansel uncovers evidence of her depravity and the Black Death rages around them--were introduced solely for their 'shock value.' Niall Harrison has already done an excellent job of explaining just how wrongheaded Truesdale's critique is, so I will simply echo the point he makes, that "The Goosle" is a terrifying and absorbing examination of abuse from the victim's perspective, which stresses the importance of isolation and loneliness in perpetuating the abusive relationship. Lanagan's Hansel is starved for affection, and has no one left in the world but his abuser. What keeps him in his situation is not force or even fear, but the willingness to put up with pain and humiliation for just a few moments of what he can pretend is love.
I do, however, have a vague sympathy with Truesdale's accusation that "The Goosle" shocks for the sake of shocking, as at several points throughout the story I found myself thrown out of its world, and its overpowering emotional tone, by Lanagan stepping up the grand guignol--having Hansel lay his head against what he believes to be a pumpkin only for it to turn out to be the skull of one of the witch's victims, or the description of the witch dismembering her latest kill. Elements that should have sunk me further into the story's horrific mode instead came off as over the top, and had me shaking off the story's effect to go 'oh, come on.' This is, however, a minor complaint. "The Goosle" soon recaptured my attention, and its ending manages to introduce a new horror without being hysterical, making for a grim (and yet, in its own way, almost hopeful) conclusion to Hansel's story that is entirely of a piece with the pages preceding it.
Other standout stories in The Del Rey Book include "The Elephant Ironclads" by Jason Stoddard, an impressive and immersive alternate history in which the ubiquitous zeppelins actually have a reason for floating in the sky. Stoddard builds on the urban legend that Siamese king Mongkut offered to provide Abraham Lincoln with elephants with which he might win the civil war (in reality, the elephants were offered to President Buchanan as beasts of burden, but the offer was only received after Lincoln took office) and posits a world in which those elephants were accepted and, after winning the war and being left to wander in the American south-west, rounded up by Native American tribes and used to run white people off their land.
In the present day, the Diné still rely on elephants as beasts of burden, and prefer airships to airplanes because they don't disrupt the landscape with noise and smoke. The society Stoddard describes is dedicated to preserving the status quo--culturally and environmentally--disdaining members who gravitate towards the mechanized, progress-oriented US. Stoddard's juvenile characters find themselves caught in a struggle between those who want progress and those who want to preserve their way of life, and the story emphasizes the thorniness and complexity of this choice. I was also impressed by Maureen McHugh's "Special Economics," in which a young Chinese woman eagerly accepts a job in a factory only to find herself trapped in a modern-day feudal system. It's the sort of story that Paolo Bacigalupi and Geoff Ryman have specialized in in recent years, and therefore feels a little derivative, but McHugh is no less gifted a storyteller than either of them, and no less capable of conveying both the foreignness and familiarity of her characters.
Other stories in the anthology are impressive but somehow unsatisfying. In some cases this is my fault for lacking context or a common cultural vocabulary with the author. Colleen Mondor was blown away by Elizabeth Bear's "Sonny Liston Takes the Fall," in which the titular boxer and one-time opponent of Muhammad Ali is recast as the hero of his tragic life story, which ended with his death from a drug overdose. The problem is that it wasn't until I read that post that I even knew Liston had been a real person, and I certainly don't have the background in either boxing or American race relations in the 60s and 70s that made the story so irresistible to Mondor, a boxing fan (and which the story itself sketches in only faintly). Similarly, Richard Bowes's "Aka Saint Mark's Place" takes place, like his Hugo-nominated story "There's a Hole in the City," in the counter-culture scene of the East Village in the 60s, which is not a setting that speaks very strongly to me.
In other cases, I found myself too close to the subject matter. Lavie Tidhar, an author whose work I've greatly enjoyed in the past, here serves up a piece about a Jordanian scholar who, in a post Arab-Israeli conflict 21st century, travels to Haifa to research a late 20th century Israeli poet. The story makes an unfortunate left turn into cliché when it resolves the protagonist's obsession with her subject by having her go to bed with him, but even more frustrating to me was the fact that "Shira" manages to be simultaneously too Israeli--one of the fictional poet's poems quotes from Hannah Szenes's "Blessed is the Match," but Tidhar's translation completely misses out on the harsh, almost martial cadences that make that poem so powerful in the original Hebrew--and not Israeli enough--Szenes, a writer of doggrel whose poems remain in the public consciousness mainly because of the heroic myth that's sprung up around her and the stirring melodies to which they've been set, is mentioned in the same breath as Yehuda Amichai, possibly the most important Hebrew poet of the 20th century.
The majority of the stories in The Del Rey Book, however, are ones that I'd categorize as 'good, but.' There are only two stories I disliked (Lucy Sussex's "Ardent Clouds," which manages to be dull when talking about people who chase volcano eruptions, and Nathan Ballingrud's "North American Lake Monsters," which is all too obvious in hammering in the point that its protagonist, recently paroled and working hard to alienate and make miserable his entire family while deciding what to do with the creature that's washed up near his house, is the real monster), but the remaining stories do one thing well, and everything else poorly or not at all. Christopher Rowe's "Gather" is set, like his most famous story, "The Voluntary State," in a world that's pitched halfway between futuristic SF and 19th century fantasy. His characters are hemmed in by rigidly defined codes of behavior but, spurred by scientific curiosity, find themselves pushing against the boundaries imposed on them, in the process taking us on a tour of their proscribed world and giving us glimpses of the larger world outside it. It's a great piece of worldbuilding, and its characters are appealing, but not much happens in it. Jeffrey Ford and Carol Emshwiller both deliver enjoyable, whimsically surrealist pieces (though with a dark undercurrent in the latter case) about, respectively, cities in bottles and a shipwrecked librarian, but that whimsy never coalesces into anything substantial. Laird Barron's "The Lagerstätte" is a horror piece about a woman being haunted by either the ghosts or the memory of her husband and son. It successfully describes the stifling despair of a character being forced to choose between accepting her loss and destroying herself through grief and memory (though Barron's frequent recourse to gore achieved the same effect of throwing me out of the story that I experienced when reading "The Goosle," and unlike Lanagan, he wasn't as skilled at luring me back into the narrative), but doesn't go beyond establishing that emotional pitch.
Overall, The Del Rey Book is a good, but only occasionally great, collection. That said, even the worst pieces within it are more professionally put together than so much of what graces the pages of your average Big Three issue. It's obviously unfair to compare an anthology that was probably the better part of a year in the making with any one issue of a magazine which, over the course of that year, publishes four or five times the amount of material Datlow needed to put together, but there's a thinness that characterizes some magazine stories, a willingness to settle for mediocrity on all levels--prose, characterization, plot, worldbuilding--which is entirely, and refreshingly, absent from the anthology. Writing about the slipstream anthology Feeling Very Strange earlier today, Martin Lewis wrote that it is "much like every other SF anthology I have read: a couple of good stories, a couple of rubbish ones and an awful lot of filler," but though I only loved a few of the stories in The Del Rey Book I wouldn't characterize any of them as filler. Each is trying to do something new or interesting or just plain good, and even their failures or incomplete successes are preferable to entries by writers who are either not making that effort or lack the skill to do so creditably, which is the kind of filler one tends to find in magazines. Despite what I said in the SF Signal Mind Meld, it's not cost that makes original story anthologies more appealing than a magazine subscription. I payed for my copy of The Del Rey Book, and was given the September issue of Asimov's, but I resent the time I spent wading through pointless, underwritten pieces to get to the one or two worthy stories.
