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Healthy Paulino back in action for White Sox
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Felipe Paulino last pitched in the Major Leagues in June 2012. The right-hander hopes to end that drought during the White Sox initial road series in Kansas City.
The White Sox, in December, signed Paulino to a one-year deal for a reported $1.75 million, with a team option for 2015. The financial commitment all but secures a spot in Chicago's rotation behind Chris Sale, Jose Quintana and John Danks, which is quite an accomplishment for a guy who last year pitched in just seven Minor League rehabilitation starts before an arm injury ended his season early for a second straight year.
"I really wanted to thank the Chicago White Sox for giving me the opportunity," Paulino said Monday morning, prior to throwing his second bullpen session of Spring Training. "I come here to compete no matter what. I'm a competitive guy who comes here to do everything I can to be part of this team.
"The good thing now is I'm healthy and ready to compete and do everything I can do."
Paulino had a 1.67 ERA in seven starts with Kansas City in 2012 before he had to leave his June 6 start against Minnesota after just two-thirds of an inning. He underwent Tommy John surgery later that summer and was working his way back last year when a cyst on his shoulder derailed his rehab.
"I fought with my shoulder for a couple months but in the end, I said, 'Enough.' I couldn't push any more," Paulino said. "It was minor. I forget about it now. I'm healthy and ready to do my thing here with the White Sox.
"I'm just looking forward. Whatever happened in the past happened for some reason. But right now, I'm thinking about right now, 2014. ... The thing right now is to be ready, do my thing and see what happens in a Spring Training game."
The 30-year-old Paulino had the chance to pitch in winter ball during the offseason but chose not to so as to prepare for Spring Training to hopefully make the White Sox rotation. He is throwing without restriction and said the injuries haven't changed him as a pitcher.
"I feel like a normal guy. I feel [like] the same guy as before surgery in 2012," Paulino said. "I feel stronger. I only want to pitch right now. Last year, I did not pitch a lot. My arm feels strong. I enjoy facing hitters; nothing changes for me.
"When I get the ball, I try to do everything I can to give the team a chance to win the game. No matter what. If I throw 100 pitches, if I throw 20, I just want to give them the chance to win that game. ... Whatever they want [me] to do I will do it."
White Sox manager Robin Ventura said Paulino looked healthy during Monday's bullpen session.
"He looked like he was letting it go and it was fine," Ventura said. "You hear the reports that he was ready to go and he looks fine. There aren't any red flags that something's up."
Paulino was signed by Houston in 2001 and pitched for the Astros from 2007-2010 before he was traded to Colorado. He made 18 relief appearances with the Rockies in 2011 before the Royals claimed him, and made 20 starts for Kansas City to close out 2011. Paulino was out to a breakout season in 2012 before the elbow injury that required surgery, and owns a career 4.93 ERA in 93 games.
"I've had an up-and-down career, but I'm still here," Paulino said. "I'm still learning and I'm here to learn from [pitching coach Don] Cooper."


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Defining a 5G future: Global consumer insights and expectations
The first commercial launches of 5G networks are expected in 2018, and the doors are being opened for 5G devices, services and solutions. While mobile service providers are well on their way in planning for the introduction of 5G, consumer perceptions around this new G are forming. What do consumers expect and how can service providers ensure 5G consumer success?
Ericsson ConsumerLab has interviewed smartphone users across 50 countries to understand what factors will drive 5G success with consumers. The insights are clear. Consumers don't want 'just another G' – they want a new experience.
How should service providers address the consumer expectations with the upcoming 5G launches? We have matched the consumer insights with our business and network evolution advice.

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Boing Boing TV (which I help produce) is running some of the videos I shot at Maker Faire in Austin last month.
Xeni Jardin writes: "What kind of DIY tech wonders can you find at Maker Faire? Make Magazine editor-in-chief and BBtv co-host Mark Frauenfelder traveled to Austin, TX with camcorder in hand to show us. Mark introduces us to a ticklish dinosaur robot named Pleo (above), and a guy named Craig who makes amazing garage-tech musical instruments."


