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DUBUQUE — A 3-0 advantage in turnovers translated to a 23-21victory for the University of Dubuque over the Central College football team Saturday.
Both squads had productive offenses in non-conference games but in the Iowa Conference opener it was defenses that were dominant, with neither team topping the 300-yard mark in total offense.
But Dubuque (2-2) turned two turnovers into touchdowns, and other factors hurt the Dutch as well, according to coach Jeff McMartin.
"Turnovers, penalties and poor execution really contributed," he said. "Give Dubuque credit. They made plays. They didn't make penalties, they executed and they didn't turn the ball over."
Dubuque's Blaine Snitker returned an interception 26 yards for a score with 3:12 left in the first half for a 10-7 lead. A 37-yard Dubuque field goal as time expired in the half pushed the advantage to 13-7. Central briefly regained the lead when quarterback Aaron Eiseler (junior, Newberg, Ore., Red Mountain, Ariz. HS) found Brendon Boerm (junior, Traer, North Tama HS) for a 9-yard TD with 8:01 left in the third period. But Dubuque answered with a 24-yard field goal with 3:33 remaining in the quarter, then recovered a fumble at the Central 43-yard line and needed just four plays and 1:44 for its only other TD of the day and a 23-14 lead.
The Dutch had a steady wind at their backs in the fourth quarter but couldn't find the end zone until they completed an 11-play, 86-yard, 2-minute march with a 5-yard Eiseler toss to Boerm to make it 23-21. Central couldn't recover the onside kick and Dubuque was able to run out the clock.
Central's first score came early in the second quarter when tight end Jack Norgaard (junior, Naperville, Ill., Neuqua Valley HS) hauled in a 36-yard Eiseler pass to put the Dutch ahead 7-3 with 14:18 remaining.
Dubuque held a 291 to 288-yard edge in total yards.
Eiseler completed 25 of 43 passes for 232 yards and three TDs, with one interception and two sacks. Boerm had six receptions for 58 yards while Blaine Forsythe (junior, Pella) had six catches for 51 yards and running back Taylor Cox (sophomore, Pella) had five receptions for 45 yards.
But the Dutch were held to 56 yards on the ground, after averaging 193.7 yards in the first three games. De'Andre Currie (junior, Phoenix, Ariz., Mountain Pointe HS) managed 33 yards on six carries.
"Dubuque took away a lot of things in the running game and forced us to pass," McMartin said. "That's what we ended up doing."
Dubuque's Kyle Acker rushed for 111 yards on 29 carries as the Spartans got 117 yards on the ground. But Dubuque's pass-oriented offense, which was averaging 306.3 yards, was limited to 174 as Bryan Bradshaw completed 22 of 46 passes. The Dutch came up with stops three times at or inside the 10-yard line, limiting Dubuque to field goals.
"The defense played very well," McMartin said. "Dubuque only scored one offensive touchdown. We also had some untimely penalties that hurt us and that needs to get fixed. But they gave us a great effort."
Central was flagged seven times for 73 yards.
Defensive back Jason Breon (senior, Anamosa) had a game-high 12 tackles with two pass breakups. Linebacker Zac Miller (sophomore, Kansas City, Mo., Liberty North HS), back off the injured list, and linebacker Mike Young (senior, Country Club Hills, Ill., Hillcrest HS) each had 10 tackles with 2.5 defensive end Jack Shipley (senior, Tipton) had 10 stops with 2.0 tackles for loss. Defensive back Jacob Tune (junior, Mesa, Ariz., Red Mountain HS) had eight tackles and two breakups.
It's not likely to be the last close game of the conference season.
"You better do things the right way if you want to be successful," McMartin said. "There are a bunch of teams capable of winning on any given day. You have to not beat yourself. The teams that are able to do that will have success."
Central remains on the road next Saturday, facing Simpson College at Indianola in a 1 p.m. game. Simpson is 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the league after tumbling at Waverly to Wartburg College Saturday, 34-24.
"It's over now and we've got to learn from it, get the right pieces of the puzzle put together and get ready to play Simpson," McMartin said. "There are a lot of games to be played yet. We'll watch the film, we'll have a good practice Monday and get things going again."Print this ad for $10 off your next oil change


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Rutland again defies the odds
On Tuesday, July 22, the Gift-of-Life Mini Summer Marathon collected 376 pints of life-saving blood in one of the toughest months of the year to collect an adequate blood supply for the hospitals and patients the Red Cross serves.
I wish to thank the people of the greater Rutland area for their continued support and take this opportunity to apologize to those individuals who came to donate at the blood drive and either experienced a delay or were unable to donate due to a delayed start time.
Our staff members experienced some technical problems early on the morning of the drive. Immediate steps are being taken to mitigate these issues going forward. I apologize for the delayed opening of the blood drive. It was a challenging day, but the difficulties were overcome by teamwork and an amazingly dedicated community of donors.
I want to thank the volunteers who make blood drives such as this possible, and I particularly want to thank Steve Costello, vice president at Green Mountain Power, and Terry Jaye, program manager for Catamount Radio, who are the heart and soul of the Rutland Gift-of-Life blood drive. Their support and leadership has ensured the continued success of this semi-annual life-saving event.
Once again, a heartfelt thank-you to the people of the greater Rutland area. After last December's Gift-of-Life Marathon record-breaking blood drive, where we collected more than 2,300 units of lifesaving blood, your community continues to defy the odds. I am always amazed at the dedication of the people of Rutland — for their pride of community service, but most important, to helping their fellow man. On behalf of the countless number of patients you have helped, thank you.
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Minnesota coach Rick Adelman knew things were not going to be easy at the start of the year, seeing as star point guard Ricky Rubio was still recovering from the nasty injury to both the ACL and the LCL in his left knee, an injury for which Rubio had surgery on March 21. The initial diagnosis was that Rubio would be out about nine months, meaning he could be back on the floor by Christmas. Adelman knew his team would just have to withstand that loss and get Rubio back in order to get back into playoff contention in the West.
With that in mind, I asked him on Wednesday whether he would have been happy knowing before the season that his team would be near .500 as the return of Rubio (who practiced with the Wolves this week) nears. The answer was a little of both—the Wolves have had injuries extending far beyond Rubio, including long absences of starters Kevin Love, Andrei Kirilenko and Brandon Roy.
"We didn't know at the start of the year what we were going to be," he said. "We knew Ricky wasn't going to be playing, but we didn't know about all these other injuries. I think the guys, I look at, are they trying to get better every day? And these guys are trying to get better every day. Their attitude has been unbelievable."
The development of the rest of the Timberwolves in Rubio's absence now has folks in Minnesota duly excited. With Rubio on the floor, Minnesota was just hitting its stride and very much in the playoff picture last year. When he got hurt, the team collapsed. His return figures to shift the outlook in the Western Conference.
But Rubio is hardly the only injured player expected to make a big impact on a potential playoff team when he returns. Across the league, franchises are holding their collective breaths awaiting their stars' return to health:
Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks
The injury: Nowitzki underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on October 19.
The return: Originally, Nowitzki's timetable for a return was set at six weeks, which would have been at the beginning of this month. But he has suffered a setback and the Mavs are looking at his return on a week-to-week basis. He probably won't be back until January.
