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Gold Price Plunges…For Now
Spot gold traded at its lowest price in more than four months Friday despite a strong start to the New Year. The swing comes at a crucial time as investors struggle to predict the yellow metal's 2013 trajectory, rushing to lower forecasts and increasingly questioning the robustness of gold's 12-year bull market.
The metal Friday hit its lowest price since Aug. 21, slipping around 2.3% on the day to $1,626.18 a troy ounce, after Federal Open Market Committee minutes cast a shadow over the longevity of the Fed's gold-positive stimulus program. It's since nudged back to $1,636.75/oz.
The FOMC minutes showed officials were divided at the December policy meeting about when to halt the quantitative easing and bond-buying programs.
The euro subsequently slipped against the U.S. dollar, as investors plunged into the safe-haven greenback. This damped the comparative appeal of dollar-denominated gold. Although bullion dealer Sharps Pixley dubbed the move an "overreaction," the market was undeniably spooked.
"Unless there is a shock in the job figure this afternoon, I think we could be in for the sixth consecutive weekly drop in prices, the worst run since 2004," said Marex Spectron's head of precious metals David Govett. The U.S. Labor Department will release December jobs figures at 1330 GMT.
Wednesday, gold surged to a two-week high on news of an approved deal to avoid the worst of the U.S. fiscal cliff.
While Friday's move was easily rationalized, Wednesday's gains were less logical and an example of the often counter-intuitive behavior gold prices have been exhibiting in recent months. In the final quarter of 2012, the yellow metal foxed and frustrated investors as it choppily traded through the throes of an identity crisis–either behaving as a safe-haven and/or tracking more traditional risk-related assets.
This oscillation, both in daily direction and in the reaction to cues which were until now easily anticipated and navigated, comes at a crucial time.
Gold prices rose around 7% on-year over 2012, the 12th consecutive yearly gain and the longest winning streak of any commodity, according to INTL FCStone analyst Edward Meir. But the annual gain failed to improve upon a rise of 10.1% over 2011, not to mention the 30% price increase in 2010.
As such, investors are likely to scrutinize the yellow metal's performance this year as an indicator of whether or not the metal's bull-run is stumbling.
"[Some traders and analysts] believe gold will reach $2,000/oz in 2013. The same call was made last year and the year before that and I am going to say the same thing I said in both years: No, it won't," Mr. Govett said Friday.
"The market will continue to range in the same way it did last year, but it is now on the back foot with the bears in the ascendancy for the time being and it is going to take something special to resume any form of bull trend," he said.
Others have also ruled out gold hitting record highs this year, and many have clambered in recent weeks to trim forecasts.
In December Goldman Sachs slashed its six-month gold forecast by 7.0% to $1,805/oz and its 12-month forecast by 7.2% to $1,800/oz, stating "the cycle in gold prices will likely turn in 2013." BNP Paribas followed, and to be joined by HSBC and Credit Suisse Thursday, the latter slicing its expectation for the average gold price over 2013 by 5.4% to $1,740 per troy ounce.
Nevertheless, these forecasts still see upside for gold. Most analysts attribute this to the expectation of underlying support from official sector buying and physical demand, coupled with potential geopolitical risks and, most importantly, the continuation of "conventional or unconventional easing of monetary policy," according to HSBC.
Accommodative monetary policies are usually a green flag for higher gold prices due to its traditional role as a hedge against inflation and currency weakness in times of increased liquidity.
But after gold failed repeatedly to break above the key $1,800/oz level, despite colossal balance sheet expansions from the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks in 2012, can this still be used as a reason to expect higher prices?
For now, the consensus is yes. But with gold's reactive behavior no more a foregone conclusion– and with the longevity of QE today called into question– real, impartial conviction in the market is likely to be hard to come by.
Francesca Freeman contributed to this report.


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Cuban jazz has always found its voice in a big band. Most recently it roared sublimely in Mario Bauzas last recordings and, convulsed with swing, it was heard speaking-in-tongues on Chico O Farrils Pure Emotion. Paquito D Riveras Portraits of Cuba is an aural history of the last 100 years in Cuban music. It is a jazz-impressionist view of that history. Carlos Franzetti, arranger and conductor, set the goal of rendering a jazz tribute to Cuban music in the same sense that Sketches of Spain is a jazz tribute to Spanish music. To achieve that goal Franzetti wrote charts that have this band blowin like a trained force of nature: alternating gale fury with a gentle tropical breeze.
The evolution of the bolero Cubano is traced from its roots in the Habanera or danza Cubana on Tu, through the contributions of such masters of the genre as Ernesto Lecuona on Como Arrullo de Palmas, Rene Touzet on No Te Importe Saber, and Cesar Portillo De La Luz on Tu Mi Delirio. On original compositions such as Franzettis Mariana and Paquitos Song To My Son the contemporary and eternal viability of this romantic spirit is affirmed. Enduring Cuban values are revealed in classics like the cancion de cuna (lullaby) Drume Negrita, Ignacio Pineiros Echale Salsita, La Bella Cubana, and amazingly on The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero), which had languished in caricature until now. I Love Lucy effuses with the energy that was Desi. The title track is the opening movement for Aires Tropicales, an extended piece written by Paquito for the Aspen Wind Quintet. It serves as both a summary of the subject and as a compass for future directions.
There are goals that take a lifetime to fulfill, projects that assimilate experience and bring you full circle - this is one of them. As a child in Cuba, Paquito heard recordings of Benny Goodman and conceived the dream of being a jazz musician in New York. By fulfilling that dream he also came to know Cuban music from inside and out. Portraits of Cuba recapitulates all the memories and nostalgia of both man and country and offers it to the listener. Somewhere Benny Goodman is wearing a smile a cloud wide.


