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VIVE GUERRERO! A Tribute to EDDIE GUERRERO DVD
Disc in excellent condition - Has a few marks
Once in a lifetime a performer comes along who touches the hearts of MILLIONS worldwide. Eddie Guerrero was one of thos performers. Decimating the "glass ceiling" which had held back dozens of other talented Hispanic and light heavyweight wrestlers - Eddie became one of the most beloved wrestling champions of all time before his unexpected death in 2005. On one special night, the biggest names in Mexican wrestling joined with Eddie's legendary family to pay tribute to a true superstar who was taken before his time.
Hijo del Santo vs. Blue Demon Jr.
"Los Guerreros" (Chavo, Mando & Hector) vs. Villiam IV, Rey Misterio & Haku
L.A. Park vs. Super Parka
Super Porky vs. Black Warrior
Mascarita Sagrada vs. Piratia Morgan (Minis)
Bonus Features
Eddie Guerrero vs. Super Crazy
Plus more bonus matches featuring
Rey Misterio Jr.
Juventud Guerrera
Black Tiger
Art "Tiger" Flores
Mr. Aguila
Damien 666
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"I participated in Influencer Activation on behalf of Millennial Central for Cricket Wireless. I received a promotional item to thank me for participating."
I'm nearly 25 years old and have never really been to a traditional concert; you know, purchasing tickets online, traveling however long to the venue, sitting in cushioned stadium seats or, depending on who you see or how much you spend, standing in the pit area near the stage.
Possibly even staying a few days if it's a several day, multiple artist affair.
Of course there was this year's 2014 Wing Ding which IS technically speaking a concert event. The bands were really fun to listen to and converse with but I've been dying to see people like Florence and the Machine, Motion City Soundtrack, and Arctic Monkeys in concert for years now.
Especially Florence and the Machine. She's my girl!
Each person has their own tastes when it comes to musical artists, genres, and favorite songs but regardless, what it all comes down to is one thing: music is universally loved, respected, and acknowledged.
Thanks to Cricket Wireless, they're connecting their customers with that universal love of music by partnering with Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias to help fans create, experience, and share something to smile about during their Fall 2014 Tour!
Most sponsors of an event like this do just that; sponsor it. Cricket Wireless wants to take it to a different level for their customers by not only just sponsoring the event but by totally enhancing the fan experience with some seriously awesome and innovative activations!
The Cricket Stage, a 10x20 stage erected at select tour stops, is where fans can actually hop on stage and give their best "headliner" pose! You can share your 360 images via your social media channels thanks to the special "share kiosks" around the stage AND photos will be entered into a sweepstakes where a winner and 3 special guests will get a trip to the Miami Latin Grammy Street Party!
If that wasn't a pretty unique experience already, participants of the Stage activation will also be lucky enough to receive Cricket ear buds.
Selfie Stations encourage fans and concert goers to snap a quick selfie of yourself or you and friends while having fun at the concert! These pictures can also be shared via your social media channels.
Ask Enrique-have the chance to win a trip to the Atlanta tour stop to meet Enrique himself and ask him whatever you want!
Located at high-traffic spots within the activation venues, the Hologram Standee Billboards of Enrique and Pitbull will create some completely lifelike images of the musicians that make any concert goers time that much more memorable!
This is exactly the kind of concert that I was talking about above! One that I would love to be able to participate in, especially with all those unique extras that have been thought up.
Thanks to Cricket, music lovers everywhere are going to be having the time of their lives! If you're a fan of Enrique and Pitbull, check out the tour stops. One might even be near you...
If so, take a concert selfie and share ;)


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WILSONVILLE, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 14, 2011 — Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), a leader in high-performance system verification solutions, today announced a Multimedia platform to accelerate the verification of 3D TV-based products. This platform enables designers to develop and test their software against multiple 3D TV formats on their systems-on-chip (SoC) before silicon is available. The solution includes a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) and employs 3D TV analysis tools early in the development cycle—delivering verification at thousands of times faster than software simulation. The platform consists of the Veloce® family of emulators and the iSolveTM Multimedia product for HTDV and HDMI 3D applications, which provides a cost-effective and efficient solution, delivering a dynamic and accurate verification environment.
3D TV equipment is now widely available from several manufacturers, and 3D content is increasingly important for cinema and home applications. Additionally, over the next few years, the expectation is that 3D equipment will also expand from TV into mobile markets, where smartphones, hand-held game consoles, tablet PCs, notebook PCs and portable media players will become another big factor to drive 3D technology.
