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Canucks' top draft picks Bo Horvat, Hunter Shinkaruk thrilled to be signed
'It's awesome … It's another step closer to the NHL and now I have to go out and prove myself on the ice,' says product of Cory Schneider trade
Vancouver Canucks Bo Horvat heads up the ice during the Vancouver Prospects scrimmage at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on July 11, 2013.
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VANCOUVER — Vancouver Canucks prospects Bo Horvat and Hunter Shinkaruk aren't twins. It only seems that way.
The two 18-year-old forwards were drafted the same day, in the same round and signed identical contracts that were announced Tuesday in the same news release. Is that enough sameness? Now if they can some day produce like real twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin, the Canucks may have something.
For now, it's a waiting game on the ice. Off the ice, the players have to wait no longer.
Both received the rookie maximum on their three-year deals. Each will make $925,000 at the NHL level, the figure comprised of a $92,500 signing bonus and $832,500 salary.
Horvat was selected ninth overall, the pick the Canucks acquired for goalie Cory Schneider, while Shinkaruk went 24th. Not surprisingly, they are both at Team Canada's world junior development camp, which began Sunday in Brossard, Que. The team is now in Lake Placid, N.Y., and will face the Finns in an exhibition game Wednesday.
"My hand was shaking a little bit when I signed the contract," said a thrilled Shinkaruk. "It really doesn't even sink in what you're signing when you're doing it. It's probably going to take a little while for it to set in.
"It's a big accomplishment and you can't believe that it's happening. It's nice to have the team put that trust in you as a player. It's definitely exciting. It seems pretty surreal."
Shinkaruk, from Calgary, actually signed his deal Sunday after arriving in Brossard. Horvat signed Saturday in his hometown of Rodney, Ont. Both players are represented by Newsport Sports, although Mark Guy works with Horvat and Craig Oster with Shinkaruk.
"It's awesome," Horvat said. "You dream about this day when you're a little kid. To put pen to paper and make it official and get all signed up was really something special. It's another step closer to the NHL and now I have to go out and prove myself on the ice."
It seems Horvat has rarely been off the ice, or at least away from the game. He went to the Memorial Cup with the London Knights in May and then continued on to the NHL scouting combine in Toronto. He was drafted June 30 in New Jersey, attended the Canucks' development camp in July and is now with Team Canada. In less than a month, both he and Shinkaruk will play in the YoungStars tournament that begins Sept. 5 in Penticton.
"It's been crazy," noted Horvat, the Ontario League's playoff MVP in 2013. "It's definitely been the busiest summer ever. There's really no time for rest. It's pretty much been go-go-go but it's something I love to do and want to do for the rest of my life. So you have to go through this, right?
"It's a lot of hockey but I enjoy it and it doesn't bother me at all. I can't wait to start playing some games here in Lake Placid and, after that, to get to Penticton."
The Canucks, needless to say, have a lot invested in their 2013 first-rounders. Daniel and Henrik turn 33 next month and Ryan Kesler will be 29 on Aug. 31. Horvat, a centre, and Shinkaruk, a winger, hold the keys to the future along with fellow first-rounders Brendan Gaunce and Nicklas Jensen.
"We're happy to have the two players done and we think they have bright futures," said Canucks assistant GM Laurence Gilman. "We've typically signed our first-round draft choices early, in the summer immediately following their selections, because we want them to concentrate on playing hockey and take the contract situation out of their heads."
Shinkaruk plays for the Western Hockey League's Medicine Hat Tigers and sports the same No. 9 that Trevor Linden wore during his days as a Tiger. The 5-10 forward is a natural scorer with 86 goals and 177 points his last two WHL seasons.
"I had a feeling that I was probably going to sign from talking to my agent but you never know until it happens and they announce it," said Shinkaruk. "They faxed the contract to the hotel and then I had to get them to print it out. I signed it, they scanned it and sent it back. It was pretty exciting."
Meanwhile, Gilman was less chatty about the contract talks with restricted free agent defenceman Chris Tanev.
"Discussions are ongoing," he said succinctly.
ICE CHIPS: The Canucks also announced the signing of minor-league forward Darren Archibald, who tweeted: "Proud to be a part of the Vancouver Canucks organization for another year." Archibald, a 23-year-old winger, had 22 points in 55 games last season with the AHL's Chicago Wolves. He'll likely play for the Utica Comets ... Gilman was in Utica Tuesday to check out the arena renovations and other aspects of the Canucks' new farm. The Comets expect to start the 2013-14 AHL season with a lengthy road trip to allow more time for the rink upgrades.


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Eaton gets chance to play in front of family, friends
CINCINNATI -- The D-backs' four-game series with the Reds at Great American Ball Park this week is a bit of a homecoming for outfielder Adam Eaton.
Eaton grew up about hour and a half away in Springfield, Ohio, and he went to school at Miami University, which is around 40 minutes from Cincinnati in Oxford.
"It's extremely neat," Eaton said of getting the opportunity to play in Cincinnati. "I've been a Tribe fan my whole life, and we always came down here when they played the Reds. I saw probably a dozen or so games here, so to be playing here is a little different for sure."
Eaton left about 25 tickets for family and friends, and he estimated all told there will be over 100 in attendance, with most securing their own tickets.
Some of Eaton's family made the drive over to Pittsburgh, where the D-backs took two of three from the Pirates over the weekend.
Eaton's section of fans could be heard when he delivered the go-ahead two-run single in the 16th inning Sunday.
"It was nice to have a little cheering section on the road," Eaton said.
Playing in front of a hometown crowd presents its own set of challenges for a player.
"If you didn't play for your hometown and you're just getting back there, it's probably kind of exciting," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "You're certainly going to have a lot of people there. You've got to try and live a normal life, I guess, for the players, but at the same time, you can't let it get too out of hand. You'd never tell them they can't have their family or people come, but I think there have been times in my career and watched, just observing people and their obligations, it affects their play. You've got to try and manage that."

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Bicycling Boosts Wisconsin's Economy by $1.5 billion Annually
Our investment in a more bicycle-friendly Wisconsin has paid off. Since 1967 when Wisconsin built the Elroy-Sparta Trail, the nation's first rail trail, we have spent a bit more than $240 million dollars on bicycle projects. On that relatively small total investment, Wisconsin now reaps an annual return of more than $1.5 billion. Through manufacturing, retail, recreation and tourism, bicycling provides more than 13,200 jobs. It brings in $535 million in tourism from out-of-state visitors alone.
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Sparta is just one of many Wisconsin places where bicycle recreation generates more than $924 million in economic activity. Sparta welcomes 15,500 visiting bicyclists each year thanks to the Elroy Sparta bike trail. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that 100,000 people use the trail annually.
