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Gas Explosion Rocks Springfield, Mass.
An explosion damaged homes and businesses in Springfield, Mass. Friday. The blast injured 18 people and several buildings were immediately condemned. The explosion happened after gas company workers examined the area for a possible leak. Photo: AP.
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A high-tech robotic instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile has seen its first light, and the results bode well for the future.
The K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS), attached to the Very Large Telescope Unit Telescope 1 at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory, will help astronomers study the early lives of galaxies, scientists said. The instrument sees in long-wavelength infrared light, which helps to observe distant objects whose light has been "red-shifted" toward these wavelengths as they speed away from us.
The KMOS instrument is also special because it can target 24 objects at once, making short work of observations that used to take telescopes much longer to make.
"I am excited about the fantastic opportunities KMOS offers to study distant galaxies," KMOS co-principal investigator Ralf Bender of the Universitats-Sternwarte München and Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik in Germany said in a statement. "The possibility to observe 24 galaxies simultaneously will allow us to build galaxy samples of unprecedented size and quality. The collaboration among all partners and ESO could not have been better and I am very grateful to everybody who contributed to the construction of KMOS."
Space news from NBCNews.com
Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "Astronaut Abby" is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station's next crew.
- Buzz Aldrin's vision for journey to Mars
- Giant black hole may be cooking up meals
- Watch a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse online
- Teen's space mission fueled by social media
The instrument uses multiple robot arms that can be positioned many ways to observe, for example, 24 different galaxies at once. Each arm maneuvers a 14-by-14-pixel grid to lie on top of a galaxy, and all 196 pixels collect the light and split it into its constituent wavelengths to study the galaxies' properties.
KMOS is an intricate technology, with more than 1,000 optical surfaces that were each manufactured to exacting standards and carefully aligned.
"I remember, eight years ago, when the project started how I was skeptical about the complexity of KMOS. But today we are observing and the instrument is performing wonderfully," said Jeff Pirard, the ESO staff member responsible for the instrument. "Moreover, it has been a real pleasure to work together with the KMOS team. They are very professional and we had a great time working together."
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If Josh Brolin seems more than a little ornery in "Jonah Hex" it's definitely more than acting.
The transformation into the facially-scarred title character was "a pain in the a--," the star insists bluntly.
"It sounds like b.s., but it lent to the curmudgeonly feeling of the character," Brolin said at the 'Jonah Hex" press day.
Onscreen, Hex's face is scarred by branding iron for the movie opening Friday. Hex's face is so screwed up that even whiskey streams out of his facial hole when he drinks.
Offscreen, the daily torture started in the morning with three hours of makeup consisting of many levels of product. "It was very tough," he said. "I had a mouth piece that held my mouth all the way back that was attached to the back of my neck," said Brolin. "And then we did three more layers on top of that."
The application ensured Brolin couldn't eat during the 14-hour days on set. "So I'd stuff myself in the morning and drink water through out the day. And it was 100 degrees."
Brolin had even taken the character a step further, altering his eye (which is also injured in the comic book source material).
"But I started getting an (eye) infection within the hour," he said. "I'm not that dedicated."
Sadly, his tortured look even continued off the set without his make-up. "I walked around with half a mustache and half a beard in New Orleans for three months," said Brolin. "There was nothing attractive about it."
"So it was a pain. Would I do it again? Yeah," said Brolin. "Now you look at it and go, that's pretty cool."


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In the microsite for new YONEX golf club i-EZONE, the additional content is opened to provide you further information about the innovative quality. We have interviewed the club designer Mr Yasuharu Miyagi about the 3 models, i-EZONE TX Driver, Type St Fairway Wood and Forged PB Irons. Throughout the interview, we received some interesting stories about the birth of the i-EZONE clubs.
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If you have never tuned into a webcast on HealthTalk, you are missing out! I was invited to participate in a Health Now webcast last week and had such a great time with Judy Foreman, the host of Health Now. The topic was on journaling and how it can help people deal with disease, pain and other conditions. Judy is really terrific; I have enjoyed her webcasts in the past, but having the opportunity to talk to her directly was really special. Her guest was Dr. Pennebaker, who has done extensive research into the effects of writing down your thoughts and feelings to deal with medical conditions. Dr. Pennebaker's wife is a breast cancer survivor so he could really relate to my story; thankfully, she is doing well and has also written extensively about her battle and the disease. Judy was able to relate to Dr. Pennebaker's research and findings to a number of conditions, including breast cancer.
