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Red Sox - 000 000 000 000 000 - 0 4 0It's a drag to be on the losing end of any extra-inning game, but this was one of the best games the Red Sox and Yankees have played in the 2000s.
Yankees - 000 000 000 000 002 - 2 9 1
The two rivals had never played 14 innings without a run being scored. Nearly 40 years ago, on September 24, 1969, the two teams were tied 0-0 after 13 innings before the Red Sox won 1-0 in 14.
Junichi Tazawa made his major league debut in the bottom of the 14th. It ended up being one of the more eventful half-innings of the season.
After Hideki Matsui lined out to center, Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano singled. Eric Hinske then ripped a 2-2 pitch to deep right. J.D. Drew got a fantastic jump, ran maybe 10-12 steps and leapt towards the track and corner, the ball just barely nestling in the tip of his glove with his arm at full extension.
Drew: "I don't know how in the world it ended up in my glove."
With two outs, Melky Cabrera lined a full-count pitch down the right field line. It landed perhaps one inch foul; the Dud had started celebrating his game-winning hit on his way to first, before being told to go back to the plate. After another foul, he swung and missed a pitch in the dirt.
In the 15th, Derek Jeter -- who had left the bases loaded in the fifth and stranded the winning run at third in the 10th -- blooped one of his trademark weak singles to right. Victor Martinez, playing first, made a diving catch into foul territory on Johnny Damon's poor bunt attempt and Mark Teixeira struck out. Alex Rodriguez then crushed a 2-1 pitch to deep left-center for a game-winning dong.
Tazawa was squeezed by home plate umpire Chad Fairchild; his first two pitches to Hinske in the 14th were clearly in the strike zone according to MLB's pitch-f/x data, but were called balls.
The pitch before A-Rod hit the homer was also questionable. If called correctly, it would have been a 1-2 count and not 2-1. Takashi Saito also fought against a saltine-sized zone in the 13th, a strike zone that magically expanded back close to rule book size when Alfredo Aceves, Brian Bruney or Phil Coke were on the hill.
Beckett (7-4-0-2-7, 115) was strong and the seven Boston relievers -- Okajima, Bard, Ramirez, Papelbon, Delcarmen, Saito and Tazawa -- had a superb 7.2-4-0-5-7 line before Slappy's HR. It was the first time in MLB history that a team used three Japanese-born pitchers during one game.
The Red Sox had very few scoring chances, collecting only four hits in 55 trips to the plate: Ellsbury in the first and 10th, Ortiz in the ninth, and Youkilis in the 14th. They drew eight walks, including six from Burnett (7.2-1-0-6-6, 118).
Boston had Ellsbury at third with two outs in the first, runners at first and second with no outs in the sixth, a man at second with two outs in both the eighth and 10th, and first and second with two outs in the 14th. In other words, the only Red Sox runner to get to third base all night was the very first batter of the game.
So after 5:33 and 494 pitches, the Red Sox fell to 4.5 GB.
Junichi Tazawa has been called up to the Red Sox. The Globe speculates that Jed Lowrie will be placed on the disabled list to make room for the right-handed pitcher.
In other roster news, Billy Traber was designated for assignment and infielder Chris Woodward was claimed off waivers from the Mariners. ... WEEI is reporting that John Smoltz has left the team and New York and is headed back to Atlanta.
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Victor Martinez, 1B
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
David Ortiz, DH
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Varitek, C
Josh Reddick, LF
Nick Green, SS
If you want to feel calm, eat more raw fruit and vegetables, yoghurt, milk and seeds.
When you rest, you are a king, surveying your estate. Look at the woodland. The peacocks on the lawn. Be the king of your own calm kingdom.
Add a drop of lavender to your bath and soon, you'll soak yourself calm.
When you're feeling under pressure, do something different. Roll up your sleeves, or eat an orange.
Be on the look out for things that make you laugh. If you see nothing worth laughing at, pretend you see it, then laugh.


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On the web
Learn more about Boulder's Whimseybox at whimseybox.com.
Alicia DiRago grew up in a "crafty" household, spending days making crazy costumes, 3-D worlds out of paper and collages from magazines.
Later in life, the chemical engineer turned to hands-on hobbies as a means of relaxation after hours of delving into data and spreadsheets.
But as arts and crafts evolved and gained popularity as "DIY," or do-it-yourself, in the digital world, not all elements of the industry seemed to have advanced, she said.
"In the modern Internet world, I was frustrated because I couldn't buy supplies online," she said.
So DiRago created a place to do just that.
DiRago, 33, heads up the Boulder-based Whimseybox, a company that operates a monthly craft kits subscription service and an e-commerce store for projects and supplies.
Whimseybox — a graduate of Excelerate Labs, the startup accelerator program now operated as TechStars Chicago — has recorded "tremendous" growth in subscribers and sales within the past year.
"This year, the main focus is moving into the broader e-commerce (business)," DiRago said. "(Including focusing on) intelligent matching between all the creative projects you find on the web and matching those with the supply list."
Whimseybox launched in December 2011.
But "launched" may be a bit of an overstatement, DiRago said.
"At that time, it was a WordPress site," she said. "The idea was to make it easier for people to start making things."
Whimseybox formed as a result of DiRago's own frustrations from not being able to buy materials online. She wanted a way to bring DIY to the modern Internet age.
In 2009, DiRago and her husband moved to Houston, where he had landed a job. She quit hers in Chicago will the full intention of finding another position in the energy-rich job market in Texas.
But Houston would end up being a locale for another career to blossom.
DiRago created a DIY crafts blog and started to teach classes. Both the blog and classes started to grow in popularity and DiRago discovered many others had the same difficulties as her.
"It was pretty hard to find the supplies online," she said, noting industry leaders such as Michaels only had brick-and-mortar presences. "I started thinking, 'How can I reach more of these people?' And that's really where the idea (developed)."
Whimseybox relocated to Boulder last year and currently consists of a five-person operation based out of an 1,800-square-foot office in downtown. A week or two each month, a slew of temporary workers join Whimseybox's ranks to help hand-package the Whimseyboxes.
What's in the box?
For $15 per month, customers can have a Whimseybox — a kit to make a specific craft or art project — delivered to their doorsteps.
"Every month, you don't know what the project is going to be; we include the instructions and all the materials," she said. "We do not assume that the subscribers have all the materials."
In a recent jewelry-making box, for example, the Whimseybox came with two sets of pliers.
There's a LEGO-like approach of providing a roadmap for a project, but the intent is not to stifle imaginations.
"We didn't want to suck the 'creative' out of the 'creative experience,'" she said.
That's where the company's website also can come into play.
Through Whimseybox's site, customers can order past boxes and also pore through popular crafts — perhaps some they've come across on Pinterest boards — and find both instructions and a one-click means of purchasing supplies.
That latter avenue is what DiRago and crew hope to expand to include partnerships with existing online bloggers and crafters.
Whimseybox, which has raised under $1 million in seed funding to date, plans to make a presentation to potential investors later this month at the Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter Conference.
'Industry is strong'
At the end of 2012, the arts and crafts industry had an estimated value of $30 billion, according to data from the Elmwood Park, N.J.-based Craft & Hobby Association.
The industry remains incredibly healthy, said Andrej Suskavcevic, the association's president and chief executive officer.
The crafts and hobbies industry experienced a boost as families turned to lower-priced activities during the recession, he said. That momentum has accelerated in part to the web, he added.
"Overall the trend of the DIY/craft industry is strong," he said. "We're seeing a lot of new players getting in, particularly the younger generation."

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Leticia Hernandez -- one of three connected to the incident who appeared in Logan County District Court -- pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and possession of menthamphetamine, with a stipulated probation cap. The length of her probation, as well as the terms and conditions, will be determined after a pre-sentence investigation report is conducted.
Assistant District Attorney Brittny Lewton said Judge Michael Singer conducted the private hearing in the interest of the defendant's safety. Some of the co-defendants have ties to gangs -- though Hernandez does not, Lewton said -- and some of the information discussed in the hearing involved gang relations.
She clarified that the shooting itself was not gang-related.
"There's a different culture and dynamics of the gang world. It's not something our district is used to," Lewton said. "There's lots of information, and lots of serious ramifications about information that's made public. We're trying to keep the lid on that."
Before the hearing, Hernandez faced charges of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation, aggravated robbery and first-degree assault with a deadly weapon -- all much more serious than what she pleaded to.
