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1874 20C Twenty Cents, Judd-1358, Pollock-1503, High R.7, PR65 Cameo NGC. CAC....
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Rare Bailly-Designed 1874 Twenty Cent Pattern1874 20C Twenty Cents, Judd-1358, Pollock-1503, High R.7, PR65 Cameo NGC. CAC. The obverse depicts a seated figure of Liberty facing left and holding a liberty pole in her right hand. Her left hand rests on a globe and she is surrounded by agricultural produce. The reverse exhibits the denomination 20 CENTS within a wreath with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the periphery. Struck in nickel with a plain edge. This is the scarcer of the two Bailly-designed twenty cent piece patterns from this year. It is estimated that only three or four individual pieces are extant today. This piece has bright, almost completely white surfaces with deeply mirrored fields and thickly frosted devices. Identifiable by a slight toning streak between obverse stars 9 and 10, and a light diagonal grease stain from the bottom of the O in OF.
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Audrina Patridge on Brody Jenner's Relationship with Caitlyn: 'He Loves His Dad'
The former Hills stars are still very close
Brody Jenner Reveals Which Kardashian Sister He Wants on His Sex and Relationship Show
On Sex with Brody, Jenner gives sex and relationship advice, though he admits to PEOPLE it's not always the best advice
Inside the Divide Between the Kardashians and the Jenners
"Some of the kids are more comfortable [with the transition] than others," a source tells PEOPLE
Bruce Jenner 'Disappeared' Out of His Older Children's Lives When He Was 'Struggling' with His Gender Identity
"We're just trying to not look back," says Brandon Jenner in new footage from his father's interview with Diane Sawyer
Bruce Jenner: I Was Terrified to Tell the Kids About My Transition
Everything to Know About Bruce Jenner's Transition Before His Big Interview
Ahead of the reality star's big interview with Diane Sawyer, here's what PEOPLE has learned so far
Kim Kardashian: We'll Be Watching Bruce Jenner's Interview as a Family
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"It's a mix between Howard Stern [and] Loveline," Jenner tells PEOPLE of his new call-in show
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"Everybody's very happy. Everybody's living life," Jenner tells PEOPLE
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The reality star's boys are "fully on board" with his decision
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Atmosphere is so bad it's good, but this is just...
I wonder if he was being serious by trying to launch a pop career? He did used to sing as part of his show, so he obviously felt he could hold a note. He sang the theme tune as well.
Most comedians think they can sing.....Russ, Peter Kay, Frank Skinner, Michael Barrymore, Brian Conley...just to name a few off the top of my head.
It is one of my dad's pet hates!
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America.....by Helix
I left Las Cruces at the crack of dawn. Well, it was a bit past that and a bit chillier than I thought it would. It's problem living in one area and going to another, I expected warmer mornings.
There's an old David Allan Coe song with the line, "It's cold in the desert, I'm chilled to the bone". I thought it was chilly at the motel but it was even colder riding Hwy 20 south towards El Paso.
It got mentioned earlier about Hwy 50 through Nevada as being the loneliest road in America. I stacked New Mexico's Hwy 9 up against it. If that's true about those highway's, then Hwy 20 between Las Cruces and El Paso has to be the most aromatic highway in America. For a while, I was beginning to think that every cow in America lived near that stretch of road. It was funny, you couldn't really see them from the road but you knew they were there.....in spades! I must have been down wind. I grew up back east, in dairy country of the garden state, so the south end of a north bound cow isn't all that offensive. Those dairy farms might have add 200 cows, not the thousands that these places were holding.
In El Paso, I wanted to take a few pictures but always managed to be way past the picture spot before I found a spot to pull over. For a while, I was riding right along the infamous border fence. Since the road was an old city street, I always managed to be passed the picture spot I liked before there was anyplace to pull over. I figured that, since I'll be following the river and the border for most of the next two days, I'll have plenty of opportunities to take pictures of the border. I was still riding on highway 20 as I rode into and through El Paso. Somewhere in there it turned into Paisano Ave, then Almeda Ave, then I think something else.
In the 6300 block of Almeda Ave, just in case you find yourself in El Paso with nothing to do, there's a two story building with name on the top that says, "Naked Harem". When I went past it, it was 9 o'clock in the morning and it appeared to be closed or, right now, I'd be giving you a much more detailed report.
As you wind your way south out of El Paso, you pass every rundown, used up adobe building you can imagine, housing more odd, eclectic businesses. All of them are painted in very bright cloors, yellow being the most domanint. Shortly, the buildings gave way to farm fields but only on one side of the road. The farm fields were on my right while the buildings, of all shapes and sizes, continued on my left. Then I would ride through a small area that I'm guessing passed for a town. Most of them could have fit inside the average Walmart Super Center. Tornillo, Alamo Alto, Acala and more whose names I can't remember, on into Fort Hancock. Don't think that Fort Hancock is the next big town. Well, I guess it is. It might take 2 Walmart Super Centers to cover the whole place.
Yeah, right! Who are they kidding.
Since there will be so much interstate riding later on in the trip, I'm trying to stay on the back roads as much as possible. Besides, there's more see and usually better roads to ride. In Fort Hancock I had to get on I-10 for the 68 mile ride to Van Horn, Tx. I'm guessing that when they built the interstate, they built it right over the existing road because I don't think there are any paved back roads between Fort Hancock or Van Horn. At least my map didn't show one. Of course, that's assuming that the road they built over was paved in the first place. It might have just been a cattle path, formerly used by all the relatives of the cows I passed for the last two days.
Before arriving in Van Horn, you pass the thriving metropolis of Sierra Blanca, Texas. Other than being another town that the interstate is in the process of killing, Sierra Blanca is actually in the history books as the meeting point of the second TransContinental Railroad. The first TransContinental Railroad was completed at a place called Promentary Point in Utah, the second was here in Sierra Blanca.
This picture pretty much sums up the long term prospects of Sierra Blanca, Texas
Van Horn, Texas.....I've camped here in Van Horn on more than a few ocassions but the campground is closed now, as is the Dairy Queen and the Pizza Hut. Van Horn has a wide main drag and you can tell that this place was once a thriving little west Texas town....before said interstate!
I'm guessing that there were more businesses here, when the highway went through, that has allowed it to hang on. More so than Sierra Blanca.
Van Horn is where I pick up highway 90 for the next 600 miles as I head south to the valley, that part of Texas at the very bottom. First stop, Marfa. Marfa is the art center of west Texas. Why, you ask? Because a New York artist by the name Donald Judd discovered, way back when, that he could buy up a whole bunch of the area around Marfa real cheap.
So, Donald Judd moved to Marfa. I've been to Marfa several times but I always manage to get here at the beginning of the week and all of the art exhibits are only open later in the week. I guess that if I want to see all the art stuff, I'll have to make a special trip.
Somewhere between Van Horn and Marfa, you come across this.....
Note the location...
I'm guessing that this is somebodies idea of funny. But, ladies, there are some very nice looking Prada purses and high heels in there. There's also a camera pointed at the front door, so I guess my ugly mug is stored on somebody's computer right now.
From Marfa, it's only a 30, or so, mile ride to Alpine, Texas, a much bigger, more prosperous West Texas town, probably because it's the home of Sul Ross State University. I think Sul Ross was a former governor of Texas, but I could be mistaken.
Alpine is where I am right now. As soon as I finish this ride report and fill up on the free breakfast here at the Highland Inn, change the oil in the scooter, I'll be on to Eagle Pass, on my quest to find America.....by Helix.