Judy also directed questions to me about blogging and how that has helped me deal with the disease and recovery. I have written about this before - some umpteen blog posts ago, but I see where she was going with this. The focus was on how we benefit from being open with our thoughts and feelings even if no one else reads what we write. Judy in her expert interviewing skills helped me to realize that I may be holding back a little while I'm blogging because I am so aware that others are reading what I write. Dr. Pennebaker truly feels that private journaling is the optimum practice, but I think Judy helped to point out that this public form of journaling has its place.
I realize that even though I am pretty open about what I go through and the circumstances in my life, I often leave out the deepest feelings. Oh there have been times when I have expressed my fears and fury, and you have responded to cheer me on, but for the most part I have dealt with depression and anger (like many of you). I've kept the deep dark thoughts close to my heart. I'll give it more of an effort to be more open with my feelings; I think it would make things on my blog a little more interesting or depressing or ridiculous, but you can decide.
The replay of the Health Now Webcast I participated in can be found here:
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There is a petition on the the White House website to ban anything that insults the prophets of any major religion. Here is the content of the Petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/outlaw-offending-prophets-major-religions/94kL1tsN
It clearly enacts prohibition to all the prophets of major religions. This petition would seem to promote interfaith peace and harmony.
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Ahead of the Curve
The Jolt Awards are underway and judging for the first round -- Books -- is heating up.
At the same time, it isn't too early to kick off nominations for the second round -- Application Libraries and Frameworks -- even though the schedule would suggest we'd be ahead of the curve. That's okay. Early is better than late. (And believe me, I know all about that "late" part.)
So if you're using or if your organization has developed an application library or framework that you think is "Jolt-worthy," don't wait -- nominate by sending in your recommendation to [email protected] now! And if you want talk with your fellow developers about likely candidates, just strike up a conversation by logging on and adding a Comment below.
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Matt Colleran and his wife, Laura, decided to move to the suburbs after finding themselves cramped in their two-bedroom Brookline condo with the birth of their second child.
While the Collerans knew they would have to move someday, they had long expected to land in Needham or some other community along the Interstate 95 corridor.
Instead, the Collerans bought a 4,600-square-foot Colonial in Hopkinton, eventually finding something at the high end of their $500,000-to-$800,000 price range.
The young family joins a growing number of buyers who have changed their target market from communities near Boston, drawn by the prospect of bigger homes at lower prices in the communities along Interstate 495.
The influx of newcomers, as well as local families moving up to larger quarters, has triggered a rebound in sales and prices along the highway corridor from Pepperell to Marlborough to Wrentham, though with some towns faring better than others, brokers say.
And the Collerans, who moved into their new home in July, are happy that they bought when they did, with real estate prices across the area continuing to escalate.
"It seems like the market has gotten a lot crazier," said Matt Colleran, an executive with a Rhode Island-based toy company.
While prices are indeed high in Hopkinton, some of the region's traditionally less-expensive communities, including Bellingham, Pepperell, Plainville, Medway, Milford, Millis, Marlborough, and Wrentham, are showing the biggest price gains, according to the Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman, a real estate industry journal.
All were hammered during the downturn, seeing home prices plunge from their peak by 20 or 30 percent or even more.
Wrentham is leading the recovery, with the town's median price at $406,250, soaring 34 percent during the first 10 months of this year compared with the same period last year, Warren Group statistics show.
Pepperell was not far behind, with a 33 percent leap in its median home price during the same time period, to nearly $300,000. Plainville's median home price jumped 21 percent, to $365,000. Medway's median home price increased 18 percent, to $367,000, while Marlborough saw a 13 percent rise, to $290,000.
Milford and Millis both saw median home prices rise 11 percent, to $262,000 and $339,900, respectively, while Bellingham saw a 10 percent gain, to $264,500, Warren Group numbers show.
Sales numbers are up as well, 39 percent in Marlborough and 49 percent in Pepperell, through the first 10 months of this year compared with the same period last year, according to the Warren Group.
Helping drive up sales and prices are buyers fleeing skyrocketing prices in suburbs along Route 128, from Burlington to Newton, all approaching or having surpassed their 2005 price peaks, brokers say.
Median home prices in Needham and Newton are both 15 percent higher than their peaks in 2005, at $747,000 and $882,413, respectively, according to the Warren Group.
"There are folks from Boston beginning to come out to the 495 area," said Paul Yorkis, broker-owner of Patriot Real Estate in Medway. "They realize there are some really good bargains compared to the inner core of Boston."
Yorkis and other brokers say they are doing a brisk business with buyers relocating from other states and who face sticker shock when house hunting, especially closer into Boston.
These buyers are trying to find relatively affordable new construction comparable with the relatively spacious homes they are selling in Texas or North Carolina, said Re Gibson, manager of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage's Franklin office.
And the new homes being built along I-495, especially in its southern tier of communities, are much more affordable to middle-income buyers.