She had allegedly helped plan the confrontation on Aug.
After Hernandez and Baray convinced Morales to stop at the Sinclair Station, authorities say a firefight ensued. Morales and Velasquez were shot twice, Jared Sanchez -- who has not been charged in the incident -- was paralyzed after receiving two gunshot wounds to the neck and Bernal and Velasquez fled the scene.
The defendant allegedly hid in the bathroom with another witness during the confrontation.
Lewton said Hernandez received a lighter sentence because she had no prior criminal history, and that other co-defendants wouldn't be offered similar deals.
In light of that, Morales was denied a bond reduction from $30,000 Thursday.
Charges weren't originally brought against Morales, who was the victim in the case. But further investigation led to his arrest on two counts of weapons possession by a previous offender, tampering with physical evidence, violation of bail bond conditions, possession of drug paraphernalia and a protection order violation.
Singer said he wouldn't entertain a bond argument unless Public Defender Damon Brune presented new arguments.
He will have a disposition hearing Jan. 9 at 1:30 p.m.
Joseph Bernal, who also appeared in court, set his case for a preliminary hearing. He faces charges of first-degree attempted murder, after deliberation, first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated robbery and five habitual criminal counts.
If convicted, he could possibly be sentenced to life in prison, due to his habitual counts.
He will appear for a motions hearing Feb. 8 at 9 a.m.
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I plan on designing a wedge mount pretty soon, looking for input in what you guys like about them, or what you would like to see in one. I've never used one so I want to make sure all things are considered.
I'll figure out a good angle and such, but when I'm going through the design process I don't want to over look something you guys may like or dislike. Really I'm after information like how you like the marker to shoulder, marker and hopper height, things of that nature. Pros and cons will help will help.


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My car, which isn't my car, really, since I don't have a car but instead have a truck that I don't have because I sold it but in my heart I'm still a truck driving guy and the car is my wife's car but it's the only vehicle we have now that we sold the truck and we couldn't put a car seat in the truck anyway so maybe I'll get an SUV or a minivan or a station wagon or a Corvette, is a mess.
It has lots of Goldfish crackers (which I stealthily keep in a Cheerios container so that people will think I'm a good dad and am not, in fact, giving my daughter baked cheese every hour on the hour), and raisins, and Gorilla Munch (which only costs four times as much as regular corn puffs but it's organic and I totally fall for that scam) on the floor and stuffed away somewhere in Erin's car seat. She is a messy eater.
Today when I picked up the mail I had two presents. One was a DVD preview of the new Signing Time series that I was totally asked to review and I totally said yes because Erin is totally addicted to Signing Time and I figure if I say yes often enough to their marketing people they will send Erin an autographed picture of Alex and maybe Rachel will dedicate an episode to "Backpacking Dad Signs" and they will mostly involve winks at the camera that I know will just be for me.
The other was a sample of Multi-grain Cheerios that I received because Safeway peeks in my windows at night, or is monitoring my every cereal purchase and they know about the Gorilla Munch and they thought "this guy is totally a sucker and he's totally going to fall for this 'multi-grain' and 'weight-management' crap the same way he falls for the 'organic' crap so let's send him a little something and then we'll be like the Dealer who gives you the first one free and soon he'll be peeking in our windows at night wondering where we're hiding his Cheerios."
I don't eat Cheerios, but I looked at the floor of my car and at the raisins and Gorilla Munch and Goldfish crackers scattered about and I thought "well, just because she's thrown everything else on the floor doesn't mean that she'll throw these on the floor, because as Hume noted the only proof we have that the future will resemble the past is that the future has always resembled that past, but that's a fact about the past and not the future so maybe this time things will be different, so I'm going to go ahead and open this small box and give the entire thing to Erin while she sits in her car seat and she'll eat them very patiently and not scatter them all over the floor and this will give me some time to read the mail before we go home and I put her down for a nap and jump online to avoid cleaning all of the raisins and Gorilla Munch and Goldfish crackers out of my car" so I handed them over to Erin and I read the mail and then wouldn't you know it she didn't spill a single one.
I was about to start the car and I thought "she is going to spill them all over if I start driving because she has great timing and she'll know I won't pull over to take away the Cheerios if she starts flinging them around once the car is in motion" so I asked for the box and she gave it over very reluctantly because she thought "dude, that is the only thing making me happy right now so you'd better have a good replacement for that multi-grain goodness, because I totally fell for that crap" and I didn't have a replacement so she started demanding that I give the Cheerios back to her and after a dialogue with myself that involved myself saying "Self, she's going to make a mess" and myself replying "Yeah, she's totally going to make a mess" and Erin interjecting "Just give me the flippin' Cheerios already," I relented and told Erin to ask for them politely and she said "Please" and signed "Please" and so I turned with the box in my hand to give them back to her and bumped them against headrest of the passenger seat and
spilled the damned Cheerios all over my car.
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48 peaks
A sightless vision of summits in winter for Nashua manBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Sunday News Correspondent March 23. 2013 3:04AM
Blind hiker Randy Pierce of Nashua and his guide dog, Quinn, are the subject of "Four More Feet," a documentary film screening at the University of New Hampshire on March 25. (JUSTIN FULLER)
DURHAM -- When Randy Pierce, a blind hiker from Nashua, was about to embark on a journey last winter to summit all 48 of New Hampshire's highest peaks in one cold season, novice filmmaker Dina Sutin asked if she could tag along and film the journey.
The result is a documentary titled "Four More Feet," which will have its Seacoast premiere in the University of New Hampshire's Memorial Union Building on Monday night at 7 p.m.
The title has multiple meanings: one focusing on the four-legged support of Pierce's dedicated guide dog, Quinn, and a second that is shared as the film, and the journey, progresses.
Sutin said she got much more out of the experience than she was expecting when she began filming in December 2011.
In a word, she described the experience of following Pierce as "humbling." And, she added, audiences seem humbled as well once they've seen the film.
"You immediately reconsider your own abilities when you see someone that has an alleged disability who is so well adapted and manages to continue to do all the things they love seemingly effortlessly," Sutin said.
The key word there is "seemingly." In fact, Pierce's life has been far from effortless.
Shortly after graduating from UNH in 1988, he began losing his vision to a neurological disorder that also confined him to a wheelchair for one year, eight months and 21 days.
Two successful experimental treatments got him out of the chair and on his feet. Friends with the UNH Outdoor Education program then got him out on the mountains.
Last March, Pierce, Quinn and co-hikers Justin Fuller and Kyle Dancuse, another UNH alum, completed their journey. Sutin chronicled it all: three months, 200 miles and 88,000 feet of elevation.
At the beginning of the winter of 2011-12, 46 hikers were on record for summiting New Hampshire's 48 peaks in a single winter. Pierce became the first blind person to accomplish the feat, and Quinn became the first guide dog to do so.
Having a guide dog willing and excited to walk tough terrain came by chance, Pierce said.
"He showed an incredible aptitude for it," Pierce said of Quinn. "Guide dogs are not trained for this kind of thing. Most of the trails in the White Mountains are the type of environment they are trained to avoid."
Throughout the film, Pierce said, Quinn's happiness is in evidence - from his wagging tail to his boundless energy.
In the end, Pierce said, what the pair accomplished first and foremost is "ability awareness versus disability awareness."
That's an issue he speaks about to students all over the state through his charity 2020 VisionQuest, founded in 2010. The goal of the organization is to "inspire people to reach beyond adversity and achieve their highest goals," Pierce said.
His winter hiking journey began as a way to lead by example. His message is about choice.
"The challenge is real, and it has a real impact on every one of us," Pierce said. "The choice of how we respond to that challenge is always ours, and the choice we make will have a bigger influence on our life than any challenge ever could.
"I like to think I'm verification of that theory."
One of his next goals is to summit the 48 peaks in the non-winter seasons. He, and Quinn, already are more than halfway to their goal.
"I hope to be climbing in life for a lot longer still," Pierce said.
Accompanied by "the Mighty" Quinn and Sutin, Pierce will be in attendance at Monday's screening to answer questions after the film.
For a limited time, the DVD will be available for purchase online at www.2020visionquest.org.