The Sparta Chamber of Commerce states:
"As [Sparta] residents drive by our full parking lots, see vehicles from almost every state in the Union, or see bicyclists downtown eating and shopping, they realize the trail's importance."
World-renowned bicycle brands, such as Trek Bicycle Corporation, Saris Cycling Group, Planet Bike, Pacific Cycles and Waterford Precision Cycles, reside in Wisconsin. Hundreds of locally owned bike shops and bicycle-friendly businesses support the vitality of local economies. Wisconsin bicycle industry adds nearly $600 million annually to our state's economy.
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If just the residents of Madison and Milwaukee got enough moderate exercise by replacing some short car trips with bike trips, we could cut health care costs by $319 million.
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Bethlehem animal cruelty case continued
BANTAM >> Criminal proceedings in the Bethlehem animal cruelty case that led to the confiscation of more than 60 dogs by the town, was continued again Wednesday.
Frederick Acker, 62, 359 Spring Hill Road, Monroe, was scheduled to appear in Bantam Superior Court on 62 counts of animal cruelty but his case has been extended until Feb. 13. During the very brief court proceeding, which Acker did not attend, the case was continued because he still does not have an attorney.
Acker operates the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) (not affiliated with ASPCA), and is charged with failing to provide adequate food, water and shelter for 62 dogs, according to the arrest warrant. State Police and animal control officers confiscated over 60 dogs from a barn used as a shelter, located on Watertown Road in Bethlehem.
Animal Control Officer Judy Umstead, discovered the dogs after having an ongoing concern of their living conditions and it being too cold. After repeatedly visiting SPCA and temperatures consistently being near freezing, the dogs were taken to local shelters and four them were taken to a local veterinary clinic, according to the affidavit.
Acker said he was in the process of upgrading heat and insulation on the barn, located on property he does not own, but that October's Superstorm Sandy and a subsequent snowstorm delayed the process.
The town of Bethlehem is pursuing an injunction against Acker in a civil case, to gain custody of the dogs and provide good homes. If Judge Wilson Trombley decides in favor of the town Acker will have to pay $15 a day up until the day a settlement is reached, totaling $60,000.
At last Friday's civil court proceeding, Trombley committed to make a decision regarding the injunction from the bench on Feb. 14.
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KC man becomes family's 5th convicted killer
Diamond Blair convicted in 2009 slaying
A 37-year-old Kansas City man whose family includes four other convicted killers has been found guilty of second-degree murder in a 2009 robbery attempt.
A Jackson County jury also convicted Diamond Blair of robbery and armed criminal action Friday night in the death of Montague Kevin Ashline, 22, on June 24, 2009, outside a Kansas City apartment complex.
The Kansas City Star reports Blair, whose uncle is serial killer Terry Blair, already is serving 23 years in prison for other convictions.
His mother was charged with murder twice and convicted once for killing her drug-dealing boyfriend in 1989.
Diamond Blair has a lengthy rap sheet that includes robbery, kidnapping, assault and weapons violations. His first arrest came when he was 6 years old.


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MetOp integrated with Fregat upper-stage
As the launch campaign continues on track, the MetOp satellite has been successfully mated to the Fregat upper-stage.
As both the satellite and the upper-stage engine remain fuelled, the integration is potentially hazardous. Nevertheless, this delicate operation was carried out very smoothly with everything going according to plan.
Before this took place the Fregat had been tested in an end-to-end configuration using simulators for the launcher, the launch vehicle adapter and the satellite.
In addition to the mating, other important activities over the weekend have involved an inspection of the fairing and the reinstallation of the network data interface unit, which connects the satellite on the launch pad with the ground control centre in Darmstadt, Germany. Other routine operations continue to be carried out such as the check-out of Fregat's electrical systems along with charging the batteries on-board MetOp.
As the launch campaign continues on schedule, the MetOp satellite and Fregat upper-stage will be encapsulated in the fairing on 28 September and, as the so-called upper composite, transported by overnight train to the launch vehicle integration hall. The upper composite will then be integrated with the Soyuz rocket on 30 September. Rollout to the launch pad will take place on 4 October followed by launch on 7 October.


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Origin Offering Deep Discounts On Many Games... Er?
So figure this one out. You may remember that twelve days ago, there was quite a lot of discussion over EA's Origin store boss saying they wouldn't be engaging in "deep discount" sales on their Steam-rivalling service. David DeMartini (whose name sounds like he should be the star of a Bond spoof) said, "We won't be doing that," when asked about such services. Explaining why he added, "I just think it cheapens your intellectual property."
Today on Origin, Dragon Age: Origins is available for £5. That's discounted from £40 – an incredible 87.5% off!
Spore is 75% off, as is Darksiders, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, and Battlefied: Bad Company 2. 66% savings can be found on Alice: Madness Returns and Darkspore, while Dead Space 2, Shank, Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam, Mirror's Edge, The Saboteur, Gotham City Imposters, Gatling Gears, and Batman: Arkham Asylum are all half price.
That's half the price of their current Origin prices, of course. Not half the price of their original prices. In fact, most of those games are now available for 87.5% off their original launch price. That's an awful lot of intellectual property EA are cheapening today.
"Occasionally there will be things that are on sale you could look for a discount," said DeMartini less than two weeks ago. "Just don't look for 75 percent off going-out-of-business sales."
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Dermot Mulroney, of Dermot Mulroney fame, is the latest name to be attached to Chan-wook Park's new English language film "Stoker". The movie focuses on a young girl who is mourning the loss of her father and has to deal with a mysterious uncle. Mulroney will play the father. So he may only be in the movie for 10 minutes. Enjoy him while you can.
"The Darkest Hour" is a new film which follows 5 students trapped in Russia during an alien invasion, with sexy results. Alright I don't know about the sexy results part but I do know it's release date has already been pushed. Now before you go getting all worried I should point out that it's only been pushed two days to December 25th, presumably so it doesn't have to face off against "The Adventures of Tintin". So if it sucks they're not messing with Jesus's birthday. Bold move, Hollywood.
Watching porn online is nice and all but there's something really classy about putting in a DVD and watching it on a TV in all it's glory. I assume the same can be said about the web series "Mortal Kombat Legacy" as it will be coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on November 9th. Both versions are full of extra goodness and if you order it online you'll only have to put your pants on when you go get the mail. Or don't. I don't know what kind of agreement you have with your neighbors.
Ridley Scott and his brother Tony have both been confirmed by Activision to be creating exclusive content for their new online juggernaut "Call of Duty: Elite". Details of what they'll be coming up with aren't available yet but if I was a betting man I'd say some sort of storyline. I can't see either of them sitting down and coding or anything. But then again I don't know what kind of hobbies they have. I don't like to assume.


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Poll: Do You Order Non-Pizza Items at Slice Joints?