With the world's largest processor vendors, consumer electronics, and PC OEMs supporting these standards, it is critical that there are solutions available to accurately and quickly verify their 3D-based SoC designs.
3D TV Multimedia Verification Platform
The Mentor® 3D TV Multimedia Verification platform is used as an essential part of the strategy for verifying 3D TV chips, where full software applications can be validated against a SoC prior to silicon being available, while analyzing several different 3D formats. Additionally, the platform provides direct visualizations of the 3D pictures and frames, rather than the limited signal-level displays of traditional simulation tools. This delivers a more effective and productive debug environment to develop new and leading-edge 3D TV products, without compromising delivery schedules.
"Mentor has led the way for many years in the accelerated verification of Digital TV designs, now including the first 3D TV emulation solution with our iSolve Multimedia product, which is successfully deployed at world-leading consumer electronics companies," said Eric Selosse, vice president and general manager, Mentor Emulation Division. "With the addition of 3D, Mentor strengthens its position as the premier vendor for hardware emulation solutions for Digital TV applications."
The Mentor 3D TV platform supports the latest HDMI and other digital TV standards, and includes state-of-the-art debug and analysis tools for video and audio content, automatic generators for data streaming, and remote access client software to support users in worldwide organizations.
The platform can be used with a traditional In-Circuit Emulation as well as a high-performance Transaction-Based Acceleration mode of operation. The ability to mix and match traditional ICE capabilities with high-performance Transaction-Based Acceleration facilitates the smooth transition from simulation centric use models to In-Circuit Emulation.
Product Availability
The solution is available for deployment at customer sites, effective immediately. For product information on Mentor's multimedia verification platform, contact your Mentor Graphics sales representative, call 800-547-3000, or visit the website at www.mentor.com/med.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $915 million. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor and Veloce are registered trademarks and iSolve is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.)
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Central bank head Stephen Poloz said that the second quarter would see positive results after the economy suffered from the shock of low oil prices. The bank expects an annual growth rate of 1.8 percent in the second quarter and 2.8 percent for the third quarter.
Poloz is going to have a hard time convincing investors and laid-off workers that the economy will fare better in the long run after the oil price slump. The oil dip spilled over into many other areas of the Canadian economy, such as construction, housing, engineering and the stock market. Consumer confidence has lowered, and employers have not hired at such a low rate since 2009.
Canada Sees Slight Improvements
Poloz expects that the economic damage from falling oil prices should be behind Canada in the second half of the year. He alleviated concerns by stating that the price drop would not be a usual occurrence, while stressing that the economy adjusted accordingly. He also dismissed the idea of further interest rate cuts to support the economy. The Bank of Canada cut rates by 25 basis points in January, with no sign of future cuts.
Forecasters lowered the bar for certain sectors, but GDP, retail and employment rates surpassed expectations, and inflation outpaced the central bank's projected target of 2.0 percent. The export market continues to prop up the economy as exporters benefit from stronger U.S. growth and a weaker Canadian dollar.
The Need for Canada to Diversify
Even though Canada's energy sector has taken a massive hit from lowered oil prices, Alberta will become a leader in energy technology. However, the damage has already been done. Companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and Petrobras shelved energy projects in western Canada, and the industry lost billions of dollars from declining oil prices. Alberta bears the brunt of the oil dip, with housing debt averaging CAD$124,838 in comparison to CAD$76,150 for the rest of the country. Alberta's heavy crude trades at a discount compared to WTI crude, placing Canada at a further disadvantage.
The discount is mostly attributed to insufficient pipeline capacity, and the country faced numerous stalls in pipeline projects, most notably the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States. When oil prices are high, however, tar sands production performs better than U.S. shale drilling, but the energy sector as a whole will remain unstable as oil prices fluctuate. Overall, the energy industry in Canada expects to lose 37 percent of revenue for 2015. Canadian officials must diversify the economy while minimizing the crucial role that the energy industry plays in the economy.


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Sixty-eight professional mixed martial arts fights, no matter against who or where, is not too shabby.
The fact that Rich Clementi (45-22-1) has done it all across the country and around the world for the biggest promotions just has to be icing on the cake. But this week, after 13 years in the sport, Clementi decided to hang up the gloves.