The impact: Obviously, losing an 11-time All-Star and an MVP is a serious blow, especially when the Mavs pieced together a roster out of free-agent leftovers, hoping to complement Nowitzki. The Mavs got off to a 4-1 start, but have gone 4-9 since, as defenses have targeted leading scorer O.J. Mayo and slowed the pace on the Mavs. Dallas is still in the playoff hunt, and getting Nowitzki back will take serious pressure off Mayo, who is much better off as a second option.
Andrew Bogut, Warriors
The injury: Bogut fractured his left ankle on January 25 while still with the Bucks, and was traded to Golden State in March. He had what the team called arthroscopic surgery on April 27, though Bogut later revealed it was actually more serious microfracture surgery.
The return: The Warriors wanted Bogut on the floor for opening night, and he was. He said he felt no pressure from the organization to hurry back, but after playing four of the team's first five games, he was shut down. He is out indefinitely, though he did say he expects to play this year.
The impact: The Warriors have held up well early in the year with rookie Festus Ezeli as the starter and coach Mark Jackson turning to small lineups behind him—they're 11-7, fifth in the West. But if Golden State hopes to maintain its good start and play well after the All-Star break, they will need Bogut's interior defensive presence in the paint. Not knowing when or if he will return figures to weigh on this bunch as the year goes progresses.
Amare Stoudemire, Knicks
The injury: Stoudemire has a "debridement" procedure to remove tissue on his left knee at the end of October.
The return: Stoudemire was slated to miss 6-8 weeks, and he's five weeks into his recovery. He has said he hopes to play on Christmas, when the Knicks visit the Lakers, but that is not a firm commitment.
The impact: The Knicks enter Thursday's matchup with the Heat at 13-4, the No. 1 seed in the East—obviously, they have not missed Stoudemire much, and Carmelo Anthony has taken nicely to the power forward spot. At this point, even with Stoudemire's past glory and clunky contract, the Knicks will have to ask him to accept a smaller role off the bench. There are indications he will be willing to do that, but whether those indications turn into reality will be a story to watch at MSG.
Steve Nash, Lakers
The injury: Nash suffered a non-displaced fracture in his left fibula when he bumped legs with Portland guard Damian Lillard in the second game of the season, on October 31. Initially, the injury was thought to be a bruise, but an MRI revealed the fracture.
The return: Two weeks. It seems Nash's return has been about two weeks away for the last five weeks, of course, but Nash is running and shooting, and probably will be back before Christmas.
The impact: The Lakers need something good to turn around their dismal year, and Nash is their last best hope. With backup Steve Blake also out, the Lakers are down to Darius Morris and Chris Duhon at point guard, and new coach Mike D'Antoni was brought in to run his offense—an offense that is based on having a point guard with Nash's skill set.
Derrick Rose, Bulls
The injury: Rose tore the ACL in his left knee on April 28, and had surgery on May 12.
The return: For Rose's injury, there is a wide range of recovery time, 8-12 months. That means February would be a relatively early recovery, but Rose could be back on the floor by then. The Chicago Sun-Times reported this week that Rose could return to practice by Christmas, though the team still is not setting timetables on his return.
The impact: The Bulls have been a decent team without Rose, but with him at 100 percent, they are title contenders. Problem is, even when Rose returns, it will take a while for him to get back to 100 percent. No one has run away with the Central Division, a hopeful sign for the Bulls' long-term outlook this year, but should the Pacers get their act together, the Bulls will be scraping for a low playoff spot when Rose comes back.
Danny Granger, Pacers
The injury: Granger suffered through knee pain in training camp, and the team announced he would be out indefinitely on October 30. Granger finally had an injection for left knee tendinosis on November 7.
The return: Granger was expected to miss three months, which will put him back on the floor around the All-Star break.
The impact: The Pacers have been horrible offensively without Granger, shooting 41.3 percent, second-worst in the league. They have been the best defensive team in the NBA, though, and they're expecting the offense to pick up once their collective shooting slump stops. If that happens, the Pacers could take control of the Central and will hope that bringing back Granger will set them up for a strong stretch run.
Andrew Bynum, Sixers
The injury: Bynum, who has a history of trouble in both knees, had Orthokine therapy in September, and was given injections in both knees in October. He was shut down in camp because of a right knee injury, then suffered a left knee injury while bowling in November. Currently, he is suffering from, "bilateral bruises and weakened cartilage state."
The return: It seems like ages ago—it was actually October 1—that the Sixers said they were shutting Bynum down for three weeks. Three weeks have long past, of course, and Bynum is nowhere near a return. He reportedly will have his knees re-examined on December 20.
The impact: The Sixers had hoped that, when they traded for Bynum, they would get the dominant All-Star big man they saw with the Lakers last year. They also knew they could get the balky-kneed Bynum we'd seen so often early in his career. They took a gamble on Bynum's health, and it looks like they will lose. Even still, the Sixers have played well enough to wind up among the Top 8 in the East, and because Bynum is a free agent this summer, the Sixers will at least clear out payroll.


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The former Ashchurch Parish covered the village of Ashchurch, the large Northway estate, and the settlements of Aston Cross, Aston on Carrant, Pamington and Natton. The village and housing and industrial estates run directly into Tewkesbury itself to the west. The parish once extended even further west to include the area called Newtown, but this was transferred to Tewkesbury in 1931. From 1935 until 1 Apr 1974, Ashchurch was part of the Cheltenham Rural District, which was then was incorporated into the new Tewkesbury District.
Ashchurch parish ceased to exist on 1 Apr 2008 when the boundaries were changed again; Northway, the principal development in the parish, broke away and formed a new parish of its own, while the remainder was combined with part of the small parish of Walton Cardiff to form the parish of Ashchurch Rural.
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The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival at Ithaca College embraces and interrogates sustainability across all of its forms: economic, social, ecological, political, cultural, technological, and aesthetic. The festival is in the spirit of UNESCO's initiative on sustainable development. This initiative has redefined and expanded environmental issues to explore the international interconnections between war, disease, health, genocide, the land, water, air, food, education, technology, cultural heritage, and diversity. Through film, video, new media, installation, performance, panels, and presentations, the festival engages interdisciplinary dialogue and vigorous debate. It links the local with the global. And it showcases Ithaca College as a regional and national center for thinking differently—in new ways, interfaces, and forms—about the environment and sustainability.
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The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival was launched in 1997 as an outreach project from the Center for the Environment at Cornell University. Always dedicated to films with a message, the festival, under program director Christopher Riley, expanded to become a major regional event in upstate New York. In 2004 Ithaca College was the major sponsor and host of the festival. In 2005 the festival moved permanently to Ithaca College, where it is housed in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies as a program to link intellectual inquiry and debate to larger global issues. Professor of cinema, photography, and media arts Patricia Zimmerman and professor of politics Thomas Shevory are the codirectors of the festival.


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Pork producer margins declined nearly $8 per head last week, with margins now at a negative $37.27 per hog marketed, according to the Sterling Pork Profit Tracker. Negotiated cash hog prices decreased $2.10 per hundredweight last week to $77.34. Pork packer margins improved $3.71 per head for the week, leaving profits at $7.10 per head, according to estimates developed by Sterling Marketing, Inc., Vale, Ore.
A $5 per hundredweight rally in cash fed cattle prices last week lifted cattle feeding margins by $50 per head, leaving average losses a just over $52 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.
