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The final deadline to apply for tickets is still four days away, so there is still time to apply for tickets. Remembering back to the Beijing Olympics, even watching an sport that I wasn't really interested in was a great experience due to the unique atmosphere of the olympics, so I strongly recommend everybody to apply for ANY kind of tickets, but obviously, the cycling ones are the most interesting for us – and here are a couple of tips what to look for.
The most interesting day is probably 10th August, when the semifinals and the finals will be held for both the women and the men. Tickets for the best places don't come cheap (£125) but it is way cheaper than a top place for a track event.
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The opinions are divided whether how challenging the course will be but the way it has been built guarantees a spectacular race. The women will race on the 11th and the men next day, on the 12th August. There are two price bands, the cheaper tickets cost £20 while the more expensive ones cost £45. At the moment, we don't know what sort of access is this going to provide you, the website says general admission, so you can probably wonder around with the cheaper ticket while the more expensive ticket will probably allow you to the start/finish area.
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The good news is that you can see most of the race for free on the 28th and the 29th July – you only have to pay if you want to watch the finish of the race. A better idea might be to catch them on the ascent of Box Hill – you get to see them 9 times. The bad news is that probably 10 000 other cycling fans will have the same idea, so you'll probably have to get there well before the race to find a good spot, a bit the massive crowds on the climb of the Mount Ventoux that starts to gather days before the race actually hits the climb.
Probably the most visitor-friendly discipline, the most golden medals can be expected from the track team – and not surprisingly, it's the most expensive venue. However, it will well worth the money. I will never forget the atmosphere in Beijing, when the crowd errupted when Chris Hoy & Co. won the team sprint gold medal. The events will start on the 2nd August and will last five whole days, so there are plenty of opportunities to catch some action – but tickets to the best seats on days when they hold finals can be a whopping £325.
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4 eggs (separated; you can lose a yolk without noticing!)
tip of teaspoon baking powder (optional... I often forget!)
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Utah Jazz: Key players missing as season approaches
Los Angeles • The losses have outnumbered the wins six to one.
But if Ty Corbin had to grade his team with just one more preseason game left on the schedule, the Utah Jazz coach probably would have to give it an incomplete.
"One of the things you use training camp and preseason for is to get guys used to each other, find out what rotations you have," Corbin said. "Find out where you can move guys around to. We have three key guys, guys we thought would play big roles for us, not in the lineup right now.
"It's put a little dent into what we're trying to do at this stage."
The troubles with the Jazz bench have been apparent the last few weeks and at no time greater than Tuesday night. Utah's second unit struggled to put up points or get stops against the Lakers' reserves, letting a 12-point lead disappear at Staples Center.
Free agent forward Mike Harris went scoreless and picked up five fouls in 12 minutes. Justin Holiday hit a 3-pointer but finished with a plus/minus of minus-12. And roster hopeful Scott Machado missed all six of his shots and turned over the ball twice while allowing Lakers guard Jordan Farmar to lead the comeback victory.
It was another loss for the Jazz, but it hardly was reflective of the team Utah hopes to have on the floor later this season.
As Corbin watched from the bench, so did Marvin Williams and Brandon Rush, a pair of veteran wing players who figure to play prominent roles for the Jazz once they return from injury. The question still remains: when will that be?
After having surgery to repair a nagging Achilles injury this summer, Williams still is uncertain of when he might return.
"I would circle today if I could," said Williams, who averaged 7.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in Utah last season. "We haven't looked at that. The trainers have been great. They're taking it slow. Everybody's being really cautious."
Similarly, Rush has yet to be cleared for contact in practice. The swingman blew out his knee with Golden State early last season and still is working his way back. When he does return, the Jazz will add a career 41-percent 3-point shooter to the rotation.
Both Rush and Williams have been with the team this week in California.
"They're in practice to watch and see things," Corbin said. "We talk them through situations so they're familiar with it so when they do get back, we're a little ahead of the curve."
Rookie point guard Trey Burke, the ninth overall pick in this year's draft, fractured his right index finger in the team's third game of the preseason and is out indefinitely. The injury has forced John Lucas III, who look poised to be a threat to shoot and score off the bench, into a starting role.
"It's a little concerning because the season is upon us," Corbin said. "In a week, we're playing games."
Corbin said he ideally would like to rotate 10 or so players at the start of the season to keep his starters fresh. But without much depth on his bench, Corbin may be forced to play his starters heavy minutes.