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Juneteenth observed in Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI - Each year, dedicated community members attend a series of events known collectively as Juneteenth to celebrate and honor African-Americans in the area. On June 12, an awards banquet was held.
"It's important to continue educating the community on the African-Americans here in the U.S.," said Hannah Carter, chairwoman of the Juneteenth Coalition Committee.
Juneteenth, a legal holiday in Texas since 1980, is celebrated in Corpus Christi for 10 days because that's how long it took for news of the end of slavery to come to Corpus Christi from Galveston.
Brianna Jackson, 17, was honoredas a Youth Awardee. Jackson, a guest speaker at the 2009 Juneteenth celebration, was honored for her artistic talent, having won numerous youth art contests.
"It's a huge honor," she said. "It's not every day that the community honors artists, and I think it's great."
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RadioMilwaukee awards event is place to meet
In the four months that I've been covering music full time for the Journal Sentinel, I've met a lot of local musicians, launched our annual 10 Wisconsin Bands to Watch feature, started this-here local music column and watched a bunch of great performances for our Sound Check series in the Tap Milwaukee studios. But I know there are many more people involved in the scene I need to meet, and a whole lot of ground left to cover.
So I'm looking forward to introducing myself to more Milwaukee musicians at the 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and Yellow Phone Music Conference's Music Industry Networking Reception Wednesday at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St. »Read Full Article
Full Belly Fall Fest in Third Ward will raise money for culinary scholarships
Guests can sample fare from restaurants and take part in a silent auction from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Full Belly Fall Fest in the Third Ward, all to raise money for culinary scholarships.
The annual event, sponsored by the American Culinary Federation Chefs of Milwaukee, moves this year to the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St. »Read Full Blog Post
Off the Wall Theatre delivers must-see 'Grey Gardens'
Midway through the first act of the superb "Grey Gardens" now on stage at Off the Wall Theatre, young Edie tries to declare independence from Big Edie, her overbearing mother. It's Little Edie's engagement party, but Big Edie is intent on hogging the spotlight with a recital of favorite songs.
When Little Edie puts her foot down and says "no," Niffer Clarke's Big Edie oozes devastated diva. But Alexandra Bonesho's eager-to-please Little Edie makes clear that the guilt-ridden daughter has it worse. She anxiously tries coaxing Big Edie out of her funk by beginning "Two Peas in a Pod," a loving duet that embodies everything the two women share. »Read Full Article
Panic! At the Disco takes the Rave on a wild, Vegas-y ride
When Panic! at the Disco played the Rave on Friday night, frontman Brendon Urie might not have been trying to represent his hometown of Las Vegas.
However, his showmanship was clearly inspired by the place. »Read Full Article
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Re-purposed fashion; Doors Open Milwaukee; Apple Harvest Festival
Re-purposeful fashion
The challenge was to create a a garment made of used ... something, anything. Oh, and it had to relate to the theme: environment and water. The results will hit the runway Friday for Redline Milwaukee 2013 Fusion fashion show. Along with a close-up look at the creative costumes, attendees will see a new clothing line developed by four area designers. The show will be 7 p.m. at Redline Milwaukee, 1422 N. 4th St. A cash bar and complimentary treats will be served. Tickets are $25 or $50 and can be purchased at redline-fusion.eventbrite.com. »Read Full Article
Stellar Spark New Year's Eve party bringing 50-plus DJs to the Rave
If you want to dance away the final hours of 2013, the annual Stellar Spark New Year's Eve bash at the Rave will have options for you--more than 50 of them.
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LETTER: Discipline letter still resonates
Linda J. Deitchman, Newburgh
I am a retired teacher who now works as a substitute teacher. After reading Anne Fox's letter to the editor, I remembered a letter I had written as a response to a student's commentary on the same subject of school discipline. I found the letter which had been published in the Evansville Courier in June 1994. While reading the letter, it occurred to me that all I had to do to respond to Anne Fox's letter was to insert her name into the line which held the student's name. It saddened me to conclude that there has been no significant change in school discipline since 1994. It could be said that conditions in the schools of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. have worsened since then. However, our institutions are often a reflection of the state of being of our society.
My letter from June 19, 1994 follows:
"I'd like to respond to a 'Community Comment' which appeared in The Evansville Courier May 31. 1994.
"She (the student writer) is to be commended for possessing the courage to express an unpopular opinion. It has been my experience that many students today do not want discipline enforced in our schools; neither do their parents. Too many times have too many teachers tried to enforce the middle school rules only to have too many parents and administrators thwart their efforts.
"The only course to follow is to develop values that reflect a deep respect for yourself. I can only compare that to swimming upstream. Today's society does not provide its youth with any standards for decent behavior.
"Pressures from many places to accept the mediocre exist in every aspect of life. Only special people blessed with integrity can survive these pressures. These individuals made a decision to take responsibility for their own behavior. Ultimately, that is what we all have to do. However, many children are not receiving the proper guidance required to make that decision. Teachers cannot do this alone. And most of us are alone."
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ARLINGTON, Texas – The A's are a dramatically different team when Coco Crisp and Yoenis Cespedes are anchoring their lineup.
That hasn't happened much this year – just 18 times in 46 games. But the A's are 15-3 when they have both their sparkplug at the top of the order and their prime offensive piston manning the middle, and just 9-19 when they don't.
Cespedes got it going over the weekend against the Kansas City Royals, and Crisp set the tone Monday night in a 9-2 romp over the Texas Rangers. Crisp had two infield singles and a double, a walk, a run, an RBI groundout, a stolen base and his usual stellar defense in center field.
With the score 1-1, Cespedes had a laser-like double in the fifth that scored Crisp with the go-ahead run, and Oakland scored three more times in the inning.
"Those are our two keys offensively," said manager Bob Melvin, whose team is 4-1 since Crisp and Cespedes have been back in the batting order together. "Everybody just feels good when they're in the lineup. You don't make excuses for injuries; you still have to play through it. But when we're playing our best baseball, those two guys are at the forefront."
Despite coming up empty with the bases loaded twice and stranding 15 runners, the A's finished with 15 hits in the opener of a six-game trip. Seth Smith had two hits, including his first homer in May, a leadoff drive in the second..
Oakland provided plenty of support for Bartolo Colon (4-2), who gave up two runs over seven innings to extend his mastery over Texas. He has won six straight at Rangers Ballpark and is 14-2 over his last 18 starts against the Rangers.
"I've always pitched good here," Colon said through interpreter Ariel Prieto. "But I don't know why."
Some things are best left unexplained. Despite walking two in a start for the first time this year, Colon was his usual strike-throwing machine. And while he said he mixed pitches more often than usual, he still threw mostly fastballs.


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New Google data show Microsoft's piracy problems
Google says it now responds to requests within 11 hours, despite a rising volume of complaints. It sometimes receives more than 250,000 removal requests in a week, exceeding the total number sent to the company during the entire year of 2009. In the past month alone, Google received 1.2 million removal requests on behalf of 1,000 copyright owners who believe their content was being infringed upon at nearly 23,000 different websites, according to a blog post Thursday by Fred von Lohmann, the company's senior copyright lawyer.
In an interview Thursday, von Lohmann attributed the increased number of complaints to more sophisticated tracking technology that has enabled copyright owners to pinpoint violations more quickly than in the past.
The websites most frequently targeted in the copyright complaints sent to Google were filestube.com (nearly 390,000 links requested for removal), torrentz.eu (more than 147,000 links) and 4shared.com (more than 132,000 links).