Beef packers saw their margins improve $4 per head, leaving losses at $70 per head. The Sterling Beef Profit Quotient improved 152 points for the week and the industry profitability index is now negative 175, according to estimates developed by Sterling Marketing.
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Leyland ponders late-game decisions for top of lineup
DETROIT -- For opposing managers, the choice against the Tigers with scoring chances in the late innings is whether to risk getting beaten by Miguel Cabrera or Prince Fielder.
For Tigers manager Jim Leyland, the choice sometimes is similar. He faced it in the eighth inning Thursday night: Is it better to bring Cabrera up with the go-ahead run on first base, or have Prince Fielder up with the runner on second and Cabrera on first?
He debated the merits of it immediately after Thursday's win, and he got back into it again Friday. It's a complex enough question, he said, that he has debated it himself.
"The reason I would never have a problem with fans discussing something like that," Leyland said, "is because us as managers [discuss that]. I've discussed that with several managers. I asked that question exactly to Tony La Russa, if he knew he was going to lose Pujols to his fourth hitter, Berkman or somebody. And he said he would bunt the guy to second base."
That's what Leyland did with Torii Hunter Thursday after Omar Infante led off the inning with a single.
"I mean, your fourth and fifth hitters are RBI guys," Leyland said. "But who knows if Torii Hunter would've hit into a double play. Torii might have hit a home run. He might've hit a double. I'm not smart enough to know that. But I do know that if he hits into a double play, it takes the starch out of you."
Essentially, he's playing the percentages, which currently favor Fielder. Over the last four games, Fielder is 5-for-5, all RBI hits, following a Cabrera walk, intentional or otherwise. According to ESPN Stats and Information, Fielder is 8-for-16 with 11 RBIs when following a Cabrera intentional walk over the last two seasons.
That, of course, is a big part of the reason the Tigers signed Fielder.
Cabrera has been intentionally walked 22 times over the last two seasons, equal to his intentional walk total in 2011 and 10 less than his club-record total in '10. All but two of them have come with a runner in scoring position and first base open. One came last season with runners at the corners; another this season came with runners at first and second.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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According to armory, 240 mounts. Only picked up one or two when they merged everything together: my main has been my main since I started playing - alts are second-class citizens at best.
According to armory, 240 mounts. Only picked up one or two when they merged everything together: my main has been my main since I started playing - alts are second-class citizens at best.
139 atm, Will be more as am in the process of getting the mats and items for the JC mounts.
Armory: 195
Main in game: 171
I do not have Netherdrakes, Yaks, Klaxxi Scorpion, Thundering August Serpent... I think that's it for purchasable/rep mounts. I have Alani so there's really no reason for me to spend 9k on the AC serpent... Yaks are ugly and I really didn't want to spend my life farming eggs especially now with CRZ.
210 on my main. DK/Paladin/Warlock has 212, Armory shows me at 238. Should I actually get the mounts on an alliance, that could put me a bit over 260-280, depending on how far I would go for mounts that I would never see on my main.
Armory: 232
Main ingame (mage): 202
Usually counting from the 202 on my mage since that seems like the most accurate number of mounts I can actually use at one given time.
Retired raider because WoD happened
287 on the armory, but 219 in-game. Still missing a few easy mounts too, like the tournament ones and the Cataclysm meta ones, just being lazy atm.
200 on my main (mage), 228 according to armory (but armory includes horde mounts aswell, and I don't have many of those)
WoW: Rinth | GW2: Reno Turan
Currently have 223 mounts on my hunter, armory has me at 299 mounts.
226 on Armory (which also includes Horde mounts), 177 is highest in-game (on my Paladin alt).
168 currently on my main. Missing most of the argent tournament ones though.
A bit off-topic - can i just buy the alliance faction mounts and get the 150 mounts achievment? I currently have 117 on my horde toon.
Armory: 148
In game: 131
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186 on armoury.
Definitely over 150 on my main, but I can't remember by how many. Missing one or two from the Argent Tourney, all of the raid achieve ones since Cata and working on the JC ones.
151 if i remember correctly, don't know about armory but it doesn't really count imo.
I am up to 170 now but still working on getting a few from earlier expansions that i have missed!
Now up to 242 on armory and 188 on my main. Finally got Attumen's horse, the Reins of the Fiery Warhorse after weeks of farming it on 10 different characters! And the blue bug popped up in the same week from Tol'vir archaeology! Lucky me, now for that stupid, filthy turtle...
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Bad Influence/Magnus/Aces- This was pretty underwhelming and left much to be desired, it felt random. Magnus just walks into the ring out of nowhere and suddenly Magnus becomes like super man and is taking out guys left and right.But still Bad Influences mic work was spot on as usual and Magnus was ok as a face, its still something to work on though.
Rating: 5/10
Robbie E vs Joseph
Updated 02-01-2013 at 12:33 AM by Jaydash
Note: For now on the ratings will be out of 10 for each match.
Aces and 8s w/Taz- This was actually a really great promo, its good to know that Taz still retained his old mic skills, im guessing he will be the mouth piece for the group since alot of the members could use some help (i.e mike knox)Rating: 6/10
Tara vs Velvet Sky- This was a ok match for what it was, nothing
Bully/Brooke wedding segments- It was pretty cool seeing Tommy and Spike- i mean brother runt on TV again and the tension in the segments made them bareable/decent
Rating: 3/5
James Storm/ Jeff Hardy vs Bad Influence- The back and forth on the mic between these guys before the match was great but in my opinion storm sort of ruined the segment, they were having a interesting promo
Anderson/ Angle segment- This was a pretty decent segment, very intriging and a nice setup for the match.
Rating: 3/5
Kenny King vs Zemi Ion- Meh. This match was short, very uninteresting and we all knew King was going to win but the moment Zema had the jobber entrance it was almost a guarentee.
Rating: 2/5
Rob Terry (im not calling him that dumb robbie t name)
Superstar of the year- This was a pretty decent segment, but it was so predictable and has used many times during award shows like saying its rigged, the heel thinking he would win the award only for somebody else to get it, etc. I also liked the annoucement of a triple threat.
Rating: 3/5
Storm vs Kaz/w Daniels- Good promo before the match and a very fast paced and exciting
Bully segment- Few words can describe this, boring, confusing, awkward and dumb, the whole time i just did not care and that is a problem.
Rating: 2/5
Aries promo- This was a great promo, very engaging, entertaining and looked even more amazing after that garbage earlier.
Rating: 3.5/5
Samoa Joe vs The Armbreak- For what it was it was pretty decent, nothing special
First off i would like to say sorry i could not do a NXT review, i could not find the show online. Anyways WWE has had a lot of failed projects in the past from bad storylines, shows,wrestlers and even their current fail the WWE Network. I thought up tons of fails but decided to go with these 3. These 3 are all wwe programs that sounded good but were done terribly.
ECW started
Devon vs Kurt
This was just very boring and slow i was just not interested in the slightest even when the TNA guys fought Aces i give it a 2/5 stars.
Morgan/Joey vs RVD/K2
This was a very great and suprising match up that really spiced up the King and RVD feud, 3/5 stars
This was very entertaining and interesting at some points but when Aces did
Preshow: Santa's Helper Diva's Battle Royal
This was a pretty good divas battle royal than the usual crappy 2 minute ones i was impressed with Naomi winning but it felt random.