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Zynga's Mark Pincus will no longer be involved with the day-to-day operations at the company he founded seven years ago.
The announcement came Wednesday along with the company's results for the first quarter.
Pincus led Zynga to fame and Facebook success years ago with the release of numerous social games that gained wide followings, including "FarmVille," "Words with Friends," "CityVille" and several others.
But in recent years, Zynga has been unable to replicate its success, struggling to compete with new games that have been built for smartphones and tablets.
That led to Pincus stepping down as CEO in July, with former Microsoft executive Don Mattrick taking the helm of the company.
In the past nine months, Pincus continued to be involved with the company's games as Zynga's chief product officer, but ultimately, Pincus decided it was better for Zynga to solely follow Mattrick's lead.
"A ship is better with one captain putting a hand on the wheel," Pincus told Recode.
Pincus will continue to serve as Zynga's non-executive chairman of the board, but at most, he will now only visit Zynga once a week. Pincus said he plans on shifting his focus toward angel investing and has considered launching an incubator for new startups.
"I am going to invest in ideas that I think can be breakthrough products, and I don't feel any burning need to go out and start a company," Pincus told Recode. "I want to do things that are more organic, because that's where Zynga started."
In a statement, Mattrick thanked Pincus for his contributions to the company over the years and said Pincus and Zynga will remain close partners.
"I would like to thank Mark," Mattrick said. "Mark has built Zynga into an entertainment leader, turning brands like 'FarmVille,' 'Words with Friends' and 'Zynga Poker' into household names and daily habits for hundreds of millions of consumers."
Last week, Zynga released "FarmVille 2: Country Escape" for Apple iOS and Android devices, the mobile version of its FarmVille flagship franchise. The release is part of Mattrick's strategy to focus on mobile games, rather than those built for the Web. Zynga said 75 percent of its upcoming games are primarily for mobile devices.
Including charges connected to job cuts and the closure of some data centers, Zynga said it lost $61.2 million, or 7 cents per share, in the first quarter. A year ago it earned $4.1 million and broke even on a per-share basis. Zynga said it lost a penny per share if one-time items are excluded, matching analyst expectations.
And its revenue continued to decline, dropping 36 percent to $168 million. Analysts had projected an even worse drop, to $164.2 million, according to FactSet.
The company said it had 28 million daily users in the first quarter. That's down by almost half from a year ago, but it represents growth of 1 million users compared with the fourth quarter. Zynga also raised the low end of its annual forecasts for bookings, a precursor to revenue, and for an adjusted profit measure.
Shares of Zynga jumped 23 cents, or 5.2 percent, to $4.65 in aftermarket trading. The stock had dropped 3.1 percent to $4.42 in regular trading Wednesday. It's up 39 percent over the past 12 months.
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About the Book
"The Peter Principle has cosmic implications."
—New York Times
Back in 1969, Lawrence J. Peter created a cultural phenomenon with his brilliant, outrageous, hilarious, and all-too-true treatise on business and life, The Peter Principle—and his words and theories are as true today as they were then. By posing—and answering—the eternal question, "Why do things always go wrong?" Peter explores the incompetence that runs so rampant through our society, our workplace, and our world in an outrageously funny yet honest and eye-opening manner. With a new foreword by Robert I. Sutton, bestselling author of The No Asshole Rule, this twenty-first century edition of Peter's classic is set to shake up the business world all over again.
This book caused a storm when first published in 1969, battering up the bestseller list to #1, charming readers from Topeka to Timbuktu, and finally, brilliantly, blessedly giving the world an answer to a question that nags us all: Why is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant? The book and the phrase it defined are now considered comedic-yet-classic cornerstones of organizational thought, and in honor of the book's fortieth anniversary, Robert I. Sutton has written a foreword introducing the book to a new generation of readers.
The Peter Principle, the eponymous law Laurence Peter coined, explains that "in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." Everyone—from the office intern to the CEO, from the low-level civil servant to a nation's president—will inevitably rise to his or her level of incompetence, if it hasn't happened already. Dr. Peter's glorious revelation explains why incompetence is at the root of everything we endeavor to do—why schools bestow ignorance, why governments condone anarchy, why courts dispense injustice, why prosperity causes unhappiness, and why utopian plans never generate utopias.
With the wit of James Thurber or Mark Twain, the psychological and anthropological acuity of Sigmund Freud or Margaret Mead, and the theoretical impact of Isaac Newton or Copernicus, Dr. Laurence Peter and Raymond Hull's brilliant book explains how incompetence and its accompanying symptoms, syndromes, and remedies define the world and the work we do in it.
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"The Peter Principle has cosmic implications." — The New York Times
"Ruefully delightful ... excruciatingly applicable—and fun to read" — Playboy
"[The Peter Principle] has struck a throbbing public nerve... a minor cultural phenomenon and its title phrase, like Parkinson's Law, is certain to enter the language." — Life magazine
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1chiefly historical A light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse.
Example sentences
- During the war we had a gig with a cart horse and used to bowl along around the north-west end of town - great transport when petrol was rationed.
- Luckily for him, her carriage was an open gig, and she had no trouble hearing him above the crickets and the wind.
- On one occasion the Archdeacon conducted a service on the verandah and the neighbours arrived for this in gigs, on horseback and in cars.
2A light, fast, narrow boat adapted for rowing or sailing.
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- The new gig should be out of the builders by April next year, giving plenty of time to think of a name.
- An hour or two later, the ferry tows the gigs home.
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Late 18th century: apparently a transferred sense of obsolete gig 'a flighty girl', which was also applied to various objects or devices that whirled.
Words that rhyme with gigbig, brig, dig, fig, grig, jig, lig, pig, prig, rig, snig, sprig, swig, tig, trig, twig, Whig, wig
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1A live performance by or engagement for a musician or group playing popular or jazz music.
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- Imagine being a successful Jazz musician playing gigs on the road, performing in the Big Apple's coolest clubs and even under the stage lights of Broadway.
- I also did quite a lot of gigs with different set-ups and I always had to re-arrange the music again for these gigs, which takes a lot of time.
- This not-to-be-missed gig on November 6 at 8.30 pm is a welcome highlight for all fans of traditional music and live gigs.
1.1A job, especially one that is temporary or that has an uncertain future: he secured his first gig as an NFL coach
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- I figured if I want to pursue writing as a real, hopefully money-making gig in the future, I'd better get used to doing it on a regular basis.
- I'm keeping my correspondent's name confidential, just in case there's a chance of more copyediting gigs in the future.
- Volunteering helped him secure his first paying gig as an assistant director of business and legal affairs.
verb (gigs, gigging, gigged)[no object]
1Perform a gig or gigs.
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- That, my friends, could be the album's only fatal flaw - they've been gigging solidly with these songs, and when the album's released they'll be gigging with them again.
- Evidently, from the tight togetherness of the playing here, these were accomplished show bands used to endlessly gigging.
- We plan to gig as much as we can and hopefully get an album released, we have enough material.
1.1 [with object] Use (a piece of musical equipment) at a gig.
1920s: of unknown origin.
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gig 3
Early 18th century: shortening of earlier (rarely used) fizgig, probably from Spanish fisga 'harpoon'.
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Californians scrambling to pay their first month's health insurance premium, originally due Monday, now have until Jan. 15 to do so, according to the state's health insurance exchange.
Covered California announced the reprieve late Saturday, saying its 11 participating health insurance companies had agreed to the extension, which also assures those companies have time to mail invoices, and for consumers to have received their insurance documents.
The exchange said payment for coverage taking effect Jan. 1 must be in the hands of the health insurance companies by Jan. 15, and not simply postmarked or in-transit.
The extension is welcome news for people like Woodside resident Jennifer Jones, who last month broke her pelvis and has had to have follow-up care this month with her doctor who agreed to see her, but was concerned she didn't have proof of insurance.
What's frustrating Jones is that she mailed a payment on Dec. 9 to the insurance company that covers both herself and her husband, but the check still hasn't cleared their account. Panicked, the couple recently paid once more, this time online. While they received an email confirmation for that payment, it also hasn't registered in their bank account.
Jones, who runs her own eponymous marketing advisory firm, spent hours on the phone Friday trying to get through to her insurance carrier, to no avail.
Still processing
"It's encouraging to hear about the extension, because I feel like I have more time," Jones said with relief Sunday. But she's annoyed as well over the confusion and the anxiety these delays and snafus have caused her. The same is true for many others trying to successfully access plans.
"What it says to me is that they're obviously scrambling and not able to process everything. That's how I would interpret the reason they're extending the deadline," said Jones. "It's frustrating."
In the last two weeks of December, the volume of enrollment applications increased substantially for the exchange and the insurance companies. At the last minute, Covered California extended its Dec. 23 sign-up deadline to Dec. 27.
In a press release it posted Saturday about the extension, Kaiser Permanente said it is still processing enrollment files and expects all invoices to be mailed by the end of next week.
"Members should not be concerned if they haven't received an invoice yet," said Ken Hunter, senior vice president of Kaiser's insurance exchange operations. "As long as payment is postmarked or submitted online by Jan. 15, Kaiser Permanente will honor their membership retroactive to Jan. 1."
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Covered California also said that about 200,000 households with coverage due to take effect Jan. 1, and who supplied their email addresses to Covered California, will receive direct notification about the payment deadline extension.
Health insurance companies stress that this is a one-time payment deadline extension, and that payment for coverage is due at the beginning of each month.
Open enrollment continues through March 31. But Covered California officials say the earlier consumers sign up for and submit a payment, the sooner their insurance policies will start.
The earliest consumers can now get coverage is Feb. 1, and to do so they will need to sign up by Jan. 15. The next deadline for coverage beginning March 1 requires consumers to sign up by Feb. 15. That same pattern of deadline and coverage start date continues through the March 31 deadline to get coverage in 2014.
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On Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20, Quincy Medical Group will be giving chairs to local organizations to make way for new chairs in the 1025 Maine Street building in Quincy, Ill.
Carol Lewis, chief operations Officer at QMG, says most of the chairs are still in good condition.
From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, July 19, and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, organizations in need of chairs can come by the clinic to take some chairs. Check in is at the north entrance of 1025 Maine St., and organizations must provide their own movers and transportation.
For information contact Abby Schlipmann at 222-6550 ext. 6459. Chairs are limited.
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After the substitute teacher and assistant principal turned themselves in Monday afternoon, some parents are thinking about their child's school. Columbia County starts classes on Wednesday. News 12 shows you how some say being involved in their child's life is the key.
It was open house for Columbia County's middle and high schools. We visited Riverside Middle School where parents say they feel safe in Columbia County.
As teachers welcome their new students into Riverside Middle School. Parent Nikol Burns says the key to keeping your child safe is parental involvement.
"Parents should be more vigilant, I'm very active in my children's life, never know when I'm going to pop in school," Burns said.
Burns just moved to Columbia County from Virginia Beach and was shocked to hear what happened at Riverside and Brookwood Elementary Schools.
"Unfortunately it's a sad world we are in today and you have to be careful with affection and touching of students," Burns said.
Parent Kathy Robertson says she feels safe sending her eighth grade daughter to Riverside Middle.
"Overall, I'm confident about Columbia County schools and coming here to Riverside Middle," Robertson said.
Substitute teacher Billy Cleveland and Brookwood Elementary Assistant Principal Barbara Gleitzmann turned themselves in to the Columbia County sheriff's office Monday afternoon.
"Anytime there's indictments for something of this nature it's sad for the whole community, certainly for our school system," said school board member Wayne Bridges.
Columbia County board member Wayne Bridges says the board wants to make the reporting of a sex abuse act policy stricter. But, he worries about teachers now being put under the microscope.
"I'll walk through this school tonight or some of the elementary schools and I'll have kids come up and give me hugs and I'll hug them back," Bridges said.
"Hopefully they won't give up affection needed for younger children," Robertson said.
Bridges believes everyone will have to be more careful. But, Burns says it starts with parental involvement.
Many of the parents News 12 spoke with say they do feel safe sending their kids to Columbia County schools. They hope the county will be more careful when hiring another school employee.
Gleitzmann was suspended for five days before the indictment and it's up to the superintendent if she will get to keep her job.