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Jurassic Park Trilogy (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
Universal reveals all the details on the new releases of this popular franchise
Starring: Sam Neill
Released: 25th October 2011
SRP: Price TBC
Further Details:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of the Jurassic Park Trilogy for October 25th. A Limited Edition Blu-ray Trilogy Gift Set will also be available, which includes a custom T-rex dinosaur statue. The full disc specs for each edition are attached below, along with the official package artwork.
"Return to Jurassic Park" – this six-part documentary features all-new interviews with the many of the cast members from all three films, the filmmakers and Steven Spielberg.
o Dawn of a New Era
o Making Pre-history
o The Next Step in Evolution
o Finding The Lost World
o Something Survived
o The Third Adventure
Quote: BD-LIVE™ - Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to watch exclusive content, the latest trailers, and more!
MY SCENES: Bookmark your favorite scenes from the film.
pocket BLU™: The groundbreaking pocket BLU™ app uses iPad®, iPhone®, iPod® touch, Android™, PC and Mac® to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray™ player. Plus iPad® owners can enjoy a new, enhanced edition of pocket BLU™ made especially to take advantage of the tablet's larger screen and high resolution display. Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray™ content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that's bigger and better than ever before. pocket BLU™ offers advanced features such as:
o ADVANCED REMOTE CONTROL: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
o VIDEO TIMELINE: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
o MOBILE-TO-GO: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
o BROWSE TITLES: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
o KEYBOARD: Entering data is fast and easy with your device's intuitive keyboard.
The following bonus features also appear on the both the Blu-ray™ and DVD:
The Making of Jurassic Park
The Making of The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Making of Jurassic Park III
Steven Spielberg Directs Jurassic Park
Early Pre-Production Meetings
The World of Jurassic Park
The Magic of Industrial Light & Magic
Location Scouting
Phil Tippett Animatics: Raptors In The Kitchen
The Jurassic Park Phenomenon: A Discussion with Author Michael Crichton
Industrial Light & Magic and Jurassic Park: Before and After The Visual Effects
Industrial Light & Magic and The Lost World: Jurassic Park Before & After
The Industrial Light & Magic Press Reel
A Visit to Industrial Light & Magic
Hurricane in Kauai Featurette
Dinosaur Turntables
The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park III
Montana: Finding New Dinosaurs
Animatics: T-Rex Attack
The Special Effects of Jurassic Park III
The Sounds of Jurassic Park III
The Art of Jurassic Park III
Tour of Stan Winston Studio
Feature Commentary with Special Effects Team
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Probably already discussed elsewhere but I will ask anyways.
What is your loader of choice? By that I mean which loader do you play with most because it is the most reliable, most efficient, best fits your needs etc? I play with an Eggy 4 and never see myself needing anything more. Why do you play with the loader that you do?


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Continuuity is distinguished by not only having a company name prone to rampant misspelling, but also by its claims to have the industry's first big data application fabric. This month the firm announced the public beta of Continuuity Developer Suite and Continuuity Developer Sandbox.
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Delivered as a cloud PaaS, the Continuuity AppFabric is an application runtime and data platform, which sits on top of open source Hadoop components.
Designed to enable rapid application deployment, monitoring, and elastic scalability, the Continuuity AppFabric is intended to be coupled with the Developer Suite to cover the full end-to-end application development lifecycle.
The free Developer Suite provides an SDK with an Eclipse IDE plugin, as well as pre-built dataset patterns for data modeling and manipulation. Bundled with a single-node edition of the Continuuity AppFabric, it includes developer tools for application creation for local testing.
The Continuuity Developer Sandbox is a free, self-service instance of the Continuuity AppFabric that developers can use to deploy, manage, and monitor their applications in the cloud. Currently in public beta, developers get access to 8 cores, 8 GB of memory, and 240 GB of storage.
Typical use cases for the Continuuity AppFabric include Consumer Intelligence applications like social analytics, A/B testing, targeting, and personalization efforts. These closed-loop applications require real-time ingestion of user or machine signals that are then processed and turned into actionable business insights and data.
"Developers are always looking for tools to make it faster and easier to build applications," said RedMonk analyst Donnie Berkholz. "With the public beta of Continuuity's Developer Suite and Developer Sandbox, the company is aiming directly at the barrier to entry for developers to create Big Data apps."
"With the release of Developer Suite and Developer Sandbox, Continuuity abstracts away infrastructure and helps make developers into big data developers via access to higher level APIs, sample libraries, and a flexible runtime. By bridging this gap, Continuuity empowers developers to easily build, run, and maintain Big Data applications, slashing time to business value and allowing companies to monetize data," said the company.


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The Dancing Cambridges cockblock the French magazine
Prince William and Catherine are in Tuvalu. The locals threw a party in their honour. They wore traditional grass skirts and danced. There is much to celebrate. First the trip is almost over which means they can go home soon and not have to be on display all day anymore. And also a judge in France has ruled in their favour and Closer Magazine will have to hand over originals of the topless photos; the photos cannot be republished in France but they've already been published in Italy and Ireland. Apparently now they're hunting down the photographer who, well, it depends on whether or not he has the support of an organisation or an individual rich enough to back him. Because otherwise the Royals and their expensive legal team will keep shutting it all down. If however there's someone willing (and wealthy) to take them on, this could all turn out to be a really interesting freedom of the press debate, for those of you who get legal boners, which is what French media law specialist Vincent Toledano told PEOPLE, that "there are freedom of press and protection of sources issues in play now". How have they managed to keep those smoking photos off the internet?


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A grim laugh in the night, a relentless avenger against the forces of evil. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? You know the answer.
An invisible crime fighter was an idea tailor-made for an audio-only medium, where the listener's imagination formed the characters�and everything else. Here are Lamont Cranston's three most memorable voices in tales of dark deeds and darker punishments -- Orson Welles, William Johnstone and Bret Morrison are The Shadow! Agnes Moorhead, Marjorie Anderson, Lesley Woods, and Grace Matthews co-star as the elegant Margo Lane.
Includes an informative Program Guide by radio historian Elizabeth McLeod!
Episodes Include: The League of Terror 1-09-38; The Plot Murder 02-27-38; The Silent Avenger 03-13-38; The Fire Bug 04-10-38; Night Without End 10-16-38; Shyster Payoff 11-06-38; The Oracle of Death 10-20-40; The House of Horror 11-17-40; The Chess Club Murders 02-23-41; The Unburied Dead 04-14-46; The Cat and the Killer 01-12-47; Death Rides High 05-18-47; S�ance With Death 05-25-47; The Phantom of the Lighthouse 09-07-47; Death Takes the Wheel 09-28-47; Death and the Black Fedora 01-18-48; The Beast of Darrow 03-07-48; Revenge Is Murder 09-19-48
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Fundraiser Saturday to help local veterans
Life as Spc. Jon McGowan knew it changed forever when the explosive detective device he was working with blew up during his second deployment to Iraq in 2006. He was left with three quarter-sized white spots on his brain, implicating a traumatic brain injury.
The Army was Jon's passion, everything he had known. He served for eight ½ years prior to his accident, and he intended on staying in for the full 20.
But he was soon discharged from the military for his brain injury. Jon and his wife, Marla, were left without jobs and without ideas of what to do next.
Two weeks. That was all the McGowans were given to figure out their next course of action. On top of it all, Jon was dealing with rehabilitation from his injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Soldiering on
Things started looking up when Jon was offered a job in Texas. The couple had already shipped their belongings and prepared for the move when Jon's new company rescinded the offer because he was not authorized to carry a gun on account of his medical issues.
The pit that already seemed so deep and dark became even worse. Still without jobs or sources of income, Jon and Marla couldn't afford shipping their belongings back to Missouri. They had nothing but each other and their house.
"I didn't know who to talk to, where to go, what to do," Marla said. "We were out of the Army, and didn't even know where to start with the (Veterans Affairs). It's a whole new system to learn."
While applying for assistance through the VA, times were tough for Marla and Jon — both mentally and financially.
"We slept on an air mattress for six months. We had to shut the air off, lived out of a cooler because we couldn't afford electricity," Marla said. "I had to chose between his medicine, our mortgage, food and water to pay for, so we had no phones, no TV, not much of anything."
All the while, Jon was dealing with serious PTSD that he wouldn't admit to. But Marla could see in his eyes he was constantly battling memories of war.
Marla said that while Jon slept, he would frequently get up and launch various items in the room at the wall.
Marla was told by a therapist to ask him in his sleep why he was doing this.