Rating: 3/5
Cara/Rey vs RhodeScholars Table
This was a pretty good opener,alot of nice action.
Rating: 3/5
Cesaro vs Truth (US Title)
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booter wrote:I wouldn't compare it to an eagle x at all. I'd say the closest comparison is a stalker. Or maybe even a champ td. I'd say a leo as well but it's been forever since I've thrown a leo
emiller3 wrote:Sorry, I meant contrast them. I know they aren't similar, more like, how different are they?
I haven't thrown a Stalker, or a TD, or anything other fairway driver but a Teebird and a Leopard. The Leopard comparison makes sense to me.
Ryan C wrote:Rivers are definitely longer than TBs. I throw a TB about 340, and a River 375 easy. I would not mind calling them a slightly longer, slightly more stable leopard. Mine are not really what you would call seasoned, but they are definitely a hair more stable than any leopard I have thrown before.
Airwide wrote:TDK: I have 3 stalkers:
1 Orange Z stalker - Overstable (at least for my 90-95m distance)
1 Yellow Z Stalker - Straight ( more flat and a bit lower parting line compared to the orange stalker)
1 ESP Stalker (PDGA disc) - a bit understable compared to the yellow one.
Sounds like you've got a Stalker similar to my orange one.
Thatdirtykid wrote:Are people really comparing the river to a stalker? The two stalkers I have thrown (mine and then a friends to see if mine is an anomaly) were piggishly stable.
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This Saturday night, hundreds of millions of people will join the global phenomenon by switching off their lights for one hour to signal they care about the environment. On Fraser Island it won't quite be a case of all lights out, but power usage will certainly be dimmed and trimmed at Kingfisher Bay Resort from 8.30pm.
Resort General Manager, Warwick Kahl, said Kingfisher Bay Resort's participation in Earth Hour was in keeping with the company's eco philosophy to foster environmental understanding, appreciation and conservation.
"In the lead up Earth Hour, the resort will be inviting staff and guests to participate by switching off unnecessary lights and air-conditioning in their rooms," he said. "And we will follow their lead by shutting down non-essential lighting in our Centre Complex and resort grounds for the hour."
In addition to participating in Earth Hour, the resort already has strategies in place to manage and reduce energy consumption; is an accredited Green Leader with Eco Tourism Australia; is a member of the Mercure Meetings Carbon Neutral Conference Program; runs an onsite recycling plant; and has recently introduced a Conservation Credit scheme to reduce their carbon footprint.
Mr Kahl said energy conservation was integral to the architectural design of the buildings, which used natural convection currents to warm and cool the main resort complex area thus minimising the need for air conditioning.
In summer, windows and vents at the resort are kept open to generate the induction of cool air from the lower level of the main building and expel warmer air through loft vents. In winter, windows and vents are closed and create a glasshouse effect trapping warm air inside the building.
The design saves in excess of 480,000 kW hours of electricity per year.
An active energy efficiency program was also incorporated in the design of the resort including an automatic power shut-off system when the key is removed from the slot in hotel rooms – setting best practice standards for its time.
In addition, the use of low energy fluorescent bulbs in rooms, landscape and street lighting utilises less than 15% of the power required by conventional lighting, saving 375,000 kW hours of electricity per year.
"It's the simple things like switching off power during Earth Hour that reduce energy but, more importantly, raise public awareness and that's what makes all the difference," Mr Kahl said.
Last year, more than 6,950* cities and towns in 152 countries and territories switched off their lights for Earth Hour. In Australia alone, over 7 million people participated in 150 towns and cities across the country.
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Watched the distance championships in Charlotte today.
Apologies for the following noodly armed astonishment dissertation.
I sat at the front left for about 5 hours and saw so many folks huck >500ft drives with so many different styles my head is spinning.
Nearly everyone in that range were throwing huge annys. All of the innova guys and most of the ams were tossing blizzard plastic.
The big standouts:
1. First guy to break 500 hit 585 with a backhanded 360 using an Aerobie Epic that he claimed to have just bought. He was wearing turf cleats and his lopey run up was like watching an olympic high jumper. 3 of his 5, including his max, landed within 15-20 feet of each other.
2. 10-12 year old kid maxed out @ 510.
3. Older kid throwing 450 deadnuts straight. His release sounded exactly like he was snapping his fingers. Never heard anything like it.
4. Guy whose discs sounded like someone cooking bacon on a SR-71 as they flew over Soviet Russia during the cold war. He rolled almost everything he threw though.
5. Older (masters) black dude with the ugliest form I have ever seen. It looked like he was fighting rats in a sack but he was accurately hitting over 500 on golf lines.
6. Middle age brosephus with a laconic and sullen 360. It looked like he was sitting on a merry go round and sort of lazily extending his arm. I'm guessing that's what snap dominant throwing looks like. I 'get' what he was doing on a physics level but emotionally I think he sold his soul to the devil at a Dave Matthews show in exchange for effortless D.
7. Petite blond girl hitting high 400s without breaking a sweat. She reached back toward the ground and leveled the disc out during hip rotation to hit nearly frozen rope line drives.
I think that I'm about twice as tall as her and I know that I weigh three times what she does and could probably bench press her.
8. Big Jerm was the first to break 600 though. And with him I began to see exactly what in the bleeding fuck everyone on the forums is talking about. Having never seen that sort of thing in person, I was totally gobsmacked. I almost couldn't believe the speed and the flight path. It was almost inhuman.
9. Garret Motherfucking Gerthie. I don't know his final distance but I think he beat Jerm. Weirdly his form looked less efficient than most of the 500 guys but he's obviously doing something right.
He has a stuttering run up that I can't believe works and he seemed to scoop his pull a bit, but who cares when you can hit 600+ almost on demand.
[edit] Just found out that Jerm won with 693 holy shit [/edit]
What they all had in common was from the right pec on. It didn't seem to matter much how they got there.
Once they were there it was all the Hammer Pound and maxing out at 300 thread. Fucking unbelievable.
So heres what I think I finally 'got' :
1. Watching the big d guys and girls, I could 'feel' the weight shift and late acceleration.
2. Their acceleration into, and final arm speed at the rip was so, so much faster than I imagined.
3. What a 600 foot flight path looks like. It's a thing of terrible beauty and beastly awe.
4. I finally have real world examples of what it looks like to be nose down through a 50(?) foot apex.
5. I saw guys older than me (40) hitting 450-500. Gives me hope.
The point of all this is that you can read all you want online and hit the field 8 hours a day, but actually seeing it live (at least for me) will be a real revelation if you are paying attention.
That being said, I would never have had the concepts in mind if it weren't for you guys.
I went out to the field when I got back and all the sudden I had so much more body awareness of what a 'good' distance shot looks and feels like. Sure enough I was feeling the weight of the disc grow, I hit nose down on a high apex turnover and recognized it for what it was (with a Monarch, sure but I'm an old fat noodle arm, cut me some slack).
I even got my Wraith to turn into a 20 or so foot apex from a flat release. But that was due to the guy running the event hearing me bitch about nose down with wide rimmed drivers and showing me how to adjust my grip to fix it.
I don't know the distances I was tossing, but it sure felt right. Much less effort and a more solid feeling than I've ever had. I'm so pissed that I have to work all next week.
If you haven't yet, GO SEE IT DONE FOR REAL. IT WILL CHANGE HOW YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. but you all know that all ready.