Google's new report doesn't include copyright removal requests sent to its popular video site, YouTube, or its Blogger service. But Google's search engine receives the most copyright complaints, accounting for about 60 percent of the 5.4 million removal requests the company processed last year, von Lohmann said.
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Remove the duck breasts from the refrigerator, salt them well, and set them aside at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Pan sear the duck breasts. You may have to do this in batches. When the breasts are cooked, set them aside skin side up on a cutting board and let them rest, tented with aluminum foil, while you make the sauce.
To make the sauce, pour off all but about 2 tablespoons of the fat from the pan and place the pan over medium heat. Sprinkle the flour into the pan and stir to combine and make a roux. Let it cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 to 5 minutes, until it is the color of coffee with cream.
Add a pinch of salt and stir to combine, then slowly stir in the stock, orange juice, liqueur, and vinegar. Everything will spatter at first, but it will calm down. Add any accumulated juices from the duck to the sauce. Let this boil down until it is a little thinner than the consistency of Thanksgiving gravy. Add the sugar, then taste and adjust with salt. If you want a more refined sauce, pour it through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl.
To serve, slice the breasts. Spoon some sauce on each plate and top with breast slices. Garnish with the orange zest and orange slices.
Reprinted with permission from Duck, Duck, Goose: Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Duck and Geese, both Wild and Domesticated by Hank Shaw. Copyright © 2013 by Hank Shaw; photographs copyright © 2013 by Holly A. Heyser. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
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Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason (2006)
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Arnaldur Indridason is one of the best crime authors and Silence of the Grave is the proof of it. With its sinister tone, we will follow a story from past to present as we cannot imagine; mixing familiar stories and secrets. Totally recommended!
These are addictive; it's wonderful, and a near-forgotten pleasure, to devour books reflexively as I did when I was a kid. I've been moving the next one in this series from room to room for the past couple of days whilst I make myself finish a couple of other things first. I saw a review of another series (Ruth Galloway - after the archaeological element in Silence of the Grave - more archaeological mysteries really appeal) and the poster said they'd read all six novels in less than a fortnight - I could understand that happening with these Erlendur books...
Silence of the Grave starts with a stonking first line: He knew at once it was a human bone, when he took it from the baby who was sitting on the floor chewing it. Superbly sinister and grubby. Yet this is a nice middle class household; 'he' is a medical student and family friend.
I was quite swept up in this story, and it would have got 4.5 stars had it not been for a little cliche on the last page - which I'd hoped all the way through that the author wouldn't succumb to. It's at least as good a novel as Jar City, but there are no sociopolitical points I disagreed with. Both won the Nordic Glass Key in successive years, and Silence of the Grave also got the CWA Gold Dagger; I'm starting to get a sense of what characterises award-winning crime books: whilst they are a cut above some detective novels, they aren't necessarily 100% realistic, or free from genre tropes or the odd flaw (and the writing style may not satisfy those who expect something literary or stylistically notable), but they are very involving if you're in the right mood, and there's something out of the ordinary about the plot.
Erlendur, Elínborg and stray yuppie Sigurður Óli, during a quiet period for the force, investigate c.70 year old human remains found on a building site. There's zero urgency to the case and this is no action thriller, yet Indriðason maintains suspense throughout as to whose grave it is, whilst the pathologist is on holiday and a meticulous archaeologist takes his time over the site. There's skilful placement of detail about the gradually uncovered skeleton, in the flashback story of a woman and her children subjected to severe domestic violence, and rumours about the missing fiancee of a merchant who'd once had plans to establish Iceland's first supermarkets.
It was this book plus the chapters in Small Island about Queenie's job, and the routine, regional-news type crimes in early 2000s Danish TV series Unit One that made the penny drop that what I was really after was social work procedural, presented not as misery-memoir, but in the same matter of fact yet not unempathic way that these crime novels are written. Though of course crime solving presents more suspense, and a tidy conclusion in the way stories from many other public service occupations wouldn't. I don't like stories of serial killers, torture and gore though might read some, hopefully not very graphic, because I'm interested in the detective protagonist (I also don't quite get why some reviewers comment on how dark social realism like this is, but not serial killer novels.) What I'm finding most interesting in crime fiction are political thrillers quite removed from most people's lives, or the other end of the spectrum, storylines where the crimes emerge from a world of social exclusion and generational cycles of psychological issues.
Silence of the Grave adds to the latter a historical and archaeological theme, so of course I was riveted. The story of the abused family dates only from the inter-war period, but the conditions of Icelandic life at the time make it seem potentially much older; its rural grit - and that of Erlendur's early life - is much like the environment in working class Scottish fiction of the nineteenth and earlier twentieth century. It has some differences from insightful stories of contemporary Western domestic abuse, because the woman is someone who, with access to modern services, would have got out fairly early on; she didn't come from an abusive background herself, doesn't want to stay, and took longer to succumb psychologically to her husband's aggression - it's the complete absence of support and protection that makes her so stuck. The book mentions once or twice that domestic violence services in Iceland are still inadequate (which is surprising given that it's now known for having a particularly egalitarian culture, and in the early to mid 2000s, when this was written, was a very well-off country). The story makes particular sense for its time, but given the social comment dimensions of Scandinavian crime fiction, must also be an exhortation to improve provision by presenting people who would very clearly use and benefit from it. At times the novel discusses causation via the abuse cycle, without ever minimising the horror of the experience, which is described as "soul death" - this is very well done, and it is not a book in which explanation could be seen as "excuse" by an angry reader, who felt a clinical approach failed to acknowledge what they'd seen.
I can't quite explain how, but there is something very compassionate about the way Indriðason's characters are written. I've picked up these books a few times when annoyed, including with a character in another book who'd reminded me of an old acquaintance I disliked for no worthwhile reason, and soon I feel much better disposed and more understanding towards people in general. Sigurður Óli, who doesn't exactly seem suited for public services and who's the most potentially dislikeable character, has his dismissive tendencies reined in by the others. Erlendur is the stereotypical grumpy fiftysomething cop with baggage, but whilst he's not terribly consistent with those he's close to, he does have plenty of empathy for those at a little more distance. This is the fourth novel in the Icelandic series but only the second in English, so the sense of him "finally" opening up as he tells the full story of how his brother went missing in childhood must have been much greater in the original.
It's also high time I stopped attempting to justify or explain reading books like this in the assumption that a lot of my friends / followers expect more 'literary' stuff. (Plus, it's part of what I was reading when I first joined - I'm going back to what I originally liked rather than being sidetracked or playing to a particular crowd of people I don't know.) Going to try not to do any more justifying after this post. I remember a GR review (but not which book it was) where someone was frustrated by the high ratings most Scandinavian crime fiction had; they thought the writing was pretty bad and found other reviews and ratings useless as a guide. They were simply looking for a different type of writing rarely found in this subgenre. (Reading ebook samples would solve that problem - it's not like you even need to buy or borrow anything, or go anywhere, to find out what the style is like.) I'm rating these things because I am enjoying them for what they are. (And sometimes my ratings are higher when the average is lower, because I like some thrillers in the same way I like so-bad-its-good action movies.)