There's a flipside to this, however, which became apparent when I scanned the author bios in The Del Rey Book and discovered that not a single one of its contributors was a first time writer. The reason that the genre short story scene is still vibrant is that there's a relatively low threshold for entry, with new writers making sales and putting their material before an audience every month. Just as the investment of time and money in original story anthologies dwarfs that afforded to any month's issue of a magazine, so, presumably, do the hurdles first time writers have to clear before they're published in those anthologies become tougher, perhaps even impossible, to overcome. I rarely read magazines for just the reasons stated above--because there's so much dross to wade through, and I'd rather wait for other readers to do that work and discover new voices for me. But if magazines and other venues like them become an endangered species, and original story anthologies become the dominant delivery system for new short fiction, those new voices might peter out. This should not be construed as a specific criticism of Datlow, who as I've said has put together a strong anthology whose table of contents is by no means dominated by heavy hitters, but it is telling that all but two of the contributors to The Del Rey Book were published in SciFiction, and that several of them published their best-know stories and made their reputation there. If it weren't for the webzine, would Datlow have had as varied and talented a stable of authors to approach when she made up The Del Rey Book?
There's been a lot of talk in the last year about the financial realities of publishing in general and short fiction in particular. It's those realities, one assumes, that are the reason monthly magazines pad their issues with forgettable and sometimes unreadable pieces, and which demand that original story anthologies skew towards recognizable, bankable names. When I replied to the SF Signal Mind Meld, I was writing as a reader, who wants the most payoff for the least investment of money, effort, and time. It's hard for a reader to look at a delectable table of contents like that of The Del Rey Book and wish for less familiar, less reliable names on it, but just as we've accepted that it is our role as readers (and consumers) to voice our displeasure at gender and racial inequality in both magazines and anthologies, it should also be our role to encourage editors and publishers to take the long view and foster new voices. The future of short genre fiction may very well be in books like The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, but if it is then it falls to us to make sure that that future consists of more than the names we already know.


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1967 Dodge Coronet - Branding Iron
A '67 Coronet, Owned By Virgil And Chris Blevins, Has The Competition Seeing Red
Ponder this... You have a '67 Coronet sporting a 12-point roll cage, custom-built ladder bars, and massive rear tires. Nice, but so far it's only a slick show car with more bark than bite. Now throw in several hundred cubic inches of Mopar strong arm between skinny front tires and make 9-second passes down the quarter-mile. Suddenly your show queen has become a certified adrenaline pumper. Such is the two-year-old rsum of Virgil and Chris Blevins' '67 Dodge Coronet.
Naturally, the Coronet wasn't always in this fire-breathing condition. Virgil and Chris bought the car in 1992, and in spite of minor wheel-well rust, the Dodge was in relatively good shape. Not even dull paint and standard wheels could camouflage its potential. After parking their new find in the garage, the couple set the tone of the project with the addition of Cragar S/S wheels and a dual exhaust. From there it was full steam ahead.
Vehicles are often akin to a painter's canvas, and the new owners decided they wanted to express themselves with a rather large brush. Through Mopar Performance, a 526 cid Mega Block was secured and delivered to Tranzact Engineering in Indianapolis, Indiana, where Joe Mama assembled the powermill using Bill Miller aluminum rods, Wiseco pistons, and a stout Comp Cams roller bumpstick. Controlling gas flow is a pair of Indy cylinder heads dressed with Ferrea valves and Jesel rocker arms. The heads support a B-1 intake and a Holley Dominator carb. For top-end insurance, a direct-port NOS system was added. Backing up the combustion process are Hooker Super Comp headers and a four-inch exhaust system featuring Dynomax mufflers. Tranzact also bulletproofed the 727 slushbox by installing their own transbrake and a Coan 10-inch torque converter.
Of course, raw power is useless if you can't make "the hook," so Virgil and his friend Frank Nigro installed a ladder bar setup by Alan McMillan. That assembly supports a Dana 60 rear with a Strange spool and 4.10 Richmond gears. Finally, M/T rubbers mounted on Weld wheels were added to the suspension/handling mix and topped off with a Wilwood brake system.
Since the Coronet was destined for street action, Virgil and Chris demanded an interior that exceeded mere sheetmetal trim. New carpeting was installed under the RJS lightweight bucket seats, with aftermarket gauges fitted to the factory dash. The dashpad, door panels, and headliner are also of the factory flavor. Incidentally, the vinyl top is the original covering installed at the factory in 1967. To keep the cockpit and its occupants safe and secure, the couple topped off the interior redo with a 12-point rollcage built by Larry Trussell of Trussell Race Cars in Dowagiac, Michigan.
Although some folks prefer the "rough" bodywork of a sleeper drag car, Virgil and Chris wanted their Coronet to look as good as it performed. Jack Stone at First Choice Auto Body in Elkhart, Indiana, was given the task of replacing deteriorated panels with new sheetmetal, as well as installing the fiberglass hood and covering the lot in an eye-searing Viper Red.
Completing the buildup phase (which involved ample help from friends Joe Richards and Bob Peacock), Virgil and Chris wasted no time putting their newly branded iron to the test...repeatedly. So far, the ragged-edged Coronet has pulled a best e.t. of 9.04 at 148 mph, and with a bit more tuning there's hope the car will drop into the 8-second realm.
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FOLSOM (AP) — Federal regulators have intensified an investigation into JPMorgan Chase & Co. electricity trading in California.
The California Independent System Operator, a Folsom-based agency that runs the state's power grid and oversees last-minute electricity sales, said earlier this year that the big electricity trader might have figured out a way to exploit vulnerabilities in the state's $8 billion-a-year electricity market.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission began a formal probe on Thursday, saying JPMorgan may have submitted misleading information or omitted information in its dealings with the agency and the California Independent System Operator, better known as ISO. ISO manages California's power grid and energy market.
"We preliminarily find that JPMorgan may have submitted misleading information or omitted material information," FERC said.
The Sacramento Bee (sacb.ee/Se4Mbd) reports the commission has threatened to suspend JPMorgan's right to sell electricity in the California.
The agency had earlier launched an informal probe after state officials complained JP Morgan might have used improper trading techniques in 2010 and 2011 to siphon $73 million in profits from the California energy market. The ISO "sought information from JPMorgan during its investigation into serious concerns of market manipulation last year and did not receive the cooperation required to pursue its investigation," said ISO President Steve Berberich in a prepared statement.