Towns like Franklin and Milford have seen a number of new subdivisions built during the past several years, Gibson said.
As the economy picks up again, builders are starting to rev up construction of new homes, with sales flying at a 14-home subdivision now being rolled out in Plainville, she said.
"You can still buy new construction in our area," Gibson said. "That eight-room, four-bedroom and two-and-half-bath house on a half-acre lot near the $500,000 mark, you can't do that inside 128.
"You are still going to find that in Franklin, you are still going to find that in Bellingham or Plainville," she said.
Other towns along the corridor, like Hopkinton, are seeing less dramatic gains, in part because they did not take the kind of beating suffered by Plainville, Wrentham, and Medway when the market collapsed in the recession.
The median home price in Hopkinton slipped from $560,000 in 2005 to $520,000 in 2011, and is hovering at $527,000 this year.
But buyers priced out of the suburbs closer to Boston are also helping drive up sales in these towns as well.
"We had a great year in 2013 — things bounced back rather nicely," said Chuck Joseph, broker owner of RE/MAX Executive Realty in Hopkinton.
The average Hopkinton listing is selling after 76 days, down from 105 days in November 2012, said Maureen Eagan, a broker in the Framingham office of Coldwell Banker Residential Mortgage.
And the more desirable homes, either newly built or well maintained and updated, are going fast in towns all along the I-495 corridor.
Eagan rattled off a list of homes in Marlborough, Milford, and Holliston that sold within one day to a week.
"If something is priced right, it will sell," she said.
Some of that frenzied sales activity, in turn, is being driven by a long decline in the number of homes for sale, with new construction not yet enough to fill the gap.
Statewide, the number of homes for sale dropped in October to 20,716, nearly 20 percent below the figure in October 2012, the Massachusetts Association of Realtors reports.
In Franklin, Gibson used to team up with other agents in her office each week to look at all of the new listings that had come on the market during the previous seven days. It was helpful for the different agents to see what was available that might make for a good fit for one of their buyers.
But now, with homes getting snapped up as quickly as they go up for sale, there hasn't been a "town tour" in at least seven months, Gibson said.
"When a house comes onto the market, you do get that mad rush of buyers who haven't seen anything yet," she said.
Matt Carroll contributed to this report. Scott Van Voorhis can be reached at sbvanvoorhis@ hotmail.com.


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Filing Your Taxes? Seven Things to Check First
MarketWatch's Jim Jelter discusses seven steps that will help you prepare your tax returns and avoid unpleasant surprises. (Photo: AP)
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Jeff Gordon's familiar paint scheme is history
Jeff Gordon's No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, which has been a familiar sight at NASCAR tracks since Gordon's first race in 1992, is no more.
DuPont's car paint unit, which was sold last year, has been rebranded as Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta will still sponsor 14 races for Gordon this season, but it will undoubtedly mean some adjustment for fans used to the DuPont car.
Gordon's other primary sponsor is the AARP's "Drive To End Hunger" program.
"While these are big changes for us, our commitment to the No. 24 team, Jeff Gordon and NASCAR remains the same," Axalta President John McCool said in a statement. "We are proud to continue our sponsorship of the No. 24 team and Jeff Gordon in 2013."
Axalta's first race on the car will be the April 13 race at Texas Motor Speedway. The only other race announced for the car so far is the season finale at Homestead.
Team owner Rick Hendrick said the rebranded Axalta brand was made up of "the same folks who have spent more than two decades executing one of the most successful sponsorship programs in sports."
DuPont sold its coatings business to the Carlyle Group -- which holds a portfolio of business that includes Hertz Rental Car and Dunkin' Donuts -- for $4.9 billion in late August.


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South Korean rights workers said that Pyongyang may have taken issue with some of his photographs, including those of homeless North Korean children.
A South Korean newspaper published by an evangelical family said he may have been carrying footage of North Korea executing defectors and dissidents. It was impossible to verify this.
According to North Korean law, the punishment for hostile acts against the state is five to 10 years of hard labor.
Clinton flew to Pyongyang in 2009 and met then-leader Kim Jong-il before securing the release of two American media workers who had been charged with entering the country illegally.
Former U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson, who has made numerous trips to North Korea, some to seek the release of detained Americans, said he hoped the trial might help lead to Bae's release.
Richardson delivered a letter regarding Bae to officials during a trip to North Korea in January, although he was unable to meet him.
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Lol, look at this thingy.
I was watching some Boba fan film on youtube when i saw that. Laughed for hours.
lol, i watched jedi after seeing this, and just laughed after watching it go in fast time. He actually kicks twice at the same guy. Once from before that little part (the part where boba aims at luke), then the kick itself.
Hey, they didn't have the best budget for that movie...
