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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Gold prices plummeted Friday after investors fled from the yellow metal on a better-than-expected jobs report.
Gold for December delivery dropped $40.30, one of its largest drops in 2012, to close at $1,675.20 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price traded as high as $1,717.20 and as low as $1,676.40 an ounce, while the spot price was sinking $38.30, according to Kitco's gold index.
"Unexpected good jobs figures, fears for less stimulus spending coming quickly moved investors to take money off the table," George Gero, precious metals strategist at RBC Wealth Management, wrote in a Friday afternoon note. "Next week we could see margin selling and some more weakness until we see stabilization."
Nonfarm payrolls in October rose 171,000 as the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher to 7.9% from the prior month's 7.8%. The unemployment rate was in line with expectations, according to Briefing.com, but above the forecast for 125,000 new jobs.The positive jobs number saw the dollar index leap, and the euro weaken. Silver prices for December delivery sank $1.39 to settle at $30.86 an ounce, while the U.S. dollar index was jumping 0.56% to $80.49. Eurozone finance ministers continued to weigh the fate of Greece's austerity measures, as two members of Athens' Socialist party quit on Thursday. The move suggested more dissent on austerity among the ruling parties. Spain continued another week without a requesting a formal bailout from the European Central Bank. The inaction in Europe will hang over meetings in Mexico City on Sunday when the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors convene to discuss the future of the eurozone. Jon Nadler, senior analyst for Kitco Metals, noted that low physical demand in consumer markets also continued to push prices down. "We will hardly hear from anyone about waning jewelry demand in key consuming markets and about U.S. gold dealers reporting 40% to 50% slower business compared to last year before the peak," Nadler wrote in a note. With the greenback soaring, U.S. economic indicators improving, lack of stimulus action in Europe and a dip in physical demand in place like India, it's difficult for gold investors to get an immediate sense of what the new trading range may be, especially as gold has crashed through a previous psychological bottom of $1,700 an ounce.
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Some people don't know when to quit when they're ahead. Brett Favre is such a person.
The first 17 times he retired, you felt sorry for him. He seemed to be a guy struggling with his athletic mortality and a love of the game that has always been self-evident. He should have left as a Packer, but you couldn't blame him for wanting to show them up.
You could even excuse him for the long summer of his discontent a year ago before he finally showed up and nearly turned the Vikings into a Super Bowl team. Sure, he threw the fatal pick against the Saints, but he was so beaten up by then and had so clearly lifted the Vikings to a place they never would have gotten to without him that you shook your head and smiled the way you do about your crazy cousin who is so brave and so remarkable yet always seems to get his neck in a noose.
But with each passing day, it is now clear that Favre should have followed his instincts this summer and stayed down on the farm. Even after his teammates took a day off from training camp and flew via private jet to beg him to come back, he should have known better.
He knew his ankle was a mess and his elbow was throbbing even when he was only throwing to starry-eyed high school kids in Hattiesburg. He knew he'd played out the string, but hubris is a lethal thing, and "no'' can be the hardest word a man can utter when all around him are people begging him to do that which he knows in his heart he no longer can do.
Not only is Favre struggling with his elbow and his accuracy this time, but now he's embroiled in an ugly sex scandal made up of sleazy and, as yet, unproven allegations involving a former Jets sideline "reporter,'' a couple of massage therapists and a cell phone camera.
It is a sad end for a 41-year-old man who always has been looked upon like Huck Finn, treated like Tom Sawyer and asked to do nothing more but throw footballs around better than hardly anyone ever has.
The fatal trap Favre has become at this stage of his career is that a team like the Vikings cannot win without him but in the end won't win with him. His presence allows them to ignore other weaknesses because he can still cover up many faults, as he did against the Jets when he lofted three second-half touchdown passes to turn a beating into a dramatic confrontation. But in the end he becomes a guy who will try to be the mythic gunslinger one time too many, and instead of slinging the gun, will shoot himself in the foot and his team out of the game.
And so you wonder, in the end, if Favre knew all along that he'd ridden his arm and his celebrity as far as it could safely take him and it was time to stop. You wonder if that's why he sat home for so long before finally succumbing to a plane-load of teammates who had no idea what they were getting this time.
What they were getting was Joe Namath in a Rams jersey and Johnny Unitas in a Chargers uniform. They were getting an empty suit, playing out the string in the saddest of places — in the glare of lights that no longer shine on him for the reasons they once did.
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(Cross posted from comment 101 at Crooked Timber diary, Comment 101, Towards An Economics of Unhappiness)
http://crookedtimber.org/2011/04/12/towards-an-economics-of-unhappiness/#comment-355116s of Unhappiness)
(Wealth of Nations quote courtesy of Brad DeLong) http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/04/what-is-human-nature-two-views-from-adam-smith.html
What Is Human Nature? Two Views from Adam Smith:
But in Book III things change. Humans are no longer naturally sociable beings with a propensity to trade seeking material comfort. Instead, they are creatures of "rapine and violence," desperate for "power and protection," vain and seeking luxury, unwilling to take pains to pay attention to small savings and small gains, loving to domineer, mortified at even the thought of having to persuade his inferiors. (hmmmm. Sound like anyone we know who has a bad hair day every day?)
