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Fighter's Stronghold stays #1, surpassing #2, Vile Lair, by almost twice as much. We did notice a sizeable increase in the number of players on Xbox Live, playing Oblivion, after the holidays. Thanks to everyone to purchased/gifted Oblivion to someone. 🙂
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The Study of Relationship of Plasma Concentrations of Folic Acid, Vitamin B and Homocysteine With Carotid Atherosclerosis and Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilatation of Geriatric and Young Patients in the Ambulatory Care Department of NTUH
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Elevation of plasma homocysteine has been recognized as one of the risk factors of atherosclerotic disease. The objectives of this study are: (1) to investigate the level of plasma homocysteine and the prevalence of hypehomocysteinemia (2) to find out the role of homocysteine in coronary artery disease and the proper cut-off point of plasma homocysteine to evaluate the presence of coronary artery disease; (3) to understand the control condition of tranditional risk factors of cardiovascular disease, especially hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus.
The study subjects were recruited from the ambulatory setting of cardiology in National Taiwan University Hospital.
|Homocysteine Coronary Artery Disease
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Primary Purpose: Screening
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Time Perspective: Retrospective
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Like everywhere in our small community, the death of beloved Deputy Ricky Del Fiorentino on March 19 sent shock waves through the hospital where he was known as a member of the first responder team and a friend to patients and staff alike.
On Friday, March 21, Mendocino Coast District Hospital employees gathered in the Redwoods Room where they signed a remembrance book and shared stories of friendship and grief. The remembrance book was also circulated among hospital employees and doctors at the North Coast Family Health Center. By 5 p.m., there were more 100 names and comments recorded.
The remembrance ceremony included flowers, a photo of Ricky and a memorial plaque that will be placed on a planter box outside the emergency room where he visited so many times during his decades of service on the coast as a Mendocino County Sheriff's deputy and Fort Bragg police officer.
"There has been an outpouring of emotion; both anger and sorrow," said The Rev. Tanya Wyldflower, head of the MCDH chaplaincy program.
"Ricky was deeply appreciated and respected among all those who had the privilege to know him," said Wyldflower, who organized the ceremony and remembrance book at the request of Hospital CEO Wayne Allen.
Hospital Chaplain Lin Taylor, Ph.D., is attending law enforcement debriefings where she is helping with what is called "critical incident stress debriefings." Dr. Taylor is the coordinator for the Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Program on the coast, working with the Sheriff's Office.
"Our hospital was on lockdown as we waited to hear if the violence would be coming our way with a large number of casualties. The waiting and lack of information were difficult for everyone," said Wyldflower.
"I am grateful that Dr. Taylor is an expert at helping in these situations and had scheduled a critical incident stress debriefing training at the hospital in April before this event happened. Given this incident, it is very clear that this training is needed in our community."
In the meantime, Wyldflower and other chaplains are available for counseling to both hospital employees and the public. The hospital's phone number is 707-961-1234.


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The proliferation of new wineries in Washington State has slowed in the past couple of years, but the landscape today is radically different from even 15 years ago. As recently as the early 1990s the Washington wine scene was dominated by a few large players who also owned a high percentage of planted vineyard land. Today, most of the excitement is being generated by small, quality-minded wineries, and the industrial-scale producers are mostly competing at the low end of the market.
Cabernet and Merlot are Washington's most serious and successful varieties, with Syrah rapidly increasing in popularity thanks to the efforts of some talented newcomers. Red wine is generally growing as a percentage of total production of premium wines, even if Riesling still has considerable commercial importance.
Most of Washington's grapes are grown in the desert east of the Cascade mountains, in the Columbia and Yakima River Valleys, where annual rainfall is so low that the vineyards must be irrigated. The vines in Washington benefit from long daylight hours during the summer, and a longer growing season than California (grapes are usually picked well into October). Although daytime temperatures can be quite hot, frequently surpassing 100 degrees, generally cool September nights allow the grapes to retain healthy acidity, resulting in wines with noteworthy intensity of varietal character. The greatest threat to grape-growing in Washington is winter frost, which can sometimes be severe enough to kill vines, as it did during the winters of 1996 and 2004.
While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit.
In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape withstand more extreme climatic conditions. The climatic conditions in the Northern Rhone are especially conducive to the growth of the grapes, for they require heat to attain full ripeness. Still, even slight overripeness can cause the grape to lose its varietal character. In the Northern Rhone, Syrahs are all oak aged for some period of time. While historically, this aging has occurred in large, old oak casks, small oak barrels like those used in Bordeaux and Burgundy are currently gaining in popularity. Wines from the top appellations, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, will have the most pronounced oak character.