Man that's funny.
Boba flying by in the background was what made the clip for me.
speaking of funny stuff...go to youtube and type "druken lightsaber battle".
its very funny. heads up, there is some language.
You know, Jeremy Bulloch practiced that stunt quite a while before they shot it. And the bottom of the sarlaac pit's mouth is a nice cushion for the guys to fall onto.
Lol thats classic.
I have never noticed that before! What I used to see in that scene was Boba flying across the screen.
Yup, classic.
That's hilarious!
Hey, they didn't have the best budget for that movie...
No, but they didn't have the worst budget either. 33 mil is enough to get an extra to fall at the right time. But the best part of this whole thing is how somebody decided to make it viable and say, dude it wasn't a botched scene... It was a.... "FORCE KICK!"
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For my second Coffee with Comedians, I chose to get to know Corin Wells. Oddly enough, and in spite of being in the same room as each other probably somewhere over 50 times, we had not exchanged more than "hellos" and congratulatory remarks after shows. We even went to see " My Week With Marilyn" together, but since you have to be quiet in movie theaters and also since I got there right as the movie started, I did not get a chance to start a friendship beyond that of the facebook and twitter realm there, either. So, Corin agreed to sit down with me at the Broad Street Diner, and thus, a friendship beyond the world wide web was born!
Aubrie: You have been performing with Iron Lung for a year now in Philly! Was there a specific moment when you realized you wanted to pursue comedy? Was it always something you were interested in, or was there a distinct moment where you realized that this what you wanted to do?
Corin: I think it's something I always wanted to do, I just didn't know how I wanted to do it. Cause I love stand up so much but I don't have the nads to do it, so when I came across improv I was like "Ahhhh, yeah. This is it." And I tried it and I fell in love with it and I got addicted. Now improv is what I love.
Aubrie: That's awesome! Did you do theater or anything before?
Corin: Yeah, I did. I did theater in school. After high school I kind of stopped doing acting and started focusing on dancing- because when I was younger I did a bit of everything only cause my mom made me do it. And I was like, "I wanna be a hip-hop dancer!" So I did that in college, and then I was like, "This is not lucrative!"
Aubrie: Maybe not lucrative, but it is awesome! If I didn't think I'd fail immediately, I probably would've majored in hip-hop dancing! Where did you go to college?
Corin: Hampton University in Virginia.
Aubrie: And what initially drew you to improv? Did you find it in or after college?
Corin: After. I had finished taking regular acting classes at Mike Lemon Casting and I was like, "OK, I need to do something else and I want to try comedy." And I had been looking at PHIT for awhile, but for some reason I was like- I think it was money reasons- that I was like, "I can't take two classes at one time." So right after I was done with those acting classes, I was like, "It's time." And I ended up taking my 1st class with Nick Gillette, which was great. And I've been hooked ever since.
Aubrie: What is the best comedy advice you've ever gotten?
Corin: There's a lot, cause I hang out with Marbach and he's full of comedy advice. I guess as far as improv goes, just make sure you're having fun. That's the best advice. Cause if you're not having fun onstage, then why are you up there? There's no point.
Aubrie: Any general life advice that has been helpful to you, non-comedy related?
Corin: Do what you love, and fuck the rest. Yeah, my mom has always told me that- not necessarily "fuck" the rest, but she's like "if you're not doing something that you love to do then really what's the point." She doesn't necessarily get the comedy thing, but she supports it. She's great.
Aubrie: Do you have any pre-show rituals?
Corin: Lately, I've been listening to Beyonce's "Love on Top" because it's such a hype song, it's such a feel-good song. But I just try to get to get in a fund mind-set, like for Iron Lung, so when we start our ritual I'm ready to jump on board. And it's always something different, something I can dance to. Sometimes it's gangster rap. I don't know, depending on my mood.
Aubrie: Sweet! Do you do silly dances, or choreographed dances?
Corin: For Beyonce I do real choreography.
Aubrie: Nice. Do you do them at home or at the venue before a show?
Corin: Anywhere. If I'm walking, if I'm driving, I'll be dancing. I'll do it while walking down the street…it's great when people start dancing with you!
Aubrie: What was your favorite comedy moment to witness, Philly or otherwise? This is a tough one, cause I made it so broad, but it could be anything- a TV or film moment, or something you saw onstage or that your friends did…
Corin: I think the most recent one I can remember because it was a few weeks ago was Medic had this show and they were on a bus and AJ had to crawl outside the bus for some reason and ended up getting hit by this giant bus. And Luke kept running over him with a bunch of chairs. He just kept doing it- it was so funny! It was this really giant bus and that illusion was created, and it was so great. And Emily was like, "It's a mix between Les Mis and Speed" and it cut back to AJ crawling outside of this bus and getting hit by it. Yeah, that was a great moment. I love Medic.