JPMorgan has denied wrongdoing and said it made "an inadvertent error" in its submissions to the agency.
In a prepared statement, JP Morgan told the Bee it promptly corrected its mistake and notified FERC of the problem. "Such an inadvertent error does not justify revoking JPMorgan's" license to trade in California," the bank said. The institution also demands the return of $20 million connected to the trades in question that ISO seized.
ISO officials disagreed with the warnings of some analysts that the California energy market was still vulnerable to widespread manipulation of the market like occurred in 2001 that led to billions in profits for traders and "rolling blackouts" throughout the state. The ISO said its probe shows it's more attune to market manipulation than it was in 2001.


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i love that art can surprise us, coming from the the things that aren't planned, or even the things we try to avoid. here's to many more lovely mistakes, in life and in art. =)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
5 comments:
- Crave Photography said...
Amen!! Me likey!!
- June 8, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- Halfphild said...
Well said!
- June 9, 2010 at 8:45 AM
- tiff and chris johnson said...
yay! I'm so excited to start sorting through all the wedding photos. It was SOOO insane and I really do wish you could have been there with me! But I think all your tips and advice from brooke's wedding really paid off and I thought about you more than once during the day! Bless that Jessica Kettle! hopefully we get to see you soon! xoxo
- June 10, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- amanda b. said...
Ehh--your mistakes are still masterpieces.
- June 11, 2010 at 9:37 AM
- Kristen Marie said...
I love my mistakes more than the ones I do on purpose :)
- June 13, 2010 at 11:29 PM
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Suffering Canadiens withdrawal? The Gazette has the answer with the ultimate fantasy experience as beat writer Pat Hickey, Gazette techie Eric Tobon and assorted friends around the National Hockey League produce The Season That Isn't by simulcasting the games on the EA Sports NHL 13 game. Here's how things might have looked in Thursday's season opener against the Ottawa Senators.
MONTREAL — The penalty kill was one of the few bright spots for the Canadiens last season, but it got off to a shaky start in Thursday night's season opener at the Bell Centre.
Erik Karlsson gave the Ottawa Senators a 2-1 victory when he scored a power-play goal at 4:58 of the third period. Jason Spezza opened the scoring for Ottawa with a power-play goal, while — surprise! — Scott Gomez scored for the Canadiens.
The Senators were handed a golden opportunity when defenceman Alexei Emelin received a major penalty for driving Spezza into the boards on the opening shift of the third period. There was less than a minute remaining in the penalty when Karlsson, the Norris Trophy winner, beat a screened Carey Price.
"Karlsson showed why he's the top scoring defenceman in the league," Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said. "No goaltender was going to stop that shot. We put ourselves in a bad position with penalties and we have to move bodies in front of the net so Carey has a chance.
"Emelin is a physical player, and I like that," Therrien added. "I thought it was a borderline hit, but he has to be aware of his position on the ice."
The first Ottawa goal was pure magic from veteran Daniel Alfredsson, who has averaged better than a point a game against the Canadiens. After Price stopped Karlsson's first-period drive from the point, Alfredsson one-timed the rebound to a wide-open Spezza for a 1-0 lead.
Gomez, who has become Therrien's No. 1 reclamation project, may have benefited from the fact nobody expects him to shoot. He was left alone at the side of the net and buried a perfect pass from Brian Gionta at 15:51 of the first period to tie the score.
"Gomer didn't even have to work on that goal," Gionta said with a grin. "My kid could have scored on that play."
Said Gomez, who went more than a year between goals before he scored on Feb. 9 last season: "I guess they'll have to start a new pool on when I'm going to score my next goal."
Gomez, who scored only two goals last season, has been moved from centre to play left wing on a line with Gionta and Tomas Plekanec. They accounted for six of the Canadiens' 30 shots against Craig Anderson.
Defenceman Andrei Markov showed no ill effects from multiple knee surgeries over the past seasons. He played a shade under 20 minutes, but it was impossible to judge his effectiveness as the quarterback on the power play. The Canadiens drew only one penalty, but the advantage was negated when a sloppy line change resulted in a too-many-men penalty 40 seconds into the advantage.
The game marked the first time the Canadiens have opened at home since 1999. The announced crowd was a sellout of 21,273, but there were pockets of empty seats, which may have been a reflection of the lockout or a lingering disenchantment with last year's performance.
Notes – Colby Armstrong is out for 7-10 days with a pulled hamstring. ... The Canadiens are on the road Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs. ... In the EA Sports simulation of Thursday's game (easports.com/nhl), with the unsigned Mathieu Darche and the injured Rene Bourque both in the Montreal lineup, the Canadiens beat the Senators 5-3 with both Darche and Bourque scoring.
Relive the Habs' last Stanley Cup season: With no end to the NHL lockout in sight, we'll give Canadiens fans a chance relive the 1992-93 season, when the Habs won the last of their 24 Stanley Cups, by posting game stories from that season at Hockey Inside/Out. The Canadiens opened the campaign on a winning note in Hartford. You can read Red Fisher's game story at hockeyinsideout.com.


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15 November 2012 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
The deal is off - Orchid Chemicals exits manufacturing JV with North China Pharmaceutical
Chennai: Chennai-based global pharma major, Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals has exited its 50:50 manufacturing joint venture (JV) with North China Pharmaceutical (NCPC) in China.
The 50 percent stake that Orchid holds in the JV will be transferred to the partner company (NCPC) for a total cash consideration of $13.9 million (RMB 87.5 million).
Orchid had in 2002 entered into a 50:50 JV with NCPC to set up a Cephalosporin active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility, located in Shijiazhuang, China.
Commenting on the development, Mr K Raghavendra Rao, CMD, Orchid, said that, "With the local Chinese players fast integrating, the operating conditions have grown quite competitive in China. Moreover, the products that the JV manufactures and markets in the local Chinese market have reached a mature stage resulting in flat growth prospects going forward. Hence, it was a prudent decision to relinquish our stake to the partner and exit the JV."


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8 September is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). There are 114 days remaining.
- 1157: Richard I, King of England between 1189 and his death, is born.
- 1992: Under the influence of Tom Riddle's diary, Ginny Weasley opens the Chamber of Secrets for the second time since it was first opened in 1943.
- 1993: The Boggart that Remus Lupin used for his Defence Against the Dark Arts class, took up residence in the teacher's wardrobe in the Staffroom.
- 1995: Percy Weasley sends Ron Weasley a letter advising him to distance himself from Harry Potter. Sirius Black appears in the Gryffindor common room fireplace to discuss the pain in Harry's scar and Dolores Umbridge. The Ministry of Magic passes the Educational Decree Number 23, appointing Dolores Umbridge as the High Inquisitor.
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BOSTON — Everywhere Dwyane Wade turned, two Boston Celtics seemed to be waiting.
BOSTON — Everywhere Dwyane Wade turned, two Boston Celtics seemed to be waiting.
And as long as Chris Bosh is out, he understands it's probably going to stay that way. The Celtics can double-team him without fear, knowing LeBron James is the only other Miami player who can consistently hurt them.