"Honey, what are you doing?" Marla asked one night after her husband had hurled a lamp at the wall while he was sleeping.
"I'm throwing bombs so people don't get hurt," he responded.
"Is everything OK?" she asked softly.
"Yeah, I saved everyone."
Healing and moving forward
Marla said that they wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for their friends and family helping them while waiting for the VA to make its decision on whether or not Jon would receive assistance.
"I went through a period when I was very angry — angry at the Army, angry at him, angry at myself," Marla said. "Now I look back and I'm thankful it happened. It really humbled me."
Marla said that her friend, Sheryl Eagleburger-Williams wrote her a check for $1,000 to help them get back on their feet.
"If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be here today," she said. "It's hard to imagine how much $1,000 can help you, but it was enough to get us out of a huge hole."
Two years after applying, the McGowans finally received the financial help they needed from the VA.
"I understand now that the process just takes a while," she said.
Marla said that on top of the VA benefits and assistance, she has been able to work through the VA Care Givers Program, which pays spouses of wounded warriors to take care of them.
"I just feel so blessed for what we have now," Marla said.
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Things are much better today for Marla and Jon. Jon's PTSD is improving with the help of counseling and Marla is able to take care of him full-time.
"People really helped us out when we were struggling so much," she said. "Looking back on everything now, I'm so thankful for the Army and the VA and the community for helping us out and now that we're able to help others, we wanted to pay it forward."
In July, Marla and Jon came up with an idea to give back to the community and help others, like they were once helped.
They saw a need to help veterans, especially in Pulaski County.
"I know five people in my neighborhood alone who are going through similar troubles that we were and if that's just in m neighborhood, it has got to be everywhere," Marla said. "One-third of our county is made up of veterans. One-third. That's huge. It's larger than any other county in the state of Missouri."
They wanted the VA information to be more available for military and veterans They wanted to provide affordable services and goods for people in the community. They wanted to raise money and awareness for the veterans in this county and surrounding areas.
Marla then founded Battlefront 2 Homefront, an organization to help local veterans, struggling with simular battles that they were years ago.
"I named it Battlefront 2 Homefront because as a soldier and as a spouse, you are always in a battlefront position," she said. "And once you get out, you're on the homefront. You're still in a battle. Just because the Army stops doesn't mean the Army stops in you."
And in July, the McGowans began planning their first event: 'An Old Time Christmas.'
"We decided on the old-time Christmas theme as a reminder of how our lives were when we were going through our struggles," she said. "We didn't have much besides each other and we were very close."
McGowan began planning for the event, and created a board of directors for help, including Amanda Moore, Sheryl Eagleburger-Williams, Alana Hancock,Rose Andrews and Jana Camplejohn. Marla McGowan is currently the president of the organization.
McGowan said she was overwhelmed with support from the Waynesville, St. Robert, and Fort Leonard Wood Communities.
"I didn't think it would be as big as it has become," she said. "We intended on just having a few vendors and maybe an auction. As we went along people kept offering to help, it has blossomed so much."
Saturday's event
On Saturday, Battlefront 2 Homefront will host its first event: An Old Time Christmas at the Old Waynesville Middle School gymnasium (located on School street behind the Post Office).
The event is being held to provide affordable, family-friendly services/ activities for adults and children within the area and to raise funds for local Veterans, Wounded Warriors in the Fort Leonard Wood Warrior Transition Unit.
"All of the donations and money raised will go to veterans in Pulaski, Texas, Phelps, Camden, Maries, Laclede, and Miller counties," Marla said. "And also to the Wounded Warriors on Fort Leonard Wood."
There will be different events and activities going on all day (see breakbox), but one of the most unique parts of this event will be the eight representatives with the Veterans Affairs from Columbia, Jefferson City, and Fort Leonard Wood attending, making history for Pulaski County.
"There have never been eight or more representatives present in Pulaski County at one event for registration with the VA, questions, concerns, answers, information about new programs, counseling, and so on."
Marla said that the representatives will be available for any military or current veterans to answer questions. Marla recommends talking to them years in advance if possible, coming from experience.
"It's special for them to come down because it helps the people who were like us feeling lost and confused with the VA system," she said.
The event will last from 10 a.m. to 4. p.m on Saturday and is open to the public and will include over 60 vendors, a children's area, a fashion show, picture booths, a fireside chat with local leaders and much more.
Marla said that Battlefront 2 Homefront intends on planning more events in the future to help out local veterans.
"My passion is charity and I just want to continue to give back," Marla said. "I'm honestly thankful for my struggles and thankful I am able to help others right now." the representatives will be available for any military or current veterans to answer questions. Marla recommends talking to them years in advance if possible, coming from experience.
"It's special for them to come down because it helps the people who were like us feeling lost and confused with the VA system," she said.
The event will last from 10 a.m. to 4. p.m on Saturday and is open to the public and will include over 60 vendors, a children's area, a fashion show, picture booths, a fireside chat with local leaders and much more.
Marla said that Battlefront 2 Homefront intends on planning more events in the future to help out local veterans.
"My passion is charity and I just want to continue to give back," Marla said. "I'm honestly thankful for my struggles and thankful I am able to help others right now."


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By Michele C. Hollow
When buying a refrigerator, is bigger better? Most people think so. However, you should consider the space in your kitchen, the number of people in your household, your cooking style and frequency of refrigerator use to determine what size refrigerator you really need.
Start with your current model. To find the size, take out the tape measure. Standard side-by-side refrigerators range from 31 inches to 36 inches. Depths range from 28 inches to 34 inches, and the heights of most models range between 66 inches and 69 inches. There are larger and smaller models available too.
How many cubic feet do you need?
The average-sized refrigerator provides between 18 and 26 cubic feet of storage space. When deciding how much internal space you need, take a look at your current refrigerator. Do you need more space or less? Do you ever refrigerate large items such as full sheet cakes or whole turkeys?
To figure out the cubic feet of your current model, empty your refrigerator and measure the height, width and depth of the inside in inches. Multiply those measurements together and divide by 1728. Then use this number for reference when checking out the cubic footage of new models, which is usually displayed on the product label on the store models or in the product details field online.
What size do you need?
If the size refrigerator you have suits you and you're ready to purchase a newer model, then stick with what works. If you want a larger or smaller refrigerator, consider the following:
Obviously in a large kitchen, you can have a big refrigerator. Small galley kitchens require standard and smaller refrigerators. If you love to cook, entertain often and have a large family, bigger is indeed a wiser choice.
What about refrigerator door options?
Most standard refrigerator models allow you to place doors opening on either side, so when the door opens, it can swing to the left or the right. When deciding on which direction to place the door, consider what is on both sides of the refrigerator; you want it to open and not block anything or hit furniture or cabinetry. Or you may want to consider a french door refrigerator, which features double doors that open from the center.
Refrigerator door styles to consider:
Is energy efficiency a concern?
Energy-efficient refrigerators may cost more, though in the long run they will save you money on your electric bills because they cost less to operate. Remember that refrigerators with in-door ice-makers and water dispensers are more costly to operate as they use more energy. Look for the Energy Star label for energy-efficient models. EnergyStar.gov for more information.)
Should you buy two refrigerators?
When considering what size refrigerator to purchase, you may want to buy a second smaller fridge for a bedroom, basement, family room or outdoor kitchen. You can store cold drinks in them, which can be handy if you entertain a lot. This is an especially good idea if you have kids that stand in front of the fridge with the door open staring for what seems to be an endless amount of time. If you have room in your kitchen, a smaller additional refrigerator can hold pastry items, produce or other foods that you want to keep cold and separate from your main refrigerator. You may also consider a wine refrigerator to keep bottles of wine at the optimal temperature.
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The Duke men closed out the two-day meet in second place overall, totaling 1,197.7 points to finish behind only NC State (1,556), while the women took third behind NC State (1,563) and East Carolina (1,383) with a team score of 956.
Individually, junior Christine Wixted paced the Blue Devil women by winning three events over the course of the weekend, and senior Ben Hwang collected wins in both sprint freestyle events on the men's side. Duke also opened the year with success in multiple relay competitions, posting first-place finishes in the men's 200 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay as well as the women's 200 freestyle relay.
"This was a really great kickoff to the season," said head coach Dan Colella. "We are definitely very excited about the things we saw this weekend. We feel really good heading back to Durham about a great weekend and the future of the season."