This is a different "Adam Smith problem" than is usually posed. And, I think, it is in many ways more interesting than the standard Adam Smith problem from Book III of the Wealth of Nations:
According to the natural course of things... capital of every growing society is, first, directed to agriculture, afterwards to manufactures, and last of all to foreign commerce.... But though this natural order of things must have taken place... it has, in all the modern states of Europe, been, in many respects, entirely inverted. The foreign commerce of some of their cities has introduced all their finer manufactures, or such as were fit for distant sale; and manufactures and foreign commerce together have given birth to the principal improvements of agriculture. The manners and customs which the nature of their original government introduced, and which remained after that government was greatly altered, necessarily forced them into this unnatural and retrograde order....
It seldom happens... that a great proprietor is a great improver. In the disorderly times which gave birth to those barbarous institutions... [h]e had no leisure to attend to the cultivation and improvement of land. When the establishment of law and order afforded him this leisure, he often wanted the inclination, and almost always the requisite abilities.... To improve land with profit, like all other commercial projects, requires an exact attention to small savings and small gains, of which a man born to a great fortune, even though naturally frugal, is very seldom capable.... The elegance of his dress, of his equipage, of his house, and household furniture, are objects which from his infancy he has been accustomed to have some anxiety about ....
The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him so much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors. Wherever the law allows it, and the nature of the work can afford it, therefore, he will generally prefer the service of slaves to that of freemen.
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Pagan earned all-star team honors in her final two seasons at the Christian Military Academy in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. She also competed in the 2009 junior Olympics in Miami. In the club volleyball circuit, Pagan has played for the T. Borinquen Coqui, earning titles in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
Roman was a four-year letter winner at the Saint Francis School in Carolina, Puerto Rico. She was named the Pumas' best offensive player as a sophomore and junior, while also earning all-tournament honors in the Saint Francis Tournament during her senior season.
Outside of Saint Francis, she helped Team Volleyball Rags U-20 squad secure a Puerto Rico junior National Championship in 2011. They have also won three division titles since last season.
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The Texas Longhorns are a team very much capable of winning two consecutive games at home, but if they're going to do that, their defense and hitting has to improve. Tonight, in Game 1 of their NCAA Baseball Tournament Super Regional against the Arizona State Sun Devils, star staring pitcher Taylor Jungmann gave his team enough to get a win, but his team let him down, and as a result, Arizona State has a 1-0 lead in the series after winning Game 1 by a score of 3-1.
Brady Rodgers put in a similarly great performance to Jungmann tonight, and relief pitcher Mitchell Lambson had a fantastic performance. The Texas lineup is solid top to bottom, but they failed to show it tonight, and they'll have to step it up over the next two days.
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Well I have been to a lot of other fan sites about Star Trek. This forum for Star Trek is in the minority when it comes to positive thoughts on the new movie. On a few Fan based forums, they warn people about coming to this forum saying its a "company" forum. What are your thoughts on this? What I find amazing are how many people are livid in their hatrid of the new Star Trek movie. Yet I see no mention of that here in this forum.
I read in another thread (Here in these forums) that there were no star trek fans in a full theatre of 20-29 year olds. So I guess Paramount has gotten what it wants, Fans who don't give a flip about 43 years of Star Trek History.
I find it amazing that several dozen authors over the years have had to work with Canon and have come up with amazing, origional and imaginative stories (Pardon my spelling errors) Why couldn't paramount had hired one of these authors to write a good script? Several still write about the normal Kirk-Spock-McCoy universe. I would say there are about 300 or more stories about the TOS with Kirk Spock etc in them. Thats a lot of good origional story material to work with.
I wonder, what if Abrams had decided to stick with canon and make this movie we saw with the TOS Enterprise? Would it had been as good as this one? (Same script, (Pine as kirk,) just the ship etc were canon) We do not know what the young audiences would had thought if abrams had made a Star Trek Movie in the style of the 1960's. A lot of people have said it would be a disaster, (Here on the forums that is) but are they sure? And how do they know it would be a disaster to had stuck with the TOS? No one hired good writers to make a movie in the TOS style so we will never know.
The books that have been written about the TOS often make the Top 25 or so on book selling charts. That shows they are popular still.
Another thing, I have not seen many people say that the TOS was old and showed its age. However, I have read many people say Star Trek is still as good as ever after 43 years. But I have not seen that in this forum.
Many people say that this studying the canon is a waste of time. I can name several college courses (With full credit mind you) that study less real subjects than Star Trek Canon.
So these are my thoughts. As a Star Trek Fan of 43 years, I feel a few on these forums don't care that we fans have watched over star trek, written novels about it, and supported it by buying the DVDs over all those years. I saw nothing in the movie that appealed to the Fans. Only stuff designed to lure in replacement fans,
And thats my Opinion.
Which forums are you refering to?
I plan to visit them.
I stopped reading right there since the rest of your post seemed like it was heading into tinfoil territory.
The reason you see an overwhelmingly positive response to the movie here ISN'T because of some grand conspiracy by paramount to control your brain, it's because the overwhelming response to the movie has been positive EVERYWHERE.
Same random craphole on the internet doesn't change that. I could link you to where the rather pathetic diehards of the Original Battlestar hang out. If you simply surf their forums you'll come away with the impression that the majority of old school fans hate the new Battlestar and that's so far out of touch with reality it borders on something you'd expect to see in the trekkie fanbase. Oh wait...we are seeing it in the trekkie fanbase. Fancy that.
The truth is those "diehards" are so freaking obnoxious (like the trekkie diehards) that they were thrown out of the majority of communities by their more rational peers. That's their final little haven, where they can gather together, and nerd-rage without persecution and ridicule (and oh were they ridiculed...I miss the glory days).