Aubrie: Me too!! They do a lot of cool physical stuff. Iron Lung also does a lot of cool physical stuff.
Corin: Yeah, I love those guys.
Aubrie: On that note, do you have a favorite stage moment that you were a part of? It can be anything-dance, theater, improv…
Corin: It's probably gonna be improv.
Aubrie: Nice! I didn't want to box you in.
Corin: It's hard because there are a lot coming to my head. But there was one show where we ended up doing the whole block at PHIT and we didn't know that we were going to, but Kevin, prior to the show spilled Malt Vinegar on his pants. So the whole first half became about Kevin smelling like shit. And he had the nerve to sit on my lap. I think that's why I loved it so much, because we were all fucking with each other, and that's when you have the most fun. There was also one show where we had Pinocchio running an underground railroad for puppets. That was great.
Aubrie: And what's your favorite part about improv? Is there a specific thing about it that you really love?
Corin: I think just the concept of improv. I mean, when you strip all of the rules away, you are just a bunch of adults pretending on-stage- that's all it is. And it's like, "I do this. I'm playing around- I'm a kid again, just smarter."
Aubrie: If you could create a comedy dream team of anyone in the world, who'd be on it? It could be just Philly people too, to make this super-difficult on-the-spot question easier.
Corin: Oh man, that's tough. I'm gonna do Philly comedians and say my
fantasy improv draft is Matt Holmes(QB), Amie Roe(WR), Billy Bob Thompson(RB), Andrew Stanton(TE), Emily Davis(S), Jess Ross(OL), Dan Jaquette(DL), & Tara Demy(K).
Aubrie: I hope that team one day happens, and that they all play those positions- like a football/improv mash-up! And my final question is…drumroll…are you a dog or a cat person? I ended the last interview on this note, So I'm gonna stick with it.
Corin: I am a dog person, but I like cats. Which is a new development, cause my roommates brought home a stray, and I love her. I curse her out a lot, but I love her. We had miniature collies growing up. My parents have one named Teacup. I hate that name. My dad named her that, and I was like, "Man up, daddy!" He named her that because he wanted us to get a teacup yorkie, and we got a miniature collie. So he was like, I'm calling it Teacup anyway. My other dog's name, we called her"Puppy." We adopted her from a shelter and her name was "Mandy," and my mom was like, "I don't like that name." So she named her Puppy.
You can currently catch Corin on stage with Iron Lung and as half of the duo Ebony & Ivory, and in May she will premiere with PHIT Houseteam (Codename) Strider.
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For the record, I would never play on a team with Andrew Stanton.
Cool Interview! I would love to be on that fantasy team!
I've been wanting to improvise with Andrew Stanton for nearly 4 years.


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An afternoon drive down to the Beau Rêve house in Port Arthur is reminiscent of the days of Southern belles and their gentlemanly escorts; settled elegantly on four acres of land, the majestic white home on Atlantic Avenue (Sarah Jane Road, to nearby residents) now houses a real Southern belle who enjoys serving Cajun French cuisine of the Deep South.
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"It's basically an egg pie, is what I call it," Bellard explained. "There are many variations, which makes it a meal that can work for any time of day. For brunch it works perfectly — it's very filling."
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The lunch special includes a bowl of soup, and we recommend the roasted red pepper bisque, which is like tomato basil with a tangier flavor.
"For some reason, people seem to think that quiche is like a lady's meal, but we have men order it all the time," Bellard mused.
While quiche is not regarded as the wildest dish out there, we feel it is long overdue that we refute writer Bruce Feirstein's long-standing assertion that real men don't eat quiche — we invite Feirstein to make his way down from Hollywood and try Miss Bellard's rendition of the French dish. And while we're at it, we invite the Southern gentlemen here in Southeast Texas to challenge his assertion, as well.


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We've been circulating pre-prints of Jeremy Howard and Mike Loukides' upcoming paper that extends Jeremy's Strata talk on using simulation and optimization to create actions from data. One of the most interesting results has been learning that a dozen top data scientists have more than a dozen ways of defining modeling, simulation and optimization. Irfan Ahmad of CloudPhysics stepped up and provided a really helpful, systematic taxonomy for predictive modeling. Let us know what you think in the comments, or tweet him @virtualirfan
I love this unattributed #quote: to model is to understand. The taxonomy below helps me meta-model and therefore better understand the modeling process itself.
The terminology issues [in data science] are clear and present. Two of my co-founders are from the formal simulation disciplines (yes, the meta-discipline of how best to do simulations, simulation software frameworks, applications to diverse fields). When we first met, the issue of terminology caused us to talk past each other and often violently agree without knowing it. Everyone has their own taxonomy.