Though Indriðason mentions in one interview that his style is influenced by the Sagas. It has greater clarity than Anne Holt's or Asa Larsson's - both of whom I've read in the last few months - and I'm pretty sure there's very little clumsy infodumping in comparison, but I'm deliberately reading faster, so might not notice. It's easy to trot out comparisons with the sagas for any Icelandic writing, but I think it's warranted here. The striking thing about the sagas I've read so far is that only externals, actions, are described, very rarely thoughts - though a bit of life experience and psychology makes all sorts of currents and reasons apparent. Indriðason gives his characters more internality, but the spareness and clarity, and the amount of suspense and action clearly has some parallel. I've really enjoyed the translations by Bernard Scudder, but am not looking forward so much to those later in the series by Victoria Cribb. Scudder sadly died (and early by modern standards) whilst working on one of his books, and Cribb took over. I've never been quite happy with any of her translations I've read so far, and started to consider her the common factor - but possibly if I read her Indriðason translations fast instead of mulling over the style, that and an existing relationship to the characters and themes will make them enjoyable.
Another unsettling Icelandic contemporary crime novel set in Reykjavik with the central character of detective Erlendur. The crime happened in the 1940's and is investigated following the discovery of a body on a building site on the outskirts of Reykjavik. There follows a sad story of domestic abuse, or soul death as a character in the book describes it, and its consequences. Not a happy read.
The story is character driven, rather than a whodunit, and whilst the main character is not sympathetic, you do feel empathy for him, and an interest in learning more about him.
This story perfectly fit the template for Nordic Noir -- very bleak, very dark, very atmospheric, featuring a detective with a dysfunctional personal life. It pondered societal issues of the day and days past. It was disturbing. It was also very, very well-written.'
As the city of Reykjavik expands, excavation begins for development of a hill once outside the city, near an old military installation from WWII. Bones are found in one of the foundation areas -- bones that have been there for a long time, possibly dating back to the war days. Who are they? Can Inspector Erlandur bridge the gap of time and find out what happened? At the same time, he is dealing with family tragedy, as his daughter lies in Intensive Care at the local hospital.
Interwoven with this is the tale of a violently dysfunctional family during the war years. How did their story end -- and is it related to the bones? How?
I stayed up late and started reading again early to finish this one. (I'm yawning now, but not when I was reading!)
Got through it very fast and immediately read the next one - 'Voices' - which I liked better. More interesting plot and not so much violence to women.
With only two of his novels currently circulating in English translation, Arnaldur Indridason puts Iceland on the map as a major destination for enthusiasts of Nordic crime fiction.The author raises the same ghosts in SILENCE OF THE GRAVE applying his austere style to a crime of such emotional breadth and sociological complexity that it acquires the sweep and consequence of epic storytelling.
The title of Arnaldur Indridason' s new book, Silence of the Grave , gives an indication of the case that confronts the Icelandic detective Erlendur and his colleagues in the Reykjavik police: the discovery of a skeleton on the outskirts of the city. It is a fascinating mystery, which develops slowly while we learn more about the unhappy Erlendur and his relationship with his estranged family. Indridason's low-key style is far from the fast-moving thrillers that fill the best-seller lists, but he's a writer worth seeking out.
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Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award
Inspector Erlendur returns in this gripping Icelandic thriller When a skeleton is discovered half-buried in a construction site outside of Reykjavík, Inspector Erlendur finds himself knee-deep in both a crime scene and an archeological dig. Bone by bone, the body is unearthed, and the brutalizing history of a family who lived near the building site comes to light along with it. Was the skeleton a man or a woman, a victim or a killer, and is this a simple case of murder or a long-concealed act of justice? As Erlendur tries to crack this cold case, he must also save his drug-addicted daughter from self destruction and somehow glue his hopelessly fractured family back together.
Like the chilly Nordic mysteries of Henning Mankell and Karen Fossum, Arnaldur Indridason delivers a stark police procedural full of humanity and pathos, a classic noir from a very cold place.
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The other day I was driving north from Mount Dora en route to Tallahassee, at the right time to avoid the interstates and explore some back roads.
I'm glad I did, because I found Lake Butler, which is on SR 100 just about 20 miles southeast of Lake City.
It was late afternoon, but there was still plenty of light that revealed Lake Butler at the end of a street. It was inviting me to visit.
I drove down and saw a playground and a lakefront community building and a few docks that leapt far out into the water. There was a family putting their boat in and fishermen on seawalls and on the docks. It was a nostalgic scene.
Unlike metropolitan areas where mansions often are the backdrop for lakes, here there was only an unbroken stand of trees that nearly circled this beautiful, natural lake.
The serenity, the calm, the unexpected beauty of the azaleas and the lake found me staying for far longer than I expected – and it convinced me to return. Especially when I walked to the end of the dock where a gentleman named Deon was working two fishing poles.
I complimented him on the beauty of the setting and asked if this was a good fishing spot.
He said, "It's OK if I don't catch anything. It's a nice place to be when you want peace of mind."
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Dr. Alton Boynton is the scientific founder of NWBT, and was the first in the world to conduct a clinical trial with dendritic cells – the master cells of the immune system, which are the cells used in NWBT's DCVax® products. During the 1990s, when little was known about dendritic cells and their roles, Dr. Boynton's research lab was an early leader in identifying the important clinical capabilities of the dendritic cells and their potential for fighting cancer. Within this academic setting, during the 1990s Dr. Boynton treated over 100 prostate cancer patients with the DCVax® technology, prior to commencing formal clinical trials in the Company. Since that time, Dr. Boynton served as the Chief Scientific Officer of the Company until 2007, at which time he became CEO. Prior to founding NWBT, Dr. Boynton headed the Molecular Oncology research lab at the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation (the original foundation of Bill Hutchinson, from which the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center was spun off), focusing on dendritic cells, and he established and headed the Molecular Oncology research department at Northwest Hospital in Seattle (where the first clinical trial with dendritic cells took place in 1995). Earlier in his career, Dr. Boynton was Associate Director of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, and a professor of Genetics and Molec
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In-Book Advertising
April 12, 2010 | 11:12 am
By Joe Wikert
Apple's upcoming iPhone OS update will include an option for in-app advertising. The iAd service is just the next step Apple is taking to beat Google in what will surely be a very lucrative mobile advertising market.
Does this represent an opportunity for book publishers and authors? Absolutely. Hear me out, even if you're one of those purists who insists on books existing as they always have, without ads…
Let's start with the fact that you could always sell two versions of your products: one with ads and one without. The version without ads is priced higher than the one with the ads. Test, measure, rinse, repeat. Why wouldn't you want the opportunity to study real world data from your customers to see whether ads have an impact on product acceptance and sales? The results might just surprise you.
Or, how about all those free samples you have floating around? I'm talking about the excerpts you distribute in the hopes that you'll convert some number of browsers into buyers. Your conversion rate is something less than 100%, so why not find other ways to monetize that experience?
This is yet another one of the Kindle platform's shortcomings. Amazon never built a model content owners could leverage to drive some additional revenue. They didn't offer it with books but I'm even more amazed that they never figured it out for newspapers and magazines, especially since we're all quite used to seeing ads throughout those products.
In case you haven't noticed, most customers feel ebook prices should be lower than print prices. That pricing pressure alone should cause every author and publisher to experiment with services like iAd. What have you got to lose?
P.S. — If Apple is smart they'll build iAd into the iBooks app. You'll tell them whether or not you want iAd service included every time you provide them with ePub files for your next book. Hopefully they'll also let publishers try out that two-pronged approach where the book is available both with and without ads, at two different prices.
Editor's Note: the above is reprinted, with permission, from Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog. PB
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I don't understand. Why wluld i WANT ads on my iPad or in my books? I want to avoid ads, which is why I disable pop-ups.
As I've noted before, books are horrible means of delivering ads–which means that advertisers (who aren't stupid) will pay minimal dollars for advertising space in books. I don't have ethical concerns with ads in books but I don't think the revenue potential can possibly outweigh the inconvenience to customers.