Most of the time, when I head into a slice joint, it's with one goal in mind: pizza. Sure, there are other things on the menu (really, there are! Like, pretty much always!), but does anyone actually order them? I have to know: do you order non-pizza items at slice joints? And if so, what?
Before we get into it, let's take a quick look back at last week's poll results. My question—understandably inflammatory—was this: Does the Japanese okonomiyaki in any way, shape, or form deserve to be called "pizza"? An inclusive few of you were willing to allow it (15%), but 85% of our staunch, pizza-obsessed followers refuse to countenance the equivalence. To dig into the debate (inasmuch as something with such a one-sided result can be debated), check out the comments.
Now, back to the matter at hand—occasionally, occasionally when I'm at a pizzeria, I will order something other than pizza (albeit usually in addition to pizza). More often than not for me, this means garlic knots (I'm itching to try making these deep-fried ones). Nevertheless, I'm willing to concede that there's a whole realm of unexplored pizza-menudom that I'm missing. So my question this week is: What's your favorite thing to order at a slice joint, aside from pizza? If you've had any exceptional experiences, let us know in the comments!
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Paul Auslander, president of the Financial Planning Association and chairman and CEO of Orlando-based American Financial Advisors, sat with AdvisorOne on Monday at the 2012 FPA Retreat in Scottsdale, Ariz., to discuss the organization's planned practice management track.
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He added that "the world is changing rapidly, and smaller planners are not always prepared for the tough questions clients are asking post-2008. Questions about their fiduciary duty, whether nor not the planner will put his interests ahead of the client, how they are compensated and the organizations that are available so the client can crosscheck what the advisor is saying."
The practice management track is currently being developed "in a healthy competition" between 3Ethos' Don Trone and fi360, both of whom are "breaking their butts to get something to us."
"It will also involve succession planning, where we will have a Match.com-type of a platform to connect seasoned pros with interns and junior planners that might well one day take over their business. But realistic valuations of the business are also important. Too often the industry will value a practice at a certain amount, but when they go to the bank for a loan they get laughed at. So we have to accurately value what is usually the planner's biggest asset."
Moving on to the advice he has for his successor, president-elect Michael Branham of Cornerstone Wealth Advisors in Edina, Minn., Auslander first heaps praise.
"I think Michael is the best example of a young practitioner I have ever seen. I've never before been so impressed with the way he represents the future of our profession."
He said he's told Branham to "leave his dogma at the door, and to go into every meeting with an open mind. There are other voices on the board, but eventually he may be the only voice when a decision is made."
When asked about any disappointment during his tenure as president and what he might do differently if given the opportunity, Auslander says, "as an organization, we should have focused on practice management earlier, and now we're doing it quickly. One could argue that events have dictated that now is the perfect time to focus in this area, but we should have done it sooner."
He also echoed executive director and CEO Marv Tuttle by noting an increased focus on lobbying state governments, one that is jointly coordinated with the national organization in Denver.
"As for the next SRO; I'm pretty sophisticated politically, but I've never seen two political parties hate an agency as much as they do the SEC," he said. "It might be FINRA or some other SRO, but the key for us is not to be an impediment to the process of choosing, rather a help."
Auslander concluded by saying the association's short-term goals are to build the systems needed to achieve its long-term goals.
"It's never been better time to be a financial planner. This is no longer the Wild, Wild West. I never want to say someone's pain is someone else's benefit, but 2008 was a wake-up call for clients."
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11 Lamb Dishes We Love in Chicago
In like a lion and out like a lamb. Sayings like this might sound nice, but usually have little basis in any sort of reality. Except this year, which really did arrive fierce and snowy, with temperatures that first week 20 to 30 degrees below normal. Sure, it's not exactly 60 out there now, but it's mostly above freezing, and those massive ice sheets covering the sidewalks have mostly receded.
What does that have to do with recapping a bunch of our favorite lamb dishes in Chicago? Not much. All we know is that there are dozens of delectable lamb dishes out there, crossing numerous different cuisines and cultures. It's great grilled or sliced thin, stir-fried with chilies or bathed in mole negro.
Check out some of our favorite lamb dishes in Chicago and then let us know some of yours.
- Roasted Leg of Lamb Sandwich at Rotisserie in Eataly Chicago
- Coffee Braised Lamb Barbacoa Tacos at Mexique
- Lamb Gyro Taco at Big & Littles
- Lamb Chorizo Tacos at Takito
- Seamus' Blue Ribbon Irish Lamb Stew at Chief O'Neill's
- Mughuz Masala at Shan Restaurant
- Lamb with Cumin at Lao Sze Chuan
- Iskender Kebab at Cafe Orchid
- Borrego en Mole Negro at Topolobampo
- Famous Stir Fried Lamb at Lao Hunan
- Saturday Lamb Sandwich Special at Small World Inn
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Hair: Luis Alvarez for Aquage
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Luis Alvarez is a superstitious guy. "I don't usually like to go backwards," he explains. "When all the buzz about the movie revival of The Great Gatsby started, I resisted. I didn't want to do a retro story. I always encourage my Aquage Artistic team and all the stylists we educate and collaborate with to keep looking and moving forward."
But Alvaraz admits that he loved the 2013 movie and had "known Fitzgerald's story forever." What he really enjoyed, however, was how director Baz Luhrmann juxtaposed modern and futuristic elements—like Jay-Z's rap music into the score— with the classic novel's tale of excess, fantasy, illusion.
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He started rethinking how he would interpret Gatsby style into a photo shoot. When the opportunity arose to do a holiday collection for MODERN and partners CosmoProf and Armstrong McCall, he knew the timing was right. He would dedicate a session of the August 2013 Aquage Academy in Cleveland to crafting a holiday vision of Gatsby to inspire stylists working through their busiest time of year. He was committed, however, to looking firmly forward, even "futuristic." And he would balance the extreme excess theme of Gatsby with the extreme discipline of working with only two styling tools—a flatiron and Aquage Working Spray. The result is the "GATSB 3000" collection, featured on the cover and beginning on page 48.
"I said, if we are going to go way out there with the hair, let's use just one product. Working Spray is very utilitarian. We wanted to show what happens when you max out what you do with it every day in your salon. It's great practice for any professional. The most important thing is to give yourself control."
While the designs are beautifully avant garde, they are all rooted in classic shapes tied to the Gatsby era and artistic influences, and they all represent the consumer hair trends and thermal styling techniques that Alvarez calls "textural transformation."
The cover look is a classic bob taken to a thermal extreme, with futuristic, flatironed edge. The collection looks also channel the Art Deco combination of straight and curved lines, diamond patterns and overlapping layers, as well as Alvarez's interpretation of French/Asian influences accented with heavy bangs and bobbed shapes.
To maintain opulent, extreme and future themes, he used a silver fashion palette, marrying $6,000 Gucci couture gowns with $40 jewelry from Top Shop.