But these wines can be shockingly expensive; collectors know that they have the alcohol, tannin and concentration to age for years, and the price reflects this awareness. The most famous producers in Hermitage are Chapoutier and Chave. In Côte Rôtie (where many of the wines are actually co-fermented with a small amount of the white grape Viognier), look for Guigal and Jasmin.
Retreating a little bit on the price spectrum, the appellations of Cornas, St. Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage produce high-quality wines, albeit with less body, tannin, and intensity from the top appellations. In Cornas, look to Auguste Clape. For St. Joseph, Chapoutier and Jaboulet are especially reliable. The top producers from Hermitage also have a presence in Crozes-Hermitage, but also look for wines from Alain Graillot.
Syrah retains a presence farther down the Rhone Valley, but in the southern Rhone, the Syrah tends to be more opulent, and less structured. Here it does not stand on its own and is frequently blended with other Rhone varieties like Grenache and Mourvedre, most notably in the appellation of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Similarly, it retains a key place as a key blending grape in wines from Coteaux de Languedoc.
In California vineyards, as part of the general rise in plantings of Rhone varietals, the presence of Syrah has dramatically increased in the last fifteen years. The problem is that these wines are often made with less finesse in California than in France. In too many cases, we find wines that are just too much-- too much sugar, too much alcohol, too much extraction. But looking carefully for more restrained examples can yield great dividends. The Central Coast has a number of winemakers that show discipline and keep the intensity of their wines in check; consider Jaffurs Wine Cellars, Beckmen Vineyards, and Qupe.
In Australia, where the variety is known as Shiraz, the greatest examples come from the Barossa Valley. Here, the vines were first planted in the mid-1800s, and some old vines continue to produce fruit for terrifically concentrated wines. As a general trend, Barossa Shiraz will be richer, and show more stewed-fruit flavors than Syrah from the Rhone. Similarly powerful Shiraz also comes from McLaren Vale. Two Hands makes terrifically concentrated bottlings from both regions, and Penfolds is another reliable producer of burly Shiraz. While Australia's reputation rests on intense, concentrated Shiraz, more understated examples come from Hunter Valley and the Heathcote region, including wines from the producer Heathcote II.
Syrah pairs well with red meats, spicy pizzas, and and other savory meat dishes. These dishes provide an excellent complement to the peppery flavors and heft of the wine.
2007 had 26 regions scored 95 or above. Chateauneuf de Pape (Southern Rhône) got the highest score, with a 98.
Other regions that scored 95 points or higher were Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany), Napa, Western Australia, Carneros, Franken (Germany), Graves (Bordeaux), Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (Germany), Paso Robles, Port, Russian River Valley, Sonoma, Washington, Alsace, Anderson Valley (California), Barbaresco (Piedmont), Barolo (Piedmont), Bolgheri (Tuscany), Burgenland (Austria), Columbia Valley, Loire, Maipo (Chile), Piedmont, Santa Barbara, Sauternes, and Sonoma Coast.
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An ophthalmologist has the training to do much more than just prescribe glasses. They are physicians specially trained to diagnose and treat disorders of the eyes and vision. These doctors are experts on the complicated anatomy of the eye and are trained to treat eye diseases through both medical and surgical methods.
Some common conditions that ophthalmologists treat are cataracts, glaucoma, strabismus, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and amblyopia. In addition, ophthalmologists can provide prescriptions for eye glasses and contact lenses and perform LASIK surgery and other corrective surgeries for refractive errors like myopia (near-sightedness), hyperopia (far-sightedness), astigmatism and presbyopia.
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As medicine became more complex in the twentieth century, the need for group practices made more sense. Physicians found it impossible to know everything about the emerging drugs and technologies on the medical landscape. In addition, the cost of providing a full range of diagnostic services, such as tests and X-rays, in one location became prohibitive to the individual practitioner. Hence, doctors from various disciplines began to team together in order to provide more comprehensive care to their community of patients.
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Demi Lovato Talks Ultimate Supergroup Lineup Featuring Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus + Taylor Swift
Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift are all insanely successful as solo artists, so can you imagine the impact they would have as a joint force? If Lovato had her way and ever wanted to add "girl group member" to her resume, she said she'd definitely recruit her old Disney pals Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus, as well as country-pop queen Taylor Swift to sing alongside her.
"It would never happen, but I'd form a group featuring me, Miley [Cyrus], Selena [Gomez] and Taylor [Swift]," told The Guardian. "That would be pretty epic."
Epic? Yes. Scary to think about? Definitely, yes. We're just not sure the world would be able to handle this — it'd be like the Big Bang of pop music, complete diva overload. Peoples ears might start oozing that pink goo in Miley's 'We Can't Stop' video or short-circuit like an 'Austin Powers' fembot. It would be like Justin Bieber joining One Direction, or Beyonce and Adele linking up for a duo act. It could only spell mass chaos, so we're lucky that this will probably never happen.