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ST. LOUIS — The Ducks recalled goaltender Jeff Deslauriers from Norfolk of the American Hockey League on Saturday and sent defensemen Sami Vatanen and Jordan Hendry to the Admirals.
Deslauriers will back up Viktor Fasth in tonight's game against the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center as Jonas Hiller is unavailable due to a lower-body injury he suffered midway through the first period Friday against Dallas. Hiller is considered day-to-day.
Deslauriers, 28, appeared in four games with the Ducks last season and went 3-1 with a 2.74 goals-against average. He has played in two games at Norfolk and is coming off a 31-save effort for the Admirals on Friday in a 4-1 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Vatanen, 21, played his first three NHL games and had a plus-1 rating while averaging more than 15 minutes of ice time. A ragged last two games and the club's acquisition of the more experienced Ben Lovejoy on Wednesday pinched the youngster out of the rotation for now.
Hendry, 28, played in two games as he filled in for a flu-ridden Cam Fowler on opening night in Vancouver and an ill Toni Lydman on Wednesday in Colorado. He averaged 17 1/2 minutes over the two contests.


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Strange bedfellows: Birds and a bomb shelter
ADDRESS: 832 Reas Ford Road
SIZE: 1,176 fin. sq. ft.
NEIGHBORHOOD: Earlysville
CURB APPEAL: 7 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: Roger Voisinet, Re/Max Realty Specialists 974-1800
People who prefer spending more time outdoors than in, enjoy the sounds of woodpeckers and spring peepers, and dream of country living without a lot of upfront effort should give this property just north of the Rivanna Reservoir a closer look.
Centered on the flat top of a small knoll albeit at the end of a fairly steep and curvy driveway this small, circa 1940 house is so well settled into its landscape that just parking the car out front under a tall oak seemed to say, "You're home now." An American flag, window boxes, and a swing on the covered front porch contribute to the comfy feel.
While it's a 15-20 minute drive from town, several other houses are visible within shouting distance. But the real neighbors are likely to be the many raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels, hawks, wild turkeys– and of course deer– that live nearby. A neighbor's pond provides the spring peepers and a habitat for migrating geese.
About half the 3.8 acres is cleared as well-tended lawn, shaded hosta-filled flower beds, and azaleas along the front of the house, but a few wildflower beds add a little spice. A hammock swings invitingly between two of the taller trees. According to the owner, the two acres of forest are crisscrossed by lots of "deer highways," some of which lead to Fishing Creek, a tributary of the Rivanna.
The current owners of "Green Hill" have updated the small kitchen at the rear of the house with white cabinets and dark high-density wood flooring from IKEA. Folks moving to the country for privacy might not be entertaining large crowds too often, but the dining room would certainly accommodate a nice-sized gathering. Its natural light, built-in corner cupboard and matching cabinetry make it one of the most inviting rooms in the house. Multi-tiered decking out back works for outdoor dining.
A narrow hallway links the dining room with the open living room, featuring more of the hardwood floors found throughout. A fireplace with soapstone hearth gets help from a new propane furnace that can convert to natural gas via a nearby line. Central air supplements the many shade trees, though closed windows would muffle all the cooing, peeping, and wood-pecking that make country living so alluring.
Ads say the house has three bedrooms, but most folks would count only two: A teeny square of a space with a linen closet is better outfitted with the computer desk and dressers currently there than anything that calls for a mattress. The single bathroom is adequate and easily serves both bedrooms while a large attic provides storage. This is single-level living suited for a couple or young family.
But in an interesting twist, an architectural model and schematic designs for two versions of a significant addition convey– thanks to the owners' architectural backgrounds.
Back outside, a detached single-car garage makes a great workshop and storage shed. A stand-alone brick fireplace with grill seems to beckon a round of fresh fish, and a hand pump connects to the covered well.
But the real bonus lies out front under what looks deceptively like a covered wishing well. The property's original owners, undoubtedly 1950s "Red Scare" victims, went down about nine feet and constructed an honest-to-goodness concrete bomb shelter. Now that we've forgotten all about the Evil Empire, "It would make a great wine cellar," according to the current owner.