The reality is this:
Trek has grossed 87Mil in 4 days. This is win. End of line.
And finally a disclaimer. Paramount is controlling my brain and forcing me to post this. RAWR.
I can understand the viewpoint of a lot of the diehard fans. I have actually checked out a couple of discussion forums dealing with the new Trek movie and Magnum is right. There's a lot of hate. But here, on this one, we all try to get along. Regardless of the way we feel about the new movie. This forum is just more civilized than some of the others I've seen. That's why I'm a member here and nowhere else. I, personally had major misgivings about this movie once the pictures and plot points first started to appear. I am a "die hard" fan, as some like to point out. I have been a TOS fan for over 30 years. And I was not happy with the changes that Mr. Abrams had wrought upon my favorite sci-fi franchise. I'm still not happy about it, but I can live with it because of the alternate reality concept in that this movie is not a part of the original Trek universe. That universe that includes TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and all the movies still exists, continues, and has the potential to be revisited at some point if CBS and TPTB deem it appropriate. I don't like the Abramsprise, the iBridge, or the new Engineering section. But I feel that the actors did great in their roles. Especially Karl Urban's Bones. Absolutely spot on. I was extremely upset over the destruction of Vulcan, death of Amanda, and the rediculous Spock/Uhura...thing. But I can deal with it given the knowledge that this movie is not an attempt to overwrite or erase the last 43 years of established Star Trek history. I don't like it. But there's nothing I can do about it now. So I have no choice but to deal with it.
Speaking of canon history , my heart and soul was aching last night after I finished watching the three episode Enterprise arch about the bombing of the Federation embassy on Vulcan, IE "The Forge, "Awakening" and "Kir'Shara". Here we have a three episode story, 3 hours worth, basically laying some rich history about the planet Vulcan and her people and at the same time laying the initial groundwork for Earth getting out from underneath the Vulcan shadow and some precursors to the formation of the Federeation as we know it.
All of this and more, was obliterated in a matter of minutes with the destruction of Vulcan and 99% of her people in the new movie. This isn't about being a fanatic or being anal, it's about the standard and precident that was set along time ago regarding star trek canon and the line that would not be crossed. It's been mentioned before in this thread and others, that other writers have went to enormous lenghts to maintain this set precident regarding trek history and canon. I'm done rantig for now, again thanks Magnum.:cheers2:
Okay... movies are made from money borrowed from the bank. That means the clock starts running on the interest the moment the movie is "green lit." The general rule of thumb is that a movie at that budget level needs to do almost twice it's production cost to go into profitability...
(If you want an explaination of how this stuff works, look up a back issue of "Fantastic Films" from the late 70's, which had an article on "The Selling of Superman" which detailed what the financial acrobatics are like for putting together a blockbuster like this.)
There is little doubt that Star Trek will be a hit. Aside from the money being brought in domestically, there are world wide profits to contend with, DVD sales, and merchandising. I don't think it will become another Star Wars-like phenomenon, but it will be very, very successful.
I feel if Abrams had stuck to canon, used pine as Captain Kirk, the film would had hit 200 million by the 4th day of release.
I think there was a marked attempt to dis the star trek geeks. Even the media does not have articles or photos of Geeks in their Star trek gear. Yet I feel the writers attempted to appease them by including Spock and the time line explanation. They have even taken time to explain some supposed discrepancies. As a 32 year fan of Star Trek (I watched TOS on reruns with a 9" Black and White TV, read many books, and own every show/movie except the series "enterprise" I for one am happy with the reboot. One "hater" said it had to much action, and should have attempted to reach out to "Nero" pooh. Did Kirk reach out to Kahn? Did Kirk reach out to the Klingon's that killed his son? Did Kirk reach out to the Klingon's who boarded the Enterprise? My theory is that some are Next Gen fans that can't get into TOS. In my opinion I am happy for the return to the feel of TOS. As to the amount of money spent... Plot is more important. But marketing was done perfectly. No one has reached out to everyone better that Abrams.
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Basingstoke Voluntary Services to hold Christmas fayre in The Malls
2:40pm Sunday 25th November 2012 in News By Helen Morton, Senior Reporter
BASINGSTOKE Voluntary Services is holding a Christmas charity fayre in the town centre next Thursday.
More than 20 voluntary groups will be represented at the annual fayre, and they will be selling charity goods, Christmas cards and gifts and other festive goodies in The Malls throughout the day.
The event will also feature a performance by the Carnival Chorus, the choir of the Basingstoke and Deane Over-55s Forum. All stallholders will be dressing up in costumes based around the theme of musicals and The Malls is sponsoring cash prizes for the top three best dressed groups or stalls.
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Tibetan lama Tai Situ Rinpoche once described (in a talk I watched via DVD) his discovery that one very simple practice -- the repetition of the mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" -- had the power to reveal all that needed to be revealed. As a lineage-holder, he has the responsibility of carrying forward many different practices, but knows that one very simple one really is enough.
He spoke this in the context of describing how so often students believe that "being spiritually advanced" somehow equates with doing really complex practices -- and how this simply is not true. And how when he would suggest a very simple practice to someone, he could often see them interpreting such a suggestion as an insult of sorts, the assumption being that "advanced" practitioners do really complex sadhanas.