With that being said, these girls would probably end up making magic in the studio if this supergroup did come to fruition. It's unclear how their sounds could mesh, being that they all vary in style greatly… although Selena and Miley are nailing the party jams as of late, so we have a hunch their styles would blend together swimmingly.
Their individual talents could also prove handy — as the powerhouse vocalist of the bunch, Demi would have to be the frontwoman, Taylor could handle songwriting duties, Miley could be the group's stylist, and Sel could take over choreography (except for twerking numbers, as that's Miley's area of expertise).
As we all know, the chemistry between Demi, Selena and Miley goes way back. In a separate interview, Lovato also explained she still leans on them for support, as well as fellow Disney alum / BFF Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers.
"You know, people in my life, like Selena and Nick and Miley, even, they've all been there for me during really hard times. I like to surround myself with people who understand where I am in my life and that have my best interests at heart," she said (quote via Hollywood Life).
"I feel like, especially with Nick, I feel like I can call him when I'm really struggling or whatever, and he'll be there for me," Demi continued, explaining how deep their friendship is. "It's a really good feeling to have a friend like that… And Selena because she called me crying when I was in there and was just so worried,. I was like, 'Look, I should be the one crying, it's all good!' But she was so worried and ever since then we've gotten closer."
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Scar tissue delays Westbrook's recovery
ST. LOUIS -- Initially hopeful that elbow discomfort would sideline him for only two starts, Jake Westbrook is now bracing for a slightly longer-than-expected stay on the disabled list. Additional tests on Westbrook's right elbow this week revealed a build up of scar tissue, which required a second cortisone shot in the elbow.
The shot, which Westbrook had on Thursday, precludes him from throwing for two days. That meant Westbrook could not resume his throwing program on Friday as had been originally scheduled. Even if he can begin playing catch again on Sunday, the setback is likely enough to cost Westbrook a third start.
"The fact that I haven't thrown yet, it would probably be tough to gather enough arm strength up to make that next start," said Westbrook, who will be eligible to come off the disabled list on May 24. "But you never know."
John Gast started in Westbrook's place on Tuesday and will do so again on Sunday. Westbrook's turn in the rotation would come up next on May 25 -- or May 28, if the Cardinals chose to push it back by taking advantage of a day off next Thursday.
Westbrook was placed on the DL with what the club had described as elbow inflammation. He had also been bothered by biceps tendinitis. News that scar tissue was affecting muscle flexibility in his elbow came after Westbrook underwent an MRI this week.
He said he suspected there was another issue given that the first cortisone shot alleviated discomfort only temporarily. The MRI did show that there was no structural damage, which has Westbrook optimistic that the overall issue should not keep him sidelined extensively. The evidence of no structural damage was welcome news for a pitcher who has already undergone elbow surgery twice in his career.
"I think it's just a combination of the amount that I've thrown over my career and the surgeries that I've had," Westbrook said. "It's definitely not a brand new elbow. It has lots of things going on in there. Everything looked great other than the scar tissue. If anything, I've got that going for me, which is nice."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I am on an email list for LGBT journalists/bloggers/PR people, and today someone on that list pointed out a recent conducted by the "Christian" news service OneNewsNow.com.
The poll question was: "What's the major factor that allows homosexuals – a tiny fraction of the whole population – to dictate major changes in cultural morality?"
About 7,000 people responded. Of that number, 15 percent said it's money that lets us homos control things and warp the morals of the culture. Another 7 percent said we do it through half-truths, and 33 percent said we intimidate our way to power.
But most of them had a much simpler explanation: 45 percent of the people who responded say LGBTs are able to change the cultural morality because — ready for this? — Satan is on our side. That's right folks, the devil helps us do it.
I went to the OneNewsNow website to check it out for myself. But I couldn't find that particular poll. It has apparently been replaced by a new poll question, asking for people's reactions to a decision by the Arkansas State Supreme Court, released this week, striking down a constitutional amendment, approved by voters, to prohibit lesbians and gays from becoming foster or adoptive parents in that state. I found the choice of answers to be rather enlightening: "• Voters lose … courts win; • Children lose … gay activists win; • Morality loses … political correctness wins."
Interesting, isn't it, that they don't give you the choice of saying "Doing the right thing wins … Right-wingnut homophobes lose."
Anyway, I chose "Voters lose … courts win" because it wouldn't let me see poll results until I chose one, and that was the least offensive choice to me. With 130 responses so far, "Voters lose … courts win" trails with 20 percent; followed by "Children lose … gay activists win" with 29.23 percent and, the winner, "Morality loses … political correctness wins" with 50.77 percent.