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Sculptural Pieces Designers Marg Gillespie and Laurie Bildfell chose a shapely mirror and classic Panton chair to contrast the clean-lined desk.
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HGTV star and Toronto-based designer Tommy Smythe decided on black bentwood bistro chairs for this dining area, and added a touch of whimsy with a single red chair. The round table serves as a perfect spot for the kids to play while dinner is being prepared.
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My brother got me a Blue Lantern Asteroid BD for X-mas! Here's two videos and a direct recording for you. It's teamed up with some Tiptop Audio 808 modules and a Metasonix R-54. No other effects were used. Everything is being triggered by an Innerclock Sync-Gen IIls. I think they all sound fantastic!
"Introducing the new blue lantern modules analog drum kick. This design was sitting in my pc for over 2 years, and i am barely getting around to releasing it. Shame on me. This drum kick module can cover a good range of analog drum kick sounds. I included the essentials in bass drum control and sculpting. You can go from chi-town muddy drums to Detroit techno drums really easy. The key feature i included is that the decay will go long (almost infinite) when fully clockwise. there is a trimmer to adjust and fine tune the decay knob. I already calibrated for the best setting." – Blue Lantern
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South Dakota US Attorney Using Election Day as Teaching Tool
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says he is using Election Day as a teaching tool for his two young sons.
Johnson cast his vote early Tuesday at O'Gorman High School in Sioux Falls with his two sons, 6-year-old Cooper and 9-year-old Sutton, before dropping them off at school. .
The two young boys will be heading to the polls twice today. Johnson says his wife will take them to watch her vote when they finish with school Tuesday afternoon.
He says, "It's good to get them in the habit of voting."
Johnson says he has been talking about voting and the election for the past month with the boys.
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NEW YORK — No assist goes unrecognized with Saint Louis' group of team-first basketball players, on or off the court.
Such was the case shortly after the Billikens' 67-56 victory against Butler on Saturday afternoon in the Big East Tournament semifinals at the Barclays Center. Cody Ellis and Dwayne Evans were at the table in the interview room, and Ellis had just finished explaining what makes Evans such an effective offensive player in the paint despite his relatively short 6-5 frame.
Ellis was exceedingly complimentary, as he should have been. Evans had just finished off another magnificent performance in Brooklyn, a double-double with 24 points, 11 rebounds and three steals against a good Butler team. This, on the heels of 25 points and nine rebounds in the Billikens' A-10 opener against Charlotte. In those two games, he combined to make 16-of-19 shots from the field.
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"He's a really smart guy," Ellis said. "He knows how to get position. He's really good at sealing his man, so it's easy to get it to him. And when he gets it, he's really slow, really controlled, and he's a really good finisher down there."
After Ellis finished, Evans leaned over and quietly said, "Thanks, man."
That brought a laugh from the assembled media, but that wasn't why Evans thanked his blue-haired teammate. He was genuinely appreciative. It was a moment that captures the essence of this team, caught on camera.
All of those things Ellis said are true. Evans has been the best player in Brooklyn this week, and it's not really even close. Even more impressive was that Butler coach Brad Stevens put his best defender, Roosevelt Jones, on Evans.
Didn't matter.
"He's probably the most physical player that I've ever played in my life," said Jones, an intelligent and solidly built 6-4 sophomore. "I really thought that he should have been player of the year in the conference. He's a real good player."
On Friday afternoon, Stevens had mentioned how Evans had played so well against Butler in their first two meetings this year (Evans scored 32 points total in those SLU wins). The double-double Saturday only reinforced Stevens' admiration for the Billikens' junior.
"If you can post and score on Rose (Jones), you are a player," Stevens said. "Rose doesn't get out-physicalled very often, and Dwayne Evans is a tough matchup for him. He's a tough matchup for everybody, and on the other end, he's dynamite. He plays passing lanes. He plays on top of you. You can't run cuts. He denies people the ball. He's aggressive. He's smart. He's in tune."
By that time, Evans and Ellis and SLU coach Jim Crews were long gone from the interview room. Had Evans still been there, though, you can be he would have leaned over and given Stevens a quick, "Thanks, coach."


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The Economy on Edge
Global Economic Recovery Hits the Ropes
|Eswar Prasad
|October 7th 2012
The Brookings Institution
The global economic recovery is on the ropes, battered by political conflicts within and across countries, lack of decisive policy actions, and governments' inability to tackle deep-seated problems such as unsustainable public finances that are stifling growth. Growth in global trade has weakened and the spectre of currency wars, with countries looking to maintain export competitiveness by keeping their currencies weak, has returned to the fore.
The Brookings-FT Tiger index shows growth momentum has dissipated in nearly all major advanced and emerging market economies. Central banks of the major advanced economies have responded with a range of conventional and unconventional policy monetary policy actions. These measures have put a floor on short-term financial market risks but have been unable to reverse declining growth momentum. As a result, financial markets continue to go through short-term cycles of angst and euphoria even as indicators of real economic activity remain mired in weakness. Read more ..


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Plan Check Kitchen + Bar
Rating: 3 stars
Address: 1800 Sawtelle Blvd., West Los Angeles.
Phone: 310-288-6500.
Website: www.plancheckbar.com
Cuisine: Situated on the northern edge of the Westside's Little Osaka, this indoor-outdoor gastropub offers a casual menu of smoked and fried Jidori chicken, with pickled okra, short rib pot roast and, of course, a Wagyu beef hamburger (served with "ketchup leather").
Hours: Lunch and dinner, every day.
Details: Full bar. Valet parking. No reservations.
Prices: Appetizers, $2-$12. Entrees, $11-$16.
Cards: MC, V.
The Corner Door
Rating: 2 stars
Address: 12477 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City.
Phone: 310-313-5810.
Website: www.thecornerdoorla.com
Cuisine: The door is indeed at the corner of this Culver City New American gastropub, with its spacious barebrick interior and brightly lit back bar, just down the street from Waterloo & City and A-Frame, with a cozy menu of cider-glazed wings, fried spring vegetables, steamed mussels and the requisite opulent burger, topped with roasted tomato and a pickle aioli.
Hours: Dinner only, Monday-Saturday.
Details: Full bar. Valet parking. Reservations essential.
Prices: Appetizers, $3-$16. Entrees, $13-$26.
Cards: MC, V.
The menu at Plan Check Kitchen + Bar — the hottest gastropub in West L.A.'s Little Osaka (and, indeed, the only gastropub in West L.A.'s Little Osaka) — is minimalist, and then some. It's a single sheet of tan paper, with the heading "Modern American Comfort Food" in one corner. There's food on one side and drink (mostly beer) on the other. And yet despite the wise brevity of the menu, it's hard to figure out what to have for everything sounds so crazy good.
Plan Check sits on a corner that's closer to Santa Monica Boulevard than Olympic Boulevard, which means it's a bit of a stroll from the ramen bars of Little Osaka. The inside is dominated by a spacious bar, with elements of industrial design everywhere; if the servers wore hard hats, it wouldn't be a surprise. Indeed, the vibe is so working class, the happy hour is referred to as "Daily Shift Change." There are even "free beer nuts when you check in," which alone is worth the trip.