Wade scored only 18 points Friday in the Heat's 101-91 loss in Game 3, snapping his streak of 12 straight 20-point playoff games against Boston that was the longest since Jerry West had 18 in a row from 1966-69.
Wade isn't expecting Bosh back from his lower abdominal strain tonight in Game 4, so the scheme probably won't change. But he vows that his performance will.
"I'm not coming here crying," he said Saturday. "I can score the basketball, I've just got to find other ways to do that. It might not be a 41-point effort like it was in Indiana, you never know what each game takes, but I'm just going to go out here and play the game that I played for so many years and I will find a way to be effective."
Wade shot 9 of 20 in his second-lowest scoring performance of this postseason, after a five-point effort in Game 3 of the second round against Indiana. He was struggling with knee pain then, but insisted there was nothing wrong physically now.
The only problem, he said, was the two defenders closing on him whenever he came off a pick or caught the ball anywhere near the lane. He was also largely contained in Game 2, managing only 15 points in regulation before scoring eight in overtime to help the Heat pull out a 115-111 victory.
"As a team, we have to figure out ways to exploit the double team," James said. "As his teammates, we've got to make ourselves available to make plays for ourselves, and also when the double team is not there early on offense, we've got to get the ball to him early so he can attack without a double team."
Wade didn't attempt a free throw for the first time in a playoff game since 2004, when he was a rookie, and managed just six points on 3-of-9 shooting in the first half. Still, he was far from the only problem for the Heat.
"You look at all the effort areas we dominated the first two games, we got our butt kicked in all of them last night," said coach Erik Spoelstra, rolling through the list quickly as if afraid he'd forget one if he stopped for a breath.
"Points in the paint, they pounded us. Rebounding, they pounded us. Free throws, they beat us. Layup attempts, they beat us. Every area that has to do with toughness and effort we lost, and in the first two games we were winning those categories. Loose balls, 50-50 opportunities."
That's because the Celtics realized that's the only way they can beat such a talented opponent.
"I just thought Game 3 was more of a desperation game and we have to play like that," Kevin Garnett said. "We have to get these two at home by any means necessary and then deal with whatever after that. I felt like the way we played in Game 3 is the way we have to play. This team is too athletic, too good, too confident, too well coached, too well-sound defensively."
Garnett scored 24 points, the Celtics taking advantage of an undersized Heat lineup without Bosh by repeatedly throw it into their center near the rim. With Rajon Rondo adding 21 points and 10 assists, it's becoming clear they've found two matchups they can exploit.
Yet they were far from satisfied just by taking a game. They were in this same spot last year in the second round, losing two in Miami before winning Game 3 at home. But they dropped Game 4 in their building in overtime and were sent into the summer in Game 5.
The Celtics' veterans all said they remembered nothing about it — more likely ignoring it than a case of old guys suddenly losing their memories. But Ray Allen did say the Celtics seem to have a better idea of what it takes to beat the Heat this year.
"We're still down one game in this series, so we've only done one thing. We've won one game. We have to come back, we have to play better. I still think we can play better," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "That's the first thing I told them after the game. I said, 'Great win, but that's still not our best.' We have to play better and we can play better."
So can Wade, though he knows the Celtics will make it difficult. At some point, Bosh may be back and the Heat will be a Big Three again. In the meantime, Wade will keep seeing double.
"Like I said, it's no secret, guys," Wade told reporters before practice. "I'm getting doubled at the top of the key. I'm getting doubled in the paint, so let's not shoot a turnaround jump shot all the time, which is not a good shot for our team. We're going to have to find other ways for our team to loosen things up. And eventually, I'm a patient person, so eventually things will hopefully loosen up and I can get my opportunities where I can attack and get in a rhythm a little more."


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Iconoclast, influencer, American royalty, legend: Just a handful of the descriptors used on social media to describe singer-songwriter Prince as news of his death broke.
The artist born Prince Rogers Nelson and known simply as Prince (or briefly as an unpronounceable symbol in the 1990s) died Thursday at his home in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57.
With a vocal range that flew from deep bass to falsetto, Prince electrified the 1980s MTV generation with his infectious mix of pop, funk and rock, and rode the new wave of gender-ambiguous fashion that dominated the decade of excess through career looks that never failed to excite and, more often than not, to titillate.
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He sold over 100 million records worldwide, won seven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life," Prince says at the beginning of "Let's Go Crazy" from 1984's "Purple Rain."
His fans gathered – collectively or in spirit Thursday – to mark the passing of one of music's greatest performers. Here, pop culture moments that will live on now that Prince has left the stage.
Party Like it's "1999"
Released in October of 1982, the album "1999" was Prince's first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart (peaking at number 9) and became the fifth best-selling album of 1983, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 and featured "Little Red Corvette," "Delirious" and the titular anthem.
According to the Rolling Stone Album Guide, "'1999' may be Prince's most influential album: Its synth-and-drum machine-heavy arrangements codified the Minneapolis sound that loomed over mid-'80s R&B and pop, not to mention the next two decades' worth of electro, house, and techno." [[376601861,C]]
The Reign of "Purple Rain"
Released in 1984 to accompany the movie of the same name, "Purple Rain" sold over 20 million copies worldwide, earned the singer two Grammy Awards in 1985, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.
The seemingly autobiographical movie set in the Minneapolis club scene and hit-heavy album propelled him to the central point of the pop culture radar of the time. Prince starred in the movie along with Apollonia, The Time, his band The Revolution, and actor Clarence Williams III. The film has grossed over $65 million at the box office and the soundtrack album spent 24 weeks atop the chart and sold over 13 million copies.
In 1984, Prince simultaneously had the number one album ("Purple Rain"), number one song ("When Doves Cry"), and the number one movie ("Purple Rain").
"Purple Rain" was awarded the Best Music, Original Song Score Academy Award in 1985. [[376598701,C]]
Cinema Royalty
After the success of "Purple Rain," Prince's influence on the big screen only grew. At the time of his passing, website IMDB.com lists the performer with 166 soundtrack credits and 8 acting credits (most notably "Purple Rain," "Under the Cherry Moon" and "Graffiti Bridge" – all of which he starred in). [[376599101,C]] [[376599481,C]]
Prince's eleventh studio album was also the soundtrack to the first big screen reboot of the Caped Crusader. Released in 1989, "Batman" provided the music for the film of the same name starring Michael Keaton as the titular hero and Jack Nicholson as the Joker. Though "Batdance" is the most recalled number one hit single from the album, "Batman" stands as a prime example of the performer's cross-media reach. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Album Chart and has sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
In Good Company
Performing a medley of his hits "Purple Rain," "Baby I'm A Star," and "Let's Go Crazy," Prince opened the Grammy Awards in 2004 alongside Beyonce. That performance counts among hundreds of collaborations for the performer, ranging from duets to songwriter and production credits.