After a strong showing in Friday's first session, the Blue Devils carried that momentum back into the pool Saturday, with the evening capped by a pair of second-place finishes in the men's and women's 400 freestyle relays. The final session was also highlighted by Hwang's first-place performance in the men's 100 freestyle (45.09) and a win by Wixted in the women's 200 breaststroke (2:20.17).
In addition to anchoring Duke's second-place 400 freestyle relay, freshman Chelsea Ye took second overall in the women's 100 freestyle, recording a time of 52.37. Fellow rookie Kathryn Eckhart placed ninth in the field of 58 swimmers with a 53.73 clocking, and junior Lauren Weaver came in 10th at 53.94.
Senior Jim Zuponeck was the top Blue Devil performer in the men's 200 breaststroke, placing fourth with a mark of 2:06.88, while freshman Victor Chen touched at 2:09.44 to come in eighth and junior Tyler Fleming took 11th at 2:11.13. In the men's 200 butterfly, junior Hunter Knight broke into the top 10 with a time of 1:57.51 and sophomore Ali Horn also placed 10th in the same event on the women's side (2:09.89). Classmate Megan McCarroll posted a time of 2:05.47 to finish fourth in the women's 200 backstroke, while senior Ted Minturn led the way for the Duke men in that event with an eighth-place showing (1:54.52).
The morning session saw the men's 200 medley relay of Minturn, Zuponeck, freshman Sam Skinner and Hwang clock a time of 1:32.97 to edge NC State for a first-place finish. McCarroll, Wixted, Ye and Weaver also teamed up for a strong showing in the women's competition, taking second at 1:45.47.
In the women's 400 IM, Horn came in ninth overall with a mark of 4:42.25. Senior Alex Harmon, the men's school record holder in the event, notched a time of 4:12.30 to take eighth, followed by Fleming in 11th (4:14.87).
A pair of Duke rookies turned in strong swims in the 100 butterfly events, with Linsay Cooper placing third on the women's side in 57.76 and Skinner also coming in third at 51.97. Fellow freshman Ye paced the women with a sixth-place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:54.94) and sophomore Michael Donnalley led the men with a 1:43.70 clocking to take fifth at the 200-yard distance.
Wixted earned another individual win in the 100 breaststroke, registering the top time in the field at 1:05.21. Meanwhile, Hunter Knight guided the Blue Devils to a sweep in the same event on the men's side, tapping the wall at 56.92 to finish first, with Hwang coming in second (57.04) and Zuponeck third (57.09).
Both McCarroll and Eckhart placed in the top 10 in the women's 100 backstroke, finishing second and ninth, respectively, and Minturn scored for the Duke men with a sixth-place, 52.31 performance. The Blue Devils also excelled in the distance events, as Harmon swam 16:32.28 to take fourth in the 1,650 freestyle and freshman Meghan Price posted a time of 17:52.37 to place sixth in the mile on the women's side.
Up next, the Blue Devils will host ACC opponents Virginia Tech and Florida State, as well as UNC Wilmington, in their home opener in Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27.


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It's the start of something great for one wrestler, the end of something great for another.
GREENCASTLE — It's the start of something great for one wrestler, the end of something great for another.
On Friday afternoon, Greencastle-Antrim High School's Wyatt Binkley and Cody Carbaugh will represent the Blue Devils at the District III/South Central AAA Regional Championships at Hersheypark Arena. At stake is a berth in the PIAA Championships two weeks later. The top four wrestlers from each weight class advance to the PIAA tournament at Giant Center in Hershey, March 7-9.
Binkley, a sophomore, is one of four sectional champions in the district tournament. Carbaugh, a senior, is the runner up from Section I.
"I like our draw," said G-A head coach Fred Yelton, who won't have to wait long between matches as Binkley will wrestle right out of the gates at 106 pounds and Carbaugh will follow at 113. "I think both kids are going to be successful, as long as they keep on doing what they're doing."
Binkley (23-5) has already set the bar high for himself. Binkley, who wrestled on the middle school team a year ago, showed no signs of being awestruck in last week's sectional tournament in Mechanicsburg. He pinned his first opponent in 1:49 and gutted out a 4-0 decision in the semifinals. He had a much easier time of it in the finals, an 8-2 decision against Cumberland Valley's Parker Hillard, who upset second seed Colin Runshaw of Chambersburg in the semifinals.
"Both can be right there in the mix," Yelton said.
The mix might be a little more challenging for Carbaugh, a senior and three-time district qualifier — at least on paper. Carbaugh ran into a buzzsaw in Chambersburg's Tanner Shoap in the sectional finals, losing 14-0.
But the slate is clean for all 16 wrestlers in each weight class, and each has a chance to work toward the ultimate goal of a Pennsylvania high school wrestler: a state championship.
"Shoap was a district champ last year and he was a state placer," Yelton said. "I was proud of how (Cody) wrestled in the first period. He didn't back down or try to run from him. He was aggressive."
Carbaugh is in the opposite bracket of Shoap, meaning they would square off in the finals if they met on the mat this weekend. Carbaugh (27-3) will wrestle New Oxford's Lake Laughman (24-8) in the first round.
"(Cody's) wrestling with a lot of urgency and a lot of confidence. The match against (Timothy Nordan) from Catoctin (in the Hub Cup Tournament) was a wake-up call for him. He wrestled a two-time state qualifier at the New Oxford Tournament (Kenny Yanovich from Pleasant Valley). Cody wrestled him real tough. He got a lot of confidence out of that. He's a senior, and you expect it to be that way. I think he knows he's right there with the best kids in the district."
Carbaugh was pinned by Nordan in the Hub Cup championship match and lost 6-1 to Yanovich in the New Oxford Tournament finals.
The senior — who won the Section I tournament last year at 106 pounds and finished fourth in the district tourney — beat fellow district qualifier Derek Wilson of South Western, 14-4, in the New Oxford tourney. He also beat James Buchanan's Hunter Faith. He was in the same bracket as Laughman at the New Oxford Tournament but didn't face him after Laughman lost to Wilson in the quarterfinals.
Binkley drew Palmyra's Evan Bogdan (28-6) in the first round.
"The one key element for both wrestlers is they are very consistent," Yelton said of Binkley and Carbaugh. "They don't get too high or too low. I look for that even temperament."
The one constant for both wrestlers is they are guaranteed consistent competition in the wrestling room to prepare for dual meets and tournaments throughout the season.
"Me and Cody are very good friends and practicing with him makes me better," Binkley said. "We also wrestle in the off-season together. I've learned a lot from him. He knows what happens and shows me what I need to know."


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ROCKFORD — Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois will present the Girl Scout Medal of Honor to 11-year-old Kayla Ann Boyd of Davis Junction at its Young Women of Distinction event, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. June 8 at Giovanni's Restaurant & Convention Center, 610 N. Bell School Road.
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... Game 2, Tito? So soon? Ellsbury, the SI cover boy, starts Opening Day, gets one hit, makes one great catch, helps win a game and then takes a seat so Crisp can play the second game of the season? Is that the plan, to just let Coco and Jacoby take turns?Okay, Gerry, listen very carefully.
Someone has to explain this one.
(1) The Red Sox are playing halfway across the world.
(2) In a normal season, we'd still have a week remaining in spring training.
(3) Ellsbury banged his back against the center field wall in Game 1 and would soon be flying 10 hours to LA.
(4) Bench players need playing time to avoid getting rusty.
(5) It's only the second #@&*^%#-ing game of the season. Second!
Does any of that make sense to you? Or do you really truly that Tito should run his starting nine out there every single day regardless of the team's schedule, the need for days off, assorted injuries, whatever?
There are plenty of people who follow the Red Sox who remember when we had a manager that followed that dubious philosophy. I was under the assumption that you were one of them.


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Why are so few people interested in voting for candidates for the Legislature? Because it doesn't make much difference whether we vote for them — 97 percent get re-elected.
Under Illinois' rigged political system, our legislators get to pick their voters, not the other way around. We're not the only ones. Many other states have the same system that gives power not to the people but to the entrenched establishments of the Republican and Democratic parties.
Illinois has been governed totally by the Democratic Party since 2003. So when it came time to redraw legislative districts after the 2010 census, the Democrats did it. They succeeded in drawing districts that maximized the power of the Democratic Party to guarantee that they'll be in charge of the Legislature through the 2020 elections.