The beer nuts sit atop the menu, under the heading "Snacks/Apps." They're an addictive mixture of sweet and savory — or more specifically, "sweet, salty, wasabi." Bet you can't eat just one. Or three. Or all of them. Beer nuts, along with craft beer and a quirky burger, is a hallmark of the modern gastropub. A gastropub is essentially a beer bar with culinary aspirations, and at Plan Check those aspirations are well represented.
There's a section of the menu dedicated to "Pickles" done five ways, including a model made with Sriracha sauce, another with chorizo sausage and a third that's an egg in pickle juice — just like they used to serve at beer bars back in the day. There's a cheese section and a charcuterie section, though they don't tart it up by calling it charcuterie. It's simply "cured and preserved meats."
The stuffed mushrooms are like the ones my mother-in-law makes, but instead of being filled with her bread crumbs, they're packed with a Swiss cheese fondue, topped with crispy kale and a roasted garlic steak sauce.
There's a baked crab dip that's almost, but not quite, a Japanese preparation. The mix inlcudes crab, sushi bar dynamite sauce and nori seaweed.
There's a baby kale Caesar salad that's big enough to be an entree. And it's made with hearts of palm, which is so unexpected. For meat lovers, dig into an order of short rib pot roast, or smoky fried chicken (with smoked milk gravy — yeow!).
But really, it's the hamburgers that demand attention — be it the PCB (with schmaltz onions), the Blueprint Burger (with smoked blue cheese and "pig candy") or the Chef's Favorite (with two cheeses, bacon, a fried egg, hot sauce and ketchup leather). They're killer burgers, some of the best in town. But next time, I'll pass on the ketchup leather. It's chewy, like a ketchup-flavored gummy bear. Heinz rules — always has.
If Plan Check doesn't fill your gastropub needs, take a short drive to Culver City and stop by at the Corner Door. You'll find it, literally, on a corner. It's across the street from Waterloo & City — a brilliant gastropub; and down the street from Roy Choi's A-Frame.
Its menu is also on a single sheet, with food on one side and drinks on the other; that must be yet one more gastropub thing. It's a single room, noisy and chaotic, with big screens overhead showing the game of the moment. It's so crazy busy, it's hard to believe a server will ever find you. But they do and the kitchen cranks food out with great speed.
Diners' orders involve a strange taco, filled with the sort of ingredients usually found in surprise baskets on Food Network's "Chopped." There's jicama, pickled mango, black garlic, candied lime, pink peppercorns, feta cheese and cilantro. It actually tasted good (the ingredients don't seem to mind each other's presence) and it's so eccentric, which may be the Corner Door's hallmark.
Beet salad is made with watermelon, feta and candied pistachios. A grilled cheese dish involves poached quince and cocoa butter. There are pomegranate seeds on the broccolini. There's "bone marrow mayo" on the obligatory burger — cranberry and red onion jam too. The food is good enough, though a little sloppy (an order of "roasted and fried" Brussels sprouts had been cooked to mush). On the other hand, you've got to like a place with cocktails with names like "Stoplight Ticket," "Pencil Mustache," "Taco Truck" and "#selfie."
In a hood that used to have nothing, the Corner Door is a whole lot of something.
Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. Send him email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Corvette racing has entered a new chapter in the annals of GM motorsports history with the introduction of its GT2 competition Corvette C6R. This most recent edition of the C6.R was introduced at the ALMS Mid Ohio event, where the veteran team lobbed an opening salvo at the competition by scoring a Second Place finish in class. Two weeks later at Elkhart Lake, the first two class positions went to the BMW team in a wave-by pass under yellow that left the rest of the field battling for the final position on the podium. Johnny O'Connell, piloting Corvette Racing's No. 3 car, made a late-race pass to take a hard-fought Third in class.
With these early successes under its belt, the team was looking forward to another successful outing in the next race, held at Mosport in Canada. Saturday morning's practice session was beset by occasional rain and shrouded in a descending fog that completely obscured portions of the track. The afternoon brought another hour-long practice followed by a two-minute qualifying round. The BMWs picked up where they left off at Elkhart and took the first two positions on the starting grid. A Porsche GT3 claimed third, while Oliver Gavin was fourth in the No. 4 C6.R, and Johnny O'Connell took fifth in No. 3.
The weekend brought near-constant rain interspersed with bouts of sunshine early on, leaving competitors without any clear idea of how conditions would develop. The Corvette team usually employs a very effective satellite-based system to monitor the threat of precipitation. But the system was not effective in this part of Canada, so the engineers were essentially flying blind when it came to the weather. The team would be forced to start the race prepared for any climatic scenario-and adapt as best it could along the way.
The pre-grid ceremonies celebrating Johnny O'Connell's record 100th ALMS start featured a bagpipe marching band, underscoring the multinational makeup of the field. The green flag fell right on time and the prototypes sped away, leaving the GT2 competitors to sort out who would dominate the 2 hour, 45-minute event. Mosport's beautiful 2.3-mile circuit features minimal fencing, so it's an excellent place to set up camp, start a roaring fire, and settle in for an entertaining weekend of racing.
The BMWs showed great speed in qualifying but fell off the pace shortly after the start. Ollie Gavin soon took over the class lead, with Johnny O'Connell right behind. The Risi Competizione Ferrari 430s have always done well at Mosport (in fact, the team had never lost there prior to 2009), and they weren't about to let the "new kids on the block" take control. Jamie Melo quickly split the two Corvettes, relegating O'Connell to third. This lead group was closely followed by Patrick Long in one of the Flying Lizard GT2 Porsches, but the German cars didn't appear to be a serious threat in class.
With the Ferrari pushing, and O'Connell intent on regaining second, Gavin certainly had his hands-and mirrors-full. The first pit stop came under yellow toward the end of the first hour, when the lead group ducked into pit lane together to change drivers. Jan Magnussen subbed for O'Connell, and Olivier Beretta jumped in for Gavin.
We should note here that the Corvette team is at a disadvantage during refueling. Due to the poorer fuel mileage of the environmentally friendly cellulosic E85 used in the C6.R, it takes more fuel to cover the same distance as a car running on gasoline. The ALMS has attempted to address this disparity by allowing E85-fueled cars like the Corvette to carry 110 liters of fuel, as opposed to the mandated 90 liters for gas cars. However, the refueling rigs used by the Corvette team (and mandated by the ALMS) are incapable of dispensing 110 liters of E85 as quickly as the other teams can deliver 90 liters of gas. The result is that it takes the Corvette team longer to accomplish a complete refueling procedure. And since ALMS rules dictate that the crew cannot touch the car for a tire change until refueling is complete, the Corvettes' pit stops are effectively legislated to be longer. This unfair advantage allowed the Risi Ferrari to take over the class lead during the first pit session at Mosport.
Other than that, the cars picked up where they left off, circulating the Canadian circuit in tight formation. Though Beretta was finally able to pass Ferrari driver Pierre Kaffer, he couldn't put any meaningful distance between the two cars. Magnussen, meanwhile, was trying to figure out how to put his Corvette back into the mix. Mosport offers some pretty quick twists and bends, along with a back straight amenable to extended applications of full throttle. So while there are plenty of opportunities to pass, the problem is finding a logical place to do it without pushing another car off the track. Magnussen could only be patient and wait for an opening.