One of his most memorable live performances occurred in 2004 when he took the stage with Tom Petty, Steve Winwood and Jeff Lynne to help honor George Harrison's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The incredibly powerful rendition of The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" featured a one-for-the-ages guitar solo by Prince. [[376597961,C]]
Setting the Bar at the Super Bowl
While the Colts pounded the Bears at Super Bowl XLI in 2007, more memorable was the halftime show with Prince as the headline act. As a driving rain fell, Prince captivated and entertained, seemlessly working through a medley of his hits including "Let's Go Crazy," "Baby I'm a Star," and "Purple Rain," as well as covers of Queen's "We Will Rock You," Creedance Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary" and Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower."
A performance for the ages, every subsequent halftime act is judged by comparison.
In a clip posted by the NFL, halftime show production designer Bruce Rodgers remembers someone breaking the news to Prince that he'd have to play in the rain. "Prince was like, 'Can you make it rain harder?'" Rodgers says. Watch the video here.


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Cee Lo Green is headed back to television, following his hiatus from The Voice this season. This time he'll have his own reality show and will be calling all the shots. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the unscripted series is expected to premiere next year on TBS under the working title of The Cee Lo Life.
The series will follow Green's day-to-day life as he produces, records and performs. Additionally, the show will introduce his friends Big Gipp, Khujo and T-Po as they reunite their Atlanta hip-hop group Goodie Mob.
So what can we expect from his new show? Here's five things we hope The Cee Lo Life cameras catch for our television screens.
1. What's Hiding In His Closet?
There is no denying that Cee Lo Green has a unique, albeit questionable, fashion taste. What could he possibly have hiding in his closet? We could only imagine what outfits he's not quite sure about debuting in public… until now. Will it be more horrifying than the Kardashians episode where Kanye makes Kim clean out all the jank clothes in her multiple walk-ins? Possibly.
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Having mass casualties arrive at the hospital you work in can be one of the most challenging times for a nurse. Mass casualty incidents may be any type of disaster or situation that involves a sudden influx of patients. For instance, mass casualty incidents may include natural disasters, such as floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Vehicle pileups, fires, and shootings can also result in multiple patients.
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This is what to consider... if packaging isn't your big buggaboo, you're likely to see this thing again. Hasbro said as much at SDCC, that they do want to get this back out... be it an exclusive, or a repack, or whatever. One thing about Hasbro... they hate wasting a tooling once they have it. Things like Malak/Revan are rare occurances in modern collecting, and even those I suspect we shall see again, in some form, and they'll kill the secondary market.
That sucks, Jman...sorry to hear about all that. I do a lot of eBaying and stories like that always make me shudder. There are so many dirtbags out there it seems.
TRU has shrink-wrapped vehicle 2-packs hitting stores and reports are that the Mandalorian Assault Transport is mixed in there along with the AV-7 cannon, various Jedi Starfighters, V-19, Xanadau Blood, and Droid Gunship.
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Good news for owners of the original Samsung Galaxy Note: The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is coming your way soon.
Samsung announced the forthcoming software bump on its Galaxy Note microsite as part of a new Premium Suite upgrade.
The move to Android 4.1 will bring owners of the pioneering and surprisingly popular 5.3-inch phablet access to features like the Google Now personal assistant and Project butter.
However, the company is yet to reveal when the update will drop and, initially, it will only be available to unlocked devices.
Going Premium
Beyond Android Jelly Bean there's a host of new features, many of which featured on the Galaxy Note 2, are coming with Samsung's second Premium Suite update for the device.
Those additions are undoubtedly headlined by the neat Multi Window feature, which will allow two open apps to be running on the screen at the same time.
The Popup window multi-tasking feature for Notes, Video and Browser is also coming to the device, while handwriting will also be enabled within the email app.
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Diana Seah is the BFA Interior Design Program Coordinator and an Associate Professor in the Department of Interior Design. Professor Seah received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master in Fine Arts from the Iowa State University, focusing on interior architectural space design, adaptive reuse, and digital technology. Professor Seah is a NCIDQ certified interior designer and an Associate member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). She has won numerous award including, first place at the Steelcase Design competition and second place at the FIDA design competition. She currently teaches a variety of interior design courses including commercial design studios, computer graphic design and layout, and theory and current issues in interior architecture and design at the School of Art and Design.
Besides being a full time tenured faculty at SJSU, Professor Seah is an active design practitioner. Her research interest and expertise are in the design of corporate and hospitality space and Buddhist monasteries. Some of her recent works include the design of the interior spaces for Buddhist monasteries in Orlando and Miami of Florida, Sunnyvale Zen Center in Sunnyvale, American Buddhist Cultural Center in San Francisco, Academic Success Center at the San Jose State University, the Equity office in Walnut Creek, and the El Camino Hospital. Professor Seah was previously a Design Manager at Pivot Interiors and is currently contracted by Pivot Interiors as a design consultant. Prior to joining SJSU, Seah was a professor at the Miami University, Fresno State University and the University of Oklahoma.
At San Jose State University, Seah is also the founder of the Interior Design Student Organzation, and the faculty advisor for the IDSO club.


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The solid cast iron cutterblock housing is built for heavy duty work. The serrated steel infeed roller and the micro-serrated steel outfeed roller guarantee a perfect transport of the workpiece through the machine. Both steel rollers are large dimensioned and non-wearing. The combination of cutterblock, transport rollers and wood type is decisive for perfect planing resuts. The new Felder AD 941 can be individually configured and specified to meet your exact requirements.


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Gareth Heyes has an example of yet another way he's seen developers incorrectly handle incoming connections and the information inside. This time, he focuses on the remote IP coming from the client.
Developers place too much trust in everything, they assume that certain data cannot be faked and therefore these pieces of data can be used as a Trojan horse. Lets take the REMOTE IP of a user, it seems a trusted source because of the TCP/IP connection between the user and the server.
He points out the difference between HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR and REMOTE_ADDR and how, despite them being the same almost all of the time, shouldn't be trusted since they could be spoofed. He even includes an example script showing how it could be done (and how a bit of Javascript can even be inserted).


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New Dunkin' Donuts Homestyle Apple Pie
Apple pie, like pizza, is one of those foods that can go really low-brow and still be really tasty. Who doesn't love McDonalds or Little Debbie apple pies? No one I know.
Dunkin' Donuts must have figured this out, because they are now offering an individual fast food apple pie (again!). They're calling this new version "homestyle"—a cozy word that doesn't really mean anything. Despite the less than stellar reviews we gave their first attempt, I was excited to try one. And you know what, I wasn't disappointed. These babies are basically generic apple pie filling braided into puff pastry but it turns out that's not a bad thing.
Sure, the apple pie filling was lacking in the flavor department. It didn't taste artificial, but it also didn't taste very strongly of anything. There was, of course, a suggestion of apples and cinnamon, but no distinct flavor, and it was a bit too sweet. With hardly any chunks of actual fruit, it was basically just apple-reminiscent glop. Still, it was pretty yummy inside the super flaky, buttery, and cinnamon-topped puff pastry. The pastry had gone very soft on the inside which, combined with the sticky filling, made for a delightfully gooey mouthful. I'd definitely go for one of these over a McDonalds apple pie.