Just three days after a loss in Bellator's lightweight tournament semifinals, Clementi announced his retirement on his Facebook page.
Clementi on Wednesday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that retirement wasn't something he was planning on, but a pair of knee injuries forced the issue.
"(I wasn't thinking retirement) at all," Clementi said. "I would never quit this sport on a loss. It goes against everything I believe in. I actually wanted to come back after my surgery for one more fight till I found out my ACL has been damaged on my other leg, as well. I just feel the shape my body's in, I would be doing myself an injustice as an athlete and a competitor to continue."
But as he calls it a career following his Friday loss to Marcin Held in the semifinals of Bellator's Season 7 lightweight tournament, Clementi said he's content as he looks back.
"At this point, I have no goals to meet – no more to accomplish," he said. "I'm OK with that. I am happy and proud of what I have done."
On his Facebook page, Clementi said he'll now focus his MMA attention on continuing to help prepare other fighters.
"Well, I guess this day had to come some time," Clementi stated. "Just wish it could have been on my terms but then again we all know that wouldn't have happened because I would have always wanted just one more time under those lights. I am so grateful for the things this sport has taught me. The friends, experiences and most of all learning who I am. I am so lucky I have a platform to share these experiences and help others try to reach [their] dreams. I want to thank everyone that has helped me in this experience. Now it's time to turn the page. That's life and now the same drive will be passed off towards my guys and now I will be able to give more of me to them. I am very excited to see what the future has in store for me. I will update my condition when my MRI comes back. Surgery a must just not sure about some of the other issues. Doc said my body has been around the block a few times. I can only smile."
The way Clementi's career started, one could be forgiven for wondering if he might not pan out to much. He started 0-2, then 3-5 and 4-6. Pedestrian numbers, to say the least. But in those four wins, all came by way of his hands.
And then he went on a nine-fight run, all stoppages, over a two-year period in 2001-02 to get the call from the Big Show.
"No Love" made his UFC debut at UFC 41, but late in the third round against Yves Edwards, he was forced to tap to a rear-naked choke.
Outside the promotion again, he went 13-3-1 – including another nine-fight streak – before getting another call from the UFC, this time to compete on Season 4 of "The Ultimate Fighter," which became known as "The Comeback Season" for its use of fighters who had been in the UFC previously, but failed to stick around.
Although he was bounced by Shonie Carter during the season in the TUF house, he got a shot on the TUF 4 Finale against Din Thomas – but he lost by second-round rear-naked choke. But he got another shot at UFC Fight Night 8 and submitted Ross Pointon at welterweight, moving up from lightweight. But at UFC Fight Night 9, Clementi dropped a unanimous decision to Roan Carneiro.
Out and back again would be the hallmark of Clementi's next several fights. A win away from the UFC got him a shot at Anthony Johnson at UFC 76, and he won by rear-naked choke to hand "Rumble" the first loss of his career. Another win away, this time back at lightweight, got him another rUFC shot – and a rear-naked choke win over Melvin Guillard.
He then strung together back-to-back decision wins over Sam Stout and Terry Etim to run his UFC win streak to four. But consecutive losses to Gray Maynard and Gleison Tibau had him again seeking wins outside the world's biggest promotion.
Clementi bounced around with major promotions as well as regional events, including Bellator, Titan FC, DREAM and Score Fighting Series before getting a shot at Bellator's Season 7 lightweight tournament in October.
In the opening-round, he handed Russian Alexander Sarnavskiy the first loss of his career after a 20-0 start. But this past Friday, he was submitted by leg lock specialist Marcin Held in the semifinals in what now will be the final fight of his career.
Of Clementi's 45 career wins, 27 (60 percent) came by submission, and a staggering 80 percent were finishes. Among other major promotions, he finished with a 5-5 record in the UFC, including the impressive wins over future title contenders Guillard and Johnson.
Before his fight with Held, Clementi told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) that he was proud of the fact he never had any walk-through fights in his career.
"If you look at my record, I've never been brought up and just handed guys," he said. "I'm a guy that loves to fight and the tougher the challenge, the more excited I get about it. … I'm a hard-nosed type cat, and nothing's going to stop me from trying to reach my goal, no matter what it is."
Sixty-eight fights in 13 years? Hard-nosed, indeed.
For more on Bellator 81, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.