One thing Alvarez isn't superstitious about is sharing his ideas and his influences.
"I'm blessed with having always had a network of people who have helped me curate a certain aesthetic in art, fashion, music, design—you name it. I've always passed along what I've discovered to my team members, to stylists who come to our education."
Alvarez is now using social media to expand that network even more (search and like "Luis Alvarez, Aquage Co-Founder" on Facebook.)
"People who are secure in their art form always share and reveal their sources. Every week, I'll be posting something that inspires artistry and ultimately our craft as hairdressers," he promises. "We'll keep looking forward."
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The dispute over clerical investiture was one of the great struggles between church and state in the Middle Ages. The problem stemmed from the dual position of the important bishops and abbots, who were temporal as well as spiritual lords. Thus from early times both king and pope were concerned with clerical election and installation.
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Whitney Alane Waack and Nicholas Lee Lavinder were united in marriage Nov. 1, 2008, at Shiloh Christian Union Church in Delta. Nick Tule, brother-in-law of the bride, performed the ceremony.
Kendra Batdorf of Wauseon, sister of the bride, served as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were sister of the bride Hayley Tule of Wauseon, Lauren Bishop of West Unity, and Aleasha Kelly and Breena O'Neil, both of Fayette. Lola Adriana was the flower girl and honorary flower babies were Karsyn Kennedy Lavinder and Ella Clare Tule.
Chad Lavinder, brother of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Justin Rodriguez, David Sallows, Timo Salinas and Ben Sly, all of Fayette. Ushers were brother-in-law of the bride, Jason Batdorf, of Wauseon; brother of the groom, Seth Lavinder, of West Unity; and Sam Beers, also of West Unity. Chase Moats of Fayette and nephew of the bride, Benjamin Tule, of Wauseon were ring bearers.
A reception followed the ceremony at the Delta American Legion.
Whitney is the daughter of Jeffrey and Penny Waack of Wauseon. Nicholas is the son of Jeffrey and Dodie Cuff and Trent and Nancy Lavinder, all of Fayette.
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Cook the Book: Apricot Cake
It's always about this time of year that I fall prey to fruit impatience. Peaches, nectarines, and apricots start showing up in the market and inevitably, against my better judgment I buy a couple. Now, I know that these fruits are not yet truly in season, and they won't be nearly as sweet and delicious as they will be in July and August. But every year my fruit impatience gets the best of me, and every year I am disappointed.
This weekend I found myself with some apricots that looked lovely but tasted, well, not quite at their peak. Instead of tossing the slightly mealy little specimens out, I decided to incorporate them into this Apricot Cake from Recipes from an Italian Summer. Through the magic of a buttery cake batter the apricots became perfectly sweet and and creamy during the baking with just the right amount of tartness. The thick cake batter rose to double the size and the top crust studded with chopped pistachios browned beautifully.
If you also suffer from early summer fruit impatience this recipe can be adapted to use all manner of not-quite-ready-to-eat fruit. Any under or overripe stone fruit would work, and even berries that look better than they taste can be happily subbed in to make for an infinitely more enjoyable summer dessert.
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- Generous 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, plus extra for greasing
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- 1 3/4 pounds apricots
- 1 1/4 cups superfine sugar
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
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Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch cake pan. Put the apricots in a bowl, pour in boiling water to cover, and let stand for 15 seconds, then drain. Peel off the skins, halve, and remove the pits, then cut each half into 2 pieces.
Beat together the butter and sugar in a bowl until creamy, then fold in the eggs, one at a time.
Sift the flour over the mixture and stir in, then stir in the apricots. Dissolve the baking powder a little lukewarm water and add to the mixture.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan, sprinkle with the pistachios, and bake fore 1 hour, until risen and golden. Let stand in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
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Duquette: Johnson in O's plans for 2014
Baltimore will offer contract to closer, who leads American League in saves
BALTIMORE -- Closer Jim Johnson, one of several arbitration-eligible Orioles who will be getting a big raise in this winter, will be offered a contract for 2014, executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette said prior to Friday's game against the Red Sox.
"Jim Johnson is one of our core players," said Duquette, who has emphasized keeping that core intact for the organization to sustain success. "Jimmy has done something historic in terms of the numbers of games he's saved over the last couple years, so he's established significant value. He came into the job last year, I think he had nine saves in his career, and over the last two years, he has over 100, 99."
Johnson could earn a salary bump up to the $8 million-9 million range, despite nine blown saves, which is the most in baseball. He became the first Orioles pitcher to record two 40-save seasons last month, and he set a club record with 35 consecutive conversions from July 30, 2012-May 10, 2013. The 29-year-old right-hander made $6.5 million in 2013 -- a significant jump up from his $2.625 million salary the year prior -- with the two sides agreeing to middle ground (Johnson's camp requested $7.1 million and the Orioles countered with $5.7 million) on the deal this winter.
Johnson picked up his American League-leading 48th save on Thursday night.
An All-Star in 2012, Johnson hit several rough patches this season, leading to some speculation that he could be a non-tender or trade candidate, but Duquette confirmed Johnson is in the organization's future plans.
"I think Johnson has established himself as a top closer in the business," Duquette said. "When you look at the top save rates in the league, he's right up there."
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There are many different structures for a deal, and as any BCMS Deal Leader will tell you, no two deals done are ever exactly the same. How the acquiring organization structures an offer is usually related to how a particular Executive Team has dealt with other transactions and what they have seen work versus not work. The one fundamental element which will play a factor in any deal is whether it is structured as a stock purchase or as an asset purchase. And this will be influenced by both the seller and the buyer, whereby the seller will always seek to maximize the value of capital gains and whereby the buyer will always seek to maximize the present value of tax deductions.
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The stock purchase describes the purchase of an entire entity, and in the case of an SME (small to medium sized business), such as a Partnership or a LLC, stock refers to total ownership of the business which can be transferred from the seller to a buyer. Effectively, in a stock purchase transaction the buyer takes over the position of the seller, and the operation of the business continues in a smooth manner. Unless there are other deal terms related to seller's holding equity in the going concern, in a 100% stock purchase, the seller has no continuing interest in, or obligation to, the operations, assets, and incumbent liabilities of the business. From a tax perspective, the seller is usually entitled to pay capital gains at a lower tax rate in a Stock Purchase. There are additional accounting and tax implications for both parties to consider. For a potential acquirer, this type of deal structure is less attractive from a risk perspective. In taking over the shares of a company, the purchaser now also assumes all liabilities of the former owners' operations. This is the reason buyers will always push for an asset sale structure.