"How do we get through that without killing the guys, playing them 35 to 40 minutes every night?" he said. "We've got to make sure we get guys comfortable. We have a feel for what we have, but we've got to be able to squeeze some time to buy those guys some rest."
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About the Jazz • Losers of six straight preseason games after opening with a blowout win over Golden State. ⦠Swingman Gordon Hayward leads the team with 15.6 points a night. ⦠Forward Derrick Favors is coming off his best game of the year, a 24-point, 17-rebound night against the Clippers. ⦠Missing key rotation players Marvin Williams, Brandon Rush and Trey Burke due to injury.
About the Lakers • Superstar guard Kobe Bryant still is rehabbing from a late-season Achilles injury. ⦠After trailing the Jazz by 12 on Tuesday, L.A.'s bench led the comeback win. ⦠Center Chris Kaman (illness) missed Tuesday's game against the Jazz. ⦠Veteran point guard Steve Nash played despite dealing with injuries.
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To compare the treatment effect of PEGPH20 combined with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine (PAG) to nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine (AG) in subjects with Stage IV pancreatic cancer. Phase 2 (safety and treatment effect), 124 subjects, 1:1 ratio, PAG:AG, preceded by 8 subject Run-In phase (safety and tolerability).
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- No previous radiotherapy, surgery, chemotherapy or investigational therapy for the treatment of metastatic disease.
- Karnofsky Performance Status >= 70%
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#63 - senseofpurpose (11/22/2012) [-]
not really knowledgeable of US comics so...
Is Deadpool the japanese version of Gintama?
Is Deadpool the japanese version of Gintama?
Reply+1#93 to #74 - xdeadpoolx [OP](11/22/2012) [-]
hes actually right
deadpool's healing factor is a copy of wolverine's
deadpool's healing factor is a copy of wolverine's
#103 to #93 - EvilFluffyBunny (11/22/2012) [-]
Actually he is wrong. He said his healing factor was a result of his cancer and that extreme pain drives him to do crazy **** . Both are wrong. Yes it is a copy of wolverines healing factor created by the weapon x program and it keeps his cancer at bay. His craziness is due to him just being crazy and his constantly fluctuating brain cells.
#104 to #103 - xdeadpoolx [OP](11/22/2012) [-]
the cancer spread because of the healing factor. its the reason he looks the way he does and when they healed his cancer his healing factor was lost as a side effect.
and i was referring to the anon as being right
and i was referring to the anon as being right
#105 to #104 - EvilFluffyBunny (11/22/2012) [-]
Oh ok then. Though you meant the other guy. Yea when he started losing it he got. Job that got him a super charged version that made him able to regenerate his limbs and basically unkillable.
#68 to #67 - senseofpurpose (11/22/2012) [-]
haha, i see thanks
#64 to #63 - xdeadpoolx [OP](11/22/2012) [-]
he is an alternate character to deathstroke from dc
#65 to #64 - senseofpurpose (11/22/2012) [-]
not sure if trolling... .jpg
i just said i don't know squat about american comics =P
i just said i don't know squat about american comics =P
#66 to #65 - xdeadpoolx [OP](11/22/2012) [-]
thats where he originated
and deadpool was created in 1991 so no
and deadpool was created in 1991 so no
#85 to #82 - xdeadpoolx [OP](11/22/2012) [-]
deathstroke and slade are the same person
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The arch that crosses the Via Dolorosa, just beyond Station II, continues into the chapel of the adjacent convent. It was once thought to have been the gate of Herod's Antonia fortress, perhaps the spot where the Roman governor Pontius Pilate presented Jesus to the crowd with the words "Ecce homo!" ("Behold, the man!"). Recent scholarship has determined otherwise: it was a triumphal arch built by the Roman emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD.
The basement of the convent has several points of interest: an impressive reservoir with a barrel-vault roof, apparently built by Hadrian in the moat of Herod's older Antonia fortress; a tiny but attractive collection of ancient artifacts found on site; and the famous lithostratos, or stone pavement, etched with games played by Roman legionnaires. The origin of one such diversion—the notorious Game of the King—called for the execution of a mock king, a sequence tantalizingly reminiscent of the New Testament description of the treatment of Jesus by the Roman soldiers. Contrary to tradition, however, the pavement of large, foot-worn brown flagstones is apparently not from Jesus' day, but was laid down a century later. Allow 30 minutes for the visit.