There are, he added, practices which, by design so to speak, have potentially very potent effects. Engaging with such practices does not, however, in and of itself guarantee that those results will be achieved -- particularly if one approaches them with a deluded "more is better" egoic orientation. Nor does it guarantee that what is most essential will be revealed, because what is most essential is actually very simple.
In response to this, a student later posed the question: "If one simple practice is enough, then why -- in the Tibetan tradition -- are there so many different practices?"
I loved Rinpoche's response: "Well," he said, "In France they have thousands of different kinds of cheese; in Germany, thousands of different kinds of bread; and in India, thousands of different kinds of sweets!"
In other words (paraphrasing here): why not welcome and enjoy a rich diversity of experiences, activities, explorations -- as long as these retain their rooting in, and act as pointers to our True Nature?
This exchange between Rinpoche and his student comes to mind now in the context of reflecting upon the dance between simplicity and richness, our one essential (and shared!) nature and its infinite diversity of expressions; and wondering how to allow an appreciation of new experiences, new avenues of exploration, without losing the proverbial "forest for the trees"?
I've been feeling a kind of nostalgia for my first meditation retreat: three weeks in Plum Village, Thich Nhat Hanh's monastery in south-central France, in June of 1992. Utterly new to the whole meditation thing -- drawn there simply by an intuitive "yes" in response to a friend's invitation -- and so relatively free from preconceptions, I somehow was open at a very deep level, and really profound things happened, which I embraced with a completely matter-of-fact attitude: not recognizing them, until years later, as rather classic signposts of spiritual unfolding.
I believe I've written elsewhere on this site about a couple of these, so will offer here just a brief recap:
* Being woken up in the middle of the night by an intensely-resonant gong-sound, vibrating through every cell of my body -- whose second stroke had me convinced that someone had dropped an atomic bomb nearby -- at which point I quite literally believed I was about to die, moved through intense fear and then (with the third gong-sound) to a place of complete surrender of my physical body.
* A vibrant-sweet dream-experience, in which I was facing Thich Nhat Hanh, who said to me, in his soft voice -- "Don't be afraid" -- after which I leapt into his arms (like a child jumping into their father's lap, to give him a big 'ole hug) -- and at the moment of contact we both, simultaneously, dissolved into light -- with an ecstatic, blissful feeling unlike anything I had previously experienced.
The months following the retreat were equally magical. Back in Madison, Wisconsin, I was teaching yoga, writing poetry, and had picked up a part-time job for the summer doing external house-painting. I had purchased the tapes of the Dharma talks from the retreat, and played them continuously on my walkman, as I stood on ladders, brush in hand, giving a fresh look to one house after the next.
What was most interesting, however, were the nights, which I can only describe as "going to the movies" -- entering a theater, with four separate screens, four different shows, wondering each night as I lay down: which one will it be tonight?
Theater #1 featured flying and speed-walking dreams, which had a genuinely life-like 3D quality to them (well before 3D movie technology!). Whether flying (in my astral body?) through the sky or somehow traversing many miles with each very-long step, these movies required a kind of not-too-tight, not-too-loose interactive engagement, to keep them "loaded," so to speak. There was a definite skill-set required, to use mind to "steer" the movement, which sometimes I would perform competently, and other times, not so much (resulting in various "crashes"). In any case, it was fun!
Theater #2 featured a whole cadre of fairy-like light-beings, dancing, playing & doing somersaults, or occasionally appearing in semi-grotesque (but never truly scary) forms. This was a show that frequently made me smile or even laugh out loud, right there in my sleep. It felt as though I were being afforded a glimpse into a whole other (astral?) dimension. I wondered if these playful beings weren't somehow the source of inspiration for Walt Disney, and other creators of animated cartoon-figures?
Theater #3 featured page after page of texts written in some kind of script (Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan or Islamic?) which I never clearly identified; alternating with page after page of mathematical formulas. This was by far the strangest of the "theater-screens" -- since the speed at which the pages were turned made it impossible to identify their content specifically. Even if they had been moving more slowly, the scripts would not have been comprehensible by my mind -- since I didn't know any of those languages (though perhaps I could have identified some of the mathematical formulas, since by that time I had received training in mathematics). Nevertheless, there was a deep intuitive knowing that some part of me (other than my conceptual mind) was actually understanding what was being transmitted -- as though via a computer "download."
Theater #4 was my least favorite -- and was not so much visual as it was tactile: a feeling of some kind of not-entirely-friendly energy pressing closer and closer. Frequently I would attempt, internally, to say something like "get away from me!" or even, by an act of will, sit up quickly in my bed, to pop myself out of the experience. Luckily, this was the most infrequent of the four "screens" to appear -- no more than 5% of the time, I would say.
So .... for a period of three or four months, with great regularity, my night-time dream-experiences consisted of attending one of these four different "shows." And as I said, it was so fascinating that I very much looked forward to going to bed, each night, curious to see which movie would be playing. And then, after a period of time, almost as quickly as it had begun, it stopped happening: as though that four-screened theater had simply, for unknown reasons, closed.
Now the universe is of course much more vast and intricate than we -- as seemingly-individual human bodyminds -- will ever know. And the avenues of potential exploration, infinite. How wonderful! -- that there can never and so will never be a "final official version" at the level of appearances. The kaleidoscopic transformations just keep unfolding .... so why not enjoy them fully?
And yet: there is, presumably, an "essential truth" to be experienced, to be revealed -- a truth whose full incorporation allows us then to authentically "enjoy the feast" -- to relish the myriad breads, cheeses and sweets of the phenomenal realm, without losing sight of the source of our deepest nourishment.