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SANTA CLARA — Tom Brady knows a thing or two about controversial quarterback switches.
In 2001, Brady replaced an injured Drew Bledsoe and proceeded to embark on an astounding career for the New England Patriots. Five Super Bowl appearances and a Patriots dynasty later, the San Mateo native is still in MVP form as the Patriots prepare for a high-profile tussle against his hometown 49ers on Sunday night in Foxborough, Mass.
On Wednesday, Brady offered sage advice for new 49ers starter Colin Kaepernick.
"You just try to focus on your job," Brady told New England-area reporters. "There are a lot of players that you count on and depend on you, and you depend on them. That's what makes it a team game."
Kaepernick will make his fifth consecutive start for the NFC West-leading 49ers (9-3-1) when they visit Brady's AFC East-champion Patriots (10-3) on Sunday night.
Like Brady, Kaepernick has seized the starting job in his second season and replaced a former No. 1 overall draft pick, Alex Smith. Kaepernick already has won on the prime-time stage (see: Nov. 19 starting debut vs. the Chicago Bears) and in a hostile road stadium (see: Nov. 25 at New Orleans).
Brady, meanwhile, is turning in typical Brady performances and stands poised for a third NFL MVP award and another Super Bowl run. Yes, coach Bill Belichick's decision to stick with Brady over Bledsoe has paid off handsomely.
"It was a long time ago for me, but there was nothing (negative) on our team," Brady recalled. "I had great support from all of the quarterbacks, especially Drew."
Bledsoe, in a 2011 radio interview, remembered how "hard" his benching was to digest. "I didn't like it, I didn't think it was fair at the time," Bledsoe told Boston's 98.5 The Sports Hub. "That made the relationship between me and Tom difficult at that point.
"Looking back," Bledsoe added, "do I believe we would have had the same or similar success had I not got hurt? Of course I do."
Alex Smith knows the feeling, having lost his job after a Nov. 11 concussion. But Kaepernick testified Wednesday that Smith has been a helpful resource.
"He's been great. He's helped me with everything I've asked," Kaepernick said. "Even on the sideline, he's going over a list of looks with me to make sure I'm seeing everything."
Rather than compare the 49ers' switch to his 2001 call, Belichick voiced his support of 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh's quarterback pedigree.
"Certainly (Harbaugh) has the experience and track record to go with it," Belichick said in a conference call. "He played the position. He knows the position as much as anybody does. I'm sure he's doing what's best for his team. That's what any coach would do."
Belichick and Brady boast the NFL's best winning percentage for a coach and starting quarterback since the 1970 merger. Their 134-38 record (.779) trumps that of John Madden and Ken Stabler's 60-19-1 mark with the Raiders. It also tops the budding Harbaugh-Kaepernick record (3-1).
On Monday night, the Patriots won their 20th consecutive December home game, and Brady led the way with 296 yards and four touchdowns. He's thrown a touchdown pass in 45 consecutive games, and has 29 touchdown passes against four interceptions this season.
"He's real confident in the pocket and looks comfortable," said 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith, who is three sacks shy of the NFL's single-season record. "He's got that 'chill' factor."
Safety Donte Whitner faced Brady twice a year while with the Buffalo Bills from 2006-10.
"He's seen everything," Whitner said. "We'll have to mix some things up and affect him with the rush, affect him with our looks."
Playing the role of Brady in this week's 49ers practices is their other second-year quarterback: Scott Tolzien, who noted that Brady's footwork and balance are too often overlooked (and hard to mimic).
"He's the general out there," Tolzien said. "He's extremely intelligent, knows where all the guys are and runs the show. His accuracy is off the charts, and everyone knows how clutch he is.
"When he needs to make a play, he'll make it."
The 49ers are hoping the same holds true in Kaepernick's future.
"He's playing really with a lot of poise and is beyond his years," Harbaugh told New England writers about Kaepernick. "He's produced. He's made big plays with his arm and his feet and with his mind."
That mind game is what Kaepernick said he admires most in Brady: "He knows exactly what he wants to do versus any look a defense is going to give him."
In Brady-speak, that's merely a quarterback doing "your job."
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Applications are now available for the Wisconsin Beef Council (WBC) summer internship position.
The 2012 Wisconsin Beef Council Intern is a paid employee of the WBC and will work full-time for 12-weeks this coming summer. The Intern will attend industry and consumer functions on behalf of the beef industry and will assist in summer programs conducted by the WBC.