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You may have noticed pictures of men and women doing CrossFit cropping up with increasing frequency in the last two years, as well as articles about the benefits of the practice and still others about some health concerns about the high-intensity exercise.
But in addition to the inspiring stories of many women who went from complete beginners to weightlifting to competitive lifters, there have also been many criticisms, not only of the practice, but also of the results. Photos posted to the online pin board Pinterest and on Facebook have become a forum for discussion (and often vicious criticism) of the featured women's bodies. Posts have popped up on personal blogs across the internet documenting people's negative reactions to the writers' new, über-cut bodies.
Men's reactions run the gamut from a polite, "It's great, but I prefer my women to be soft and curvy" to "These women look disgusting, she looks like a man." It frankly doesn't surprise me to see these reactions, and I can offer an explanation for both types: the first is an expression of personal preference for a particular body type, and while it might be preferable to hear someone say, "Hey, I love all women's bodies no matter what they look like!" it's hardly realistic for the majority. The second reaction is, perhaps, a feeling of being threatened by the strength and physicality of these women.
But no, surely not, you might say; women have been competing in elite bodybuilding competitions for decades, why are people suddenly reacting this way? Because CrossFit is marketed towards the Average (Joe and) Jane; according to the CrossFit website, "Anyone with…the willingness, curiosity and bravery to try it, could." Suddenly women with muscles have become a focus in the media, highlighted in women's fitness magazines (Shape.com blog, Feb. 2013; Self, Sept. 2011 issue; Women's Health, July 2012 issue) and plastered all over the internet.
However, what really interests me is women's reactions to other women doing CrossFit. The negative responses don't come with a clear set of explanations; some are perhaps reacting to what men may think, or simply responding the same way as the first category of men – that is to say, they simply prefer women's bodies to have less well-defined muscles, or more curves.
Maybe. But I think it's more than that. It seems to me that this aesthetic trend (toward fit bodies, rather than just thin ones) is making some women feel that this is yet another way in which their bodies will fail to measure up. Not only, they muse, do I have to be thin, but now I have to have muscles too, or I will be judged for being "too skinny." Hmm. It's not news, but it bears repeating: ladies, please stop bashing other women's bodies, no matter what they look like. It's only creating more hurdles for everyone to overcome, and probably doesn't actually make you feel better about your own body.
"Real women have curves," a slogan that has been gaining ever more popularity on Pinterest of late, seems harmless on the surface: a defense of curvy femininity in response to an overwhelming media preference for thin women. However, the backhanded element to the phrase is all too visible to women who are naturally slim, and who already may feel self-conscious that their bodies don't live up to the voluptuous standards of womanliness (ironically also set by the aforementioned media).
Part of the problem is that it's far too easy to make a slightly snide comment online than it would be to do to someone's face. Again, this is not news; we see evidence on the news that bullying in schools is getting ever worse due to increased time spent communicating via the internet, photo sharing sites and social networks in particular. It is worth noting, however, that this behavior is not exclusive to middle- and high-school students. We all need to make a concerted effort to curb this behavior, no matter our age. Those viral photos do belong to someone, and it's not hard to imagine that a comment might get right back to that person.
None of this is to say that CrossFit, P90X, Insanity, or any other program are not terrific ways of getting in shape, and things that might be interesting to look in to. We should just all remember that society's idea of the perfect body shape changes, and that before long, the ideal will be different; for that reason alone, not to mention our own sanity, we ought to at least try to accept and respect our bodies in all their glorious diversity.
If you need a reminder of how much our collective idea of "the perfect body" has changed in a little over a decade, I suggest you watch some of Britney Spears' or Christina Aguilera's first music videos from the late '90s. Both, though still fit, were much softer looking than their later incarnations in the mid-2000's.
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THE Hunters will shift into top gear over the next two weeks before their first trial match against the Northern Pride at Barlow Park, Cairns on February 9 in Cairns. The Hunters returned to pre-season training at the Bomana Police College in Port Moresby on Friday are under a heavy training regime to get back on track.
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Importance sampling
In statistics, importance sampling is a general technique for estimating properties of a particular distribution, while only having samples generated from a different distribution than the distribution of interest. It is related to umbrella sampling in computational physics. Depending on the application, the term may refer to the process of sampling from this alternative distribution, the process of inference, or both.