So it seems vitally important, regardless of our practice tradition, to identify clearly that "most important thing" -- distinguishing it from what is not essential, and becoming firmly established there. And to do our best to avoid "losing the plot," as it were -- spinning off into all variety of extraneous this-and-that, getting lost in complexity in a way that takes us further and further away from the most obvious, most simple thing -- which for eons has been waiting patiently for us, closer than we could ever have imagined.
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Don't let grumpy golfers get you down
The husband gave me that "look" and insisted there must be some mistake - he and his golf buddy were just a twosome.
His wife knew better, however; we had spoken back on the range during warm up where she told me they had the same tee time as we did.
I had asked her if she golfed and she said she loved to play, but that she wasn't very good (How often do we hear that?) and so she was letting the boys play by themselves. I'm not sure if it was really her decision or her husband's (green fees were quite pricey), but it was a shame to see her having to sit out a round in paradise. Oh well...she seemed okay and smiled a lot throughout the day.
Anyway, back to the grumpy old man...I wasn't going to let anyone ruin my day. So I was friendly and shouted "Good shot" as often as I could. And I was very careful to not antagonize him in any way, so I made sure I was always ready to hit when it was my turn. I was playing from the forward tees and I carefully planned to have our cart ahead of the boys so when they finished teeing off, I could quickly get to my tee before their carts scooted by me to their shots.
My golfguy is always supportive of me in these awkward situations. Throughout the day, he jumped into our cart with club still in hand after he hit his drive so we were not holding up anyone.
And I fell in love with him all over again when he said to me, "Get revenge Golfgal! Play better than they do." - Which we both did. :)
By the end of the round, the husband was so frustrated with his own game, he went back and forth between two greenside bunkers at least 5 times on the 17th hole. Seriously, I'm not exaggerating. I lost count of his score at 8 (on a par 3!). He would not pick up even though the rest of us had finished the hole long before (and there was a group standing on the tee box with jaws dropping wondering what the heck this idiot was doing).
Oh well...you can't change people, but you can change how you react to them. I am pretty proud of the fact that I didn't let this jerk ruin my day. My golfguy and I both played well and took time to enjoy the beauty around us and my shot of the day.
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- James Ross (author) said...
I learned long ago to not pre-judge gender on the tee box. Some women can flat play the game along with proper etiquette and speed of play. A nice ice-breaker is a mention of the handicap early to establish some credibility and even suggest a skins game for a soda at the turn. All guys will compete. Good for you!
- November 25, 2011 at 5:44 AM
- Golfgal said...
Thanks James... Good advice! And age is also something we shouldn't pre-judge. I just played with a woman here who must be in her 70's. She came out as a single at Ka'anapali and she could really play!
- November 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Average Golfer said...
I've seen similar and like to part with a sincere... "You did really well for your first time."
- November 25, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Golfgal said...
haha..that's a brilliant closing comment AG! :) Thanks for putting a big smile on my face!
- November 25, 2011 at 6:31 PM
- William said...
Glad you did well. It happened to us today.They stuck 1 guy that was such a stick in the mud. The other guy was great. He was 68 and he had a serious game. Stick in the Mud not so much. Anyway after a lot of self imposed abuse he quit at the turn. Hooray ! the 3 of us went on and had a great time.
- November 26, 2011 at 5:35 PM
- Golfgal said...
Thanks William for sharing that. Hooray is right! Golf takes too long to play to be with a Stick in the Mud. :)
- November 27, 2011 at 11:56 AM


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WEST CHESTER, Ohio -- Barely two weeks since students in the Lakota Local School District headed back to class, district volunteers are heading back into the community for the fourth time since 2010 to ask residents to vote on a levy this November to help fund the second-largest school district in the Tri-State.
Hundreds dropped by Lakota West High School Saturday to pass out and pick up signs and T-shirts in support of the 5.5 mill combination levy, which would increase district funding by $13.8 million annually, if passed.
The supporters, wearing "We are Lakota" T-shirts, lined the high school football field with signs and formed a circle as an aerial photographer flew by, signaling the start of a heavily anticipated campaign.
Lakota, the eighth-largest school district in the state, hasn't won voter approval of a new school tax since 2005, and it lost three levies at the ballot in 2010 and 2011.
Since voters struck down the first levy in 2010, the district says it has reduced its annual spending by $20.8 million. It cut 300 teachers from its staff, eliminated a school period for high school freshman and sophomores, and it reduced daily music, art and physical education classes to one day per week.
It also increased athletic and band participation fees to $550 for each student per sport, eliminated bussing at the high school level and for all students living within a two-mile radius of their school.
The fall levy combines 2.0 mills, or $5 million, for permanent improvements and 3.5 mills, or $8.5 million, for operations. If passed, it will cost each taxpayer an additional $192 annually per $100,000 value of their home.
"The cuts are really starting to affect our kids, not just in participation but also in their education. This levy kind of gets us back on solid ground with being competitive—not by bringing everything back, but by looking forward," said Libby Willms, the chair of the Lakota levy campaign.
Willms said the proposed permanent improvements will include safety and security measures, technology enhancements, and facility upkeep and maintenance on the district's 25 school buildings and grounds.
The district plans to add modifications to buildings and systems to protect those inside, and intends to triple the number of police and deputies in the schools.