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CHICAGO - Some of Illinois' top Democrats joined parents of Connecticut school shooting victims Sunday to call for a state ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, a push made as lawmakers face a tight deadline on a contentious measure to legalize concealed carry.
Gov. Pat Quinn, Senate President John Cullerton and state Sen. Dan Kotowski argued the ban would limit the damage assault weapons can cause, but recognized it will be a tough vote in Springfield at a time when the concealed-carry debate pits urban Democrats against their downstate counterparts.
Kotowski, of Park Ridge, introduced legislation Friday that would ban the sale, delivery and possession of magazines that accept more than 10 rounds and impose strict prison sentences. He said the idea is to focus on high-capacity magazines because they make assault weapons more lethal.
"It's a way to hold the gun industry accountable," he said. "It's about time the gun industry step up and take responsibility for the products that they create and the products they sell. There's a reason why these guns are more lethal than they ever have been. It's because there's absolutely no regulation on the production and distribution of ammunition they can cause."
The bill is expected to come up for discussion in Springfield today, when lawmakers will hear testimony from the parents of three children killed in the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
The parents spoke Sunday at a news conference in Chicago about their losses, each one's eyes filling with tears as they recalled their sons and how limiting ammunition could have saved lives. Authorities said that shooter, Adam Lanza, had several 30-round magazines and fired more than 150 shots.
"In an instant, my precious boy was gone," said Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son, Dylan, was among the 20 students and six adults killed. "What happened in Newtown can happen anywhere."
Cullerton said a vote on the issue would be close in the Senate, but the parents' testimony would help.
"I want these three parents to come down to Springfield, Illinois, and I want them to make some of the senators very uncomfortable, and that's what's going to make a difference," he said.
Kotowski's proposal says that the delivery or sale of high-capacity magazine could equal up to three years in prison.
While similar attempts failed earlier this year, Quinn said he wants to see the ban on his desk before the General Assembly's May 31 scheduled adjournment. Before then, lawmakers must also address other mountainous issues - including plans to address the pension crisis and the budget, as well as votes on same-sex marriage legislation and a gambling expansion.
Lawmakers also face a June 9 deadline to come up with a way to legalize concealed carry. A federal appeals court set the date after ruling that Illinois' ban on concealed weapons - the last one in the nation - is unconstitutional. It's been a highly contentious issue with charged hearings and fierce lobbying from the National Rifle Association and anti-violence advocates.
And movement on it has been slow: A proposal to, among other things, require special permission to carry a gun in Chicago was expected to come up for a vote last week, but the sponsor softened language in the bill after opposition from Republicans and the NRA.
Cullerton, a Chicago Democrat, said approving concealed carry in Illinois will be a matter of a few votes. He also issued a challenge to the NRA.
"I refuse to let one faction, the National Rifle Association, dictate a response that benefits their interests while silencing the voice of victims," Cullerton said.
Todd Vandermyde, Illinois lobbyist for the NRA, dismissed that. He's previously said that an ammunition ban treats law-abiding gun owners like criminals and previous failed attempts showed Illinois residents don't want it.
"It seems this would dovetail into the talks about concealed carry," he said of the effort by Quinn, Cullerton and Kotowski. "They don't like Illinois having to become a carry state, and they want to restrict (gun owners). It seems to be another attack on that front."
Neither Quinn nor Cullerton would elaborate on how a high-capacity magazine ban would affect attempts for an assault weapons ban. Quinn failed at an attempt for the latter last year.
On Sunday, the Democratic governor said the ammunition ban was a priority.
"We're going to focus on this issue at this time," Quinn said. "If we can reduce the number of bullets that come from these deadly weapons to save lives, we owe it to all of our families and our children."


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In statistics the linear model is a model given by
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where Y is an n×1 column vector of random variables, X is an n×p matrix of "known" (i.e., observable and non-random) quantities, whose rows correspond to statistical units, β is a p×1 vector of (unobservable) parameters, and ε is an n×1 vector of "errors", which are uncorrelated random variables each with expected value 0 and variance σ2. Often one takes the components of the vector of errors to be independent and normally distributed. Having observed the values of X and Y, the statistician must estimate β and σ2. Typically the parameters β are estimated by the method of maximum likelihood, which in the case of normal errors is equivalent (by the Gauss-Markov theorem) to the method of least squares.
If, rather than taking the variance of ε to be σ2I, where I is the n×n identity matrix, one assumes the variance is σ2M, where M is a known matrix other than the identity matrix, then one estimates β by the method of "generalized least squares", in which, instead of minimizing the sum of squares of the residuals, one minimizes a different quadratic form in the residuals — the quadratic form being the one given by the matrix M-1. This leads to the estimator
- $ \widehat{\beta}=\left(X'M^{-1}X\right)^{-1}X'M^{-1}y $
which is the best linear unbiased estimator for $ \beta $. If all of the off-diagonal entries in the matrix M are 0, then one normally estimates β by the method of "weighted least squares", with weights proportional to the reciprocals of the diagonal entries.
Ordinary linear regression is a very closely related topic.
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Generalized linear models, for which rather than
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The general linear model (or multivariate regression model) is a linear model with multiple measurements per object. Each object may be represented in a vector.
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Nintendo boss Hiroshi Yamauchi played people, not games, to build empire
Hiroshi Yamauchi, who has died aged 85, transformed his family's Japanese playing-card company into a powerful global force in the video game market, enthralling players over several decades with devices such as the Game Boy and characters including Super Mario and Donkey Kong.
Yet Yamauchi himself was no hardware expert. Nor, indeed, was he a software programmer. In fact, he could barely play the games that his company made so profitably, indulging in only very occasional sorties on Tetris, the simple building block game. Much more to his taste was the traditional, distinctly un-digital Japanese board game of Go, at which he was supremely skilled.
But as a driven executive with a fearsome reputation within and outside Nintendo, Yamauchi made an astute early assessment of the video games market. This was that, despite ever more powerful games consoles, sales would be principally driven not by high-quality graphics or complexity, but by the quality of the gameplay on offer.
While competitors aimed to wow gamers with computational processing power, Nintendo focused on producing engaging, user-friendly entertainment. In 2000, when Sony's PlayStation console was making headway in the market, Yamauchi liked to point out that Nintendo's Pokemon, the bestselling game of all time, was developed for a machine with less than one-100th of the memory and one-eighth of the processing power of a PlayStation.
Not that Nintendo shunned new technology under his leadership. For example he launched the Virtual Boy, an early foray in virtual reality. But it was a disaster and helped to cement Yamauchi's credo that risks should be borne mostly by Nintendo's subcontractors, while Nintendo itself should retain strategic control and remain relatively sleek and nimble.
It was a gameplan that made the company vastly profitable and Yamauchi himself Japan's richest man. "He's not a hardware guy," noted one software entrepreneur, Henk Rogers. "He doesn't understand games. He understands people and he plays people."