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Expect the San Jose Civic Auditorium to get a new name next year, just shy of its 80th birthday. The city's taken the first steps toward selling naming rights to the refurbished downtown venue to City National Bank for $1.2 million. The five-year deal includes sponsorship rights to the Center for the Performing Arts.
Preservationists may lament the Civic's municipally minded moniker being thrown into the dustbin of history along with San Jose Arena -- and the convention center, airport and chamber of commerce all have the city sharing name space with McEnery, Mineta and Silicon Valley. Personally, I think the most logical potential name -- the City National Civic -- doesn't provide much sense of place.
Then again, I didn't cough up $1.2 million to pick a name I like.
GOOD DEED DEPT.: Hats off to Yuki Sushi, which has locations in Santa Clara and San Jose, for helping out the family of Rory Park-Pettiford, the 22-year-old carjacking victim who was killed during that senseless crime spree on Nov. 16. Last Tuesday, the restaurant donated 20 percent of its proceeds to help the family pay for funeral expenses.
Kathy Hogan, Rory's elementary school principal, went by to get food for her family and neighbors and was thrilled by what she saw. "It was packed with diners and members of Rory's family," she said.
GETTING REAL WITH REALTORS: Intero Real Estate Founder Gino Blefari will speak to the Santa Clara Valley chapter of the Women's Council of Realtors as it celebrates the installation of its 2013 board, including incoming president Melanie Holthaus, with a lunch at Santana Row's LB Steak on Wednesday.
Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese, San Jose Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen and Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves are expected to be there.
Interestingly, the group isn't just for women, and it's not just for Realtors, either. Founded in the 1930s, it's evolved into a networking group of female and male real estate professionals of various specialties. A 3 p.m. reception at the swanky Vbar at Santana Row follows the installation lunch, and it's open to the public for $20, which covers a drink and appetizers.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - There's no doubt to the popularity of bicycling here in the Grand Valley. And it's not simply restricted to hobbyist. People are taking to two wheels for a variety of reasons.
For exercise, fun, or convenience, the number of people riding is bound to increase regardless of the time of day. It's during the times of day when the sun isn't up that people are more vulnerable on the road.
"Civil twilight. Uh, basically when cars really don't have their lights on yet. But it's dark enough it's starting to impair vision somewhat. That's actually probably the most dangerous time to be on the road," said Mark Wingerter, manager of Summit Canyon Mountaineering.
An early morning jogger or cyclist can wear a reflective vest, some of which are lined with LEDs.
"You throw the vest on, it's simple. You can pack it up in your pocket when you don't need it," said Wingerter.
Led lights, whether worn or mounted to a bicycle frame are an inexpensive and easy way to be seen.
"They're inexpensive, easily attached to any bicycle. One will go on you seat post one on the handlebar," said Ryan Cranston, the owner of Ruby Canyon Cycles.
These lights can blink or be a solid beam. They won't produce a lot of light to see with, but will allow a cyclist to be seen. They're also required for riding at night.
"It's a very small led bulb on there. But when it's dark, those things are super bright very, very, visible. Reflectivity is the best thing you can do. But bright colors like ion yellow, um, bright neon orange, things like that, are going to add visibility as well," said Cranston.
If the usual bright colored clothing isn't appeasing, there is clothing that is both reflective and casual.
"So you can wear it to the office, uh, wear it, you know, out with your friends for dinner. Or what ever," said Wingerter.
The idea is to combine reflective items with other lighting. It can be the traditional spoke reflector or a neon band, as long other people can see you from all directions.
"Really, the more the merrier. The more you can get on there the more bright you're going to be the better it's going to illuminate you at night. And that's ultimately going to keep you safer," said Wingerter.


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James Tanner's Rule No. 2 (Focus on more recent sources and documents before you try to jump back in time) for genealogical research is pretty powerful but his rules one and three are absolutely key to getting started (or restarted) on your family research.
You can take all three in (and perhaps put them on the wall to look at over and over again) at his blog Genealogy's Star at this link: http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2011/08/it-is-both-who-and-what-you-know.html
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Rising senior Jeramie Marek (Corpus Christi/Calallen) has been named to the Southland Conference All-Academic Second Team, the conference announced today. Marek, a kinesiology major, was honored by the league for the first time in his career.
"Jeramie was a key player for us, both on and off the diamond," head coach Scott Malone said. "He is a guy that we know we can always count on to give 100 percent, and he carries that over into the classroom. We're very proud that Jeramie has earned this award."
Texas State's Tyler Sibley was named the SLC Baseball Student-Athlete of the Year, while nine others earned automatic selections to the first team by virtue of being either a first team all-conference selection or voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team. The remaining members of the all-academic team are voted on by coaches, sports information directors and academic administrators from each Southland university.
Student-athletes must possess at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competition to qualify for the all-academic squad.
In his third year as an Islander, Marek finished third on the team with a .328 average, delivering 58 singles on the season, the third-highest total of all-time. He led the team with 14 steals, also third in school history, and was hit by 13 pitches, a new school record. He is tied for the school's career mark in stolen bases with 27 during his three years.
Marek saved his best for the postseason, as he went 9-for-19 at the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament to finish third among all players with a .474 average. In five games, he scored four runs, drove in three and hit a pair of doubles for the Islanders. He also drew three walks and went 3-for-3 on the basepaths while playing error-free baseball at second base.
Marek is the fourth player in school history to earn selection to the all-academic team, joining Josh Plumaj (2007), Paul Saville (2008) and Brycen Bell (2009).