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Woo Hoo! 3rd and final EPIC training trip for a private NZ Mountaineering Trip next week and a huge one off my bucket list - I've now completed all the Kanangra Canyons flowing into Kanangra Creek - mind you, I haven't done Kanangra Main via the Slot - does that count? Now I've just got to do all the Canyons flowing into the Kowmung.
This is a great canyon to do if all you want is easy day out in a beautiful part of the world or you've been climbing at the Awesome Sahara Point and want to chill at the end of your day of climbing.
Of course it takes just as long to drive there as it does to do the canyon, so maybe do Pleasant View or Zorro as well. Or just go climbing at what IMHO is probably the best cliffline in the Wolgan - Sahara Point.
Woo Hoo! It's only taken four years on my fourth trip down Whungee Wheengee to finally write up a trip report of one of my favourite canyons and a great one to do in preparation for our forthcoming Mountaineering Trip.
As it is now a well established fact that I get misplaced on trips that I've done before (must be the Alzheimer's setting in) - it was up to Mike to do the navigation!
Kanangra Main is my photography nemesis. When I last did Kanangra Main way back in 2008 with Greg and Paul I somehow managed to format my SD drive after a few too many Coopers around the camp fire and lost all my shots and so was keen to do it again. As Anton, Bec, Mike and I are due to do a Mountaineering Course in mid-January, this seemed like a good way to do some hill climbing in preparation.
We decided to head up on Boxing Day arvo, so everything was a rush - I couldn't find my Kanangra map so had to print one out, didn't manage to get food prepared so a roast chicken from Coles was the best I could manage ...
Finally we departed at around 5:00pm and as we expected the Pizza place in Hartley to be closed, Mike and Bec bought some hideous potato scallops from the the Mt York servo - and what do you know? The Pizza place was open after all. So we had Pizza - how could you not?
Epic! That's what the boys reckon. I thought it was awesome. It has everything you could ask for and more! A demanding and remote adventure with absolutely stunning waterfalls and abseils, pristine creek walking, an optional side trip to Danae Brook, the best walk out ever and a great open fire cook up with a few glasses of plonk on the banks of Kanangra Creek. But seriously very hard - Kanangra Main is a Picnic in comparison.


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Brett Foraker
Brett Foraker began his career as a painter and photographer before turning to filmmaking. His early years were spent developing the lauded brand identities of channels such as TCM, Film4 and E4.
In 2004 he was appointed the youngest-ever Creative Director of Channel 4 (UK) where he directed the multi-award winning C4 Idents and Faces of 4 campaigns.
Since then, he has been making adverts through Ridley Scott Associates where he has directed award-winning campaigns for Toyota, Sony, British Heart Foundation, and Syfy to name but a few. Among his many accolades are awards from Cannes Lion, Creative Circle, BTAA and the coveted Black Pencil from D&AD.
He was the guiding force behind the 4Creative, and has been on Campaign's A-List several times. His work has appeared frequently in Creative Review, Boards, Shots and was featured in Saatchi's Young Director's Showcase in Cannes.
Drifter Pictures, a book of his photography, was published in late 2012.
He currently splits his time between London and Los Angeles where he is developing several feature film projects.


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(Pocket-lint) - Fujifilm wasn't all about the sequel to its X100 at CES. The camera manufacturer also rolled out a big selection of bridge cameras: the S8200, S8300, S8400 and S8500.
All four are identical,except for the length of their attached zooms, starting at 40x for the S8200 and going up to 46x for the S8500.
We managed to track down only the S8200 at CES but - bar the zoom - consider this hands-on to apply to the whole range.
From the off, all the cameras have a nice weight. Build quality doesn't particularly indicate that they are more towards the budget end of Fuji's range. Styling however - especially when you have seen the good looks of the likes of the X100S - doesn't quite compare. We aren't saying this is a bad-looking camera, just that it is the ugly relation in a particularly beautiful family.
The S8200 is laid out like any other bridge-based super zoom. You get a scroll wheel and shutter button on the right as well as an on/off switch and a lever to zoom in and out. Start-up time is around 1 second.
That 40x 24-960mm equivalent lens provides more than enough range, with the more expensive models not adding a huge lot more. Action on the lens was smooth and helped contribute to an already good build quality.
We can't say too much about image quality yet because we haven't spent enough time with the camera. Of the frames we shot, that 16-million pixels BSI-CMOS sensor didn't seem to be performing too badly. The 3-inch 460k LCD display on the back is good however, even in the bright lights of CES.