I've never tried to write down my own version. (Doing so will likely invite a lot of objections, but this is my own current, non-exhaustive opinion).
There are different types of modeling.
- Single component models
- Analytical models. For example, I have spent years of my life building black-box modeling techniques for datacenter components, e.g. spinning disks. These models are really parametrized equations. I say black-box but white-box modeling that results in analytical models fits this category as well.
- Simulation models. For example, there are high-fidelity simulation models for various hard drives where you stream in an input trace and you get out exactly what the real drive might do. The distinction from A1 is that these are simulation/emulation models, think discrete-event simulations. So, you tend to put a trace through them to find out what that component would do.
- Inferred models. For example, apply machine learning techniques to learn behavior of a disk under a training load.
- Full-system models (multi-component)
- Inferred models. For example, you have input/response data points (extends to multi-dimensional) for a large set and you pass this training data through a machine learning algorithm. Which produces an often abstract model which can then be queried with test data to get estimates of what that full system might behave under new conditions. Note that, abstractly, this type of modeling can be thought of as an attempt to infer the behavior of the underlying hidden components. I think of this as a complicated machine (full-system) behind the curtain where you get to observe the behavior of the machine under controlled experiments and attempt to learn it.
- Simulation of individual component models. For example, in a simple system composed of two disks interacting via queues, we could use B1 to infer behavior. Or B2 would say to simulate "through" the system: apply A1 or A2 or A3 for each of the two disks and simulate the interaction between them. But for which workload? This is easy when you know exactly what workload you are interested in but timing and other parallelism issues often create the need to look for the behavior of the system under a large number of conditions. In reality, when dealing with hundreds or thousands of individual components, to understand the behavior of the full-system, a "search" has to be done. I think of this as a complicated machine (full-system) where the curtain is withdrawn and you get to model each significant part of the machine under controlled experiments (via A1/A2/A3) and then simulate the interactions. Note here the different levels: (α) models of individual components, (β) tied together in a simulation given a set of inputs, (γ) iterated through over different input sets in a search.
If the objective is to find one answer rather than understand the behavior of the full system, then you can use B1 directly or do an objective function maximizing search in B2. For certain systems, B1 is infeasible due to not enough full-system data. For others, B2 is infeasible due to complexity. FWIW, I think that if you get lucky and end up with a system that is amenable to B2, it can be worth a shot trying to make it work since it keeps you well in the domain of human understandable input/output throughout the chain. My sense is that conventional wisdom these days is shifting towards B1 being clearly superior to B2 ... I tend to not subscribe to that view ... that opinion is too simplistic, the reality is that the right tool needs to be used for each job.
Anyhow, that's my two cents worth. It's not adding much new compared to what other folks have already stated, excepts perhaps trying to state my taxonomy clearly.


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Fish-AMAZBOL: a database on freshwater fishes of the Bolivian Amazon
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The Bolivian part of the Amazon Basin contains a mega diverse and well-preserved fish fauna. Since the last decade, this fish fauna has received an increasing attention from scientists and the national authorities as fishes represent one of the most important sources of proteins for local human communities. However, this fish fauna still remains poorly documented. Here, we present a database for fishes from the Bolivian Amazon. To build the database, we conducted an extensive literature survey of native and non-native (exotic) fishes inhabiting all major sub-drainages of the Bolivian Amazon. The database, named Fish-AMAZBOL, contains species lists for 13 Amazonian hydrological units, covering 100% of the Bolivian Amazon and approximately 65% (722,137 km2) of the all territory. Fish-AMAZBOL includes 802 valid species, 12 of them being non-native, that have been checked for systematic reliability and consistency. To put this number in perspective, this represents around 14% of the all Neotropical ichthyofauna and around 6% of all strictly freshwater fishes inhabiting the planet. This database is currently the most comprehensive database of native and non-native fish species richness available so far for the Bolivian Amazon.


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Where did you place the sensor? At the top of the stairs or at the bottom or did you get a bunch?
I'm thinking about doing the same thing and was glad to run across this article. I'm new to all of this and was wondering if you had a schematic that you worked from or did you go from the TLC5940 data sheet. Also Sparkfun has a TLC5940 breakout board that I was thinking about using in conjunction with the common anode LEDs you used https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10616?, do you have any thoughts on using it?
I never done anything close to electronics
QuoteI never done anything close to electronicsThis is definitely _not_ a project to start with. First one blinks a led. Then a few leds. Then a lot of leds. Then one rgb led, then a few rgb leds, then a lot of rgb leds. Meanwhile one learns blink without delay and debouncing, and led sequences, and state-based programming and so on.Also, a club is a public place, so safety regulations must be taken into account. Say you light up the entire stairs for half an hour and something gets so hot it could start a fire... Pretty scary...A good consultant is what you need, IMVHO.