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In an asset purchase, the seller retains the shares of the existing organization, and the buyer outlines specifically all of the assets and liabilities they agree to purchase which must be transferred to another existing entity or newly formed entity. All other assets and liabilities will remain with the existing operation under the seller's ownership. An asset purchase denotes that specific contracts must be transferred which may also mean that they are renegotiated and/or are not guaranteed. From a tax perspective, depending on the corporate structure, the seller may face double taxation. The corporation will pay tax on the gain from the sale of the asset, and then, the seller will pay tax on any proceeds when they are distributed. There are additional accounting and tax implications for both parties to consider.
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In cases where there is a discrepancy between the parties related to stock purchase versus asset purchase, there is a solution called a 338(h) (10) election which applies to S Corps whereby the transaction is treated as an asset purchase for tax purposes only and it limits the transaction to only a single level of tax for the seller.


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Begin where the Snake River begins, as crystal-clear, clean water on the calderas of the Yellowstone Plateau, on the edge of the vibrant national park. In late spring, the largest tributary in the headwaters, the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, is still locked in a head-high layer of snowpack. On wind-blown ridges rimming the water, hundreds of elk graze under the late morning sun. A-frames and log cabins hibernate, boarded and silent, awaiting the summer arrival of the fly fishers who treasure this place. Everything appears at peace and as it should be.
But for those who know what to look for, a less pristine reality is evident, even here in the river system's headwaters. It's represented by the 7,000-acre Island Park Reservoir on the Henry's Fork, built in 1938 to benefit farmers downhill from here by holding back and controlling the flow for irrigation diversions. This repurposing of the water becomes obvious 20 miles south of Island Park, where the plateau tips to deliver the Henry's Fork to the Snake River Plain, a rapid descent from the residue of a high-elevation winter to a more recognizable spring, from the postcard Idaho to the real Idaho, from what was to what is.
From here on, the Snake, to use the euphemism of record, becomes a "working river" – wholly subservient to agriculture. There are many ways to describe how a river system gets harnessed to ag, but we'll begin with the most basic, the dams and reservoirs. The Snake's drainage is interrupted by no fewer than 23 large dams that form reservoirs, and there are many smaller dams that divert water for irrigation without stalling the river's flow. The reservoirs impound about half of the river's 1,078 miles. None of this is news; we began damming this river – the largest tributary of the Columbia – more than a hundred years ago, and the dams were only the first step in the creation of one of the world's largest concentrations of industrialized agriculture.
We are not here for elk or fly fishing, but rather for accounting. Industrial agriculture impacts the entire planet, but the Snake's system – sizable, relatively isolated, discrete and significant – is a good place to assess the impacts at a local scale, examining the nuts and bolts as well as the weight of the whole. This accounting process is simple enough for those willing to pay attention: You begin where the water is clean and relatively natural, then follow the big river across an entire landscape defined by agriculture, to where the abused, exhausted water finally ends up.
Acknowledge one basic fact about the vast lowland that the river flows through: The Snake River Plain, sprawling over 15,600 square miles, is a desert. The river system and about 10 inches of rain a year are its water supply entire.
Remember that, as we continue our journey into the realm of industrial ag. Henry's Fork merges with the mainstem Snake near Ashton, a tiny town whose tall silos are monuments to the river's work. In the countryside, farmers are burning last summer's unwanted growth off the irrigation ditches, smoothing the channels for this season's flows. More farmers on massive machines till the soil, generating dust clouds. You can't miss how irrigation has recast the land. What was once drought-tolerant sagebrush is now a green-tiled landscape of clean-cut squares and circles drawn by center pivots.
Whether the irrigation water comes from ditches drawing directly from the river system or from groundwater wells, essentially all of it comes from the river. That's true nearly everywhere farmers operate around rivers, but it's especially true here, because the thermal geologic forces that created the Yellowstone calderas also deposited loose volcanic soil across the plain, soil so porous that the groundwater flows as one with the river. The irrigators here have tens of thousands of groundwater pumps – run on cheap electricity that also comes from the dams – causing the water to circle continuously, from aquifer to surface, and then percolating back to the aquifer. The entire groundwater body – the largest west of the Continental Divide, larger even than Lake Erie – is named in recognition of the close connection: the Snake River Aquifer.
The irrigation has converted 6.5 million acres from grassland to cropland along the Snake – an area larger than Massachusetts or New Jersey. Beyond that, just past the green irrigated fields, there are tawny furzes of unplowed grass, rock and lava flows that amount to millions of additional acres devoted to ag. Most of this land is federal, controlled by the Bureau of Land Management and leased by farmers and ranchers for livestock grazing. In total, the Snake strings together at least 18 counties, and according to the U.S. Census of Agriculture and the Idaho Department of Commerce, fully 87 percent of these counties' land is used for agriculture, either cropland or grazing.
This entirely domesticated landscape's most famous product is the Idaho spud – the russet potatoes that have long been and still are Idaho's dominant cash field crop. But pause near Ashton for a closer look. Some of the spud sheds seem more forlorn than usual, some of them even abandoned. Notice, too, the stubble fields awaiting spring planting – this year, the stubble is corn. Corn in potato country? It's evidence of a recent shift that has intensified the plain's industrial ag. Since 1993, Idaho's potato acreage has declined by 18 percent. Sugar beets, long the region's other mainline crop, have declined by 15 percent in total acreage planted. Same for malting barley (a decline of 14 percent) and wheat (down 12 percent). Meanwhile, corn acreage has almost tripled, and alfalfa – the other up-and-coming crop here – has increased tenfold.
The cause of this revolutionary shift can be smelled as well as seen as we continue down the river. In enormous feedlots dedicated to dairy production, black-and-white Holstein dairy cattle stand shoulder-to-shoulder at feed bunks, gobbling the corn and alfalfa and transforming it into milk and mountains of manure. Since 1993, the number of dairy cows in Idaho has nearly tripled, to 572,000 head, so that Idaho now ranks fourth among the states, just behind New York and just ahead of Pennsylvania.
It's an odd development for a desert like this. After all, cows evolved and were domesticated in wet climates, and corn and alfalfa grow best in places whose annual rainfall is quadruple that of southern Idaho. Milking, processing, washing, moving manure, all suck up massive amounts of water. But the development is deliberate. These dairy operators are not local potato farmers who suddenly fell in love with Holsteins. Rather, most moved here from California's Central Valley, eager to harness this desert's water to grow large quantities of high-quality forage for dairy cows. Wilson Gray, a state agricultural economist, explains the attraction: Idaho supports the dairies through the complete domestication of the Snake River, which allows farmers to meter out X number of inches of water, year-in, year-out. No rain necessary; no floods expected anytime soon.