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BREVARD — Charles "C.R." Burgess Raines, 72, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2012.
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Deborah Yvonne Hill and Brittany Hurst have been charged in the death of Blanche Carpenter. (WRDW-TV / Aug. 26, 2011)
News 12 First at Five / Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
MARTINEZ, Ga. -- It is an unspeakable crime -- letting an elderly relative waste away to their death, but Columbia County investigators say a serious case of cruelty has now become a homicide.
Charges against a mother and daughter have been upgraded from cruelty to murder after an 85-year-old woman was found dead.
Investigators say the charges may not end there.
From the outside, it looks like every other Martinez home, but investigators say inside, it was anything but ordinary.
"This is unusual, very unusual. The seriousness and to the extent is what's so unusual," said Columbia County Sheriff's Cpt. Steve Morris. "Not many people around here, who's been around for a while, has seen anything like this."
Friday investigators combed the home searching for evidence after 85-year old Blanche Carpenter was found dead inside Thursday night. The autopsy showed the woman had been dead in the home for two days.
"The cause was neglect, the manner ... homicide," Morris said.
Carpenter's great-niece Deborah Hill and Hill's 18-year-old daughter Brittany Hurst were supposed to be taking of her. Instead, they've been charged with her murder.
"After receiving the preliminary autopsy report Friday afternoon and considering all of the known facts surrounding this case, both were charged with murder," Morris said.
The coroner's office said Carpenter died of neglect. They say she was not given food or water for days, maybe even weeks. Animal control also removed 28 cats and two dogs from the home, all of which were living in their own urine and feces.
"Malnutrition, dehydration, deplorable living conditions," Morris said. "It was pretty bad and that's really saying it mildly."
Carpenter's 86-year-old sister, Ruth McClendon, who is also Hill's grandmother, was taken to the hospital for similar medical problems. Doctors say she's doing better.
"It could have been much worse; fortunately, we arrived when we did," Morris said.
Hill's disabled husband and three young children were also removed from the home and taken into protective services. The mother and daughter will likely face more charges of cruelty.
Investigators say the family had just moved to Martinez from Albany, Ga., about three weeks ago. Investigators tell News 12 they are looking into their past in south Georgia.
News 12 spoke with some of Carpenter's other relatives. They are still obviously very upset but say she did not deserve to die this way. Family members describe her as a private person who never married and served her country in World War II.


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SACRAMENTO - A Lodi man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on charges he conspired to possess seudoephedrine, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner has announced.
Prosecutors say Manuel Aguilar-Godinez, 38, ran a large-scale methamphetamine lab on Doster Road in Calaveras County.
He is among 51 defendants named in nine related indictments that culminated a 13-month federal drug investigation.
Connected cases were found elsewhere in California and also in Alaska, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Aguilar-Gondinez's lab was capable of producing up to 20 pounds of pure methamphetamine every 24 to 48 hours.
Aguilar-Godinez also was owner of La Michoacana Western Wear clothing store in Lodi. He is an undocumented alien and has been deported twice.
Prosecutors say Aguilar-Godinez and others were connected to the purchase of 34 pounds of pseudoephedrine in the Los Angeles area on Feb. 20, 2008.
Pseudoephedrine is used to manufacture methamphetamine.
Aguilar-Godinez was arrested the following September. Investigators located evidence that linked Aguilar-Godinez to the Calaveras County meth lab and the deal in Los Angeles.
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first all thanks a lot for that brillant software.
I am using PMS in the latest version on an older iBook G4 and it worked fine up to now. DivX, MPGs streaming perfectly to the PS III. But now HD *.mkv files are no longer working and I am quite sure they did before??? Today I wanted to watch some new movies but no chance:
28.07.09 23:54:08 [0x0-0x11011].PS3 Media Server[137] [osx/mencoder] TRACE 23:54:08.574 Process /Applications/PS3 Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/Java/osx/mencoder has a return code of 255! Maybe an error occured... check the log file
I could not find any more information in the debug.log
I have tested to stream the HD *.mkv from the XP PC and from a MacBook Pro - both worked perfect.
So you might say now "Use the PC or the MacBook!" but the iBook the slave for the external harddrives, hardwired to ethernet and it would be great if you could give me a hint what the problem is. When I convert the *.mkv to *.mpeg using "MKV2VOB" on the PC I still can stream them.
Does it have something to do with the "Intel only" mark? But PMS is running on the PPC.
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To ingest both ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms. Candy flipping is mixing LSD and ecstasy. Although some might think hippie flipping is combining LSD and mushrooms, this is incorrect. There might be some areas where people define it this way, but the VAST majority of people define hippie flipping as combining ecstasy and mushrooms. It's drug slang, so majority rules. Google it and you will find this to be 100% true. Trust Erowid, Shroomery, BlueLight, Mycotopia, etc over one person on Urban Dictionary.
Did you guys hippie flip last night?
We made shroom tea and followed it by plugging a liquid solution of two e pills. I've never laughed so hard in my entire life.
We made shroom tea and followed it by plugging a liquid solution of two e pills. I've never laughed so hard in my entire life.
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the use of e and shrooms at the same time
michele and melissa chewed some e then ate some shrooms and therefore hippieflipped
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when someone at a rave mixes psychedelic mushrooms and ecstasy
Who's got the shrooms I wanna hippie flip tonight
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When a person mixes Mush With Extacy two of my favourite drugs personally this is a intense mixture. Visuals are intensified, hysteric laughing is a guarntee.
Tyler: Yo nathan look what I got *Bag of shrooms* Nathan: Oh SICK look what i got *Bag of pills* Both: HIPPIE FLIP!!!!!!!!!
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A skateboarding trick where you make the skateboard do a certain flip trick under a rail/bench while you jump over the rail/bench and cath the board with your feet on the other side and land it.
Dude, I just did a hippie flip on that rail over there.
ayon kay Danee B ika-17 ng Mayo, 2009
The true definition of this word is when a user take both LSD and Mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis) at the same time. Creating a psychological trip beyond anything you have experienced.
This kid said, "hey lets hippie flip with E" I responded, "You are dumb you need LSD and Mushrooms to hippie flip fool".
ayon kay TheloneusKool ika-02 ng Pebrero, 2009


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The jubilee at Armory Square on Friday will mark the final one of the season and will also be the last for event founder Mayor Michael Mullen, whose term is up this year.
Mullen is running for a city council seat but is not seeking re-election as mayor.
"I have no way of knowing what will happen next year (with the jubilees) but I will certainly assist the next mayor or the Friends of the Armory if they want it to continue," Mullen said. "Anything I can do to help, it would be something I would enjoy very much."
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Over the eight years that Mullen has been in the mayor's office, there have been 30 of the Mayor's Third Friday Jubilees.
The first concerts were held in the summer of 2003 in the midst of a major cleanup effort for the armory.
"Some of our objective (in having the concerts) was to prove how important the armory is as a place for the community to gather," Mullen said. "The more consistently we do these types of events, the more people from out of town will think of Marietta as their special event destination. It really is a great way to market Marietta."
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What: Final Mayor's Third Friday Jubilee of the season.
When: Friday, beginning at 6 p.m.
Where: Armory Square on Front Street in Marietta.
Who: Performances by the Mud Ducks at 6 p.m., Stacy Grubb Band at 7 p.m.
For information: Contact the mayor's office at 373-1387 or visit mariettoh.net.
According to Mullen, tens of thousands of people have gathered over the years to enjoy the many bluegrass, folk and country musicians that have been invited to perform, including Johnny Staats, Stewed Mulligan, Connie Townsend and the GinSangers, The Slack Family Bluegrass Band, Grasstowne and others. The final jubilee of the season will feature the Stacy Grubb Band and the mayor's band, The Mud Ducks, as the opening act.
"It's always inspiring to be on the stage with these national acts," Mullen said.
The Stacy Grubb Band consists of Stacy Grubb, a native of McDowell County in West Virginia, guitar player Brandon Davis, of Virginia, banjo player Eric Hardin, of North Carolina, Bryan McDowell, of North Carolina on fiddle and mandolin and Beth Lawrence, bass player from Tennessee.
Grubb says she has been influenced by the likes of Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert and Waylon Jennings. But perhaps the biggest and earliest influence was her father, Alan Johnston.
"Dad would sing those sad songs and tell me about how he and my grandma would sit around the record player and just cry and cry listening to them," Grubb said in a statement. "They loved it and I did, too. It just made sense to me that a song's worth should be measured by how sad it can make you feel."
Friday's event will also include at least a couple vendors from the River City Farmers Market.
For those who might be lamenting the end of the summer concert series, a CD entitled "Moon Over" features several live performances from 2009. Musicians on the CD include Mullen, Staats, Todd Burge, Rob Schafer, Sherm Koons, Scott Carnahan and Mike Vigue. The CD is available at Over the Moon Pizzeria with the purchase of a brick for the Armory Square Community Walk from the WASCO website at www.wascoinc.org. "Pickin' parties" and jam sessions will also continue at the pizzeria at 107 Front St.
As for his time as mayor winding down, Mullen sad he was both apprehensive and grateful.
"Change is often a bit scary but I've loved every minute of it and I wouldn't change a thing," he said. "I learned a lesson from my grandfather to leave a place better than you found it. I hope that has been accomplished."