Because the ALMS field is made up of three different classes of cars, constant passing is the rule of the day. At one point, the No. 37 LMP1 prototype came up on the dueling pair of Kaffer and Beretta and passed them both. Unfortunately the move pushed Beretta off the racing line and into the "marbles" (spent rubber piled up on the outside of the racing surface), causing him to lose traction and skid off course. This bobble gave Kaffer a perfect opening to regain the lead, with Magnussen tucking in right behind him.
Coming in for the last pit stop, the Corvette only needed about 10 liters of fuel, allowing for an abbreviated refueling exercise. This allowed the Dan Binks-led crew to get Magnussen back out ahead of the Ferrari. Kaffer, trying to take advantage of his car's warm tires, tried hard to pass Magnussen, who was defending on cold rubber. Magnussen prevailed in a side-by-side, fender-rubbing Turn 3 struggle and squeaked out ahead of the Risi car.
The race fell to the checkers with Magnussen prevailing despite a few last-lap lunges by the Ferrari. Kaffer took Second, while Beretta filled out the podium with a well-driven-albeit slightly disappointing-Third. The Corvettes also picked up the Green Challenge win for the cars completing the most laps, at the fastest pace, while delivering the smallest carbon footprint.
As Magnussen crossed the finish line, the Corvette team erupted into joyous celebration at its first victory in GT2. The cars ran flawlessly, the drivers couldn't have piloted a better race, and the crews gave a command performance. Next up is Petit Le Mans-just the type of endurance battle the GM team has been training for-and winning at-for 10 years. Now that the rest of the GT2 field knows what to expect from the new Corvettes, things should be even more exciting.-GPJ
Tweaking The GT2 Corvette With the introduction of its new GT2 car, Corvette Racing has massaged the C6.R shape into a next-generation factory racer. With a careful reading of the ACO Le Mans regulations, the team designed the car to be as slippery as was legally allowed. The regulations for the GT2 class require that the tires be covered from the middle of the hubs up, as viewed from the rear of the car. And indeed, that is the way Corvette engineers designed the profile of the new car's fenders.
However, ACO officials now insist that they meant for the tires to be covered from mid-hub up when viewing each fender from the rear. This minor difference in interpretation left the rear aspect of the new C6.R's front tire showing a little more than the ACO would allow.
In the end, the disparity precipitated a change in the bodywork of the new Corvette race car. The team had to rivet a 10-inch form onto the bodywork, sticking out from the back of each front fender. These appendages will likely be maintained at least through the end of the current racing season.


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As a legally married gay man, I really do have to wonder sometimes what, exactly, groups like the Family Research Family Council hope to do to my family:
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Because come on: A sword-wielding knight? For the cause of rolling back a fellow American's benign civil peace? It may not make me feel threatened, per se. But it certainly doesn't make me question whether my husband and I were supposed to have exchanged shields rather than rings.


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So I see the market went right back to fretting over the "fiscal cliff" Wednesday. It is amazing how, on Tuesday, the market didn't budge on "Plan B" comments from House Speaker John Boehner -- but on Wednesday the indices sank on that same piece of news.
As far as statistics are concerned, the S&P 500 lost nearly 11 points, breadth was flat and the Russell 2000 was flat. All of these are a plus. However, once again I want to move beyond the near term and focus on January.
Earlier in the week I noted that the intermediate-term Oscillator I use, the 30-day moving average of the advance-decline line, would reach an overbought condition on the first trading day of the new year. Let me reiterate that this doesn't mean the market must begin to go down on that first day. It means that, sometime around that date, stocks will be overbought, and once that happens any bad news tends to take hold much easier. This is not meant to be perfect in terms of timing but, rather, to give us a general time frame.
But it's not just this number. Please look at the Volume Indicator, which is currently at 53%. Typically an above-55% reading points to an overbought condition, and I expect it reach that level sometime in the next week. The key will be if this indicator makes a higher high together with the S&P. Should the S&P make a higher high as the Volume Indicator notches a lower high -- i.e., under the spring high, as indicated by the arrow on the chart -- that would be an outright negative divergence. Typically it takes a lower high in the indicator for the statistic to mean anything.
I also have my eyes on the 30-day moving average of the equity put-call ratio. At present it is heading down, which is bullish. However, notice that this reading never got extreme at the November low -- that is, the ratio did not peak above 75%, as it did at the two previous market lows. So it will get to that sub-65% level very quickly. In the next week or two, as we head into January, we'll watch for signs that the ratio will turn upward. If it turns up, it will move from the bullish side of the ledger to bearish.
In the next few days I will discuss other intermediate-term indicators and how they are shaping up as we head into the new year.
In the meantime, dollar-yen currency pair has been on a tear. Last week I noted that the base measured to the 83.50-to-84 level. It has now gone beyond that, having tagged 84.50 Wednesday. I did not notice this channel line until late Wednesday -- but, now that I see it, I want to show it to you.
The main point here is that the target has been achieved. The resistance is now obvious from that line. Also, the Daily Sentiment Index shows there are only 7% bulls on the yen, meaning nearly 93% are bullish on this chart. I'd start looking for a pullback.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Right-hander Mike Pelfrey turned in his second straight scoreless outing in Friday night's 2-0 win over the Red Sox and came away pleased with his results.
Pelfrey, who is only a little more than 10 months removed from Tommy John surgery on May 1, tossed three scoreless frames. He gave up two hits and a walk and struck out five, including three looking.
His command showed improvement, as he said his sinker was the best it has been so far this spring. Pelfrey loaded the bases in the first inning, but he was able to get out of the jam despite not being able to turn a double play on a comebacker from Jonny Gomes.
"I had a really good sinker tonight," said Pelfrey, who has a 3.52 ERA in three Grapefruit League starts. "I think I should've realized that earlier. I think it was all I threw in the second and third inning. It was really good tonight, and I think I can have days like that where it's my strength and I can throw it 90-95 times."
Pelfrey added his elbow has continued to feel great so far this spring and that he felt good enough to go back out for the fourth inning but was told by pitching coach Rick Anderson he had already reached his pitch count limit. Pelfrey threw 58 pitches and is expected to ramp it up to about 75 pitches in his next outing.
"I felt good," Pelfrey said. "I told Andy, 'Hey, I want to keep going after three.' And he just said, 'Next time.' So we'll continue to build it up. It's a process, but I felt strong and didn't feel tired."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Righty Farquhar impresses Wedge in scoreless debut
CLEVELAND -- Danny Farquhar made his Mariners debut on Saturday and it couldn't have gone better, with the right-hander throwing 2 2/3 innings of perfect ball with five strikeouts in Seattle's 5-4 loss to the Indians.
Farquhar, called up Friday from Triple-A Tacoma, stranded two inherited runners that belonged to starter Joe Saunders when he entered with one out in the sixth, and he proceeded to blank the Indians in the seventh and eighth as well.
"I was a little nervous, but it was nice to get the rust off," said the 5-foot-9, 180-pound pitcher from Florida. "It's been five days since I've thrown. I felt pretty good out there."
Helping Saunders was his first order of business, after Seattle's starter had given up two runs in the sixth and left with two on.
"My main goal is to not allow anybody else's runners. That always [stinks]," Farquhar said. "I was just happy to get out of that situation and continue to throw strikes. It went well."
No argument there from manager Eric Wedge.