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The Radio version hooked me, and the album version kept me coming back for more. Should have been a bigger radio hit.
All Is Fair
How Much Is Enough
No One Has To Cry
Falling In Love
Shut It Out
Still Around
All The Best Things
Yesterday, Today
One Jungle
Climb The Hill
Make No Plans
Ships Are Safe In The Harbor
The Radio version hooked me, and the album version kept me coming back for more. Should have been a bigger radio hit.
"I don't think that he should take The Strain"
I don't understand why All Is Fair does not get more props. It's catchy, has good drive, and the lyrics work well with it. Most fans either love or hate this CD, but I love it and All Is Fair kicks it off nicely.
I like so many of the songs on Ink but my favorite has to be "Crucified." "Yesterday, Today" would also be at the top of my list.
First I would like to say that I never thought that INK is a weak Fixx-Record. It has really strong songs on it.
Voted for HOW much is enough.
For me my fav song off of Ink has to be One Jungle, it is an amazing track with perhaps the best guitar sound Jamie has created on the album. Also a rather spooky track for the Fixx, it is purely ambient and gorgeous. Great stuff.
It is really too bad we can not vote for say....three songs because some of the songs I really are getting screwed...All is Fair and Falling in Love for example. But we only get one vote and that went to Crucified.
I would like a rank the songs in order for this cd. Yesterday, Today which is ranked high would be at the bottom of my list.
Voted for No One Has To Cry...such a powerful sentiment.
How Much Is Enough, Yesterday Today,Make No Plans, Crucified - there are some great tracks on this album. Even though 'Ships...' doesn't appear on the UK release!
I'm one of the weirdos that likes "Climb the Hill". Quirky and one of the more Fixx-like songs on "Ink". Still can't listen to the whole album over and over like I can virtually any other Fixx CD, though.
Part-Time Artist & Permanent Fixxture
Hmm...I know what you mean. There's a kind of lack of coherence across Ink that isn't there on, say, Walkabout. But still, there's some great tracks on Ink.
Still around...
caution - speed bumps ahead
Tough one.
I voted:
Shut It Out
The funking guitar hook in the intermezzo (@ 2:12) is unique.
*So* welldone Jamie!
I just voted for All The Best Things
Is this the way of the world, to take a boy and a girl and show them lying is real!
I TOO voted for this one....and I agree completely with your reasoning...another reason why I chose it. It SAYS so much in such a simple Fixx manner.Originally posted by skyrunr
I'm going with make no plans which represents the current political and environmental problems of today. "Out of control, you at the polls." "Hell's the future and we're looking back."
powerful stuff!
Cy shakes and he shouts
Rupert puts out some industrial fill signifying technical progress
Adam counters Rupert's technology with rather simple drum lines
Jamie screams the guitar through in outrage
The bass ticks through everything like time itself
One Jungle gets honorable mention because it could fit right in on Reach the Beach. So does Crucified for its analogy comparing love to hard drugs. I can't wait to get strung out on love again. LOL


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PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Robbers attacked an
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Three armed men wearing masks kicked in the door of the
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V.C. Morris Building
See Wright, Frank Lloyd – Artist's File
Feb. 14, 1979
Feb. 14, 1979
Vaillancourt Fountain
See Embarcadero Plaza
Valley Shakespeare Festival
x Shakespeare Festival
Van Patten-Gerard Repertory Company
xx Theatre
Vanguard Foundation
See Art Patronage
Variety Shows
See also Names of Individual Theatres and Clubs
See also Flying Karamazov Brothers (M/PA VF)
New Vaudeville Festival
x Talent Contests
x Vaudeville
xx Carnivals – California
xx Circus
xx Theatre
Varsity Drag
See San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps
Nov.1, 1980
Nov.1, 1980
See New Vaudeville Festival
Variety Shows
See Horses/Horseback Riding/Horse Racing
Venetian Room
x Fairmont Hotel. Venetian Room
xx Nightclubs
Aug.13, 1977
Aug.13, 1977
Venice Biennale 1980
See The Presence of the Past
Venues. Multipurpose
See also Neighborhood Arts Alliance/Program
Music. Venues
Venture Theatre
xx Theatre
Veterans' Auditorium
See Herbst Theatre
Victorian Alliance
See also Mission (District)
See Buildings (subfolder: Victorians))
Vida Gallery
See Women's Building
Sept. 3, 1982
Sept. 3, 1982
See also Ant Farm (Group) in Art VF
Bay Area Video Coalition
Film/Tape Council
National Educational Film & Video Festival
San Francisco International Video Festival
T. R. Uthco (Group) in Art VF
x Video Art
x Video Freaks
xx Video Free America
Video Art
See Video
Video Freaks
See Video
Video Free America
See also Video
xx Video
March 6, 1981
March 6, 1981
xx Aerial Views
Violin Makers
xx Musical Instruments
Virtuosi of San Francisco
See also S. F. Music Performance Trays
Varga, Laszlo (M/PA VF)
Vision Gallery
(Prior to 1998 see Photography Museums and Art Galleries)
See also Photography Museums and Art Galleries
March 1998
March 1998
Visitacion Valley
xx Architectural Tours
xx Neighborhoods
xx Walking Tours
Vorpal Gallery
See also Museums and Art Galleries
Jan. 1997
Jan. 1997
(Light and Sound Show)
See also Mixed Media
See Ticket Voucher System


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We present the super popular and sought after Finder series– yes, Finder vol.1 is now released!