Hundreds of miles from the Snake's headwaters, we reach the Magic Valley, nicknamed for the miraculous conversion of desert to farms. It's ground zero for Idaho's industrial agriculture. The Magic Valley hosts two-thirds of the state's dairy feedlot cattle, and its eight counties include Gooding County, where more than 99 percent of the land is given over to ag, and Cassia County, which achieves 96 percent. As we enter the valley's hub, Twin Falls, on a bridge spanning the scenic Snake River Canyon, the two immediate impressions are: This town is prosperous, and it values its view of the river. The country club sits on the canyon floor, and tony restaurants, malls and office buildings line the developed side of the rim, commanding the view of the river 500 feet below. All are attached to the dairy sector by tributaries of cash.
You might be surprised by the breakdown of the dairy sector. Only 6 percent or so of Idaho's total dairy production goes to "fluid milk," the stuff you drink. That's because fluid milk is heavy and costs a lot to ship. Better to manufacture and sell dry milk, which is why much of the Snake River Plain's milk leaves in a dehydrated form, bound for food processors in Asian markets. Cheese is also big business here, mostly the processed kind slapped on the burgers in fast-food chains, or in the industry's preferred term, QSRs or "quick service restaurants."
Thus, the top tier of the Snake River Plain ag industry includes the usual suspects: J.R. Simplot, Idaho's homegrown potato-rooted multinational company, with annual sales topping $3 billion, and the Amalgamated Sugar Company, the nation's second-largest sugar producer, which processes the beets for bulk customers such as Pepsi's Mountain Dew. And there's an abundance of new suspects, like the Idaho Milk Products company, whose Magic Valley factory processes 3 million pounds of milk per day – in the company's words, the "largest dedicated milk protein concentrate and milk protein process plant in the world." Glanbia Foods, the world's largest manufacturer of American-style cheese, is also headquartered in the Magic Valley. Cheese- and whey-maker Lactalis American Group, owned by multinational corporations based in Italy and France, also operates here. And so on.
Begin the critical accounting with economics, but deeper than the boosterish summations of jobs and revenue. A couple of decades ago, the famously blunt Dwayne Andreas, head of Archer Daniels Midland, the prototypical U.S. food processor, said that he would never consider steering his company into the business of farming, the front line of ag. He preferred processing, because the risks are lower and the profit margins higher. He also acknowledged that U.S. agriculture is not a free-market economy, but is and always has been a socialist enterprise, supported by pro-industry government policies, such as domestic price guarantees and import restrictions, as well as direct subsidies. The 18 Snake River counties, for instance, received a total of $1.85 billion in various federal farm subsidies between 1995 and 2012, when the dairies were ramping up.
But really, U.S. industrial agriculture is more of a hybrid. Modern entrepreneurs of all stripes succeed by socializing their costs onto the taxpayers while they privatize profits. That's the real magic in the Magic Valley: making the costs disappear.
This magic was begun by no less than President Theodore Roosevelt, a progressive who believed the West could be settled, made prosperous and democratized by irrigation and farming. His seminal legislation in this regard was the 1902 Reclamation Act, which fronted much of the federal cash that began the industrialization of the Snake River by locking the flow behind subsidized dams. Later in the 1900s German social scientist Karl Wittfogel held a diametrically opposed view of this kind of development, warning that "hydraulic societies," from the Chinese on, have been decidedly undemocratic by necessity, more suited for oligarchy. Wittfogel would feel validated by modern Idaho's hydraulic society. There are a lot of farms along the Snake, and so you could say the plain is peopled with yeomen, as Roosevelt envisioned. But follow the money. Gooding County, for instance, has a total of 665 farms, but 14 percent of them account for 95 percent of total sales. Adding up all the farms along the Snake River system, according to the U.S. Census of Agriculture, 8.5 percent of them pull in 85 percent of total sales. These oligarchic farms and the mega-processors perch at the top of a pyramid based on low-wage jobs.
As a recent editorial in the Twin Falls Times-News observes: "Beyond the political shoutouts and grandstanding, beyond the high-brow discussions of economic development and billionaire elbow-rubbing, there lurks the truth of south-central Idaho's economy. The people are left impoverished while the sprawling new factories make a very few rich." This jeremiad is even more remarkable because the Times-News is owned by Lee Enterprises, a pro-business, conservative chain anchored in Midwestern farm states. But the local editors can't ignore the reality in the Magic Valley: About 80 percent of the students in the valley's schools receive free or reduced-price lunches, a common indication of poverty. "These are farm kids," the editorial points out, "and children of laborers and factory workers" mostly associated with industrial ag. In another gauge of poverty, Idaho as a state is dead last in average weekly pay, but the Magic Valley's counties fall below even that dismal average.
The jarring discrepancy between upscale malls and impoverished children living nearby in sub-standard housing was recently, if inadvertently, recognized by Idaho's highly conservative U.S. Rep. Raúl Labrador, who reported that 90 percent of the jobs in Idaho's dairy sector are held by "illegal immigrants." Nonsense, the dairymen countered; it's really only between 75 and 80 percent.
There is nothing unique about this economic angle; it pretty much tracks the demographics and cash flow of industrial agriculture nationwide. We tend to look the other way, because this is how we get food. People gotta eat, don't they? But consider what Idaho's farms produce. Potatoes? Everyone's "gotta eat" potatoes, right? Except that only a sliver of Idaho's total production is sent as whole potatoes to supermarkets. About two-thirds is processed in one way or another, sliced, diced, frozen, dehydrated, typically ending up in a fast-food fryer, filled with unhealthy trans fats. Sugar beets? Like the fries, sugar lies at the root of the nation's obesity epidemic. Barley? The dry farmers who specialize in this crop are typically Mormons growing malting barley for giant beer-makers, Coors, Modelo and Anheuser-Busch, consumption of which is prohibited by the Mormon Church.
Or consider Chobani, the rising-star manufacturer of Greek yogurt. Chobani started small in upstate New York, but is now anchored in a gleaming new 1-million-square-foot industrial building just outside Twin Falls – the world's biggest yogurt factory. Hamdi Ulukaya, the Turkish immigrant who founded the company in the early '90s, is today personally worth $5.4 billion. But even Chobani yogurt's mega-factory doesn't exactly produce "gotta eat" food. Chobani boasts that its product is "delicious, nutritious, natural and accessible," but a recent New Yorker article took issue with some of those adjectives, under the headline "Just Add Sugar," the unofficial credo of the U.S. food processing industry. Chobani has achieved its success not only by adding sugar, but also artificial colors and thickening agents. Its "natural" yogurt is really another kind of fast food derived from feedlots, which has important implications for human health as well as the environment and the economy. To name one, feedlot milk and beef lack the healthy omega-3 fats present in both products when they derive from pasture-fed cows.