That means if you don't like the Democrats' policies, you are out of luck unless you move to Indiana or Wisconsin.
Democrats have veto-proof majorities in both chambers. Even if a Republican wins the governor's race this year, his power will be limited in the face of a continuing Democratic majority.
Here's how bad it is, courtesy of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce:
"The results of the 2012 election showed incumbents in the Illinois House of Representatives won 97 percent of their general-election races. Two-thirds of the incumbents seeking re-election to the House did not even face a challenger in the fall general election.
"Thirty of 59 state Senate legislative offices had no opposition listed on the general-election ballot. Conversely, 65 of 118 state representative legislative offices had no opposition listed on the general-election ballot.
"So 95 of 177 Illinois legislators were generally guaranteed uncontested campaigns once they got past the March primary elections."
People in some states have put "we the people" back in their governments. Iowa uses a computer to draw districts. Voters in California passed term limits, then passed a proposition that put redistricting in the hands of a commission. Neither party controls it.
Illinoisans again have an opportunity to take redistricting out of the hands of the political bosses.
A constitutional amendment, if enacted, would create an independent commission to draw the maps. Political parties would have input, but no party could control the process.
To get the independent-map amendment on the Nov. 4 ballot, Yes for Independent Maps must gather 298,000 valid signatures by May 4. Battalions of Democrats and Republicans, armed with fine-tooth combs, will inspect every signature to try to disqualify as many as possible, so I recommend that the fair-mappers turn in twice as many as the minimum needed.
I hope to talk to someone at independentmaps.org and have left three emails for someone to call me. I could find no phone number for the Chicago-based group on its website.
I tried to contact a Rockford-area volunteer. I left several messages on his telephone.
This is not an encouraging sign. With the number of signatures needed, and the short amount of time left, I hope it gets much easier to contact campaigners, and soon. Otherwise, just like the last time this amendment was proposed, it won't get enough signatures to get on the ballot this November.
I suggest you visit independentmaps.org to learn more. When I hear from their people, you'll be the first to know.
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STOCKTON - San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office investigators are asking for the public's help in finding 83-year-old Robert Picetti, who was last seen by a family member about 4 p.m. Thanksgiving Day - 12 days ago.
STOCKTON - San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office investigators are asking for the public's help in finding 83-year-old Robert Picetti, who was last seen by a family member about 4 p.m. Thanksgiving Day - 12 days ago.
Deputies were first alerted to Picetti having disappeared at 6:15 p.m. Friday. Deputies reported Picetti's niece told them she usually talks with her uncle every three to four days, but she had not heard from him.
She checked his residence, searching the house and backyard but didn't find him. Nothing appeared to be displaced or look suspicious.
Deputies also searched the area but came up empty.
The niece reported that sometimes her uncle goes mushroom hunting in the Ione area during the season.
He has no medical or mental complications and is reportedly very healthy, deputies reported.
Picetti is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 160 pounds with brown eyes, gray hair, a mustache and a small beard.
A search has been started in conjunction with Amador County deputies along Highways 88 and 124. The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office at (209) 468-4400. To remain anonymous, you can text the information to investigators with a cellphone to 274637 (CRIMES); text SJSO, and then provide your tip.
STOCKTON - No one was injured after a fleeing stolen vehicle was intentionally rammed into a police cruiser Sunday night, Stockton police reported.
While patrolling the area near East Rose and North Center streets about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, officers discovered an occupied stolen vehicle and attempted to pull it over. Instead, the vehicle failed to yield and led officers on a three-minute, two-mile pursuit on city streets at speeds up to 50 mph.
After the stolen vehicle incapacitated the police car, it continued to East Magnolia and North San Joaquin streets, where the two occupants left the vehicle and fled on foot, police reported.
A short time later, police apprehended and arrested Anthony Soares on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, possessing a stolen vehicle, failure to yield, hit-and-run, conspiracy and resisting arrest.
They also arrested Raul Avalos on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, possessing a stolen vehicle and conspiracy.
SACRAMENTO - Christopher J. Tonkin, 38, of Brentwood, formerly of Tracy, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge William Shubb to five years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for the receipt and sharing of child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner.
According to court documents, between March 24, 2008, and Feb. 11, 2011, Tonkin received visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Among the files were images and movies with file names that described sex with 12- and 13-year-old boys.
On Feb. 16, 2011, agents executed a search warrant at Tonkin's house. They found an external hard drive that was connected to a desktop computer that Tonkin had used to store images of child pornography downloaded through a file-sharing network.
A forensic examination of the external hard drive found that it contained more than 50,000 images and more than 5,000 videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
As part of the file-sharing network, Tonkin also made his collection of images available to other collectors to upload in exchange for their images and videos, the documents say.
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TRAINING: For my camp, I go to the gym in the morning, train for a couple hours, come back home and rest, and then go back to the gym at night.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training because I sucked at football and team sports.
What ranks and titles have you held? MEZ Sports light heavyweight champ
Do you have any heroes? My dad
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? No
What was your job before you started fighting? Mattress salesman
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? XMMA heavyweight champ, Hardrock MMA heavyweight champ, Ring of Rage heavyweight champ, SSF heavyweight champ, Rebel Sports heavyweight champ, and I was 10-0 as an amateur.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Blue belt in BJJ
Favorite grappling technique: Gogoplata
Favorite striking technique: Mantis strike
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Many people have written about the differences between the English and the French but nothing illustrates it quite so well as the humble Madeleine. How to make this plain little sponge interesting and memorable?
French person: I know, I shall bake it in a sea shell shaped tin giving it an elegant and simple beauty. It will sit looking exquisite in the saucer of the coffee cup and have to power to make the eater remember things involuntarily.
English person: I know, I shall smother it in jam and roll it in coconut.
It makes me proud to be English.
Here is the Genoese sponge, cooling on a tray waiting to be bathed in jam and coconut:
Coating a Madeleine needs to be an organised process, and I am nothing if not organised (the jam heating in a saucepan is just out of shot):
Madeleines enjoyed the height of their popularity in the Victorian era but seem to be on the wane these days. I can't recall the last time I saw an English Madeleine in a cake shop which is a real shame as they are delicious.
The ultimate comfort food cake, I love the soft sponge and sweet jam given extra texture and flavour by desiccated coconut. The cake is topped off with a glace cherry.
Such a pretty little cake:
Traditionally Madeleines are made in dariole moulds, which are steep sided moulds not dissimilar in shape to a thimble, but would work in any small deep mould you have.
So, did the English Madeleine have the power to make the eater remember things? It certainly did, after only one bite I remembered just how much I love sponge with jam and coconut!
For the cake:
225g unsalted butter, at room temperature
225g caster sugar
4 eggs
225g self raising flour
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the topping:
6 tablespoons raspberry jam
200g desiccated coconut – this is an approximate amount
6 glace cherries
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 160°C/fan oven 140°C/325°F/Gas mark 3.
- Grease 12 dariole moulds with either cake release or butter.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Do not skimp on this stage as it's the key to a lovely sponge.
- Gradually add the eggs and flour until fully combined and you have a smooth, thick batter.
- Add the vanilla and stir well.
- Spoon the batter into the dariole moulds. Fill each one about two-thirds full.
- Stand the moulds on an oven tray and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer comes out cleanly. This is a Genoese sponge mix and I find it always takes longer to cook than other sponges; possible as it's a dense texture. Don't be alarmed if it takes 30 minutes.
- When baked, leave to cool on a wire rack. When they are cool enough to handle, level the surface of the sponge using a knife, and turn out of the moulds. Leave to cool completely.
- When cold, brush each sponge all over with some warmed jam and roll in desiccated coconut. I found this easiest to achieve by holding the sponge on a fork – it allowed me easy coverage, even to the bottom, with my brush and meant my fingers didn't get sticky and make a mess of the coconut!
- Top with half a glace cherry.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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Huskers Continue Winning Streak
Lincoln, Neb.- The No. 59 Nebraska mens tennis (6-3) teamed captured their fifth straight win Monday after knocking off Wichita State. They completed a 4-1 win over the Shockers. The Huskers will play next on Saturday, March 2 against Denver in Denver, Colo. at 12:00 p.m.
"Wichita Sate just beat a very good Denver team, who is ranked in the top 50, and I am very proud of our play today", said Coach Kerry McDermott.