"The Beef Internship position is a great experience for a young person interested in the beef industry, agricultural public relations, nutrition and promoting our product. The program is designed for the Intern to get a better view of the industry and receive as much of an educational experience as possible," states John Freitag, WBC Executive Director.
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I've been a Beast fan since my first round of disc golf, but never went to the Star plastic because the Champ had worked so well for me.
Then I lost my Dead Bear Beast, and had to get a new one. I can't stop listening to Queens of the Stone Age right now, so I slapped Bulby from Era Vulgaris on my disc.
Everything came out great. I tried to paint the smoke edge and shadows with dye, but my brush was still to wide. Still looks good though. Came out great, he really **POPS!!**
I also dyed the underneath rim of the disc in the same pinkish-red as the background.
The arms and eyes are a darker shade of red than the tongue and the background, hard to tell in the pic.
All that's left is to dye the orange ember on the end of his cig, but that'll wait til I get back from Ohio, gotta go THROW IT!
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The Conservative Monster
This interview seems like it took place before the 2012 election, but I believe that General Boykin is correct with his theory about the dangers of Martial Law.
The loyal readers of The Conservative Monster know that I have been warning about a staged collapse of the US Economy and Military for the purpose to incite civil unrest due to food shortages for quite some time now. Well, that time is near..
This is the real reason why the Elite want to ban assault weapons even though they are semi automatic. The media stooges have a heart attack if someone dares to bring up the word tyranny, because they know that the people are finally seeing what is going on.
Even, the dumbest of the dumb are starting to say "something isn't right here", but they are happy as long as you give them gay marriage and American Idol to watch.
Control the food; control the people…the General is 100% correct. The people will wake up when the super market shelves are raided.
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I read something today in the sports page of The Wall Street Journal (yes, the WSJ has a sports page) that I did not know. Only four quarterbacks have won the Heisman Trophy and then went on to be the starting quarterback for an NFL team that won a playoff game. Mind you, this isn't quarterbacks who, after winning the Heisman, went on to win an NFL championship. Only four such quarterbacks even won a single NFL playoff game!
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In less than a month, we have seen so many high-profile occasions in which college basketball teams marched boldly through games, built leads that happened to stand at three points in the closing seconds and then tried to tip-toe into the locker room with a victory secure—only to find their teams stuck playing another five minutes.
Since conference play began, we've seen it happen to UConn (against Marquette), Vanderbilt (against Ole Miss), Iowa State (against Kansas), VCU (against Richmond) and, on Saturday, Syracuse (against Villanova). Every one of these teams led by three points in the final seconds but chose not to foul on purpose to prevent the opposition from tying the game with a 3-pointer.
And we wonder: Don't these coaches ever learn?
Well, the answer is: Some do.
When coaching Memphis, John Calipari was the victim of the most famous game-tying 3-pointer in college basketball history, delivered by Kansas guard Mario Chalmers in the dying seconds of the 2008 NCAA championship game. KU went on to win the title in overtime. Calipari said afterward that he tried to get his players to foul, but it didn't come off as scripted. On Saturday, coaching Kentucky against LSU, his Wildcats fouled and it worked.
Well, of course it did.
A friend of mine, Steve Finamore, the head coach at East Lansing High in Michigan, has been charting these situations throughout the season 2012-13 season. He became fixated on the issue after twice choosing not to foul last season and giving up tying 3s—against the same team, to the same player, from the identical spot on the floor.
According to Finamore's numbers, there have been 279 total situations this season in which a team was ahead three points with the other team in possession of the ball and seven seconds or less to play.
— 259 times the team did not foul relied on its defense; 46 allowed a game-tying 3-pointer that forced overtime. That's a 17.7 percent failure rate.
— 20 times the team chose to foul on purpose to prevent the 3-pointer; only one, Kent State in a game against Valparaiso, was tied by a team that rebounded a free-throw miss and converted a basket. That's a 5 percent failure rate.
As far as Finamore is concerned, this season's failure rate of the fouling strategy should be zero percent.
"Upon further review, the officials blew this," he said. "A Valpo player committed a lane violation, which was not called." He added that Kent coach Rob Senderoff told him he still would call for a foul the next time he encountered this situation.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said he ordinarily would call for a foul but opted against it because SU center Baye Moussa Keita and forward Jerami Grant had been disqualified. That led him to go with a smaller lineup that might not have been as successful rebounding a free-throw miss. This was odd reasoning, because he still had 6-8 C.J. Fair, 6-9 Rakeem Christmas and 6-9 DaJuan Coleman available to him.
The principle problems with the "play good defense" concept is right there on the video of Villanova's final play of regulation Saturday.