- 1 Basic theory
- 2 Application to probabilistic inference
- 3 Application to simulation
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Basic theory[edit]
Let be a random variable in some probability space . We wish to estimate the expected value of X under P, denoted E[X;P]. If we have random samples , generated according to P, then an empirical estimate of E[X;P] is
The basic idea of importance sampling is to change the probability measure P so that the estimation of E[X;P] is easier. Choose a random variable such that E[L;P]=1 and that P-almost everywhere . With the variate L we define another probability that satisfies
The variable X/L will thus be sampled under P(L) to estimate as above. This procedure will improve the estimation when . Another case of interest is when X/L is easier to sample under P(L) than X under P.
When X is of constant sign over Ω, the best variable L would clearly be , so that X/L* is the searched constant E[X;P] and a single sample under P(L*) suffices to give its value. Unfortunately we cannot take that choice, because E[X;P] is precisely the value we are looking for! However this theoretical best case L* gives us an insight into what importance sampling does:
to the right, is one of the infinitesimal elements that sum up to E[X;P]:
therefore, a good probability change P(L) in importance sampling will redistribute the law of X so that its samples' frequencies are sorted directly according to their weights in E[X;P]. Hence the name "importance sampling."
Note that whenever is the uniform distribution and , we are just estimating the integral of the real function , so the method can also be used for estimating simple integrals.
Application to probabilistic inference[edit]
Such methods are frequently used to estimate posterior densities or expectations in state and/or parameter estimation problems in probabilistic models that are too hard to treat analytically, for example in Bayesian networks.
Application to simulation[edit]
Importance sampling is a variance reduction technique that can be used in the Monte Carlo method. The idea behind importance sampling is that certain values of the input random variables in a simulation have more impact on the parameter being estimated than others. If these "important" values are emphasized by sampling more frequently, then the estimator variance can be reduced. Hence, the basic methodology in importance sampling is to choose a distribution which "encourages" the important values. This use of "biased" distributions will result in a biased estimator if it is applied directly in the simulation. However, the simulation outputs are weighted to correct for the use of the biased distribution, and this ensures that the new importance sampling estimator is unbiased. The weight is given by the likelihood ratio, that is, the Radon–Nikodym derivative of the true underlying distribution with respect to the biased simulation distribution.
The fundamental issue in implementing importance sampling simulation is the choice of the biased distribution which encourages the important regions of the input variables. Choosing or designing a good biased distribution is the "art" of importance sampling. The rewards for a good distribution can be huge run-time savings; the penalty for a bad distribution can be longer run times than for a general Monte Carlo simulation without importance sampling.
Consider to be the sample and to be the likelihood ratio, where is the probability density (mass) function of the desired distribution and is the probability density (mass) function of the biased/proposal/sample distribution. Then the problem can be characterize by choosing the sample distribution that minimizes the variance of the scaled sample:
- .
It can be shown that the following distribution minimizes the above variance:[1]
It is easy to see that when , this variance becomes 0.
Mathematical approach[edit]
Consider estimating by simulation the probability of an event , where is a random variable with distribution and probability density function , where prime denotes derivative. A -length independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) sequence is generated from the distribution , and the number of random variables that lie above the threshold are counted. The random variable is characterized by the Binomial distribution
One can show that , and , so in the limit we are able to obtain . Note that the variance is low if . Importance sampling is concerned with the determination and use of an alternate density function (for X), usually referred to as a biasing density, for the simulation experiment. This density allows the event to occur more frequently, so the sequence lengths gets smaller for a given estimator variance. Alternatively, for a given , use of the biasing density results in a variance smaller than that of the conventional Monte Carlo estimate. From the definition of , we can introduce as below.
is a likelihood ratio and is referred to as the weighting function. The last equality in the above equation motivates the estimator
This is the importance sampling estimator of and is unbiased. That is, the estimation procedure is to generate i.i.d. samples from and for each sample which exceeds , the estimate is incremented by the weight evaluated at the sample value. The results are averaged over trials. The variance of the importance sampling estimator is easily shown to be
Now, the importance sampling problem then focuses on finding a biasing density such that the variance of the importance sampling estimator is less than the variance of the general Monte Carlo estimate. For some biasing density function, which minimizes the variance, and under certain conditions reduces it to zero, it is called an optimal biasing density function.
Conventional biasing methods[edit]
Although there are many kinds of biasing methods, the following two methods are most widely used in the applications of importance sampling.
Shifting probability mass into the event region by positive scaling of the random variable with a number greater than unity has the effect of increasing the variance (mean also) of the density function. This results in a heavier tail of the density, leading to an increase in the event probability. Scaling is probably one of the earliest biasing methods known and has been extensively used in practice. It is simple to implement and usually provides conservative simulation gains as compared to other methods.