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Mark Purcell, the National Trust's libraries curator, has just produced an article in The Book Collector about the library at Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, which has now been fully catalogued. The books at Penrhyn were allocated to the National Trust in lieu of inheritance tax in 2002.
Like the rest of the house (some of which has been shown in previous posts), the library was designed by the architect Thomas Hopper (1776-1856) in the neo-Norman style. This particular room was inspired by the Norman architecture of the church of St Peter, Tickencote, Rutland. The library still contains a book by John Carter of 1796, Ancient Architecture of England, which illustrates the church.


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Guard finds racist graffiti sprayed on Brockton security booth
Racial slur painted on booth at parking lot
A security booth at a parking lot shared by Cardinal Spellman High School and Brockton Hospital was spray-painted with racist graffiti sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, the Enterprise reported.
The booth, which is in a satellite parking lot off Quincy Street, was painted with a racial slur, along with the words "go out, we don't need you," over and over, said Devis Jean-Jacques, who found the words when he reported to work this morning.
"It was terrible," he said.
Photos were taken an a police report was filed, Jean-Jacques said, then hospital staff came and painted over the words because they couldn't be washed off.
Jean-Jacques said he didn't see who painted the words, but another security guard chased off a group of youths who had smashed a car window in the hospital's main parking lot Wednesday night.
A hospital spokeswoman said the incident has been reported to Brockton Police, who are investigating. She said to the best of her knowledge nothing like this has happened at the hospital before.


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Doc Savage
Volume 14, James Bama cover
The Man of Bronze's origin story is revealed in the classic Lester Dent novels that launched the superhero genre, in an extra-length volume commemorating the 75th anniversary of Doc Savage's pulp debut. First, in "The Man of Bronze", the mysterious death of his father leads Doc to the Central American republic of Hidalgo where they discover a lost Mayan empire in the mythical Valley of the Vanished. Can Doc defeat the Feathered Serpent and the Red Death and free King Chaac and the beautiful Princess Monja? Then, in "The Land of Terror", Doc Savage trails the murderous master villain Kar, who controls the deadly Smoke of Eternity, to prehistoric Thunder Island where Doc and his men fight for their very survival against terrifying dinosaurs. In honor of the Man of Bronze's 75th anniversary, this special commemorative edition features the classic color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer, interior illustrations by Paul Orban, a never-before-published foreword and autobiographical essay by Lester Dent, and commentary by popular culture historian Will Murray.
Art Sippo discovered Doc Savage in 1965 from the Bantam reprint of "The Land of Terror" given to him by his Aunt Helen who read them as a nurse during World War II. He was hooked and continued to collect the reprints until Bantam completed the series in 1990. Doc Savage became the inspiration for Art's career in medicine and he earned his Masters In Public Health from Johns Hopkins specifically because that was Doc's alma mater. Art is board certified in Aerospace medicine and Occupational Medicine. He served for 36 years in uniform including 14 years in the reserves, 12 years as a flight surgeon and medical researcher on active duty in the US Army, and 10 years in the Ohio Army National Guard as a hospital commander and assistant state surgeon. He currently works as a Emergency Room Physician and Medical Consultant in southern Illinois. Art has written several short stories and articles on Doc Savage that have been published in magazines and books. His lovely wife Kathy is his muse and his editor.