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The above is a (NSFW) scene from the upcoming film adaptation of On the Road. It is the first time in which we the public are privy to Kristen Stewart's boobs. Also the first we see her giving two gentlemen handjobs at the same time. We did it everybody.
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Ok so my daughter's school called me this afternoon saying that she suddenly got a severe rash and couldn't walk and was crying in pain.
I rushed over there and picked her up. I couldn't get ahold of her regular pediatrician because the phone # had changed (he actually changed clinics...see later in story). I freaked out and took her to the Emergency Room because I just didn't know how serious it really was. She had a fever, scary purple rash, and was lethargic. She couldn't walk.
What would you have done?
After waiting 2 hours in the E.R. my EX/her Dad finds out that there is a brand-new children's clinic open with walk-in hours from 4:30-6:30. It was then about 4:10 PM. He drove up to the hospital and helped me take her to the children's clinic.
We walked out of the hospital without being treated.
I was informed that we may still receive a bill, and that the minimum for E.R. is $400!!!!
My EX carries insurance on her, but it is a HSA plan so that $400 would come straight out of his HSA.
Of course, he doesn't want to pay.
How should we handle this so that we don't have to pay when services were not rendered?
She did see the Triage nurse but was never seen beyond that and was not diagnosed or treated.
And yes....I know....my EX is a f'ing DOUCHEBAG for caring more about the cost of treatment and filing a complaint for the wait time, than he was concerned about the health of our child. Grr.
She's fine, it turned out to be HSP- some kind of Purpura (I forgot how to spell the H and S parts but the end is Purpura). It's just a really painful rash that causes joint pain, comes on suddenly, and can cause a fever. We have to do follow-ups to check her urine because it can cause kidney problems but other than that it should clear on it's own, and it's not contagious.
Oh and EX was upset that she will miss school tomorrow because up until now she has a perfect attendance record at school. She can't fucking WALK and he wants her to go to school? Great dad.
Sorry for the vent....I've just had a really, really long day.
So anyhoo - would you have gone to the E.R. or where? How would you handle it if they bill us?


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Fifty years ago, my parents chose to name their youngest son Brent. I have no idea why. In Old English, it means "steep hill." I seriously doubt that has anything to do with why they chose this name for me. Since there's no one else in my family with this name, I'm guessing they just liked how it sounds.
Two thousand years ago, Mary and Joseph didn't have to choose a name for their first-born son. They were spared the process of going through books of baby names for likely candidates, or scouring family trees for ancestors to name their child after. They were told what to name by no less than an angel from heaven: "You are to give him the name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). Jesus, pronounced "Y'shua" in Hebrew, literally means, "the Lord saves." And so this name tells us about the Child whose birth we are about to celebrate. He came, not to condemn and destroy, but to save. This he would accomplish by his atoning sacrifice on the cross.
But the Babe of Bethlehem was given more names than just Jesus. Seven hundred years before he was born, the prophet Isaiah wrote, "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." In Hebrew, the word "imanu" means "with us," while "el" means God. Thus, this name of the Christ child also serves to remind us of why we celebrate his birth. He is God who became one of us. As a man, he became our substitute, living the life we couldn't, dying the death we wouldn't.
There are still more names the Bible gives us for Mary's Son. "Christ" and "Messiah" are two commonly heard names for him. Christ is Greek, and Messiah is Hebrew, but both mean the same thing: "Anointed One." From eternity, the Son of God was designated as the one who would lift up the fallen human race, winning salvation for all.
As an adult, Jesus acquired still more names, including:
"Beloved Son" is the name God the Father called Jesus at his baptism and again at his transfiguration, shortly before his death. The baby in the manger is the eternal Son of God, loved by the Father, yet willingly given for a world that had turned away from Him.
"Good Shepherd" is what he called himself in John chapter 10. He is the one who came to lead his sheep to green pastures and still waters of heaven. He gained admission for his flock by laying down his life for them.
"Light of the world" is another name our Lord called himself. Like a bright flashlight beam pierces the darkness and reveals the way, so Jesus came to shed light on our path of life, guiding us through the darkness of this world and on to the glories of heaven.
"Lamb of God" is the name his cousin, John the Baptist, bestowed on him. Like the Passover lambs, whose blood spared the Israelites from death at the exodus, so Jesus, the Lamb of God, would shed his blood that his people would be spared eternal death.
May the names of the baby whose birth we celebrate remind us that Christmas is so much more than just an excuse for overindulging and overspending. Let the names of the Christ child point us to the boundless love of God, his mercy and grace, and our eternal home in heaven.
- Brent Merten is pastor of Mountain Valley Lutheran Church, 802 Brush Creek Terrace, Eagle.


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Meredith Wilson wins in my book.
He's by far the most famous Iowa musician. People might not know who he is but if you are over the age of 50 you have probably seen the movie based on the musical by Wilson. I think its part of Iowa's sub-par curriculum.