In importance sampling by scaling, the simulation density is chosen as the density function of the scaled random variable , where usually for tail probability estimation. By transformation,
and the weighting function is
While scaling shifts probability mass into the desired event region, it also pushes mass into the complementary region which is undesirable. If is a sum of random variables, the spreading of mass takes place in an dimensional space. The consequence of this is a decreasing importance sampling gain for increasing , and is called the dimensionality effect.
Another simple and effective biasing technique employs translation of the density function (and hence random variable) to place much of its probability mass in the rare event region. Translation does not suffer from a dimensionality effect and has been successfully used in several applications relating to simulation of digital communication systems. It often provides better simulation gains than scaling. In biasing by translation, the simulation density is given by
where is the amount of shift and is to be chosen to minimize the variance of the importance sampling estimator.
Effects of system complexity[edit]
The fundamental problem with importance sampling is that designing good biased distributions becomes more complicated as the system complexity increases. Complex systems are the systems with long memory since complex processing of a few inputs is much easier to handle. This dimensionality or memory can cause problems in three ways:
- long memory (severe intersymbol interference (ISI))
- unknown memory (Viterbi decoders)
- possibly infinite memory (adaptive equalizers)
In principle, the importance sampling ideas remain the same in these situations, but the design becomes much harder. A successful approach to combat this problem is essentially breaking down a simulation into several smaller, more sharply defined subproblems. Then importance sampling strategies are used to target each of the simpler subproblems. Examples of techniques to break the simulation down are conditioning and error-event simulation (EES) and regenerative simulation.
Evaluation of importance sampling[edit]
In order to identify successful importance sampling techniques, it is useful to be able to quantify the run-time savings due to the use of the importance sampling approach. The performance measure commonly used is , and this can be interpreted as the speed-up factor by which the importance sampling estimator achieves the same precision as the MC estimator. This has to be computed empirically since the estimator variances are not likely to be analytically possible when their mean is intractable. Other useful concepts in quantifying an importance sampling estimator are the variance bounds and the notion of asymptotic efficiency.
Variance cost function[edit]
Variance is not the only possible cost function for a simulation, and other cost functions, such as the mean absolute deviation, are used in various statistical applications. Nevertheless, the variance is the primary cost function addressed in the literature, probably due to the use of variances in confidence intervals and in the performance measure .
An associated issue is the fact that the ratio overestimates the run-time savings due to importance sampling since it does not include the extra computing time required to compute the weight function. Hence, some people evaluate the net run-time improvement by various means. Perhaps a more serious overhead to importance sampling is the time taken to devise and program the technique and analytically derive the desired weight function.
See also[edit]
- Monte Carlo method
- variance reduction
- Stratified sampling
- Recursive stratified sampling
- VEGAS algorithm
- Particle filter — a sequential Monte Carlo method, which uses importance sampling
- Auxiliary field Monte Carlo
- Rejection sampling
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- Arouna, Bouhari (2004). "Adaptative Monte Carlo Method, A Variance Reduction Technique". Monte Carlo Methods and Their Applications 10 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1515/156939604323091180.
- Bucklew, James Antonio (2004). Introduction to Rare Event Simulation. New York: Springer-Verlag.
- Doucet, A.; de Freitas, N.; Gordon, N. (2001). Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Practice. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-95146-1.
- Ferrari, M.; Bellini, S. (2001). "Importance Sampling simulation of turbo product codes". The IEEE International Conference on Communications 9: 2773–2777. doi:10.1109/ICC.2001.936655.
- Oberg, Tommy (2001). Modulation, Detection, and Coding. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Press, WH; Teukolsky, SA; Vetterling, WT; Flannery, BP (2007). "Section 7.9.1 Importance Sampling". Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing (3rd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-88068-8.
- Ripley, B. D. (1987). Stochastic Simulation. Wiley & Sons.
- Smith, P. J.; Shafi, M.; Gao, H. (1997). "Quick simulation: A review of importance sampling techniques in communication systems". IEEE J. Select. Areas Commun. 15 (4): 597–613. doi:10.1109/49.585771.