Operational changes would include a reduction to athletic and band participation fees at both the high school and junior high level. Students in fourth through sixth grades would be offered one additional day of art, music or physical education, and students in ninth grade would have another period added to their class schedule.
Willms said the district would also offer bussing to an additional 2,200 students in grades two through six who live farther than one mile from the school.
The additional bussing could affect Kim Reber and her family. She's a mother of three daughters and is a levy supporter. Reber lives within two miles of the school district and has to transport her children to school each day.
She said the success of the levy is critical for convenience reasons and for the success of her children's education.
"A lot of things that kids need to develop and to grow are being taken away gradually and kind of falling apart. Lakota is known for being excellent and without funding, they cannot maintain that excellence," Reber said.
She said the stakes are so high for her family, she's even considered moving if the levy doesn't pass.
"When I came here, I came here because of the schools. I'm not seeing that the schools can maintain their excellence given the lack of support from the residents," said Reber.
Some residents say they will never support a Lakota school tax hike because they don't think enough money is going directly to the students.
Graeme George, an 80-year-old Liberty Township resident, is a staunch opponent of school tax levies.
"We can't influence the cost and benefits and make improvements because the unions are too much in control. We can't work with the teachers and the school board and the public because the unions come in," he said.
George is a member of the anti-levy group, No Lakota, which says it has plans to actively campaign for the levy's failure once more.
Bob Hutsenpillar, a Lakota district resident and No Lakota member, said he will also vote against the levy because of "wasteful spending" towards teacher salaries.
"What they are asking for to give to students is a very small percentage of the levy," Hutsenpillar said.
But Willms said taxpayer contributions to teaching salaries are essential for the successful operation of any school.
"We have 900-plus teachers. You have to understand what schools do. They have teachers who teach kids. It's a service industry, so of course a bulk of your budget would have to go towards your employee," she said.
With just about nine weeks until Election Day and an unsuccessful track record, levy supporters believe the stakes are at an all-time high.
"Lakota is in trouble," said Willms. "If this levy fails,
we're looking at a new Lakota. We're looking at second-rate schools."
Their strategy this time -- a bigger push to get people out to the polls.
Early voting begins on Oct. 1 and election day is Nov. 5.
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Reviews by aleric:
3.73/5 rDev -1.1%
Served in a snifter at the Root Note in La Crosse, WI.
A - A dirty reddish-brown. 1-finger eggshell head.
S - Malt, yeast, ester. I can't smell any discernible maple or spices.
T - The alcohol has a strong presence in this beer. Yeast, but lacking some of the harsh phenol tones. Biscuity malt. Very sweet, in some ways similar to Kombucha tea. A hint of spices. The yam becomes more present as the beer warms.
M - Medium weight with a sticky feeling from the sugar.
O - At 10% ABV this is a serious beer. A bit too sweet for my tastes, but it plays the part of a fruit/vegetable beer well without tasting like a dessert.
10-29-2012 14:04:07 | More by aleric
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01-29-2014 14:25:20 | More by tectactoe
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11-28-2013 22:22:17 | More by OhioBobcat
3/5 rDev -20.4%
11-06-2013 00:31:38 | More by abeerdude
3.25/5 rDev -13.8%
09-11-2012 04:42:02 | More by Schlais
3/5 rDev -20.4%
12-25-2011 04:00:27 | More by dcurrin
4/5 rDev +6.1%
01-06-2012 05:49:08 | More by blackwingedhorde
4/5 rDev +6.1%
09-09-2012 00:45:45 | More by sabitu
3.58/5 rDev -5%
A: Light golden color. Goldfish and clear.
S: Strong honey. A resemblance of mead.
T: Starts with honey and yam and finishes with baked beans. Yes..I can taste baked beans.
M: Light, fruity but slightly viscous.
O: A good beer from The Bruery. I'm glad they tried something different for their fall seasonal..not sure it really beat the good ol' pumpkin ale though. It definitely got very sweet towards the end. Good beer overall.
10-01-2013 04:36:16 | More by tjumfrid
3/5 rDev -20.4%
11-30-2013 21:57:50 | More by NWer
3.75/5 rDev -0.5%
04-09-2014 07:11:30 | More by freshflesh
4.22/5 rDev +11.9%
2010 vintage poured into a snifter.
A -- Pours a deep reddish brown with one finger of off-white head. Head fades pretty quickly leaving only small spots of lacing.
S -- Brown sugar, cinnamon and other spices up front. Also some vanilla and bready malts. Smells good. A little sweet, but not overwhelmingly so.
T - A bit of candi sugar, brown sugar and maple-glazed yams followed by a significant spice presence. Cinnamon and nutmeg stand out. Similar to the smell, there is some sweetness, but this wasn't nearly as sweet as I thought it might be. I really enjoyed the taste.
M - Medium/full mouthfeel that is a bit syrupy. Finishes pretty dry from the spices.
O- I haven't had this fresh, but with more than a year on it, this is a very enjoyable beer on a cold winter night.
12-09-2011 01:23:49 | More by warnerry
4/5 rDev +6.1%
10-08-2012 01:30:14 | More by DWolf
3.75/5 rDev -0.5%
05-23-2013 02:13:42 | More by Callmecoon
4/5 rDev +6.1%
11-28-2011 22:49:44 | More by jisom123
3.75/5 rDev -0.5%
01-06-2014 01:28:09 | More by Dbrulet
3/5 rDev -20.4%
12-09-2011 17:15:05 | More by iemailjack
3.5/5 rDev -7.2%
10-27-2013 03:55:27 | More by Beerswag
3.75/5 rDev -0.5%
09-21-2013 16:12:07 | More by Jason
3.9/5 rDev +3.4%
750 ml botle pours a murky copper body with a large beige head that retains poorly. Subsequent pours reveal a powdery sediment that looks like spice additions.