Rob Preece
"Let's start with the fact that you could always sell two versions of your products: one with ads and one without. "
There are plenty of apps that already do this.
And you say it as though there are going to be "with ads" books that cost X, and "without ads" books that cost X+Y. What's going to actually HAPPEN is that there will be "with ads" books that cost X+Y, AND we'll be told how wonderful it is that the ads are specifically targeted to us.
If I understand it right, iAd has Apple using someone's app to sell ads that they've sold to all comers. That's of use to app developers but of little use to authors.
I'd be a bit more interested if iBookstore books (rather than iTunes Store apps) could include author chosen ads, perhaps at the very end. Writers could give away one book with internal ads that'd let them link to their other books. And rather than have Apple take a major slice of the revenues from this sort of ad link, Apple's iBookstore would pay a commission to those doing the linking, much like Amazon does.


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Classic Lasagne
1 Sep 2009
|For meat sauce
|Ground beef
|1 Pound
|2 Clove (10 gm), minced
|Tomato sauce
|24 Ounce (3 Cans Of 8 Ounce Each)
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Oregano leaves
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|For noodles and cheese
|Lasagne noodles
|8 Ounce (1 Package)
|Creamed cottage cheese
|12 Ounce (1 Carton)
|Shredded mozzarella cheese
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (2 Cups)
|Grated parmesan cheese
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
Cook and stir meat and garlic in large skillet until meat is brown.
Drain off fat.
Stir in tomato sauce, salt, pepper and oregano leaves.
Cover and simmer 20 minutes.
While meat sauce is simmering, cook noodles as directed on package; drain.
Heat oven to 350°.
In ungreased baking pan, 13x9x2 inches, or baking dish, 11 3/4X 71/2 X 1 3/4 inches, layer half each of the noodles, meat sauce, cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese; repeat.
Sprinkle parmesan cheese over top.
Bake uncovered until hot and bubbly, about 40 minutes.
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Gafftop Courtboullion Gumbo
|3 Pound (or any whole fresh fish)
|Hot sauce
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (Louisiana hot sauce)
|2 Liter
|2 Medium, chopped (divided)
|Garlic clove
|10 Large, chopped (divided)
|Green bell pepper
|1 Cup (16 tbs), chopped
|Celery seeds
|1 Teaspoon, chopped
|Roux mix
|2 Tablespoon (blended with 1 cup water.)
|Lea & perrins sauce
|2 Tablespoon
|Shrimp powder
|2 Teaspoon
|Tomato puree
|3 Cup (48 tbs) (or 1 cup tomato paste)
|Olive oil
|4 Tablespoon (about 1/4 cup)
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (frozen or fresh.) (Optional)
1. Wash, scale and fillet the fish. Retain the bones, head and tail for the stock.
2. Cut the fillet into chunks. Place in a zip lock bag and pour the Louisiana hot sauce on top. Close bag and refrigerate. Marinate fish for 1 hour till you prepare the stock.
3. To make the fish stock, in a large pot, add fish bones, along with 1/3 onions and 2 cloves chopped garlic. Sweat for 2-3 minutes. Pour in 1 liter water. Bring to a boil. Skim off the scum. Then reduce and simmer on low heat for 60 minutes.
4. In a large skillet or pot, heat the olive oil.
5. Arrange the marinated fish chunks in a single layer. Take half the remaining onions and half the bell peppers and sprinkle them on top. Arrange the remaining fish chunks in a second layer along with remaining onions and bell pepper.
6. Sprinkle the chopped garlic and celery seeds on top.
7. Sprinkle the shrimp powder all over.
8. Blend the roux with 1 cup water, tomato puree/paste and 1 cup fish stock. Pour the mixture over the fish and vegetables in the pot.
9. Sprinkle the Lea and Perrins on top.
10. Bring the liquid to a boil. Cover the pot with a lid, reduce heat to low and simmer the fish really slowly for 1- 1 1/2 hour. Do not stir or lift the lid while it is cooking. Simply shake the pot gently to prevent the fish from sticking to the bottom.
11. Add the okra (if using) to the stew halfway through the cooking time.
12. When the stew is done, (should be thick with the oil floating on the surface)taste and adjust the seasoning. You can add more stock to the stew if it is too thick.
12. Serve the Gumbo in large bowls, over hot cooked rice.


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TV motoring expert and former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson has taken a bold step to revolutionise the used car warranty market with his service and maintenance plan from Warrantywise. His campaign is kicked off by an informative and educational video release of 'Quentin Willson's Guide to Being Warrantywise'. In it, Quentin goes through the world of car warranty meticulously, outlining the dos and don'ts in his own unique and familiar style.
He says: "Too many warranty policies have furlongs of exclusion clauses, slippery wording and glacial customer service. They may look cheap, and that's usually for a reason.
"A good used car warranty has clear definitions, no weasel words and a dedicated customer service team which gets back to you within a day or sooner. And that's exactly what you get with Warrantywise. Clear definitions, fast service and no slippery words."
Quentin says that, uniquely, Warrantywise publishes exactly how much is pays out to customers every week on its website. The company pays out in 80 per cent of cases and has a 92% customer satisfaction rating.
He goes on to say: "I am the person who has designed and written this warranty and I have painstakingly gone through it to make sure it is clear, transparent and easy to understand."
And he promised: "If you've got a problem or an issue or if there's something you don't understand about your claim you can email me directly and I will personally get involved and sort things out.
"I am also the person who decides whether complicated, difficult or marginal claims get paid. The buck stops with me."
The guide has been put together to give the customer an invaluable insight in to having a car warranty, whilst dispelling any doubts or uncertainties the customer may have in regard to achieving that all important peace of mind. Quentin Willson is incredibly passionate about customer satisfaction and finished with this important insight:
"When it comes to my car warranty I am usually asked the same questions. Is it any good? Does it pay out? Is it really me? I believe it is vital that we put these reservations to bed. Warrantywise is quite simply the best on the market and its scores of happy customers (www.warrantywise.co.uk/happy) are testament to its quality, transparency and above all, reliability. I wouldn't put my name to something that didn't deliver and that's why the Warrantywise warranty has 'The Quentin Willson Promise', so you can rest assured that you will be covered when your car has a problem. This excellent video goes far and above in explaining used car warranties to our customer base, new and old, and I am incredibly proud of the outcome."
The video guide can be found on the Warrantywise website (http://www.warrantywise.co.uk/choose-us/) and on the company's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tgUW9iGCdM&feature=youtu.be)
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Five Ways to Protect Your Home Business
In the digital age, almost anyone has the ability to set up their own business. Admittedly, the entrepreneurs with their heads screwed on are far more likely to make a success of it, but it opens up the opportunity to others who may have previously been financially unable.
To run a home business you may need as little as a computer. Depending on the type of company you run, you could be set up within days. However, it is advisable to ensure there are things in place first. Here are some tips to help your business succeed when it is up and running.
Get insurance
Remember that your home insurance might not adequately protect you when running a home business. For example, while home cover might protect your structure from flood damage, it may not cover your business losses when your place of work is suddenly out of order.
So, getting business insurance is the first essential step to protect you in your new home business venture. Depending on what you opt for, you should protect all equipment used as part of your business stock and also cover for loss of income. It is not worth running the risk where your livelihood is concerned, after all.