While most Yaoi fans have probably read or at least heard of Ayano Yamane's works, this is the one that really takes the cake.
The mangaka, Ayano Yamane, is known for her delicate lines, beautiful illustrations, and most importantly, the sexy stories, and the Finder series may be her most representative work.


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Visioning From the River Reporter
November 22, 2012 —
This Thanksgiving, you may be staying home with your family to enjoy a traditional meal, or you may be traveling and choosing to join a celebration at a relative's or friend's house. Perhaps you choose to participate in a gathering sponsored by a soup kitchen or church. Some may have even preferred to go to a restaurant that offers a Thanksgiving buffet with all the trimmings. (The most attractive restaurants these days seem to be those that feature a menu inspired by local farms.) Regardless of where you spent Thanksgiving Day, we are reminded that our American Thanksgiving is centered on the notion of giving thanks for the earth's bounty and the abundance of the harvest. This year, I give special thanks to our local farmers and the many enlightened community leaders and environmental groups who have worked hard all year to educate legislators, farmers, producers and consumers in caring about our soil, forest and water resources that are nature's support of agriculture here.
Contrary to popular belief, the number of farmers in the United States is growing, and the Northeast is no exception. We have hundreds of beginning farmers in New York State alone, and that number continues to increase. Many start by helping to cultivate land as interns on existing farms or on their own land, which might be a backyard in a suburban setting. City rooftops are turning green and barges in the Hudson River are growing food in greenhouses.
I admire the existing dairy farmers and their families, in New York and Pennsylvania, who are developing strategies to remain profitable. They diversify their operations by raising grass-fed meats, developing on-farm processing facilities and marketing milk through direct sales. Many have become artisans adding value to their already excellent milk by producing exceptional cheeses, cultured dairy products and frozen desserts that rival the finest imported specialties and far surpass any that are mass produced and overly processed.
There are beginning farmer programs sponsored by USDA and administered through the cooperative extension offices and land-grant universities, as well as private non-profits such as the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY), Pure Catskills and the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture ( PASA).
In 2012, we watched school gardens grow, tended by children, teachers and a corps of youth hired through the Center for Workforce Development. Farmers' markets, farmstands, specialty stores, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares of a farm's bounty, as well as eating establishments promoting locally produced food, continue to take a large share of consumers' food dollars, dollars that are immediately returned to the local economy. Beyond providing wholesome and consumable products, our farmers enrich our lives on a daily basis by creating jobs that generate economic activity.
When I moved to Youngsville over 30 years ago, I dreamed of living in an environment where I could live in harmony with my neighbors and the environment while growing much of my own food. Today, more than half of that dream is recognized. I can walk down my road and legally buy a bottle of raw milk from my neighbor, or go to the neighborhood markets and buy exquisite fresh mozzarella and aged cheeses produced at farms very close by. My chickens produce the finest eggs anywhere, as they forage on grass and insects in the yard. The organic garden continues to yield abundant fruits and vegetables.
This Thanksgiving, I am especially thankful for seeing so much accomplished here by our farming community. I look to the future and see a viable economic system of an affordable, local food distribution system that will serve everyone in our community, where no one is left behind, including the growing population of seniors, many who are shut in at home or in nursing facilities; school lunchrooms; and government institutions including prisons.
Today, I am thankful to be surrounded by people with the abilities and resources to produce so much abundance. My dream is that we can all participate in sharing our local harvest. We are getting there. Let's continue to make this Thanksgiving and 2013 a step in that direction.
[Maria Grimaldi is the Catskill Regional Representative for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (www.nofany.org) and an educator with Catskill Delaware Permaculture (www.catskilldelawarepermaculture.org).