Aroma is heavy on the spices, lots of nutmeg and ginger. Yeasty esters are also prominent. A vegetal note that seems more pumpkin than yams is underneath.
Medium bodied mouthfeel has a Belgian yeasty character.
Taste finds the nutmeg and ginger spiciness once again leading the show. Vegetal character still screams pumpkin. Molasses is not noticed, but the maple syrup emerges nicely as it warms. Some herbal hop bitterness isn't bashful, and provides some good balance. Some warming alcohol in the finish.
I expected this one to be a malt bomb. Far from it, however! It ends up evenly balanced and is an intriguing sipper to usher in the changing od the autumn leaves.
10-27-2009 14:40:40 | More by merlin48
New York
3.7/5 rDev -1.9%
Large bottle, w/o any freshness info. Pours dark brown and murky, dark khaki head, moderate collar and fairly minor spotty lacing. Spiced up nose, with sweet malts, and vanilla also coming to the party. Thanksgiving spices, sweat potatos, pumpkin, plenty of dark and sweet malts floating around. Rich, sweet, nice for fall, warming and tasty. Perhaps too sweet for my tastes, but still a nice fall offering from Bruery. Has thanksgiving dinner desserts written all over it.
09-22-2009 01:29:57 | More by Billolick
3.59/5 rDev -4.8%
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A: Deep amber brown with an effervescent head of off white to khaki foam which dissipates to a thin layer that then slowly fades to a cling on the glass.
S: The spice complexity jumps out with highlights of maple syrup from a base of yam sweetness. The sweetness to build as the beer warms.
T: The allspice and cinnamon build as the molasses and maple syrup join in an attempt to bring a balancing sweetness. The yams add a sweet carbohydrate, slightly candied foundation to the brew. There is very minimal earthy hop bitterness. The yeastiness comes through in the end with a moderate amount of booziness.
M: The beer has a light to medium feel with similar amounts of carbonation.
O: The spices shine here but in the end overwhelm the remaining components of this beer, particularly the candied yam presence. The flavors here don't quite combine into a synergistic whole. A laudable attempt at creating a novel fall brew but overall can use some polishing.
10-07-2013 03:35:03 | More by ElSid
3.75/5 rDev -0.5%
10-29-2013 01:59:47 | More by mctizzz
3.15/5 rDev -16.4%
Appearance: dark brown with a twinge of red in color, one inch head, cloudy, high carbonation
Smell: cinnamon, alcohol, pumpkin spice
Taste: pie crust, caramel, and bread dominate—bit of pumpkin spice and apple at the end
Mouthfeel: light bodied, high carbonation, bitter start with a sweetish end, crisp
Overall: A complex brown ale where the spices are there but they are muted at times. Unfortunately this one was a bit of a disappointment. While it is not bad, it just did not have the flavor to justify its price. I did not get any maple taste whatsoever but plenty of sweeter brown ale. I will not be picking this one up again.
10-27-2011 14:43:42 | More by tigg924
4/5 rDev +6.1%
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3.25/5 rDev -17.1%
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03-08-2012 22:26:03 | More by HarmonMW
4.22/5 rDev +7.7%
First had: in a growler as a gift
A friend gave me a growler of this as a housewarming gift. This was definitely among the best smoked beers I've ever had. Poured into a pint glass, a cloudy, dark, bronzed brown with a patchy off-white head. Smelled like some kind of awesome barbeque of beer, with the smokey aroma pretty much dominating all. Big taste of smoked meats, heavy on the malts, woody, earthy, with just a hint of piney hops making it through once the smoke has mellowed a bit. Medium mouthfeel, chewy, lots of character. Very drinkable for the style, however, I really have to be in the mood for a beer this smokey. I like it alot, just have to be in the mood.
07-06-2011 19:21:48 | More by Rifugium
3.58/5 rDev -8.7%
I had this one at the Princeton locaton on 1/19/08. When I was there it was called a Rauchbock with a 7.3% ABV. I'm sure it's the same beer. The color of this beer was dark burgendy mixed in with some mahagony brown. It had a long lasting head of white foam that left behind a small white film, plenty of white foamy rings, and quite a few streaks of white lace. It had a heavy aroma of olives, smoke, smoked wood, peat, and smoked meats. The aroma was so heavy you could just smell the beer as they were pouring it. I thought that since the aroma was strong, the taste was going to follow suit. That wasn't the case. Instead, the taste had a medium powered kick of smoked meats, olives, smoked malts, and just plain and simple smoke. It was a medium bodied beer with a short lived aftertaste of smoked meats and smoked malts. Usually the aftertaste of a Rauchbier lingers on for quite a long time, but this aftertaste felt like it just gave up. I would say that this one is worth a shot. You usually don't find that many Rauchbier brewpub beers. If I saw it again, I would give it another shot.
01-20-2008 18:15:40 | More by AltBock
New Jersey
4.7/5 rDev +19.9%
I'm a big fan of rauchbier, and this is one of the best I've had. Fantastic smell - a smokier sausage-flavor instead of the usual bacon/maple bacon scents. Great taste as well, delivering on all the promise of the smell while true to the style of beer. A little "lighter" than usual rauchbiers in the mouth, but that detracts only a little from the finish. Great effort, and one to seek out if you like or want to try this style beer.