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SAN JOSE -- With the 2013 recruiting class in the books, San Jose State coach Ron Caragher is anxiously awaiting the start of spring practice on Feb. 19.
It's an early start to spring ball but comes with a specific purpose. The Spartans will wrap up the session with their spring game March 23, just before the start of spring break.
"I really like getting it going, getting things underway and getting the new system and terminology established," Caragher said. "It's a little bit earlier and guys know things are speeding up fast. I think it'll all be good." The offense will see some adjustments to what Caragher and new offensive coordinator Jimmie Dougherty are familiar with, but won't change drastically.
"There's a lot of carry-over, there's a lot of similarities between what was run here last year and what we've run in the past," Caragher said.
Caragher describes the offense as a West Coast offense that focuses on being physical, while valuing efficient quarterback play that should take advantage of the skills of David Fales, last year's national leader in completion percentage.
The change defensively under new coordinator Kenwick Thompson will be a move to a 3-4 alignment.
Caragher said they won't use a "pure nose" and the defense will react similar to a 4-3, but having the additionally linebacker on the field makes them more versatile.
"Your base personnel matches up to the spread offenses that are out there," Caragher said.
Scout had SJSU just above Louisiana Tech and ahead of only one Mountain West Conference team, UNLV. The small size of the Spartans class is partly to blame as the rankings are based on a total number, and more signees adds to that number.
In term of the average ranking of its recruits, Scout has SJSU ranked eighth in the Mountain West, ahead of New Mexico, Air Force, Utah State and Wyoming.
A pre-combine analysis of Quessenberry on NFL.com says the former Spartans left tackle "may be able to stay at tackle at the next level, but might be a better fit for offensive guard." As strengths, it notes Quessenberry's low pad level and mean streak.
Otten's analysis suggests he could be a mid-round pick and earn "playing time at least as a regular reserve contributor in the NFL." He's noted for strong hands but needs to work on his speed.
Fales is joined by Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr and Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato. The organization annually awards the Sammy Baugh Award to the nation's top passer and Fales finished as the runner-up to Louisiana Tech's Colby Cameron.
The club will also honor its other 2012 players of the year, which include Stanford's Zach Ertz and Ed Reynolds, Wisconsin's Montee Ball, Kansas State's Collin Klein and USC's Marquise Lee, among others.
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A Macon man was left with minor injuries following a Friday morning mishap in Shelby County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol the accident happened at 5:30 a.m. on Missouri 151 five miles south of Clarence.
A 1997 Ford Taurus was being driven south by 26-year-old Carlos D. Rodriguez of Macon when it ran off the left side of the road. After returning to the pavement the car overturned and skidded off the right side of the roadway where it struck an embankment.
Rodriguez, who was wearing a safety device, was treated at the scene by ambulance personnel, but was not transported to a hospital.
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"The Red Road" (9 p.m., Sundance Channel): Jason Momoa, who scared the heck out of us in "Game of Thrones," brings his hulking presence to this six-part crime thriller set in a small New Jersey community, where a Native American tribe clashes with the white authorities.
"Scandal" (10 p.m., ABC):
The buzzy drama returns from hiatus with the first of eight new episodes, and Sally (Kate Burton) is about to deliver a shocking announcement that will rock the White House.
"Portlandia" (10 p.m., IFC): Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are back for a new, 10-episode season of sketch-comedy goodness. In the opener, Kirsten Dunst guest stars as a woman haunted by highly intelligent ghosts.
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United States Mint Releases Second Annual Birth Set on January 15
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2013 Birth Set at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 15, 2013. The set is priced at $19.95.
Launched in 2012, the Birth Set contains proof quality versions of the Kennedy half-dollar, the first America the Beautiful Quarters® Program coin to be released this year (honoring New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest), the Roosevelt dime, the Jefferson 5-cent coin (nickel), and the Lincoln one-cent coin (penny). All coins bear the "S" mint mark of the United States Mint at San Francisco. The coins are mounted on an attractive folder with spaces for a personalized welcome message, the baby's statistics (date and time of birth and length/weight), a three- by four-inch photograph, and a lock of hair.
Orders will be accepted at the bureau's online catalog, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468). A shipping and handling fee of $4.95 will be added to all domestic orders.
The United States Mint was created by Congress in 1792. It is the Nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The United States Mint also produces numismatic products including proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. The United States Mint's numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to the taxpayer.
Note: To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products, orders placed prior to the official on-sale date and time January 15, 2013, at noon ET, shall not be deemed accepted by the United States Mint and will not be honored. For more information, please review the United States Mint's Frequently Asked Questions, Answer ID #175.
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To celebrate National Library Week, the Summit County Libraries have invited two guests to give a storytelling performance today and Wednesday.
Denise Gard, a professional storyteller and owner of Story Creations, will read and act out three different stories for audiences at each of the three Summit libraries. Gard's assistant, Sienna, will perform as well - wearing costumes, weaving through the audience and even jumping through hoops. Sienna is a border collie, with three years of experience performing at libraries, schools and day care centers with Gard.
"We've had people bring dogs in before and the kids just love the dogs," said Summit County library associate Rebecca Kane, who arranged for Gard's visit. "I'm excited for this program."
Previous to starting Story Creations, Gard worked as a children's librarian for about eight and a half years with the Pike's Peak Library District. During that time, she saw many performances at the library, of varying capabilities, and eventually she got to thinking, "I could do that."
She started small, doing short performances at nearby libraries, then slowly expanded the business, until it grew enough that she quit her job at the library and threw herself into it full time.
"It combines everything," she said of Story Creations, including her background in theater, knowledge of children's literature, love of performance and love of the children in the audience.
About three years ago, Sienna joined Gard's act. Gard had adopted the border collie as a rescue a while before. Abused by her previous owners, Sienna came to Gard emaciated and with a deep mistrust of adult humans. Slowly, Gard nursed the dog back to health, gaining her trust and revealing the personality beneath.
A suggestion from a friend led Gard to start training Sienna and contemplating adding her to the performances. It didn't take long to see that it was a winning combination. Now, "she is an integral part of the show," Gard says.
"I write a story for her to perform and I put into the story commands that she knows and words that she knows," Gard explained. "I use a lot of audience participation anyway. I am a storyteller who can take any interruption or event and weave it into the story."
Having Sienna as part of her act makes a positive impact on the children in the audience, Gard said. It helps them focus, gives them more interaction and exposes some of the more frightened children to a dog that is calm, trained and well behaved. There's also an additional benefit.
"It's really fun for me," Gard said with a laugh, "because she gets to travel with me and she gets to be with me."
Holding entertaining performances during National Library Week helps draw more people to the library, says Summit County Libraries director Joyce Dierauer.
"It's just a way of getting out some more information about the library in general," she added. "We're here all the time and we're willing to help kids with any school projects they might have."
Children of all ages are encouraged to attend the performance. The event is free of cost to all participants, with cake snacks available at the main library in Frisco.
"It'll be fun," Kane said. "Any time you have dogs and books together, it's a win-win situation."


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Trevor Boehne will be hosting the Southern Minnesota Fall Shootout on Saturday October 20, 2012 at The Links of Springfield Disc Golf Course.
There are a lot of disc golf courses in Southern Minnesota that don't get the chance to see a lot of tournament action. I am trying to change that a little bit at a time. This will be the first PDGA sanctioned tournament at The Links of Springfield Disc Golf Course! The disc golf season is beginning to wrap up in our area, so come down for at least one more awesome tournament to finish off your season! We are working on added cash and prizes for all participants. Check back as more details become available. Please come check out the Southern Minnesota Fall Shootout and support some of the courses around the South Zone!
Southern Minnesota Fall Shootout
Saturday, October 20, 2012
PDGA C-tier Event
Player Check-In: 8:00am-9:00am
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Master Pro - $40
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Advanced - $30
Master Advanced - $30
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Intermediate - $20
Recreational - $20
Junior - $20
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To setup port forwarding on the Actiontec R1520SU router your device needs to have a static IP address. You should complete one of the following steps first:
Now that you have setup a Static IP Address on your device, please enter the IP address that you assigned to your device here:
Now we need to know your routers IP address. You can find it a variety of ways.
It's ok if you don't know your Actiontec R1520SU router's internal IP address. You can find it by doing one of the following:
Open a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the internal IP address of your router in the address bar of your browser.
In the picture above the address bar has http://www.google.com in it. Just replace all of that with the internal IP address of your Actiontec R1520SU router. By default the IP address should be set to 192.168.0.1.
If you are having trouble with this guide, then perhaps PFConfig may be your solution. PFConfig is a software tool that will automatically forward ports for your router to save you time and hassle.
BitComet chooses a random port to listen on when you install it. Before we can forward ports for BitComet, we need to find out what port BitComet is using. Go ahead and open BitComet.
In the menu at the top of your screen, click Options. Clicking Options will cause a menu to drop down. In this new menu click Preferences.
In the menu on the left the top option Connection should be selected. On the right hand side of this window you should see a Listen Port option. That is the port that you need to forward. You can change it if you like. Please enter the listen port below.
There is one more thing we need to do. We need to shut off the UPNP of BitComet.
In the menu on the left hand side under Advanced, click Connection. There should be an Enable UPnP Port Mapping(XP only) checkbox on the right hand side. Make sure it is unchecked.
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You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now.
Click the button to log in to your Actiontec R1520SU router.
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Click the Setup / Configuration link.
Click the Advanced Setup link near the left of the page.
Click the Begin Advanced Setup button.
Click the Port Forward link near the left of the page.
We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. BitComet requires you to forward the ports you entered above. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Port Forwarding menu and then click Add.
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When you're finished, click Save and Restart near the left of the screen to save your changes.
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Bernice Abbot: Documenting Science
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Some fascinating images of swinging pendulums, magnetism, time lapses... Occurred to me that as images of science, we have all we need out of them, so theres no point taking more of the same subject – so they literally don't and won't make them like this any more. As a result, our visual reference for these things will always be rooted in that time period. I find that really interesting...