Hiroshi Yamauchi was born in Kyoto on November 7, 1927. His father deserted the family when Yamauchi was young and the boy was raised by his austere grandparents, then in charge of a business which sold cards for the playing-card game karuta, which was highly popular at the time.
According to Game Over, an account of Nintendo written by David Sheff, Yamauchi's father returned years later, seeking to meet his only son. Yamauchi refused to see him.
That toughness soon emerged in the young man's business dealings too. In 1949, his grandfather fell ill and summoned Yamauchi to his bedside, asking that he drop out of Waseda University and become president of Nintendo. Yamauchi, then only 21, agreed on the condition that a cousin – and potential rival – be fired. Once installed, he cemented his power with a further purge of executives.
He was not intending to innovate. "The truth is, I wasn't really thinking about entering new businesses," he told The New York Times in 1992. But as karuta cards went out of fashion, the bottom fell out of the business and Yamauchi began casting around for new ideas. Owing to what he called his "lack of imagination", Nintendo branched out into board games and sports equipment.
The company repeatedly flirted with collapse. But then it moved into arcade games - most famously, in 1981, with its King Kong-inspired game, Donkey Kong. The game soon transferred to Nintendo's Game & Watch gadget - a hand-held device with a basic screen. Other titles were released and Game & Watch proved a hit. Nintendo was relaunched.
Nintendo then launched the Family Computer (a games console known as the Famicom in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, elsewhere) only to discover that, just as it had entered the video game market in earnest, the bottom was falling out of that too. The rot was largely down to Atari, for years the market leader. It had lost control of the supply of games for its machine, resulting in a flood of poor quality titles. By 1985, when the NES was launched in America, what had been a $US3 billion-a-year industry was pulling in only $100 million.
Yamauchi, through his son-in-law Minoru Arakawa (in charge of Nintendo's American operation), aggressively targeted shops and dealers who had despaired of video games in the wake of Atari's collapse. Nintendo offered them attractive terms of sale or return, which many considered commercial suicide. But as the market began to recover, Nintendo was alone in the marketplace to profit.
By 1988, public appetite for Nintendo was insatiable. More than a million American gamers were signed up to Nintendo's "Fun Club". By the following year, the club's newsletter had more than 1.5 million subscribers and had become the largest circulation children's magazine in the United States. Nintendo guide books followed, and hotlines staffed by 550 people received 150,000 calls a week from gamers keen for tips and, happily for Nintendo's bottom line, news of forthcoming releases.
These, regulated by Yamauchi, were few in number but of high quality. Lacking software expertise, he established competing teams of programmers. Only the best game was unleashed upon gamers.
It was a hard-driving ethic that infuriated many. Yet while Nintendo enjoyed a near-monopoly, its suppliers had to agree to its terms. Inside the company things were little better. "At Nintendo, people seem motivated mainly by their desire to win Mr Yamauchi's praise or avoid his scorn," one profile noted in 1996. "There is little done to increase corporate morale."
Nintendo's dominance was further underlined in 1989 with the release of the hand-held Game Boy device. But with competition hotting up, the company was late developing the next, more powerful, generation of console. Sega appeared set to take a large part of Nintendo's market share, only for Nintendo to parry the blow with the enormous success of its Pokemon game. And when it came to the subsequent round of consoles, Nintendo ensured that it was first off the mark with the Nintendo 64, released in 1996.
The console received rave reviews, but as the games market proved ever more lucrative, competitors redoubled their efforts. The Nintendo GameCube was released in 2001 but was hugely outsold by Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's xBox. The following year, Yamauchi stepped down. In 2006, the company released the Nintendo Wii console, which proved a considerable success.
Hiroshi Yamauchi lived in a centuries-old family house behind a temple in Kyoto. He had few interests outside work. However in 2002, he ensured that Nintendo bought the Seattle Mariners baseball team when it required investment to ensure it remained in the city. He never attended a game.
His wife, Michiko, whom he married shortly after the war, died last year. They had two daughters and a son.
Hiroshi Yamauchi died on September 19, 2013.
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The disappearance of a Minnesota mother of seven was just a missing person case when it landed on the desk of Detective Sgt. Lee Hollatz. Seven months later, her body and that of another woman were found stuffed in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin highway, and the former police officer whom Hollatz had long considered his top person of interest is now suspected in their deaths.
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- 2 Beds
- 2 Full Baths
Property TypeResidential – Condominium
SubdivisionThe Seasons @ Avon-Residential
Listing Date07/10/19
Year Built1985
Lot Size0.01 Acres (436 SqFt)
Parking1 Car Assigned
Property Description
Enjoy Beaver Creek views from the deck -2 Bedroom & 2 Full Bathrooms.This complex is a short walk to the Westin Gondola for easy access to the slopes of Beaver Creek in the winter. The bus stop right outside your door provides for easy access to Beaver Creek, Vail and Avon. Walk to the river, Nottingham Park, Avon Recreation Center and the restaurants/shopping in Avon. Onsite rental program makes this property easy to rent when you aren't enjoying it.
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- Cable Available
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About Avon & Wildridge
Avon The Town of Avon used to be known for its prime location at the base of Beaver Creek Ski Resort, but Avon has come into its own in recent years thanks to thoughtful redevelopment projects, new restaurants and businesses, top-notch events and endless outdoor recreation. One of Avon's town jewels is Nottingham Lake, where you'll find everything from standup paddleboarding to concerts to family-friendly festivals. Free buses shuttle visitors and residents around town or up to the ski resort, and a transit center also provides quick and easy access to Vail. The Town has made many improvements in recent years to its pedestrian connections, making the town much more walkable overall. Avon has become an extension of the resorts, offering mountain living without any sacrifices. Wal-Mart, City Market and The Home Depot anchor the town's retail business mix, which also offers a variety of unique local retail businesses and some of the valley's top restaurants. The Westin Riverfront also offers gondola access from town to Beaver Creek Resort. The Town's 40,000-square-foot recreation center features an indoor waterslide, a 5-lane lap pool, and a state-of-the-art fitness facility. Just outside its doors, Nottingham Park Pavilion plays host to concerts and events, including the annual Fourth of July festivities which include one of the most impressive fireworks shows in the state. The real estate in Avon features a combination of townhomes, condominiums and single-family homes. Second-home owners have taken a particular liking to the Westin Riverfront, Basecamp, The Ascent and Brookside. Wildridge Perched high above the valley with views of Beaver Creek, Game Creek Bowl and Edwards, Wildridge is a community with a unique identity in the valley. Just a few minutes up the hill from Avon, Wildridge is a mix of condominium complexes, townhomes, duplexes and single-family homes. Lot sizes here are comparatively larger than what's available in most neighborhoods throughout the Vail Valley, and the expansive views add to one of Wildridge's greatest amenities — being surrounded by open space. Hiking and biking trails are fun for all ability levels, and the community's dedicated bike lanes — especially the uphill climbing lanes from Avon — add to the community's bike friendliness. Two playgrounds and a popular dog park make families with children and/or dogs feel especially welcome here. The extensive trail systems in sunny Wildridge also bring together an eclectic mix of local residents looking to get their lungs pumping outside or just to socialize with neighbors. Many residents enjoy an evening stroll around the neighborhood's trails, where friendships are formed and neighbors get to know each other. With no noise from I-70, a quality trail system and expansive views, life in Wildridge is mountaintop living at its finest.