All this industrial ag has transformed the environment. The Snake River Plain's original native sagebrush and grasses were much richer in plant and animal life than today's farmed and livestocked plain. Fur trappers in the early 1800s, among the first Europeans to arrive, described "a landscape of grasses shoulder high to a horse, with brush and trees along even the intermittent streams and a riot of bird life, grazing animals and attendant carnivores," write E.B. Bentley and Glenn Oakley in a history of the place published by Boise State University. "Trappers reported bison, antelope, sheep, elk, deer and beaver. Carnivores included grizzly bear, wolves, coyote, lynx and cougar."
Wildlife in any desert is largely dependent on riparian vegetation. From the number of reservoirs alone, you might conclude that half of the region's original riparian habitat has been drowned, but this understates the case. Cottonwood forests were the core of the riparian areas, stabilizing the sediment with their roots and offering shade with their leaves, creating habitat for at least 150 species of grasses and forbs along with the wildlife, according to researchers focusing on a reasonably intact remnant west of Twin Falls. Cottonwoods require flooding, the seasonal rise and fall of water, to survive. The dams ended that ebb and flow so early that we really have no idea how much riparian habitat was destroyed, but it was clearly more than half.
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EDMONTON - After eight years, the Edmonton Indy has run out of gas.
On Friday, the city announced an end to its signature motorsport event after the promoter decided not to stage a race next year.
"It was a fabulous event to go to and it created a lot of buzz and excitement, but it is an eight-year run whose time is up," Lorna Rosen, the chief financial officer for the City of Edmonton, said during a hastily called news conference. "We tried everything we can think of to make it a success, and the races were good, but the profitability as a business venture just wasn't there (for the promoter)."
The race had been produced without a title sponsor the last two years by Octane Motorsports, which relinquished its option for a third event in 2013. On Friday, the Montreal-based company filed a bankruptcy notice in the Superior Court of Quebec.
The organization, which runs successful Formula One and NASCAR races in Montreal as separate entities, cited poor attendance and lukewarm response from the corporate community as reasons for hitting the brakes in Edmonton.
"Despite tight management policies and all our efforts to offer fans a world-class spectacle, we were not able to make this event profitable and nothing allows us to hope for better profitability next year," Octane Motorsports said in a news release. "Having little confidence that the situation would evolve positively for 2013 and beyond, we made the difficult decision to relinquish the promotion of the Edmonton Indy."
Rosen said Edmonton poured $22 million into the race over eight years, including $3 million to build a track at the City Centre Airport. In return, she said the city realized between $50 million and $80 million annually in economic benefits.
"This year we got a mention on Letterman," Rosen said, referring to the late-night talk-show host and IndyCar team owner. "That was pretty fun."
The announcement disappointed everyone from Mayor Stephen Mandel to local officials and racing buffs.
"It puts a definite hole in the summer schedule," said Richard Skermer, executive director of Race Week, a citywide festival that coincided with the event since 2010. "We've lost our reason to have the party."
Without an anchor event, Skermer said Race Week's existence will have to be reassessed.
"We were looking to expand our soap box derby and looking to expand other events," he said. "Now what do we do?"
The race had been held in Edmonton since 2005, initially under the Champ Car banner. That circuit was folded into the IndyCar Series in 2008, at which point Northlands agreed to run the event for three years, racking up $12.5 million in losses.
The race was about to be removed from the IndyCar calendar in 2011 when Octane stepped in.
Rosen said the city had been in discussions with the promoter over the last several days.
"I don't believe it was a sudden decision," Rosen said. "I don't want to question their business decision. Do I believe they gave it a fair chance over the last two years? Yes, I think they did."
The race just never caught on like expected, Rosen said.
"You have to have something that resonates with people and the business community," she said. "It has to fit."
Edmonton Economic Development Corporation is sad to see the Indy Race leave, but believes there are plenty of other events to promote to visitors.
"We are definitely disappointed that the Edmonton Indy has been cancelled," said Renee Worrell, communications manager with the not-for-profit corporation owned by the city. "It was a fantastic event that sports fans and race lovers swarmed into the region for."
"We'll continue to use other festivals and events and attractions to sell the city. We have a lot going on."


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Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York, no stranger to scandal himself, says the growing scandal surrounding possible fixing of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) by banks in Europe and the U.S. "is huge."
"This is about as big as it gets in the financial world," Spitzer told The Daily Ticker on Friday. "[LIBOR] goes to the heart of every piece of debt that's issued to consumers—your auto loan, your credit card debt."
As to accusations of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's possible involvement in the scheme going back to 2008, Spitzer said, "If you're the president of the New York Fed [Geithner's position at the time] and you think there is anything challenging the integrity of the LIBOR rate, alarm bells should be going off all over the place."
When challenged about the possibility that Geithner sent a memo to regulators in London in 2008 warning of possible problems with LIBOR, and whether that then "absolves him," Spitzer said, "We don't know yet, I don't want to jump to conclusions and more details will come out. I've been critical enough on Tim Geithner on substantive issues related to his regulatory strategies and theories. I like him as a person, so I don't want to jump to conclusions."
However, Spitzer added that "if there was no follow-up on [that], then I think there are very serious questions. However, if he then got pulled into the whirlpool of the financial crisis, then one can understand."
Sptizer says that during Geithner's confirmation hearings to be Treasury secretary, he said he "had never been a regulator."
"Alarm bells went off in my head. The president of the New York Fed is the single most important regulator of our financial sector. He individually has more power and discretion than just about anyone else out there. So that statement worried me."
Sptizer concluded by reiterating that he doesn't want to "jump on" Geithner without seeing the paper trail.


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Former Manchester City star Michael Johnson has asked to be "left alone to live the rest of my life".
The 24-year-old has also revealed he has been receiving treatment at the Priory Clinic, which specialises in mental illnesses, for "a number of years".
Johnson, once tipped as a future England midfielder, was released by City in December after struggling for fitness. He had not played for the club since October 2009 after being blighted by a succession of injuries, including a ruptured cruciate ligament.
A loan spell at Leicester last season was cut short and there were rumours that he lacked the dedication of a top-flight footballer.
City did not publicise Johnson's release at the time but news of it emerged this week and it now seems his career could be over.
Johnson told the Manchester Evening News: "I am more disappointed than anyone but that's the way it goes.
"I have been attending the Priory clinic for a number of years now with regard to my mental health and would be grateful if I could now be left alone to live the rest of my life."


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Do you hate the idea of all the lovely spring weather coming just around the bend? Then don Magic Vision Lab's augmented reality weather-changing helmet. All your bucolic spring days can now be filled with sleet and misery.
Says Magic Vision Labs of the helmet:
ARWeather, a simulation application, [...] can simulate three types of precipitation: rain, snow, and hail. We examined a range of weather phenomenon and how they may be simulated in a mobile augmented reality system. ARWeather was developed and deployed on the Tinmith wearable computer system to enable autonomous and free movement for the user. The user can move freely inside the simulated weather without limitation. The result of this work, the ARWeather application, has been evaluated with a user study to determine the users acceptance and draw conclusions to the applicability of augmented reality simulated weather.