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The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) will seek a meeting with Local Government Minister Jeanette Powell, to discuss tough new laws that would allow mayors to suspend unruly or disrespectful councillors.
The State Government says council meetings are too important to be marred by bad behaviour and under the proposed legislation mayors will be able to eject any offending councillor after two warnings.
However, MAV president Bill McArthur is concerned the proposed powers would affect the perceived impartiality of mayors, while putting some in an awkward position if they try to discipline their troublesome colleagues.
"The consequences of a mayoral decision to exclude a councillor from meeting participation is not yet known, so our preference would be for guidance to assist mayors in managing inappropriate conduct during council meetings, not for legislative change," he said.
He says the association supports the intent of the laws in principle but it is feared they could put mayors in a difficult position.
"Mayors are elected among their peers, so again there may be some difficulty for mayors addressing this issue where they're relying on that same councillor they may suspend for a vote to retain the position of mayor," he said.


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New OptiMyst electric fireplace from Dimplex wins celebrated Vesta award for Best-in-Show at the 2010 HPBExpo
March 18, 2010
Cambridge, Ontario (March 18, 2010) — Glen Dimplex Americas amazed both show-goers and the Vesta award judges at the Hearth, Patio and Barbeque Expo in Orlando with its ultra-realistic OptiMyst electric fireplace. The OptiMyst was presented the Vesta award in the hotly contested category of Electric fireplaces, stoves and logs, and also received the prestigious award for Best-in-Show – Hearth Products. The fireplace raises the realism of electric fireplaces to a new level by using advanced technology that is completely new to the fireplace category. The OptiMyst is the first electric fireplace that combines the appearance of fire and smoke, and displays a true 3-dimensional flame. The life-like glowing logs and shimmering ember bed further enhance this extraordinary realism.
"The OptiMyst doesn't just raise the bar in the electric fireplace category; it changes the game. When people see the OptiMyst for the first time, they just can't believe that its fire is not real. It's that convincing," said Martyn Champ, President of Glen Dimplex Americas, responding to the announcement of the wins. "These are our sixth and seventh Vesta awards and we are just delighted to receive them. We have worked diligently to bring the OptiMyst to market and believe it is the benchmark by which all new electric fireplaces will be judged."
The OptiMyst produces the illusion of flames and smoke by creating a very fine water mist using ultrasonic technology, and illuminating that mist from below. As the mist rises through the log set, the wispy vapors take on the appearance of real flame and smoke. The result is a perfectly convincing illusion. And, because the flame is really just cool water vapor, it is completely harmless and free of emissions. Users can control the amount of flame and smoke intensity to suit the ambiance of the moment. The OptiMyst comes equipped with a heater that can take the chill off a room or turned off to allow the OptiMyst to be enjoyed even in warm weather.
The OptiMyst is easy to enjoy; it plugs into any standard household power outlet, and the easy-fill water tank lasts for 14 to 17 hours of continuous operation before refilling is necessary. The unit also uses a built-in water recovery system in the form of a desiccant-based humidifier that pulls moisture out of the air and collects it in the reservoir for use in creating the flame effect. At forty percent relative humidity, the water recovery system produces enough water in twenty hours to generate the flame for four hours. Operating costs are estimated to be two cents per hour with the flame and smoke operating or seven cents per hour with the heater running and the thermostat cycling at fifty percent.
People are captivated by the flicker and glow of a fireplace. Unfortunately, traditional fireplaces have been very expensive and complicated to install. That began to change in 1995 when Glen Dimplex Americas introduced the first modern electric fireplace with a realistic looking flame effect. Because electric fireplaces require no complicated installation, piping or venting, they can be installed anywhere, making them ideal for use wherever a dramatic focal point is desired. Users also appreciate the ease of use, and clean, safe operation and efficiency that these fireplaces provide. Because of these attributes, the growth in electric models has far outpaced other types of fireplaces over the last decade. Martyn Champ adds, "The OptiMyst technology, with its incredible realism, may be the catalyst that converts the few remaining skeptics into true believers in the bright future for electric fireplaces."
About Dimplex:
Glen Dimplex Americas, headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario is North America's leading manufacturer/marketer of electric fireplaces and is a division of the Glen Dimplex Group of Ireland. The Glen Dimplex Group is the world's leading manufacturer of electric heating products, having demonstrated outstanding innovation, quality and customer service for more than 35 years.