- Srinivasan, R. (2002). Importance sampling – Applications in communications and detection. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
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- Sequential Monte Carlo Methods (Particle Filtering) homepage on University of Cambridge
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Noblesville, Ind. • The NFL suspended Jim Irsay for the first six games of the season and fined him $500,000 for violating its personal conduct policy, coming down hard on the Indianapolis Colts owner Tuesday just hours after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor stemming from an embarrassing March traffic stop.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said Irsay is barred from team facilities, practices and games and cannot represent the Colts at NFL meetings or events. The fine is the maximum allowed under league rules.
"I have stated on numerous occasions that owners, management personnel and coaches must be held to a higher standard than players," Goodell told Irsay in a letter released by the NFL. "We discussed this during our meeting and you expressed your support for that view, volunteering that owners should be held to the highest standard."
The 55-year-old Irsay pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated and acknowledged during his appearance before a Hamilton County judge that he was under the influence of the painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone when he was arrested March 16 near his home in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel.
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The Grand Rapids marker will highlight the work of Hendrik and Fred Meijer, who pioneered the combination of discount department stores and supermarkets into a single "Thrifty Acres" store. Grand Rapids-based Meijer now operates in several Midwest states.
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Bank of Ireland's bid for Abbey is another move in a long line of M&A speculation that has rocked the UK retail banking sector in recent years; it has perhaps come as no surprise to Abbey's long suffering investors. The chances that the proposal will be accepted are fairly good - although negative reaction from BoI shareholders could still scupper the deal.
The Bank of Ireland has announced that it will be closing down its Bristol & West subsidiary as it seeks to reduce its exposure to the UK mortgage market and redirect its focus on the domestic Irish market. With buy-to-let mortgage deals becoming increasingly scarce, this latest development is another step backwards for the industry as a whole.
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Foraging for Fungi on the Forest Floor
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you got stranded in the wilderness? Do you have the knowledge, skills, and courage to survive? Where would you sleep? What would you eat?
I got a taste for what it would take on a foray with the Monadnock Mushroomers Unlimited. This club of fungus fanatics explores the region's state parks and forests for the fun of finding, identifying, learning more about (and sometimes eating) its mushrooms. It's a great way for fledgling foragers as well as experienced collectors to share a love of mycology.
After a brief meeting at the trailhead of Brewster Forest in Dublin, we were off down the trails scanning the forest floor for chanterelles, hedgehogs, oysters, and boletes.
Who knew there could be such diversity in just one forest? Red, orange, yellow, white, brown, and even purple mushrooms? Some grew like shelves up the trunks of decaying snags, and others had hundreds of long protrusions like a sea coral or a church's pipe organ. Even within the familiarly-shaped parasols, some had gills while others had pores beneath their caps. Here's a look at some of my favorite finds:
We returned to the trail head with baskets overloaded with specimens. Puzzling out the identities of each was a group task. Veterans shared their perspectives, guidebooks were consulted, and some of us set a few of our finds aside to take home to the kitchen.
Eating wild mushrooms is a dangerous business if you don't know what you're doing. Many varieties are poisonous enough to kill you in a slow, painful, adrenal failure kind of way. I made sure to collect for consumption only those that were easily identified. And I also asked the experts in the group. Some edible mushrooms look exactly like their poisonous cousins, so it's important to double check every identifiable feature.
When I picked these two mushrooms, I thought they were the same kind. Upon cracking open their caps, one of the mushrooms immediately oozed a blue ink. It was poisonous, although the other was edible. Case in point!
I was, however, very curious to find out what these wild mushrooms would taste like. So I brought a few of the choicest specimens home to my cutting board. There's a king bolete, a two-colored bolete, and some sweet tooth mushrooms.
Chop, chop, chop and then into the frying pan with a little butter. I tried just a bit of each species first to make sure I wouldn't have a reaction.
They were a bit crunchy on the outside, juicy on the inside, and they had a full nutty flavor. Delicious!
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The Steelers scored 24 points in the last 3:08 of the first half to rally past the Houston Texans, 30-23, on Monday night in Pittsburgh.
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Peyton Manning continued re-writing the NFL record books, and the Dallas Cowboys continued to be the NFL's hottest team. Here's what we learned on Sunday:
Nick Folk's potential game-winning, 58-yard field goal with five seconds left was blocked, and the New England Patriots beat the New York Jets, 27-25, in Foxborough, Mass. on Thursday night.
Travis Ishikawa hit a game-winning, three-run homer off Michael Wacha in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3, in San Francisco on Thursday night to win Game 5 of the National League Championship Series and advance to the World Series for the third time in five years.
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