Set up a website
A great way to get your business trading from the offset, is to build an online presence, which starts with a website. If your business is based at your home, you will automatically lose the advantages a shop may give you, such as a sign and any shop-front advertising. So you must make up for this with a good website, advertised well online and ready to go as soon as you launch your business.
Use online accounting software
With running a business comes the responsibility of organising your accounts, invoices and payroll. This is no different than if you were set up in an office or a shop. HMRC will want to see a tax return and your staff – if you have any – will want to be paid.
There is online software available to help you deal with your accounting needs. This includes keeping receipts, setting up invoices and setting up pay. A quick search online will bring up a software package suited to your needs.
Use networking where possible
When you are based at home, it is easy to lose touch with the business world. It requires an extra effort to stay in touch and this will be vital to the successful running of your business. Having a presence online by using sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest will only go so far; it is well worth considering going to networking events, where you can meet like-minded business people and try to secure new customers.
Keep home life separate
Being at home naturally puts people into relaxation mode. However, this is bad news if you are trying to run a business. Either set yourself strict working hours and stick to them, or run your company from a different room or section of your home. This way you will know when you should be in business mode and will be away from family distractions.Read more
Almost a third of UK trains run behind schedule, according to new punctuality data from Network Rail. On certain routes, over half of all trains run behind schedule for the majority of their operation.
The figures, which cover the last twelve months of activity on several UK networks, indicate that the country's rail system is far less punctual and efficient than many of us believe.
47.7 percent of Virgin Trains on the West Coast stuck to their schedule over the past twelve months – one of the nation's worst offenders. Only 67 percent of all trains in the UK arrived early or at the right time, according to the new 'right-time' statistics.
'Right-time' statistics require a train to arrive either ahead of schedule or within 59 seconds of its scheduled arrival time in order to quality as 'on time.' The somewhat tight margin of error is to encourage prompt and timely rail network performance.
As well as the stricter right-time statistics, Network Rail also measures rail network performance under the older Public Performance Measures standard. This metric is more liberal, giving short-distance trains a five-minute margin on lateness and long-distance rail services a ten-minute arrival window.
While the right-time statistics measure just 67 percent of trains as 'on-schedule,' the older method puts 90.8 percent of UK trains in the 'on time' category. Certain routes are more likely than others to have late or severely delayed service.
For example, while over 68 percent of trains in London and the Southeast were on time, just 53.2 percent of long-distance services managed to arrive at their terminal destination within one minute of their predetermined schedule.
Over 60 percent of rail delays were caused by Network Rail, the statistics claim, and the process for determining whether a train was on time is, according to the group, not 100 percent reliable.Read more
PPI Claims Compensation Exceeds £18 Billion
Lloyds has reported that it may need to spend hundreds of millions of pounds over its £7.3 billion budget in order to settle PPI claims. The government-backed lender has compensated customers for PPI programs that were misleading sold through a customer mailing programme.
The bank has budgeted over £7.3 billion to manage the claims, but is concerned that an increase in the average claim value could require additional capital. The lender, which is partially owned by taxpayers, claims that adding £100 to the average claim size would cost the bank upwards of £70 million in total customer compensation.
Other issues for the bank include the possibility of more claims being filed. Lloyds has estimated that an additional 100,000 complaints made using its programme is likely to cost the bank upwards of £170 million. The bank is currently paying out an average of £1,700 per customer that makes a PPI claim using its programme.
Despite this, Lloyds has forecasted that the average future payout is likely to be just £1,440 as fewer high-value claims are made. It has noted that every additional £100 would increase its total costs by £70 million. The response rate to its mailing efforts is currently 27 percent, although this could increase in the future.
Other banks have also paid out large amounts in PPI claims to customers that were mislead into purchasing PPI policies. Barclays has set aside approximately £4 billion to compensate customers that purchased PPI policies through the bank, alongside a wide range of other British lenders that have spent a total of £18 billion.
The total compensation is almost double the amount of money spend on the London Olympics, making it one of the most expensive banking scandals in recent history for the UK. The scandal has not only cost banks financially – many banks have been hit with a serious reputation downgrade amongst retail investors and families.Read more
Car Insurance Claims Crackdown Lowers Prices
Insurance July 27, 2013
Motorists around the UK are enjoying lower car insurance rates than ever before in recent history as anti-fraud investigations lower the number of claims. Compared to prices recorded in April 2013, the cost of comprehensive auto insurance has fallen three percent. Third-party insurance has dropped 2.2 percent in the same period.
The reduction in car insurance pricing is consistent across all age groups, with the demographics previously thought of as highest-risk – drivers aged 23 to 29 – hit by some of the largest discounts. The average annual cost of car insurance for drivers between 23 and 29 is now just £738.93 – a drop of 12.8 percent from last year.
The data comes from the AA insurance index, which has tracked the price of car insurance since 1994. The decline in auto insurance pricing has been consistent across all age groups, with every demographic except drivers aged over 70 now paying at least 5.4 percent less for their annual car insurance coverage.
Young drivers aged 17 to 22 still pay the most for insurance, with an average annual cost of £1,210.54 for a comprehensive policy. Drivers aged 60 to 69 pay the least for car insurance, with an average policy priced at under £350. The decline in pricing is largely due to a crackdown on fraudulent claims and shady personal injury claims.
Premiums rose steadily over the past four years due to a surge in claims for damage and personal injuries such as whiplash. The injury claims grew so great that Britain acquired a reputation as Europe's 'whiplash capital.' Insurance companies are now armed with tighter rules and restrictions regarding injury claims from accidents.
The end result of these restrictions is lower car insurance for all drivers – a change that, given the rising fuel prices many drivers are forced to deal with – most agree is a very good development indeed.Read more
New research from Which? indicates that over ten percent of home insurance claims are rejected. The survey, which sources data from over 4,800 people, found that one in ten home insurance claims and one in twenty car insurance claims were rejected, either fully or partially, by insurance companies.
While the vast majority of insurance customers reported being happy with the way that their claims were handled, a minority reported being rejected for reasons that they thought were ways for their insurers to 'weasel out' of compensating them for legitimate claims.
One of the members surveyed for the report claimed that they had been refused an insurance claim after they failed to re-grout their bathroom tiles each year. Others have claimed that home insurance claims for damage cause by storms were turned down after insurers calculated that the wind speeds simply weren't high enough.
Others often related to proof of ownership, particularly in claims that involved the theft of an item. Homeowners were often disappointed to learn that items such as jewellery bought decades in advance and quite understandably lacking a receipt, was turned down after insurers claimed its ownership couldn't be verified.
Consumer groups advise insurance owners to be vigilant in keeping records of the products that they own. Home insurance claims are reportedly given a far greater amount of attention when they're accompanied by video evidence of ownership, as well as reports to local police forces after an accidental loss.
Other common issues include car insurance claims, in which cars were frequently undervalued by insurers in order to reduce accident payments. A large number of people that responded to the survey reported being disappointed after their auto insurance company listed a low value for their vehicle following a major crash.Read more
Insurance companies focus of Which? complaint
Insurance April 17, 2012
Consumer watchdog, Which? is in the news once again as they are now condemning outrageous fees being charged by insurance companies for renewals minor changes in policies. Amongst the charges they are naming as exorbitant would fees for small amendments which would include updating personal information, change of address and the transfer of different vehicles. In many cases these fees are as high as £30. Renewing or cancelling policies can also carry a service charge which the group finds deplorable.Read more
PetGuard suddenly cancels policies leaving pet owners without cover
Insurance September 28, 2011
Prominent pet insurance company PetGuard has recently canceled hundreds of policies, leaving many pet owners without cover even though they paid a hefty premium to secure a "lifetime" policy. The company recently changed its underwriter, and after doing so gave hundreds of customers a three weeks' notice that their policies would not be renewed.