We also had a play with the camera's 1080i/60fps movie function, which while not rivalling the likes of a more expensive DSLR, is clearly a bit of a bonus feature on a camera that is likely to sit less up high on the Fuji price list.
The Fuji also throws in some good shooting features, such as filters, HDR and motion panorama. They are nice to see on a camera like the S8200 and add to the value for money.
The camera is going to ship in black, white and red. We only had a chance to see the black model, which is understated enough. Expect 300 shots from 4 x AA batteries - a bit less than we would hope from any digital camera.
This really is a matter of price here. For $299 you are getting plenty of camera to play with and for good money. Wait until march for the Fuji to launch.


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How to achieve a Neon-Light effect?
In an attempt at a screensaver I am making, I am a fan of neo-like graphics, which, of course, look great against a black background. As I understand it, neon, graphically speaking, is essentially a gradient of a color, brightest in the center, and gets darker proceeding outward. Although, more accurate is similar, but separating it into tubes and glow. The tubes are mostly white, while the glow is where most of the color is seen. Well... the tubes could also be a light variant of the color, you could say. The glow is darker.
Anyhow, my question is, how could you generate such things given an initial pattern of pixels that would be the tubes? For example, let's say I want to make a neon 'H'. I, via the libraries, can attain the rectangles of pixels which represent it, but I want to make it look neonized. How could I algorithmically achieve such an effect given a base tube shape and base color?
EDIT: ok, I mistated that. Got a bit distracted. My purpose for this was similar to a neon effect, but not. Sorry about that. What I am looking for is something like this:
Start with a pattern of pixels:
How to I find the U pixels?
Sorry if that looks bad.


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Abstract: MapReduce framework is widely used to parallelize batch jobs since it exploits a high degree of multi-tasking to process them. However, it has been observed that when the number of servers increases, the map phase can take much longer than expected. This paper analytically shows that the stochastic behavior of the servers has a negative effect on the completion time of a MapReduce job, and continuously increasing the number of servers without accurate scheduling can degrade the overall performance. We analytically model the map phase in terms of hardware, system, and application parameters to capture the effects of stragglers on the performance. Mean sojourn time (MST), the time needed to sync the completed tasks at a reducer, is introduced as a performance metric and mathematically formulated. Following that, we stochastically investigate the optimal task scheduling which leads to an equilibrium property in a datacenter with different types of servers. Our experimental results show the performance of the different types of schedulers targeting MapReduce applications. We also show that, in the case of mixed deterministic and stochastic schedulers, there is an optimal scheduler that can always achieve the lowest MST.
Authors: Farshid Farhat and Diman Zad Tootaghaj from Penn State, Yuxiong He from MSR (Microsoft Research)
. The work was done during my visit from MSR in Summer 2015.
Stochastic modeling and optimization of stragglers in mapreduce framework
@phdthesis{farhat2015stochastic, title={Stochastic modeling and optimization of stragglers in mapreduce framework}, author={Farhat, Farshid}, year={2015}, school={The Pennsylvania State University} }
Stochastic modeling and optimization of stragglers
@article{farhat2016stochastic, title={Stochastic modeling and optimization of stragglers}, author={Farhat, Farshid and Tootaghaj, Diman and He, Yuxiong and Sivasubramaniam, Anand and Kandemir, Mahmut and Das, Chita}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing}, year={2016}, publisher={IEEE} }


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Oosthuizen up to fourth in world rankings
Louis Oosthuizen clinched the Volvo Golf Champions and this will see him climb the world rankings.
DURBAN - World number six Louis Oosthuizen fired a six-under-par 66 to overhaul third-round leader Scott Jamieson and clinch the Volvo Golf Champions by one shot on Sunday, a victory that will move him to fourth in the rankings.
Jamieson had held a five-stroke advantage after 54 holes but seven birdies from the 2010 British Open champion Oosthuizen gave him a sixth European Tour win on 16-under 272 ahead of Briton Jamieson (72), who nearly holed a chip at the 18th to force a playoff.
Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee (68) sealed third place a shot further back while triple major winner Padraig Harrington (68) finished fourth on 12-under.
Oosthuizen, who yesterday surrendered the lead as he struggled to a 74, birdied two of the first three holes to put the pressure on Jamieson.
Further birdies at the sixth and eighth holes rounded off an outward nine of 32 and he had reduced the deficit to one by the turn.