If you really, really enjoy having seasonal affect disorder, this here's your headgear.
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For the second day in a row European stock prices retreated as economic data showed unexpected weakness for February, with services and manufacturing output falling.
Despite the fact that, according to Markit Economics, February figures were "the second-highest of the past six months, and [suggest] that the eurozone economy has stabilized over the first two months of the year having contracted in the final quarter of 2011," a contraction that drove Markit's Eurozone Services Purchasing Managers' Index below January's 50.4 rattled investors.
Reuters reported that the contraction was lower than any forecast by respondents to one of its polls. Bloomberg, too, said that the median estimates by economists in its own poll had been for a PMI of 50.5. And in a separate report, declining factory orders in Germany led to a surprise February slowdown in expansion of services and manufacturing.
Still, Markit pointed out that January's expansion was "the first month in which the Index had risen above the 50.0 no-change level since last August."
Manish Singh, the London-based head of investment at Crossbridge Capital, was quoted saying, "Given that Europe is still shrouded by the cloud of recession, a weak PMI—though not rain on the parade–will surely damp investor sentiment. In particular, weak numbers from Germany indicate weak European demand and a weak growth prospect for the eurozone as a whole."
Stocks in Europe have been rallying, hitting a recent seven-month high, although reaction to the approval of a second bailout package for Greece has brought at best mixed results. Banks have had the poorest showing, thanks to their exposure to Greek bonds–which will undergo a large write-down in value as part of the rescue agreement.
There is no firm assurance that the rescue will avert a debt meltdown, either. Bank of England Deputy Gov. Charlie Bean was quoted saying in a Glasgow speech late Tuesday that although the deal "is certainly welcome, there still remains a possibility that events could unfold in a disorderly and damaging fashion at some stage in the future."


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Do you need something to watch on Netflix? Here are our recommendations for the best new shows and movies on Netflix this week.
While this week looks relatively light for Netflix with "only" 11 releases this week (compared to last week's 14), it's heavy in options you should actually watch. In fact, I never thought I'd say this given those Adam Sandler movies, but the movie slate this week looks fantastic. Add in what looks like one of Netflix's best new series of the year, and this is a week that will keep you busy.
Let's go through all the Netflix releases, shall we? And if you're looking for even more hand-picked recommendations, click over to our Watch This Now! page.
(All titles are out Friday, Oct. 12 unless specified otherwise.)
The Biggest and Best Releases
The Haunting of Hill House, Season 1
If you're one of those people who sleeps too much, boy do I have the solution for you! Stay awake wide-eyed in perma-terror after bingeing Netflix's new series The Haunting of Hill House, which sets a new bar for television horror. It's based on the Shirley Jackson novel and follows a family in two timelines — one in the past as they live inside a haunted house, and one in present day when they realize the terrors of the house haven't really left them. What makes the show truly great is that it's not just scary; it's a scintillating family drama as well.
The Haunting of Hill House Review: Netflix's Horror Series Is a Provocative Examination of Isolation and Belonging
The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, Season 1
Reddit star and spiritual spawn of Elvira Christine McConnell shows off her batty baking skills in this goth cooking show that is a mix of Pee-Wee's Playhouse and Tales from the Crypt. She'll show you how to make things (which you won't make because they're hecka complex), but there are also scripted bits with her and a mummy cat, a raccoon with a bow, a maybe werewolf and other creatures. Seriously, watch the trailer. It looks kinda good! (Trailer)
ReMastered, Season 1
Love music documentaries and true-crime documentaries? How about something that's a bit of both? ReMastered explores high-profile events involving some of the most famous musicians in history, with each episode covering a new unsolved mystery or history-making event. First up is "Who Shot the Sheriff?," a look at the shooting of Bob Marley, and subsequent episodes — released monthly — will examine Johnny Cash's visit with Richard Nixon, the murder of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay, and the curse of blues guitarist Robert Johnson. (Trailer)
Movies! Movies! Movies!
The Kindergarten Teacher
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as a teacher to tots who recognizes she might be in the presence of a child prodigy, and she kind of gets creepy obsessed with unlocking his potential. Despite the wishes of the kid's parents. Despite the levels of understood appropriateness of a teacher. Despite all sense of moral goodness. It's a unique thriller with an indie veneer, and Gyllenhaal is her usual fabulous self.
This movie looks bonkers AF. Legion's Dan Stevens stars in this Wicker Man-esuqe film set in 1905 about a man who travels to a remote island to rescue his sister from a religious cult that's really into spilling blood with all kinds of dastardly contraption. It comes from The Raid mastermind Gareth Evans, so expect things to be intense. (Trailer)
Everything Else
Salt Fat Acid Heat
Based on the best-selling cookbook of the same name, Salt Fat Acid Heat spends each of its four episodes focused on one of the titular pillars of cooking that are right there in the title. But rather than just show you food porn, chef and host Samin Nosrat goes deep into the basics to make you understand their importance. This is the foodie show for people who like to cook. (Thursday, Oct. 11)
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
Good lord, has it really come to this? (But don't kid yourself, the movie slaps and the show's pretty strong too.) (Trailer)
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Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
The spooks continue for Netflix in October with this 2017 fantasy-horror movie based on Basque folklore. I won't pretend to know exactly what's going on, but from what I can gather, a blacksmith in a wooded town may be holding the Devil hostage and things go south when a young girl accidentally sets the Cloven One loose. This looks like something Guillermo del Toro may have made. (Trailer)
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Before you loser macho men get excited about this, know that the title contains irony. The very pro-feminism documentary highlights the women's movement of the 1970s and the steps made that paved the way for how the world has changed today. Except in Washington, D.C., apparently. (Trailer)
Fightworld, Series 1
No, this isn't the worst theme park ever. It's a documentary series that answers the question "Why on Earth would someone get in a ring with someone who wants to punch their nose through their face?" Actor and fighter Frank Grillo goes all over the world to discover the love of beating the snot out of another person. (Trailer)
Tarzan and Jane, Season 2
The monkey man returns in this animated series that appears to have the animation quality of Paw Patrol on an off day. (Trailer)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments, Season 3
Pure, one million percent anime about a princess who tries to win back her kingdom from a group of evil knights. At least that's what the description says, I couldn't tell what this was about from the trailer at all. (Monday, Oct. 15 / Trailer)
Ron White: If You Quit Listening, I'll Shut Up
Hard drinking Southern showman Ron White brings his down home comedy and a bottle of whiskey to the stage in this stand-up special. (Tuesday, Oct. 16 / Trailer)
Stop searching, start watching! TV Guide's Watch This Now! page has even more TV recommendations.