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Santa Clara County's Registrar of Voters on Tuesday certified the results of the Nov. 6 election. State law requires certification 28 days after an election.
"We have checked and rechecked all the numbers to make sure everything is accurate," said registrar Barry Garner, "and we have found that there are no discrepancies whatsoever. The numbers are true and accurate and reflect the will of the voters."
Garner said 653,239 of the county's 817,837 registered voters returned ballots in the election, or 79.87 percent, which he said is in keeping with the average of 75 percent to 80 percent of registered voters who have voted in this county since 1972.
The exception was the 2008 presidential election contest between candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, when 85 percent of the county's 788,821 registered voters at that time returned ballots.
"That was a once-in-a-lifetime election," said Garner.
The registrar said that none of the Nov. 6 local contests were so close they required an automatic recount, "so the winners who were leading on election night were the same winners who have been certified."
Santa Clara County's ballot included 11 state propositions, 12 local measures and 268 candidates.


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Pa. highway reopens after tons of chicken spill
Published: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 11:36 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 11:36 a.m.
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania highway has reopened after a tractor-trailer crash caused 37,000 pounds of processed chicken to spill onto the road.
State police in New Castle say the truck crashed shortly before 5 a.m. on U.S. Route 422 near McConnells Mill State Park. That's about 35 miles north of Pittsburgh.
The eastbound lanes of the highway were closed for more than three hours while crews cleaned up the poultry.
No injuries have been reported.
Police have yet to say who was driving the truck or who owned the vehicle — or the tons of chicken inside it.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.
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OAKLAND -- In hindsight, it's only fitting the Warriors would close the first half of the season with a thrilling 104-99 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, owners of the NBA's best record.
The Warriors' record after the first 41 games (26-15) is nothing short of improbable. It was prompted by great play from their two stars, improved defense and contributions up and down the lineup.
Ditto for Wednesday night's victory.
You kept expecting Thunder star Kevin Durant -- who finished with 33 points and nine assists -- to do something to put the Warriors in their place. But it never happened.
Point guard Stephen Curry carried the Warriors to crunchtime. Then when his shot escaped him, and with Oklahoma City paying special attention to him, Curry watched his teammates pick up the slack. Forward David Lee scored seven points in the fourth quarter and finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Backup forward Carl Landry had eight points and five rebounds in the final quarter, finishing with 20 points and seven rebounds.
Rookie forward Harrison Barnes made Durant work for all of his 11 points in the fourth quarter and helped prompt one of the NBA's best into four turnovers over the final eight minutes.
"Everybody's pitching in to do their part," Barnes said. "That's been kind of the story of this year."
The Warriors hit the halfway mark on pace for a 52-win season. And that's without starting center Andrew Bogut for all but four games and after losing key swingman Brandon Rush to a season-ending knee injury.
"We're continuing to get better," Lee said. "We've played hard basketball for about a week and a half and got through a tough part of our schedule. We came back and got another big win at home. We had a great crowd and decided to go out there and do what we do."
Oklahoma City was doing what it does best most of the first half.
Led by Durant, the Thunder seemed to get any shot it wanted. At the half, Oklahoma City was leading 57-52, shooting 56.4 percent from the field and had 15 assists on 22 baskets. Durant had 18 points on eight shots with eight assists in the half.
But Curry took over in the third quarter. He got going with a 3-pointer early. Then with just under seven minutes left, he knocked down back-to-back pull-up jumpers, tying the game at 65.
He got loose down the right sideline in transition before leaning in for a bank shot, and the foul, giving the Warriors a 72-68 lead.
Curry had a chance to really bring the house down but missed three straight 3-pointers, all of them good looks. Oklahoma City closed the third quarter with an 11-4 run to take a 79-76 lead into the fourth quarter.
Curry scored 27 points in his first 27 minutes of action. Even though he missed 10 of his 13 3-point attempts, he was drawing traps and help defense.
That meant his teammates had to carry the load down the stretch. And they did.
The Warriors trailed by one point inside of four minutes left. Guard Klay Thompson put Golden State ahead with a finger roll in the lane. Landry put the Warriors up 97-94 when he put back his own miss with 2:25 left.
Kendrick Perkins tapped in Durant's missed fall-away, but Jarrett Jack answered with a rainbow pull-up over Durant, and Golden State led 99-96.
Two free throws by Durant cut the lead to one. But Curry, on a rare late touch, drew a double-team and found Lee for a layup, giving the Warriors a 101-98 advantage with 1:19 left.
Golden State got a stop but had that negated by a Lee turnover. Durant split a pair of free throws. And Curry, who had been a decoy all quarter, had a chance for a dagger 3-pointer. But he missed the wide-open look at the top of the key, giving the Thunder another chance.
Durant, facing a trap off the pick-and-roll, tried to slip a pass to Perkins in the lane. But Curry did his best Dashon Goldson impersonation and intercepted the pass.
His ensuing free throws put the Warriors up 103-99 and sealed the victory.
"It would've great if Steph Curry knocks down one of those threes," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said, "and people go crazy and all of sudden we're up four or five and the game is over. But the special thing about it is we missed the shot and we had to win the game on the defensive end.
"We showed that we were committed, buckled up and we got the stops that we needed. That's Warriors basketball."
Curry finished with 31 points and seven assists.
"Last year, I don't know what their record was," Durant said before tipoff at Oracle Arena. "But coming from out of the playoffs to the fifth seed, I think both of them should go."
Coaches, who vote for the All-Star reserves, had to turn their ballots in by Wednesday morning. Before the Warriors hosted the Thunder in the evening, there were already rumors the two Warriors were among those selected to the West All-Star team.
The reserves for each conference will be announced at 4 p.m. Thursday on TNT. The popular expectation is that Golden State will get at least one All-Star, the franchise's first since being represented by Latrell Sprewell in 1997.
For their part, both players said they're trying to focus on the games. But both acknowledged how special it would be for them to go together.
"I'm not a guy that is going to sit up here and toot the horn of guys that don't deserve it," Jackson said. "I never said last year that anyone of my guys should have been an All-Star because, quite honestly, they should not have been. That being said, I have two guys on my team that it would be wrong and a disservice if they are not on the All-Star team.
"The way they conduct themselves, what they have done in this league, and they've been as good as anyone at their positions if you look at the numbers and wins. If justice truly prevails, those guys will be in the All-Star game."
The All-Star game is Feb. 17 at Houston. "
Friday's game
Warriors (26-15) at Chicago (25-16), 5 p.m. CSNBA