"That was better than we saw this spring, and we saw him really good this spring. And he's been very good in Triple-A," Wedge said prior to Sunday's game. "But it was very nice to see him step up yesterday. He just really was aggressive, went right after them, pitched with confidence with all his pitches, which helped him be effective against both right- and left-handers. Very impressive."
Farquhar was acquired from the Yankees last July in the Ichiro Suzuki trade and was called up by the Mariners this week to help a bullpen that was depleted when Hector Noesi had to make a spot start for Aaron Harang on Thursday in New York.
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People around me know my devotion to my dog, Parker. And by devotion, they would mean being a responsible pet owner by spoiling Parker rotten and everything in between. All of it is true. And while I made some mistakes – I never should have allowed Parker to assume that he's entitled to sample everything we eat – I must point out that I had not wanted a dog much to begin with and that Parker was my first (mammalian) pet. Therefore, it was a fairly steep learning curve for me to figure out how to handle him once he arrived in our home.
I did read books on dog care ahead of time, of course. Amusingly, this is exactly how I had tried to prepare for the birth of my first child under similar ignorant circumstances: zero exposure to infants once I was past age 10, and absolutely no babysitting experience at any age. No surprise that the research I did in both instances yielded similar results. Books never hurt, but nothing really prepares you for the hands-on, maddeningly unpredictable reality of a living, breathing, sentient and idiosyncratic creature entering your world.
I have spent the past 15 years trying to understand life from Parker's point of view so that I could better manage his behavior, his physical well-being, his emotional life and his relationship with other people and animals. That's a long way of saying that I spent a lot of time focused on health and balance in a dog's life.
I wasn't productive on all fronts: Parker was the least happy-go-lucky Labrador Retriever I've ever met, and he hated cats with a passion. To his credit, however, he was just smart enough to recognize that he needed humans for survival, so he was obedient and submissive. He understood that his sworn feline enemies were quicker, smarter and more deadly than he. He knew better than to actually mess with one.
But at the end of the day, literally and figuratively, Parker was a deeply comforting presence in my life. I don't have the space here to disentangle and describe his particular threads in the fabric of these past 15 years, but he's woven solidly in there. However, I will say that he brought out the best in me – communication through the heart rather than through vocal chords, observation from a truly different set of eyes and, above all, laughter and joy while experiencing all the small, inconsequential things.
When he died last month, Parker's vet, who assisted him, told me with sincerity that Parker was a patient he would remember the rest of his life. In part because given his fragile health, Parker lived well past anyone's expectations. But I'd like to think that it was also because of Parker's personal charm – a weird mix of suspicious, tentative optimism and naive incredulity. He never operated on pure faith, but he was always surprised when things didn't quite work out to his particular liking. I loved that about him. It made him seem so human.


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Alpine ski racing: Stacey Cook earns first career podium – twice
December 5, 2012
Safe to say, Stacey Cook was due.
Despite coming off a breakout 2011-12 season in which she finished 10th in the World Cup downhill standings, the Truckee native had never landed on the podium in her 10 years on the U.S. Alpine Ski team.
She put an end to that streak on Friday.
Cook scored her first career podium with a second-place finish to American teammate Lindsey Vonn in a foggy Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta.
And she didn't stop there. The next day, Cook duplicated the performance with another runner-up downhill finish to Vonn, who swept all three races on the weekend.
"I was just really determined. I've been so close to the podium for so long. It's been kind of a monkey on my back," Cook said Friday night in a telephone interview from her hotel.
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Cook's previous best finish was fourth, in the 2006 Lake Louise downhill.
On Friday she was 1.73 seconds off Vonn's winning time of 1:52.61, while German Maria Hoefl-Riesch and Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather tied for third just one-hundredth of a second behind Cook.
"I feel like a weight was lifted. That's something I've been going for for a long really long time," said Cook, who was born and raised in Truckee but now skis out of Mammoth. "I knew I could compete with those girls. I'm just going to try to keep things the same and stay very level-headed. That seems to work for me."
Friday's race was plagued by weather as fog drifted in and out, causing several holds. But Cook said she was fortunate to run during a window of decent weather.
"It was foggy for just about everyone, but some got it worse than others. The middle group definitely had a slower course," she said.
Aside from Cook, fellow Tahoe product Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley finished eighth in 1:54.55 in what was a tightly packed top 10. Laurenne Ross was 11th, giving the Americans four skiers in the top 15.
The 1-2 finish by Vonn and Cook marked the first for the U.S. women since Vonn (then Kildow) and Mancuso swept the top two spots on Dec. 20, 2006, in Val d'Isere, France. The U.S. women finished 1-2 in all three races this past weekend, as Vonn and Mancuso were first and second in Sunday's super G.
Vonn, who reached 83 mph on the men's Olympic track, moved into second place on the all-time wins list with her 56th career victory Sunday. Yet she gave credit to her teammate after Friday's downhill.
"I'm so proud of Stacey. She's had the ability to be a podium skier for so long. She really deserved to be there today," Vonn said.
Cook said she appreciates her teammate's encouragement.
"It's really nice and awesome to have that support," she said. "We've been friends for so long. She's seen the battles that I've gone through and I've seen her battles. She's been so supportive of my journey, and it means a lot. And it's everyone on the team. I felt a lot of love from them today. It's what a team should be."
Cook, who posted a time of 1:53.42 to Vonn's 1:52.90 in Saturday's downhill, thought for a moment that she might have a chance to earn the victory after watching Vonn nearly crash. But Vonn made a spectacular recovery to stay on her feet, then nailed the bottom of the run for the win.
"There was a second there that I actually thought I might win this thing, but Lindsey is amazing," Cook said of her teammate, who became the fourth woman in history to earn 100 podiums. "When she made that mistake my heart actually stopped for a second. She's amazing. She's the only athlete that could stop on course and then still win."
Cook said her back-to-back podium finishes were even sweeter in the company of her parents, who made a rare trip from the Sierra Valley near Loyalton to watch her perform. Cook said they only attend one race every two or three years.
"So they picked a good one," she said.
The U.S. women placed six athletes in the top 20 on Saturday. Mancuso finished ninth, Alice McKennis was 11th, Ross 18th and Leanne Smith 20th. Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden of Switzerland rounded out the podium in third.
Vonn and Cook are one-two in the downhill standings after the first two events.
– The U.S. Ski Team contributed to this report.


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Following on from the invitation to ask questions and the mention of the thread on the Papancha Lounge on the Dhammaloka forum referenced in the "Ajahn Brahm for sale?" thread. Does anyone know how to access the private forums and how to ask questions? I believe that you need to pay a subscription but I can't find any details of where and how to pay?


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The reason for this popularity may trace back to an unexpected source, according to a new analysis: In fact, zombies may be helping us cope with the aftermath of World War II.
"We use fictional narratives not only to emotionally cope with the possibility of impending doom, but even more importantly perhaps to work through the ethical and philosophical frameworks that were in many ways left shattered in the wake of WWII," Stanford literary scholar Angela Becerra Vidergar said in a statement.
Vidergar, a doctoral student in comparative literature, analyzed mass disaster stories in pop culture for her dissertation. She found that mass disasters such as the Holocaust, Hiroshima and Nagasaki opened up new realizations about the human capacity for violence, casting doubt about the upsides of modernized society.
"Instead," Vidergar said, "we are left with this cultural fixation on fictionalizing our own death, very specifically mass-scale destruction."


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