As an initial 3-pointer was launched by Villanova's James Bell with about nine seconds left, two SU players dashed in from the perimeter to challenge for the rebound. That left the Orange dangerously exposed on the perimeter, with four Wildcats players uncovered. Freshman guard Ryan Arcidiacono slipped into the left corner and fielded a pass from the rebounder, Mouphtaou Yarou.
At that point, SU's Michael Carter-Williams had a great chance to challenge the shot. He closed out hard—but when he arrived simply stood to the side and allowed Arcidiacono to shoot freely.
"I didn't want to foul, so I didn't really put a high hand up," Carter-Williams told the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Therein lies the problem.
So many of a player's defensive instincts leading up to the shot are wrong for the situation, as we've said before: Covering the rim, containing penetration, crashing the boards.
It's great for 39 minutes, 53 seconds but wrong when protecting a late 3-point line. And the one technique required in this circumstance—actually challenging the shot that could tie the game—players resist because they fear fouling.
When UConn's Ryan Boatright closed out on Marquette's Junior Cadougan in their early January game, he also pulled back from challenging the shot.
In the end, Calipari claimed no special genius on his decision to have Archie Goodwin take a purposeful foul with two seconds left and prevent a 3-pointer from LSU. Calipari just played a hunch.
"I'm not one to usually do it, but the way that game was playing he would have made that 3," Calipari said afterward. "There ain't no question he would have banked it, and that 3 would have gone in. So that's why I decided to do that."
If you look up Middle Tennessee State on Jerry Palm's new Bracketology page at CBS Sports, you will find the Blue Raiders standing at No. 35. If you check the widely followed power ratings at kenpom.com, they are ranked a respectable 48th.
The RPI numbers aren't particularly trustworthy at the moment because not enough games are built into the system, but better to be 35 than 135. The kenpom.com numbers aren't necessarily a factor in selection committee debates, but they are available for members to examine.
We bring this up for a simple reason: Why shouldn't Middle Tennessee State, with its 18-4 overall record, be discussed as an at-large candidate?
The Blue Raiders ran their record to 10-1 in the Sun Belt with a 72-53 thrashing of Western Kentucky, once among the league's dominant programs. Middle Tennessee has beaten the Hilltoppers six times in seven tries.
As the basketball world falls in love with Ole Miss, perhaps rightfully so, might we point out that Middle Tennessee took down the Rebels when they played Dec. 8. That's the only win the Raiders will brag about, such is the state of Vanderbilt basketball, but there will be a some prominent SEC teams fighting to get a bid with not much more than one or two good wins.
It is early to have these talks, of course.
Middle Tennessee must continue dominating its league even to be considered for an at-large bid. And it could gain an automatic bid this time and not leave it up for debate; last year's team entered the Sun Belt Tournament at 25-5 but lost in the quarterfinals and wound up in the NIT.
"One thing about it, you want to start playing your best basketball about this time," said MTSU senior guard Marcos Knight, who scored 15 points Saturday. "But we have to continue to get better every day in practice. You want to continue playing your best ball about this time. We are going to take it one game at a time and continue to get better."
That last shot by Louisville wasn't much of one. It was launched in a hurry and would have needed to travel roughly 75 feet and find the target at such an ideal angle its extreme velocity would not have caused it to deflect wildly off the rim. It was not what a statistical analyst would have called, "high percentage."
The Cardinals came to this situation by choice rather than chance, which made the close of their 53-51 loss at Georgetown one of the most curious endings on a day that seemed destined to be filled with them.
No. 5 Louisville trailed Georgetown by a point with 35 seconds left when it came out of a timeout and Russ Smith charged up from the baseline and behind a screen to fire a top-key jumper. He missed, but center Gorgui Dieng tied up Hoyas forward Otto Porter. The possession arrow was in Louisville's favor, presenting the Cardinals with another chance.
The Cards had no timeouts, but point guard Peyton Siva was close enough to the bench to get instructions from coach Rick Pitino. And Pitino told him to wait. A while.
Siva dribbled away precious seconds before, well inside the final 10 seconds, he at last got a high ball screen from Dieng and tried to drive the middle. His shot missed, and Porter held onto the rebound this time. He was fouled immediately and made 1-of-2 free throws to put Georgetown up a pair.
If all this had transpired 10 seconds earlier, Louisville would have had 10 seconds to set up a shot at a tying basket or winning 3-pointer. Because they chose to go all-or-nothing on what became the penultimate possession, the Cards left with nothing—except their third consecutive defeat, the team's first three-game losing streak since 2010.
Even former Michigan State All-American Draymond Green—whose last college game was a Sweet 16 loss to the Cardinals last season—was mystified
"If I'm coach Pitino, I'm going for the bucket earlier and depending on my defense to get a stop for the game," Green wrote on Twitter. "Wasted 27 precious seconds."