Perhaps most appalling to PetGuard policyholders is the fact that they have paid higher premiums for an extended period of time specifically to ensure that they would have continual assistance in the event their pet is diagnosed with a chronic condition (i.e. – arthritis or diabetes).
Unfortunately, any customers that have a pet who has already been diagnosed with a pre-existing injury or illness will not be covered under a replacement policy if they decide to renew coverage with PetGaurd. A spokesperson for PetGaurd defended the company's position stating that pet insurance contracts are only valid for 12-month periods, and that lifetime cover is still based on yearly renewals.
While it is technically true that the company has not revoked a service that was already paid for, they have charged their customers a premium to ensure "lifetime" cover, despite the fact that they really had no protection from having their policy canceled at any time.
There are no shortage of pet insurers in the UK, with more than 85 providers currently offering hundreds of policy options for pet owners. Nonetheless, many disgruntled customers are not leaving without a fight, and complaints have already been brought before the Financial Ombudsman Service.
The complaints mainly state that the definitions and policy terms were not clearly explained at the time of purchasing the policy, and/or that PetGaurd unjustly terminated coverage without giving customers the opportunity to retain the "lifetime" cover that they had been paying a premium for.Read more
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Based on statistics released from Co-op research group, young first time drivers pay a high cost just to take the road. According to their figures, first-time young drivers pay approximately £4,459 to get on the road in the beginning.Read more
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Probable Starting Pitchers: Toronto - Kyle Drabek (4-6, 4.35) Atlanta - Brandon Beachy (5-4, 1.87)
(Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves go after a fifth straight win this evening when they open a three-game interleague set with the Toronto Blue Jays at Turner Field.
After losing nine of 11, the Braves have bounced back in a big way and enter tonight's contest on the heels of sweeping the Miami Marlins. On Thursday, Martin Prado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in Atlanta's 8-2 victory.
Michael Bourn had three hits, including a three-run homer, and Jason Heyward crushed a pair of solo shots for the Braves, who have won six of their last seven.
Mike Minor (3-4) walked five and allowed four hits over five innings, but gave up just one run to earn his first win since April 19.
Brandon Beachy takes the hill for the Braves tonight trying to stop a personal three-game skid. Beachy's most recent loss came on Saturday against Washington, as he allowed two runs and three hits in 6 1/3 innings to fall to 5-4 on the year to go along with a terrific 1.87 ERA.
He has allowed more than two runs just once in his 11 starts this season and has an amazing 0.95 WHIP.
Beachy beat the Jays last season, holding them to a run and four hits in six innings.
"I pitched against them last year in Interleague, so I have some video to look at and a little bit to go on," said Beach. "They're a good team that plays in a really good division and they can hit the ball. It's going to be a fun challenge."
Toronto, meanwhile, was denied a sweep in Chicago, as the White Sox pulled out a 4-3 win over the Blue Jays on Thursday.
Mike McCoy clubbed a two-run single and Yunel Escobar added two hits and a run scored for Toronto, which had a brief three-game win streak snapped.
Getting the call for the Blue Jays tonight will be righty Kyle Drabek, who is 4-6 with a 4.35 ERA. Drabek lost his second straight start on Saturday to Boston, as he allowed five runs (2 earned) and five hits in 6 2/3 innings. He also walked four batters and struck out the same.
Drabek has never faced Atlanta.
The Braves swept the Jays last season and have won the last six in the series. Toronto managed just two runs in last year's three-game sweep.
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I'm not sure what the L stands for, but Josh Hamilton obviously felt LAA was a good fit for him. What I'd like to know is how is California a bankrupt state? The Dodgers and Angels' salaries combined are equal to the GDP of every country, except China and Switzerland. Mozambique couldn't afford just Pujols and Hamilton. Forget Greinke, Hanley, Vernon Wells, Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford. Alone, Arte Moreno could sell the Angels and buy Africa. Africa Moreno, that's what they would call it. Burundi would become Aybarundi, Djibouti would become Dbootyhole and Chad would stay the same name, because that's a badass name for a country, but Arte would put a country-wide golf course there, because anything named Chad and golf go hand-in-hand. The Angels now have Trout, Aybar, Pujols and Hamilton at the top of their lineup. October 1st called and said Aybar just scored his 197th run. Batting fifth, Kendrys could hit .220 and drive in 100 RBIs. Howie Kendrick... Well, he'll still di...
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Facebook graph reveals who you loveFebruary 13th, 2014 by Bill Steele in Technology / Computer Sciences
The friends of a Facebook user's friends and the links between them. Two heavily linked clusters are obvious at 12 and 3 o'clock - perhaps the user's workplace and college pals. But notice the somewhat isolated person down around 7 o'clock, who shares links to many smaller clusters of the central user's friends. Computer analysis points to this person as the romantic partner.
(Phys.org) —Even if you're not shouting it from the housetops, there's a good chance the structure of your Facebook neighborhood will identify your romantic partner.
From a map of Facebook friends, a computer algorithm developed by Jon Kleinberg, the Tisch University Professor of Computer Science, and Lars Backstrom '04, Ph.D. '09, now at Facebook, will correctly identify a person's spouse, fiancé or other romantic partner about 70 percent of the time.
"We are trying to build up a sort of chemistry kit for finding different elements of a network," Kleinberg said. The team will present their results at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, Feb. 15-19 in Baltimore.
As you might guess, the method works best when the couple is married, and works better the longer the relationship has been in force. On the dark side, if the algorithm does not select the person who is the relationship partner, there is a significantly increased chance that in a month or two the couple will break up.
The researchers tested their methods on anonymized data from 1.3 million randomly selected Facebook users aged 20 or older who listed their status as "married," "engaged" or "in a relationship." Along with a list of a Facebook user's friends, the data also show how those friends are linked to one another.
The first guess was that the romantic partner would be "embedded" – that the couple would have many mutual friends. That works, the researchers found, but not very well, finding the partner about 25 percent of the time. So they introduced a concept they call "dispersion," where the couple's mutual friends are not highly connected among themselves, but rather are scattered over many aspects of the central user's life. In real-world terms, your spouse goes where you go, and knows the people in your office, your church, your bridge club and so on, although those people seldom meet one another across group lines.
"You have to ask, 'How did the relationship get that way?'" Kleinberg said. "Your spouse acts as a sort of time traveler in your life, who went back and met all those people."
Combining embededness with dispersion boosted performance. The researchers then factored in the dispersiveness of the dispersed friends – whether the person your romantic partner knows at your office is also connected to some people in your church and your bridge club.
Finally, they added measures of interaction, such as how often people look at each other's profiles, attend the same events or appear together in photos. Ultimately they were able to identify the partner 70.5 percent of the time. Others who might be chosen by the algorithm are most often family members or their partners.
As a spinoff, the researchers were able to determine, 68.3 percent of the time, whether a given user was or was not in a relationship at all, and with 79 percent accuracy if the relationship was a marriage.
There may be other applications for analysis based on dispersion, the researchers said, including grouping people into categories or, for social scientists, finding the person who just doesn't fit a category. Backstrom, who developed Facebook's friend recommender, is looking at ways to evaluate incoming messages to a Facebook user based on the user's relationship with the source.
And identifying people with strong ties to one another may also show where to go to influence a group. "If you're someone who bridges between groups it can be a source of power," Kleinberg explained.