The Huskers were off to a good start in doubles play, leading on all three courts throughout the match. The Huskers came out with victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots, with the No. 2 spot no finish.
The Huskers faired well in singles play coming out with 3 wins. The first was Dusty Boyers victory over Tomislav Gregurovic 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 3 spot. This win improved his record to 7-2 for spring. The next win was at the No. 4 spot, as Eric Sock knocked off WSU's Guillermo Nicol 6-4, 6-1. "In singles we got the 1st sets in 5 out of 6 singles, and that really provided some room for our kids to stay aggressive and dominate in singles," said Coach Kerry McDermott. The victory that clinched the match was at the No. 2 spot. Marc Herrmann won a hard fought match against WSU's Llija Cuic 7-6 (3), 6-4.
"Good team victory from start to finish today", said Coach Kerry McDermott. "We played about as good as I have seen in doubles today, and it set the tone for the match."
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1. (NU) Andre Stenger/ Marc Herrmann def. (WSU) Tomislav Gregurovic / Llija Cuic 8-5
2. (NU) Dusty boyer/ Bradford Zitsch vs. (WSU) Matheus Pereira/ Tin Ostojic 6-5 DNF
3.(NU) Brandon Videtich/ Scott Elsass def. (WSU) Guillermo Nicol/ Alvarro Gutierrez 8-3
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3. (NU) Dusty Boyer def. (WSU) Tomislav Gregurovic 6-3, 6-3
4. (NU) Eric Sock def. (WSU) Guillermo Nicol 6-4, 6-1
5. (NU) Tom Blackwell vs. (WSU) Erick Reyes 6-4, 4-4 DNF
6. (WSU) Tin Ostojic def. (NU) Sebastian Florczyk 6-1, 6-7 (4)
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Want to know what the difference in a GPU and a GPGPU actually is? We've got just the information you need to gain a better understanding of what makes the Wii U tick, and bring it to you in such a way that makes it simple to understand by all.
In our recent article, Is the Wii U Powerful enough?, we took a deep look into the rumours surround the Wii U's supposedly "slow" processor and found out that the idea of the Wii U being a true "next generation" console from a power standpoint was loosely based on it having a tri-core IBM POWER7-based architecture, which it didn't ship out with. We also explored the insight of a few respectable developers and based on the information we had acquired at the time, we came to the conclusion that the Wii U was likely to be on-par, to a little below the specifications of current generation consoles, but even today we still don't have conclusive evidence to make an official claim to this.
Today, the arguments are still on-going and while for the majority of those enjoying their time with their shiny new Wii U units (we're having a blast with ours) most likely could care less, we're back again to discuss a new rumour and most importantly to give you the knowledge and understanding of what's inside the Wii U and how these parts actually work – once you understand how it works, you'll realise just how powerful it could actually be.
Another Rumour
CVG ran a surprising article yesterday and the first two lines were the most important bits, which I'll duplicate in their entirety for you to read:
"A well-known hardware hacker has published what is believed to be the processor and graphics card specs of Wii U."
"It is said that the Wii U processor carries a clock speed of 1.24 GHz - less than half the speed of the PS3 and Xbox 360. However, its GPU core is believed to run at 550 MHz, which is the same speed as Sony's home console and a tad faster than Microsoft's."
Let's get this over with really quickly, there's been a lot of talk back and forth about if the processing speed reported here was an idle speed, which means this number means absolutely nothing if so and is just more talk for the media's attention. I'm also not going to debate this issue here today, as there's simply not enough substantial evidence to even try to formulate an opinion on here. What I am going to do, is show you how the Wii U actually processes information and that will in turn show you how far off base this rumour is – there are entirely too many things that aren't factored into the equation here.
Let's look back at CVG's piece though. In the latter lines they speak of Wii U's supposed clock speeds for the CPU, but then immediately drop a comparison to how the Wii U's GPU stands against it current competition. While I trust that the author at CVG understands that there's a difference in a CPU and a GPU, the vast amount of comments I've personally read around the internet and social media sites clearly show that the majority of 'gamers' don't know the difference. It's understandable too, seeing how console gamers enjoy not having to worry about upgrading their consoles' hardware (e.g. graphics card, etc.) to keep up with new game releases, but with the current arguments about the hardware inside of the Wii U trending within the industry, I've noticed that these same people are the least equipped of them all. So here today, let's leave the arguments on the side-line and gain a better understanding of how the Wii U actually works – shall we?
The CPU
|Wii U's CPU is the smaller component on the left
The CPU, or "Central Processing Unit," is the brain of the console. The CPU executes and handles of the arithmetical and logical calculations stored within it. What you really need to know here is that every CPU has an internal clock within it and this clock regulates how many cycles (also known as "ticks") the CPU needs to execute each new instruction. In short, the faster the clock speeds, the more information the CPU can handle within one seconds time.
Just for a little more background here, you oftentimes hear people talk about the "complexity" of the CPU – what does that mean though? This refers to the how many transistors are embedded into the microprocessor. A transistor is the very start of where information flows. When powered they form a "1" and when deactivated they produce a "0": binary language. These transistors can activate thousands of times per second and how many are embedded into CPU is the fundamental basis on how fast the CPU ticks. When you take into consideration that there are hundreds of millions of these tiny transistors embedded into each CPU, you'll understand why it's considered to be "complex." This is also where the generational gap comes from too, seeing how the transistor count typically doubles within a year's time.
According to Wikipedia (who's been doing an awesome job staying up-to-date with this information), the Wii U features an "IBM PowerPC 750-based tri-core processor."
What's a "tri-core processor?" This is where three separate CPU units, or "cores", are linked together to form one multi-purpose CPU unit. Where a single core processor has to do everything on its own, a tri-core processor would in turn break these exact same instructions apart for three separate processors to work through – greatly improving the speed of the job being completed. If it were humans doing the work, if one man can complete the job in eight hours alone, two men working together can complete the job in four hours' time, etc. Simple, isn't it? While the clock speed of each individual core stays the same, the speed of the information being computed is greatly increased as a whole. On paper, the clock-speed of the tri-core unit isn't the speed of one core, but the speed of how fast the information is computed through all three cores.
The GPU
|Wii U's GPU
The GPU, or "Graphics Processing Unit," is a very efficient unit that's used for computing images, especially three-dimensional. See, graphics rendering is overly taxing on a CPU and a separate GPU unit helps to alleviate the CPU being pulled down from the constant strain of producing the visuals, which is why they're commonly found in videogame consoles. But a typical GPU has strict limitations as to what it can be utilized for.
On the other hand, a GPGPU, which is what is what is found within the Wii U, is a "General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit," which means that some of the these limitations to only compute graphics are removed and it can in turn help out with the normal function of the CPU as well. In easier terms, if a Wii U title is pushing the CPU to its limits and creating issues within the game, a slight drop in visuals would free up the GPGPU to supply a boost to the CPU for stability. Also, developers could scale down their games' graphics and use the GPGPU's additional power to bring better physics and features to their games that wouldn't be possible on the CPU's power alone. While the inner workings of the GPGPU is overly complex (going far beyond my basic knowledge on the subject), I do know this – the addition of a GPGPU for Wii U does add a significant amount of complexity to its architecture and it's one that will likely be a focal point that developers take full advantage of in the future to push Wii U to its maximum performance levels.
Wii U features a custom AMD 7 Radeon High Definition GPU with a "significant" amount of DRAM embedded into the die. As I mentioned in my earlier piece, this is a great piece of tech and one that looks to doubles that of what's found inside the Sony and Microsoft's current consoles.
|Memory Chips (RAM) found within the Wii U
This is a big confusion point that I've seen regarding the Wii U's specifications – by itself RAM does not create "next-generation" consoles. RAM, or "Random Access Memory" is where the data is stored and manipulated via the same type of transistors found inside the microprocessor (in binary code). RAM comes in the form of a "Memory Chip." On each memory chip, there are millions of tiny transistors and capacitors, where the transistor fires the code to be stored ( "1" or "0") and the capacitor stores it for future accessibility.
If a CPU has little memory available, it has to output the memory stored during its computing process forever to allocate enough memory for its next calculations to be made. So if there's not enough memory and a certain calculation has to be constantly reprocessed, instead of just accessed from storage, the overall speed of the CPU will be slower. To put it in the simplest of terms to understand, the greater the amount of RAM that's available, the better chances you have of allowing your CPU run at full capacity.