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Carrot halwa is the warm, sticky, juicy and fragrant indian dessert of festivities and joyous occasions. Not a belly goes without a sinking sigh when served a delicate mound of bright orange halwa flecked with cardamon, infused with saffron and decorated with pistachio. This might just be the best thing to happen with carrots and I'm not kidding.
I'm really excited about this recipe and I knew it would work and I was affirmative about it being phenomenal. Now, although carrot halwa is the darling of indian desserts, there's nothing new about it. It's perfect as it is and that's that. I've used agave nectar rather than sugar, so it's not as sinful as the traditional recipe.
Monday morning. Husband in Hong Kong and toddler on my hip. It's cold, grey and very windy. Everyone is tweeting and Facebook updating about going back to work. I stand at the fridge, knowing that I need to stoke the internal flames but also need to stop getting fatter. Conundrum. I'm hungry and always crave sugar or cheese when I'm hungry. I think about lemon drizzle cake. It doesn't work for breakfast. Sort of. I think of saffron. I think of all the tweets about savoury breakfast concoctions. I have carrots in the fridge and they are massive and juicy. They wold make perfect carrot cake or carrot halwa. But i can not get any fatter, I should eat porridge. Bingo.
And there we have it. Let me tell you that my mum said that this was the best porridge she's ever had. EVER. I'm really excited about this recipe, did I tell you that? Try it. Love it. I'm sure you will.
2 large carrots, grated
1 tsp margarine
Agave nectar to taste, I used about 4 tbsp.
400ml milk
1/4 tsp ground cardamon
A small pinch of saffron strands
2 tbsp of shelled pistachio nuts, coarsely ground
3/4 cup porridge oats
1. Heat the margarine until it melts in a deep pan, then add the grated carrots and and cardamon then sauté them on a medium flame for about 4-5minutes.
2. When the carrots have softened, add the milk and bring the mixture to a simmer. Add the saffron with the agave nectar and allow them to infuse into the milk. Simmer for a further 4-5 minutes.
3. Add the porridge oats and then simmer for 3-4 minutes until the mixture has thickened.
4. Serve hot and steaming with a sprinkling of pistachios in top.


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Pinellas County officials are starting to work on the county's budget for next year, and they've been told to start trimming.
Last summer, commissioners approved a $1.5-billion budget after a lot of wrangling and cuts to the budget staffers first presented. The first draft contained an almost automatic increase for inflation.
This year, the county's new administrator, Steve Spratt, is starting at the other end. He's starting out by looking for ways to shrink the budget.
Spratt has told department heads and county agencies that he wants them to turn in proposed budgets that are smaller than last year.
"This doesn't say that's how it will all shake out in the end," Spratt said. "But it's a planning process."
After Sept. 11, county officials began trimming expenses in this year's budget. They froze jobs and cut down on travel and other expenses. Ultimately, Spratt asked each county department to cut 3.3 percent from its budget.
For next year's budget, Spratt has asked managers to present a budget that is 0.9 percent lower than the budget approved for this year.
Spratt estimated that the costs of the exact same services as this year would be 3.3 percent more.
But that's not the number staffers are working with. Spratt has instructed them to think creatively, study their priorities and look for ways to bring in new cash, such as concessions or boat rentals at county parks. Don't just cut travel expenses, he said. Instead, look at how county operations could be more efficient.
"Be innovative in developing your own solutions," Spratt told managers.
Some commissioners said they're pleased with the new approach.
"Until we know that we're back on track 100 percent, we're going to have to watch our pennies," said Commissioner John Morroni.
Commissioner Susan Latvala supported a tax increase rather than cutting services last year. But she also was pleased.
"I'm excited about what he's doing and the processes he's putting in place," she said. "It's what we've been waiting for. We're looking for somebody with fresh, new ideas, who can look at the budget without any ownership and find ways to be more cost-effective."
But talk about pressure. Spratt will be facing more than high expectations as he puts together his first budget proposal. The county is facing its tightest revenue crunch in years. Commissioners struggled to agree on a budget last year, finally passing a budget with a whirl of last-minute cuts that most would rather not repeat.
And it's an election year. With four commissioners on the ballot, they may think twice about raising property tax rates, especially since doing so would be the fourth rate hike in a row.
"I'm operating under the assumption they'd like to try to avoid that," Spratt said.


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Today, guest blogger and Certified Consultant Nagi Elabbasi of Veryst Engineering shares simulation research designed to optimize band gaps for phononic crystals. Phononic crystals are rather unique materials that can be engineered with a particular band gap. As the demand for these materials continues to grow, so does the interest in simulating them, specifically to optimize their band gaps. COMSOL Multiphysics, as we'll show you here, can be used to perform such studies.
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Natural Frequencies of Immersed Beams
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- Indianapolis 500
Dario Franchitti claims historic third Indy 500 crown
- Drivers:
- Takuma Sato
Dario Franchitti won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time after Takuma Sato crashed on the final lap.
Sato went for the lead going into the first turn, pulling even with Franchitti. But he went in too low, and the crash sent him into the outside wall. Sato's car barely missed Franchitti, who coasted across the line under a yellow caution flag to become the 10th driver to win at least three Indy 500s.
Franchitti's team-mate, Scott Dixon, finished second. Tony Kanaan, who had the lead off the last restart with six laps to go, settled for third on a blistering day where the official race temperature was 91, one degree shy of the record set in 1937.
In the winner's circle, Franchitti donned a pair of white sunglasses to honor Dan Wheldon, who won the 500 a year ago but was killed in a crash at Las Vegas in the final race of the 2011 season. The crowd of more than 200,000 also donned white glasses on the 98th lap - matching the number of Wheldon's winning car. "I want to thank all the fans for saluting our Dan today," said Franchitti, who was one of Wheldon's closest friends. "What a race."
This was the second year in a row that a crash on the final lap affected the outcome. In 2011, rookie JR Hildebrand was leading going into the final turn when his car slammed into the wall, allowing Wheldon to cruise past and take the chequered flag. "I was side by side with Takuma," Franchitti said. "We hit and I managed to keep it out of trouble."
Marco Andretti had the strongest car early in the race, dropping back because of handling issues. He was fighting his way back to the front when he crashed with 13 laps to go. That set up a six-lap shootout for the win, and another heartbreak for one of Indy's most famous families.
Kanaan was ahead when the green flag waved, but the two Ganassi cars quickly blew by him for the lead. In all, there were a record 35 lead changes, six more than the previous high set in 1960.