Since we've decided today is a day for jumping the gun, and since we've seen Kansas tear through the first third of its Big 12 games with some close calls but no stumbles -- the latest win in a 6-0 start was a 67-54 dispatching of Oklahoma -- this seems like a fine time to consider whether Bill Self might achieve something he never has at KU.
That's right, even with eight consecutive regular-season conference titles, five conference tournaments, two Final Fours and a national title, there's something he still has not done: Self and KU never have "run the table" in the Big 12.
It's understandable. A perfect league record is one of college basketball's rare feats. Kentucky did it last year, becoming the first from a BCS conference in nearly a decade to get through its league schedule without a defeat. Before last year's Wildcats, the last to do it was Tubby Smith's 2003 Kentucky team, preceded by Roy Williams and Kansas in 2002.
When John Calipari's Wildcats went unbeaten in league play last season, it was the fourth time in six years he'd pulled it off, albeit the first three were at Memphis in a less-competitive Conference USA.
Interestingly, none of the major-conference teams that made it unblemished through league play did it in an 18-game schedule, which could present the greatest obstacle for KU.
Oh, and the Jayhawks also have a shot at being ranked No. 1, depending on how No. 2 Michigan performs Sunday at Illinois.
"I pay it some mind, but not for public reasons, just for us," KU guard Elijah Johnson said. "We have always felt like we could be one of the best teams in the country, and right now we have a chance to do it. That's the only reason I pay it some mind, not because someone else wants us there."
Oakland coach Greg Kampe, who won his 500th game as head coach, every one of them coming with the Golden Grizzlies. He is the 21st active coach to hit that mark. It had to be a bit more special that the milestone win came over Western Illinois, the top team in the Summit League this season.
When Kampe became coach, Oakland was a Division II program. He helped make the transition to D-I in 1999 and has taken the team to three NCAA Tournaments.
"I'm very fortunate," said Kampe, who is 57. "There's not a lot of people who can step back and say, yeah, I've done it all at the same place. It's far from over, I hope."
The New Mexico Lobos, who slept through their trip to San Diego State. The Lobos a good team, though not a great offensive team: 91st in offensive efficiency. But it's still hard to explain 4-of-22 second-half shooting and a 55-34 defeat for a team that had won its first four Mountain West games and still owns a 17-3 record.
"We weren't who we are," New Mexico coach Steve Alford said. "We didn't execute our offense."
As John McKay might have said, that seems like a good idea at the moment.
Those SEC members not named Florida. The Gators have won their six conference games by an average margin of 26.5 points. Ole Miss travels to Gainesville next Saturday, looking for validation for a 17-2 start. Does it seem like the Rebels will find it in the Sunshine State?


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If you are a lover of dogs and want to help a military veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, you should consider buying a special 2013 calendar donated by Lynn and Paul Sansale of South St. Paul.
You can buy this special "Rescued Heroes" calendar this month and thereby help a Minnesota, veteran suffering from the after shocks of combat, get a trained service dog.
If 285 of these donated 1,000 "Rescued Heroes" calendars can be sold by mid-January, all the $15,000 in proceeds will go to train a dog for a Minnesota war veteran who requests that dog.
The calendars with 12 hand-painted rescued trained service dogs by artist Paul Sansale are on sale for $15 at front counters of 18 Frattallone Hardware stores in the Twin Cities area.
Fitz, the calendar cover dog, belongs to Tony, an Iraq veteran from Minnesota, who can't get along without him.
The $15,000 is the cost of training the service dog in Florida, including three weeks of training with the soldier suffering from PTSD.
This story starts with, Lynn and Paul Sansale, who wanted to do something special after he retired and she lost her job at Children's Hospital.
When they saw a friend's trained service dog named Lucy snuggle with kids at a Reading Education
Assistance Day (READ) session, they fell in love with Lucy and decided to publish a calendar of rescued trained Minnesota service dogs.
Paul took photographs of 12 of these dogs and spent hundreds of hours painting them, while Lynn wrote the story of each—one a pit bull named Cedric, that was about to be euthanized and another of Dobie, a black lab, who was dropped four stories from a parking ramp.
The Sansales were partial to the dogs, because they once had one, "Molly" who helped their daughter cope with cerebral palsy.
They published the 2012 calendar featuring Paul's paintings and Lynn's stories, which drew national attention.
So how did the Sansales get involved with providing service dogs to help veterans with PTSD?
While they were marketing their service dog calendar, Grace Morris, owner of a dog-sitting business in Brooklyn Center, told them about non-profit "Paws and Stripes" located in Albuquerque, NM, that provides service dogs to veterans free. Jim Stanek, an Iraq war veteran, whose service dog Sarge helped him deal with PTSD, began the service.