Birdies at the 10th and 11th holes propelled him into the lead, and despite bogeying the par-four 16th after finding the greenside bunker, Oosthuizen's two-putt pars at the 17th and 18th holes were enough to clinch victory.
"I played the complete opposite of what I did yesterday," the 30-year-old, who will move to a career-high fourth place in the rankings released on Monday, told reporters.
"Yesterday I felt really uncomfortable - my swing felt long and unstable. This morning I worked on a few things on the range and put my head down. I knew if I could just put a score up there, or just get close to Scott, that I had a good chance."
Oosthuizen, who has now recorded a win in the last three seasons in his native South Africa, said his ambition was to climb even higher in the rankings although world number one Rory McIlroy was a little far off.
"Top spot is a tough one. I think Rory (McIlroy) is far ahead, so if I can somehow get myself to number two then I can work on trying to get to number one," he said.
Scot Jamieson, who won his maiden European Tour title at the inaugural Nelson Mandela Championship in Durban five weeks ago, nearly forced a playoff when his eagle chip at the short par-four 18th finished inches from the cup.
"I almost had a grand-stand finish at the end there," the world number 100 told Reuters after a frustrating day where he managed just three birdies, a double-bogey on the front nine proving costly.
"I just couldn't make any birdies after doubling the fifth. That was just a bit of a kick in the teeth. I had a ton of chances and just couldn't take them."
Following his playoff triumph in December at the rain-shortened 36-hole event, Jamieson said he found it more difficult this time around with a significant advantage going into the final round.
"It's a completely different mindset, but you try and make it as similar as possible. But it's a lot easier to get yourself up for it when you're trying to chase somebody," said the 29-year-old.
"If you have a healthy advantage it's difficult to raise yourself to think that you need to make birdie - because you don't necessarily do," added the European Tour Race to Dubai money leader before paying tribute to Oosthuizen.
"Louis is a great player, and a major champion, so there's no shame in losing to him. I gave it my all - it just wasn't to be today."
Four-times major winner Ernie Els finished with a two-under 70 to end on seven-under 281, a shot ahead of fellow South African and twice U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen (70) who was making his comeback after a five-month injury layoff.


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Debt Limit Taking Center Stage in Impasse
Senate Democrats Plan Vote on Extension That Is Likely to Face House Resistance
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats this week are planning a vote to extend the nation's borrowing authority through 2014, the latest sign that the focus of the budget impasse is shifting toward preventing a U.S. debt default.
Democrats are still debating their opening bid, but the most likely scenario is to advance a debt-limit bill free of extraneous policy amendments, as President Barack Obama has demanded. The bill would put the need for the next debt-limit increase after next year's midterm elections.
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It seems junk bonds are still fallible after all. After breaking the 5% yield barrier for the first time ever last week, the high-yield market has faltered in recent days, with the average yield climbing back to 5.162% and the average price dropping to 106.75 cents on the dollar, per a Bank of America Merrill Lynch index. The average high-yield bond spread also rose to 435 basis points.
Adrian Miller, director of fixed-income strategy at GMP Securities, writes today that the two big junk-bond exchange-traded funds, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) and the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), both saw large declines in shares outstanding yesterday, with the number of HYG shares dropping by 1.2% to 168.5 million shares, the largest one-day drop since November and the first day of a net decline since April 3rd. JNK saw a 0.8% drop to 278.8 million shares, the largest single-day decline in a month.
Here's more from Miller on the market hiccups:
The relative magnitude of the drop in shares would suggest a technical rebalancing by one or more large investors and not necessarily the start of a trend. However, with high yield being very much overbought at current levels, trends among HY ETFs, which have booked three consecutive days of losses compared to two days in cash, should be monitored. And should the market's confidence in HY begin to wane, we are not expecting a dramatic decline or push out in spreads but a controlled roll up in credit quality.
While the persistent flood of liquidity over the past 12 months resulting from a number of unconventional monetary accommodation policies from several central banks has driven investors to search for yield the likes of which has rarely been seen, if ever, absent a notable shift in the level of accommodation from the Fed and others or an unexpected exogenous shock, any cooling toward risk asset prices, both in credit and equities is likely to be gradual and not expected to last long. Indeed, with the gap between "near term" fundamentals and asset prices seemingly growing, once we get a recalibration between the two, the move up should resume.