10-11-2007 14:40:08 | More by Autoproxy
New Jersey
4.25/5 rDev +8.4%
Dark copper with bronze highlights. A one finger off-white head lasts a bit, and some soft lacing developed through the drink. The aroma is dominated by the smoky tones, but some toffee and nuts were picked up too.
The flavor is one of the better I have had in this style, as the smoky malt backbone is not overwhelming and is very enjoyable. Toffee, caramel, roasted nuts, earthiness, and piney bitterness rounds it out.
Lightly crisp mouthfeel, and it finishes slightly dry. The smokiness lasts briefly on the tongue. If this is on tap when you visit you must try it. Only wish I could have had a slab of BBQ ribs with this.
08-13-2005 14:22:56 | More by Gavage
4.33/5 rDev +10.5%
Pours a dark brown pint with some glints of light escaping.
Delicious smoky scents that tell me this is a rauch alright.
Triumph's Rauchbier stands out with the smoked hickory and honey ham. The impressive aspect of this Rauch is that it is a mellow rauch with just enough flavor to get the smoky characters across. Triumph eschews the bacon grease and diner exhaust fan smoky tones, but rather strives for a refined beef jerky.
Reccomended as this rauch can bridge the gap between an intro for the beginner and a tasty treat for the road traveled pro.
08-09-2005 01:33:09 | More by blitheringidiot
New Jersey
4.8/5 rDev +22.4%
Simply stunning. Definitely the best rauchbier I've ever tasted.
Redish hue. Not much head, but I think that's due to the pour. Lacing is nice though.
Smell is of smoke. Very strong, even for me with my limited sense of smell. Taste is of hickory bacon and smoke. Not as intense Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen, but that is a very good thing. The smoke isn't subtle either. Smooth and drinkable as all get out.
08-08-2005 01:33:48 | More by GeoffFromSJ
Rhode Island
3.93/5 rDev +0.3%
To encapsulate my sample: this beer's drinkability number is off the charts for its style, since this is a malty beer with smoke accents instead of tasting like you're face down in a fire, or snuffing some Lucky Strikes out on your palate.
It is a credit to the bartender at Triumph that the appearance number is high: they really wait and work the pour at the Princeton locaction so that every pint appears at the table with a delightful head.
The smoke in this rauchbier is a tinge on top of a strong malty base, instead of an overstrong, overbearing nature. The aroma seemed a bit unidirectional considering.
The BA who likes a good brown or stout, and has not found a rauchbier to their liking would do well to seek this out.
05-03-2005 16:17:49 | More by ecoboy
4.3/5 rDev +9.7%
Wow! They advertise that this is brewed with 99% smoked malt but it doesn't come off nearly as smokey as that suggests. It's clearly a Beechwood smoked malt, and I think they're using Weyermann's, but in any case, it works! Its clear copper body rests beneath a thin head of bright white foam that drops shortly to just a collar. The nose is distinctly Beechwood smoked grainy malt. The body is medium and it's crisp in the mouth with a standard carbonation. The flavor is malty and smokey with some floral and spicy hops and a touch of sulphur that accentuates its solid bitterness. It finishes short and dry with just a slight residual smokiness - well done!!! It's very enjoyable on its own, and it pairs exceptionally well with most cheesy dishes including their grilled pizza appetizer! Worth trying.
10-27-2003 00:42:38 | More by NeroFiddled
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FRIES — A short and sweet meeting of the Fries Town Council was held to clean up this year's budget, and put council members in their appropriate seats for their new terms on July 1.
Two members of council were replaced this year during the May elections.
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A 24-year-old Mount Airy, N.C., resident was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after wrecking his pickup truck in the Baywood area of Grayson County on July 4.
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The Galax Police Department is investigating the burglary and attempted burglary of two U.S. Cellular stores, and police in other jurisdictions say the same suspects may have hit U.S. Cellular stores there, as well.
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I took my kids to Providence School in Fries to the playground the other day. I didn't realize they had turned it into Fort Knox. Everything is locked up tight. Kids can no longer play on the playground. What do you think about that, taxpayers? We paid for it. Now we can't use it.
Editor's note: The former school is property of the Fries Volunteer Fire Department, which uses it for a substation and to host fundraising events.
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Later this month, the town of Hillsville will say goodbye to the second police chief in the past two years who was not in the mood to deal with extra drama associated with an already difficult position.
And we can't say we blame him or his predecessor one bit for getting out of that situation on their own terms.
Chief Greg Bolen turned in his resignation to the town on June 30, after hearing repeatedly that his job may or may not be threatened after the new town council took office July 1.
INDEPENDENCE — The Grayson County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed its 2015 budget on June 25, despite a continued disagreement about one of the smallest budgeted expenditures: $8,300 allocated toward a roofing project at the Flatridge Community Center.
HILLSVILLE — A Hillsville man and woman have been arrested on a number of charges, including larceny, breaking and entering and child endangerment, according to a report from the Hillsville Police Department.
Capt. James Alderman, Sgt. Alan Gravley and officers Wesley Yonce, Billy Anau and Shannon Goad executed a search warrant on the residence of Annette Freeman, 29, and Arless Dalton Jr., 34, of Hillsville, on July 2.
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