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From comedies, to action, to suspense-thrillers, we have the perfect Father's Day movie picks for you. Pop by your local video store, pick one up, and sit back for hours of entertainment. What better way to celebrate dad, than to have a movie night in his honor?
Father of the Bride
A comedy about a dad who goes a little haywire in the midst of his only daughter planning her wedding and getting married. Perfect for the over-protective dad.
Field of Dreams
A fantasy and drama about a novice farmer in rural Iowa who builds a baseball diamond on his land. Magical occurrences ensue.
Mr. Mom
A great 80s comedy! A stay at home father cares for the kids and cleans the house while his wife is working in the opposite role as the bread winner.
National Lampoon's Vacation
A father takes his family on a cross-country summer vacation to "Wally World".
A comedy about the rigors and joys of parenting. Fun for the whole family.
The Pursuit of Happyness
A father falls on hard times, living in homeless shelters and eating in soup kitchens while trying to achieve his dreams. His son sticks by his side saying that he'll be there for him no matter what happens.
A suspense thriller you won't want to miss! After his son is kidnapped, a gutsy father tries to negotiate with the captors to ensure his son comes home safely.
An action suspense flick you won't want to miss. A "super dad" tries to rescue his daughter after she is abducted in a foreign country and sold into an underworld of drugs and slavery.
Three Men & A Baby
A comedy and a tear jerker! Three bachelor friends care for a baby left on their doorstep by one of their girlfriends.
True Lies
Comedy and action! A father and husband lives a double life as an international spy to protect the country – and his family – from terrorists.
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TOKYO, Japan (WOMENSENEWS)--Japanese politics is still an Old Boy's club, according to Kuniko Tanioka.
She should know.
Tanioka has been a member of the country's Diet, or national legislature since 2007, in addition to being president of Japan's Shigakkan University at Obu City in Aichi prefecture.
"If you visit the Diet and you are a newcomer, you will have a hard time finding a women's washroom, "she said in a recent interview in Tokyo. "That's because the building was built when women didn't even have the vote and there were no women in the building. Women's facilities were slowly introduced as women were starting to be incorporated in this 'village,' though men didn't like the idea of female Diet members. They wanted to hold on to their positions and prestige."
As a sign of the Diet's male bias, Tanioka points to the high number of politicians' sons among the 148 relatives holding seats in the 480-member lower Diet.
"If you want to talk about male chauvinists, just see the way these male politicians look to their sons, and not their daughters," Tanioka said.
While an occasional daughter or granddaughter does hold a seat in the Diet, she said that is more the exception than the rule.
"We [in politics] are a reflection of the entire Japanese society in its entirety," Tanioka said. "The only way to change this is if women become aware of the situation. That is what will open the doors."
A women's group, the non-partisan All-Japan Obachan Party, has been working for over a year to do just that.
Its focus is not to elect or support particular politicians. Instead members are pushing for more female representatives in government and in the Cabinet to raise women's political awareness and involvement, improve women's work opportunities, and ensure equal pay and adequate levels of childcare for those wanting to work outside the home.
Offering a Closed Forum
In addition to holding regular press conferences on these issues, the group offers a closed forum where women can gather and openly talk about political and other issues.
Obachan is a familiar and friendly term for an older woman, roughly equivalent to "auntie." The group's motto is: "AJOP is Love and Courage, and Obachan will save the world."
It began on Sept. 15, 2012, when its leader, Mayumi Taniguchi, an associate professor at Osaka International University, posted a Facebook comment about the problems faced by women. "I'm tired of (old men) politics. Shall we launch an old women's party?" she wrote.
A throng of women responded to Taniguchi's battle cry.
Today, the non-partisan AJOP represents women from about 20 to 70 years old and says its membership of more than 3,000 is rising.
The group aims to change the role of women in both politics and everyday life.
While Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants to boost women's public stature, the AJOP points to a mere two women in his 24-member cabinet.
Parties Made Up of Men
"Both parties are almost all made up of men, wearing dark gray suits and discussing sensitive diplomatic problems concerning the Senkaku Islands or changing the constitution of Japan, without taking women's opinions into account," said party member Tomoko Satome, an obstetrician and deputy department leader at Kanagawa Prefectural Shimoidai Hospital, at a press conference in Tokyo in March.
"We are a very gender-biased society, and the bias is created by a male-dominant society. Our situation is the same as the 1960s when I was born, so we must act to change it, from the bottom up, and make the changes from the top to bottom."
AJOP's "basic strategic policy" events--which have been attracting national and international coverage-- are designed to spur women to discuss politics and make connections between politics and their own lives.
AJOP is planning the All World Obachan Conference in 2016.
Hiroko Inokuma, an associate professor at Tokyo City University and a vice president of AJOP, could not provide details about the plans for the event.
"I'm really surprised to see women talking about politics, speaking out and writing about it on Facebook," Inokuma said in a phone interview. "As our activities and speaking out spreads, men can't avoid our opinions in the future."
AJOP members say they worry that the traditionally minded ruling Liberal Democratic Party will promote old-style cultural values where women stay quietly at home, and men work.
Japan is still one of the lowest-ranked Asian nations when it comes to the number of female legislators. The percentage of women in national parliaments worldwide has reached 20.3 percent, marking the first time the proportion of women in parliaments exceeded 20 percent globally, according to a March report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Japan, with a rate of female representatives at about 8 percent in the lower house and 18.6 percent in the upper house ranks 123 among 189 countries surveyed.
Catherine Makino has written for an array of publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Inter Press Service, Voice of America Radio, Manchester TV, Asia Times, American Chamber of Commerce and Asian Wall Street Journal. She was president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan 2008-2009.
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Is there a way to call a script from another script and pass variables from the first one on to the next one?
Eg: I want to have a dialog, that can either start from some defaults or from previously defined values. As there seems to be no way of having a "file open" button in a dialog (only ok, no, cancel... buttons), I would create a new button in qcad's toolbar that displays the file selection and then call out to the real dialogue.


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purl 1
noun[mass noun]
1A knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from right to left: [as modifier]: a purl stitch Compare with plain1 (sense 5 of the adjective).
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- Priscilla Gibson-Roberts explains how wrapping the yarns the way most western cultures do for the purl stitch, tends to use just a bit more yarn, so the purls rows are just a little looser than the knit rows.
- Look at how crisp the bobbles are and regularity the purl stitches.
- Eddie was trying to explain to Pride the difference between knit and purl, and how to use each of them.
2A cord of twisted gold or silver wire used for bordering or edging something.
Example sentences
- The spangle kept in place by a stitch through a short piece of Purl.
2.1An ornamental edging of lace or ribbon.
Example sentences
- Portrayed in seventeenth-century dress, the central figures are richly picked out in colourful threads of satin and stern stitch with couched silk and purl.
verb[with object]
Knit with a purl stitch: knit one, purl one
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- Purl one, knit one, purl one, purl one - wait, that was a knit, wasn't it?
- Or perhaps it'll be cyber-knitters, chanting some elaborated version of 'knit one, purl two' as they create mythic tapestries or heal rifts in the fabric of space-time.
- Although, I find it less annoying than a rib - knit 3, move yarn, purl 3, move yarn, repeat - because I always loose track of what stitch I'm on.
Mid 17th century: of uncertain origin.
Words that rhyme with purlbirl, burl, churl, curl, earl, Erle, furl, girl, herl, hurl, knurl, merle, pas seul, pearl, Searle, skirl, squirl, swirl, twirl, whirl, whorl
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verb[no object]
(Of a stream or river) flow with a swirling motion and babbling sound: large stones stood blackly in the water, making it purl as it rolled around them
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- The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.
- Miri could not imagine there was such a beautiful place as the island of Philae, an island amongst islands washed by the purling waters of the Nile.
- I look out of the window and through the purling drops I can see gutters running with water; I can see the clouds almost black with rain to come.
noun[in singular]
A purling motion or sound: it was quiet except for the liquid purl of the fountain
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- His hands just purled off notes in all shapes and forms.
- The shadows lurched forward, purling around his ankles like tendrils of smoke.
- No. 23 (F Major - Moderato) purls off the piano like drops of water for some forty seconds before the conclusion begins, in No. 24 (D Minor - Allegro appassionato), sweeping, broad, interlaced with runs.
Early 16th century (denoting a small swirling stream): probably imitative; compare with Norwegian purla 'bubble up'.
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Alisan Porter is the new winner of The Voice! The former Curly Sue actress was crowned the new winner on Tuesday night's finale. Even better, Alisan's win officially breaks "the girl curse" as she helped
Dave Mordy talks Tuesday during an unveiling of the newly-renovated and newly-named library, named after his family
Southern Oklahoma Library System executive director talks Tuesday about what went into rebranding the library system
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Things are still in high gear out in Chicago where the Mighty Leaf Tea'm is hard at work wowing customers and brewing up a good time at the National Restaurant Association show. Tea is making a big impression with the crowd this year as a beverage for all seasons and menus. Showcasing that versatility is one of the most exciting booths we've ever had. Here it is before the crowds arrive for the day.
As you can see, there are several different serving stations where thirsty guests can enjoy hot tea, iced tea, fruit-infused tea, and matcha-based beverages! All of it served along with a helping of that famous Mighty Leaf hospitality.
If you're in the Chicago area, be sure to stop by booth 1840 today or tomorrow before the show ends to share a little tea with us. Those not within driving distance, let us know on Twitter or Facebook which of the drinks you would sample if you could join us!