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He'd benefit from the superior preparation out there, too, although I feel his collaboration with the Ingles also needs to be continued in his camps.
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Worldwide PC shipments dropped in 2012 on an annual basis for the first time in more than a decade and that is expected to continue this year, research firm IDC said on Monday.
Worldwide PC shipments are projected to drop 1.3 percent this year, IDC said in a statement. That would be a slight recovery from 2012, in which PC shipments dropped by 3.7 percent.
IDC cited the growing use of tablets and people holding back on PC upgrades because they don't want Windows 8 as reasons for the expected shipments drop. Windows 8, released last October, failed to provide a spark to the PC market in last year's fourth quarter and the trend will continue through 2013, IDC said.
Windows 8 is optimized for touch, but a lack of touch PCs and high prices hurt demand in last year's fourth quarter. There will continue to be a limited supply of computers that take advantage of Windows 8's features, which will hurt PC shipments in the first half, IDC said.
IDC is projecting PC shipments to record positive growth in the second half with wider acceptance of Windows 8 and PC supplies returning to normal. Support for Windows XP ends later this year and that could prompt some companies to upgrade PCs, IDC said.
Intel is backing the concept of ultrabooks, a new category of thin-and-light laptops with tablet-like features, as a way to rejuvenate the PC market. The company has invested millions of dollars in the development of ultrabook components such as touchscreens, with the aim of bringing the price of those laptops down.
PC shipments in emerging markets will grow by 0.6 percent in 2013, and will decline in mature markets by 4 percent, IDC said.
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A 27-year-old Wichita Falls man accused of dragging a city police officer with his car in February was arrested Wednesday, according to arrest warrant affidavits.
Louis Edward Green, address listed in the 1200 block of Smith Street, was charged with aggravated assault on a public servant and evading arrest/detention with a vehicle. Green's bond was set at $210,000.
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On Feb. 26, about 2:20 a.m., police were called to the Studio E Nightclub, 2400 Sheppard Access, on a report of a disturbance.
The suspect was identified as Green.
Officers arrived on scene and saw Green driving through the parking lot. One officer noticed what appeared to be the stock of a shotgun on the front seat of the vehicle.
The officers drew their weapons and ordered Green not to move. That's when Green pushed on the accelerator and caught one of the officer's arms inside the partially rolled down driver's side window, police said.
The officer was forced to run alongside the vehicle until he was able to free himself. Green fled the scene.
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This time last year one of the big player personnel moves facing the Mets was what to do with Hisanori Takahashi. It was complicated due to Rule 8(i)(2), which made it necessary for the Mets to sign him by Halloween. And if you recall, the Mets had just fired their general manager and had yet to bring Sandy Alderson aboard. When the Mets did hire Alderson, he negotiated with Takahashi's agent to extend the deadline a couple of days. But even with the extra time, the Mets could not come to an agreement with the lefty swingman. Takahashi went out on the open market and signed a two-year, $8 million deal with the Angels. In 2010, Takahashi was very good when used out of the bullpen, as he had a 2.04 ERA in 57.1 IP as a reliever. He even ended the year as a closer, as he took over for the suspended Francisco Rodriguez. Earlier in the season, Takahashi bounced back and forth between starting and relieving. His posted a 5.01 ERA in 67.1 IP as a starter, which made everyone think ...
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"President Obama is in the rare position of having a great deal of freedom in his choice and the types of people he considers," says Christopher Eisgruber, Princeton University provost and author of the 2007 book The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process. "He has a very strong majority in the Senate. He has enormous popularity. ... Like most people, I would be very surprised if it is not a woman," Eisgruber says, adding he hopes Obama departs from the model of picking a lower court judge. "Diversity of experience is very important."
When Obama announced Friday that Souter would retire this summer, the president said he wanted someone with "that quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying with people's hopes and struggles."
As he brings his own priorities to the task, Obama can tap four basic models from the recent past: the demographic diversity candidate, the tried-and-true judge, the politician and the compromise candidate.
The diversity candidate
A selection that increases the court's demographic diversity could give new voice to a group that has been absent or underrepresented there. It also could build a president's support among a political constituency.
In 1967, when President Johnson chose Thurgood Marshall — a civil rights advocate who successfully argued against "separate but equal" school segregation — to be the first African American on the court, Johnson said it was "the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place." Fourteen years later, in 1981, Ronald Reagan fulfilled a campaign promise and chose the first female justice, O'Connor.
Ginsburg has said she wants another woman on the bench.
If Obama seeks a woman, it could help the chances of prominent female lawyers, including Elena Kagan, a former Harvard law school dean whom Obama tapped as the first female U.S. solicitor general, the government's top lawyer before the court.
Another choice in academia could be Stanford University law professor Kathleen Sullivan.
Some other prestigious female lawyers would bring added ethnic or racial diversity to the court. Among them: Sonia Sotomayor, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, of Puerto Rican descent; Leah Ward Sears, chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, who is black; and Teresa Wynn Roseborough, chief litigation counsel for MetLife, who also is black. Roseborough, a former deputy assistant attorney general, has connections in Washington, including to Attorney General Eric Holder.
Among prominent male lawyers who would broaden the court's diversity are Harold Hongju Koh, dean of Yale University's law school, a Korean American whom Obama has nominated to be legal adviser to the State Department; and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, an African American who was assistant attorney general for civil rights under President Clinton and is a longtime friend of Obama's.
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Tapping a lower court judge provides a president and his vetting staff with a record that could show how a nominee might vote as a justice. This is not a foolproof method: Justice Harry Blackmun, a Nixon appointee, increasingly voted with liberal justices over his 24-year tenure.
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Could you stop reliably, every time, at the orange ring?
You need to be able to do these things without an engine for the obvious reason that you could one day be in a situation where your engine is not working, and you still need to perform the action.
Most people learn to stop their boat by heading up in to the wind and coasting to a stop. This method is perfect if you are not worried about where you will come to a stop. Coasting into the wind is also a recipe for visiting your sailmaker soon to buy a new genoa since luffing head-to-wind flogs the leech of the genoa against the mast and shrouds.
When you try to stop by luffing directly into the wind, you are in an all-or-nothing position. If you made your turn into the wind too far from the mooring, you'll stop short and have to make another attempt.
If you approach too fast, you'll sail right by the mooring; even if you manage to grab the mooring's pick-up stick, it will either pull out of your hands or you'll end up riding over the mooring chain, which will chew up your bottom paint and the leading edge of your keel. Neither of these situations are ideal.
If you want to come to a stop at a specific location, approach on a close reach. To slow down, release the sheets so that the sails luff completely (If your sails are set too free, you will not be able to luff the main enough since the shrouds will prevent the main from luffing completely).
If you find the boat slowing down too much, trim one or both sails slightly to so that the aft end of the sails are drawing.
This will give you some speed but keep the boat from accelerating to full speed. If you are moving too fast, let the sails luff again. By luffing and trimming slightly you can constantly fine-tune your speed as approach the mooring ball.
By practicing with a mooring ball, you'll be much better prepared to rescue a crewmember who has fallen overboard. With someone in the water, the last thing you want to do is make several attempts to get back to him or her.
Talking of man overboard practice, don't forget to view UK-Halsey's safety at sea videos, which show how to rescue a crew overboard as well as how to get them back on the boat once you make that perfect approach to them in the water. http://www.ukhalsey.com/LearningCenter/mob.asp!Click_here to get to the library of UK-Halsey's excellent safety videos. (If not already a subscriber, you will need to subscribe to watch them)