This brings us to DRAM, which is "Dynamic Random Access Memory." This is volatile memory. In short, this means that it forgets what's stored within it very frequently. This is the primary type of RAM used in gaming consoles, because of its simplicity: one transistor to one capacitor. As I just mentioned, the downside to DRAM is that the capacitors leak their charge and need their charge to be constantly refreshed, but this easily remedied via specialized on-board circuitry.
But, how does DRAM make things better (faster)? That's actually quite simple: cache memory. Because of its simple complexity, it's a perfect memory type to store cache memory upon. Cache memory is very small, extremely accessible random access memory that much faster to access than the larger memory banks stored in typical RAM. Cache data is data that's frequently used, so when the CPU needs it, it goes to cache memory to search for it first and if it isn't there, then it goes into the banks of memory stored in RAM searching for it, which takes additional time – DRAM improves the clock speed of the CPU!
Wii U packs 2GB of RAM, with one GB allocated specifically for playing games. The other GB of RAM will likely be used for system operations, etc.
While eDRAM should probably be in the above section under "RAM," I'm separating it here for a reason – this is a big confusion spot for many people who are trying to figure out all of the Wii U's specifications.
Firstly, much like the GPU vs. GPGPU confusion, eDRAM is not an entirely separate entity either. Instead, eDRAM is actually, "embedded Dynamic Random Access Memory." This means that the DRAM is just that, embedded into the microprocessor of the CPU itself – for Wii U, the eDRAM is found within the GPU. This is a cool trick that brings along big advantages for the processor: larger buses and faster operating speeds. Buses are the 'highways' of the computer, where information flows from one component to the next; the wider the lanes (buses) are determines the amount of information that can travel down them at once. The faster the information flows, the faster the computing process is, which means the overall clock speed of the CPU are once again increased.
This is why the amount of eDRAM is another major factor at play with the Wii U's maximum processing speed and capacity. We know there's a "significant" amount of eDRAM found within the GPU, but we don't know the full extent of what's embedded within it – the more the better. This becomes exponentially more important when you factor in that the Wii U utilizes a MCM, which is next up to cover – make sure to refresh your capacitors to ensure that you can compute what I've only just told you, it's another vital factor for finding Wii U's true processing capacity.
|Here you can see the MCM
Multi-Chip Module, this is another factor that's isn't talked about very much around the Internet, but it's another bit of trickery that's found within Wii U and one that like the many other, is another way to squeeze more power out of the CPU. A multi-chip module is where multiple components are placed onto the same die, or square on the circuit board – allowing the multiple components to efficiently work together in unison.
For the Wii U, the multi-chip module setup finds the CPU and the GPU both placed together on the same die, allowing them to work together at the highest efficiency possible – another clever trick Nintendo's used to maximise CPU performance, especially when you consider that the GPU and its unknown amount of eDRAM can attribute to the CPU, because of its general purposing abilities (GPGPU).
|Here you can see the massive Heat Sink
But there is a downside to putting all of this onto a single die and this comes in the form of heat. A tri-core processor and a GPU already create a substantial amount of heat on their own, but placing all of this together means that all of this heat is being created within a very small area. This is why the Wii U includes a very large heat sink, as well as an oversized fan within it. If you're unfamiliar with a heat sink, it's an aluminium alloy component that not only redirects heat, but it can also dissipates some of it as well.
For any of you reading this that have ever experienced the dreaded Red Ring of Death (RROD) on Microsoft's earlier Xbox 360 consoles, you know exactly what the end result of heat can do to a system. At a lesser extreme though, overheating can also slow the processors' speeds. If you're tried playing a high-end PC title on an average system and pushed its performance to its maximum for an extended period of time, you've likely experienced these negative effects first-hand before. The longer you play and the hotter the system gets (if not efficiently cooled), the further the overall gameplay experience continues to falls apart.
On a brighter note, Nintendo is known for developing consoles that are relatively free of issues and I've no doubt that they exhumed all of the problems that utilizing a MCM configuration within the Wii U could produce. Still, I would make certain that your Wii U console is placed in an area with adequate ventilation – don't cram it into a small entertainment centre! This is also why this a top priority in the Quick Start Guide that comes with the Wii U and you should most definitely abide by these instructions to the fullest of their extent.
But, I'd be remiss for not bringing forth the question that's in my head right now into fruition within this article – will we see Wii U owners ignoring these warnings, cramming their Wii U units into an unventilated space and find them with a system failure from overheating? I'd think it's entirely possible, but I'd like to think that it's likely not going to be seen until developers start making use of the advantages of the MCM – greatly increasing the heat produced throughout extended gameplay sessions.
The Breakdown
Now that we know what the major parts that make the Wii U tick and know how these parts actually work – what does all of this mean for the Wii U in general?
For starters and most importantly, it means that the Wii U is expertly designed to make a somewhat unimpressive CPU (individual cores) run at impressive speeds. Utilizing tri-core architecture greatly increases the overall clock speed of the CPU already, but placing the GPGPU and its "substantial" amount of eDRAM (which can both boost the clock speeds of the CPU) on a multi-chip module increases their combined efficiency even greater. This also means that the Wii U's architecture holds numerous ways to maximise its performance when put into the right developers' hands. It's likely we'll see jaw dropping HD titles that run in native 1080p, taking full advantage of the GPU (and it's eDRAM), but offers a gameplay experience that's less taxing on the CPU – think thatgamecompany's Journey on Sony's PS3.
We could also see games like Gran Theft Auto 5 come to Wii U without issue, if the developer scales down the graphics to 720p and takes full advantage of the numerous ways to boost the CPU's performance to handle the burden of running a constantly moving open world environment. Of course, these are my personal speculations, but when broken down into this perspective, I'd like to think that we haven't even begun to see the true potential of what the Wii U can produce – making the recent rumour I brought up earlier seem somewhat irrelevant- doesn't it?
We could also see games like Gran Theft Auto 5 come to Wii U without issue, if the developer scales down the graphics to 720p and takes full advantage of the numerous ways to boost the CPU's performance to handle the burden of running a constantly moving open world environment. Of course, these are my personal speculations, but when broken down into this perspective, I'd like to think that we haven't even begun to see the true potential of what the Wii U can produce – making the recent rumour I brought up earlier seem somewhat irrelevant- doesn't it?
Was the speed found in the recent rumour that of a single core of the Wii U's CPU alone? Was the GPGPU factored into the equation when checking the CPU's clock speed? Were the advantages of the MCM utilized when that speed was clocked? Do you now see how vital all of this is to finding out how powerful Wii U truly is? I hope so.
The last point I'd like to touch on briefly, is that there's a reason that Nintendo has opted for all of this: cost. Developing a home console with a tablet-like controller is already expensive, but having to build a powerful HD console that can stream the information to it from afar makes that cost even greater. Nintendo could have easily slapped quad-core POWER7-based architecture into it and had themselves a true "next generation" console, but that would've come with a much higher cost to the consumer – that's not the Nintendo way of doing things.
Instead, their engineers have cleverly crafted a powerful console from somewhat outdated technology (one that I believe will be shown to be more powerful than current generation consoles in the coming months) that offers up a near overabundance of control options and allows developers to run wild with their creative minds upon. When the President of Nintendo in North America, Reggie Fils-Aime, stated that Wii U is a "new generation" of home consoles, I think he was right on the money. The abundance of ways to play games on Wii U sets it apart from other dedicated gaming consoles and as you can now see, there's plenty of options to get additional horsepower out of Wii U if and when it's needed – now it's up to the developers to make the best of these hardware options that have been placed before them.
As I bring this piece to a close, I hope that I leave you with a better understanding of how these components that are vital to powering the Wii U (and other computers) actually work and that you see that sometimes (like I said in my last piece) you've just got to dig a little bit deeper to find the 'truths' behind the matters at hand. In the coming months, we will eventually know what Wii U's maximum performance level actually is and it's quite likely that by that time comes, most everyone will be focused on other things within the industry. Here at Digitally Downloaded, we share a common mentality among us and that's to "have fun playing games, no matter what you're playing them on." If there's one thing I'm absolutely certain of, it's that there will be a lot of fun to be had with a Wii U GamePad in hand.
Now that you have this information – does this change your mind about the recent rumours surrounding the Wii U's power, or lack thereof? We'd love to know your thoughts in the comments section below.


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