Last fall, working with Stanek and K9s for Warriors in Florida, Lynn and Paul drove 6,000 miles and visited 12 veterans around the country with PTSD who told them how the service dogs aided them and in some cases saved their lives. Paul intends to paint these 12 dogs from photos he took on their two-and-a-half-week trip, and Lynn will write the inspirational stores for their 2014 calendar. Through these calendars, they hope to inspire others to provide service dogs for veterans.
Lynn has since learned of a Marine veteran, whose family lives in Blaine, who just got a service dog. The Kraus Hartig VFW Post 6587 of Spring Lake Park sponsored a benefit that helped pay for that dog. Commander Don LaCroix says the former Marine and the dog are inseparable.
Lynn has learned that since Desert Storm and 2010, a total of 63,241 men and women from Minnesota have served in the armed services and 12,648 are believed to have PTSD.
She's also helped organize "Minnesota Service Dogs for Veterans" with the tag line: "Fighting the invisible wounds of war."
Your buying a calendar is part of the solution.


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jajas wrote:No It is not bangha. She exprienced nothing for a while. As if a piece of time just had not existed.
James the Giant wrote:I sat down to meditate, focussed on the breath and then immediately I heard the bell for the end of the hour.
I was not asleep, as I slump or fall off my stool when I sleep... I was just there one minute, and the next instant it was an hour later. No resulting grogginess or confusion. If anything, I felt sharper and clearer.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu wrote:The second state was one I happened to hit one night when my concentration was extremely one-pointed, and so refined that it refused settle on or label even the most fleeting mental objects. I dropped into a state in which I lost all sense of the body, of any internal/external sounds, or of any thoughts or perceptions at all — although there was just enough tiny awareness to let me know, when I emerged, that I hadn't been asleep. I found that I could stay there for many hours, and yet time would pass very quickly. Two hours would seem like two minutes. I could also "program" myself to come out at a particular time.
After hitting this state several nights in a row, I told Ajaan Fuang about it, and his first question was, "Do you like it?" My answer was "No," because I felt a little groggy the first time I came out. "Good," he said. "As long as you don't like it, you're safe. Some people really like it and think it's nibbana or cessation. Actually, it's the state of non-perception (asaññi-bhava). It's not even right concentration, because there's no way you can investigate anything in there to gain any sort of discernment. But it does have other uses." He then told me of the time he had undergone kidney surgery and, not trusting the anesthesiologist, had put himself in that state for the duration of the operation.
In both these states of wrong concentration, the limited range of awareness was what made them wrong. If whole areas of your awareness are blocked off, how can you gain all-around insight? And as I've noticed in years since, people adept at blotting out large areas of awareness through powerful one-pointedness also tend to be psychologically adept at dissociation and denial. This is why Ajaan Fuang, following Ajaan Lee, taught a form of breath meditation that aimed at an all-around awareness of the breath energy throughout the body, playing with it to gain a sense of ease, and then calming it so that it wouldn't interfere with a clear vision of the subtle movements of the mind. This all-around awareness helped to eliminate the blind spots where ignorance likes to lurk.
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On Sunday, Carmageddon: Reincarnation reached its goal on Kickstarter with ten days to go.
Stainless Games needed $400,000 to reboot the 1997 driving game, and so far they've received over $447K.
Reincarnation will release in February 2013 with single-player and multiplayer modes. Backers will receive every update free of charge, along with other perks.
The developers thanked supporters with the following videos.
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LOWER LAKE -- Anderson Marsh State Historic Park remains open and the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association (AMIA) continues to hold guided nature walks, followed by a tour of the Historic Ranch House Museum.
The next walk is scheduled for Nov. 10. Participants should meet in front of the Ranch House at 8:15 a.m. for time to experience early morning wildlife. The walk begins at 8:30 a.m.
Park docent Billy Gear will lead a walk along the ADA Cache Creek trail. Afterward, park docents Gae Henry and Henry Bornstein will lead the Ranch House tour. If rain cancels the walk, the ranch tour will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Participants are encouraged to bring binoculars.
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is located on Highway 53, between Lower Lake and Clearlake. For more information about the walks, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 995-2658. More information about AMIA can be found at www.andersonmarsh.org. For more information about the park, visit www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=483.


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asunthatneversets wrote:Holybla wrote:@asun...
Description of base isn't reasoning. Dzogchen is your nature not logic. Recognition depend on transmission. It's that simple indeed. The transmission isn't anything to do with talk about Karma. Ati GY and presence is awareness of ones karmic situation.
I never suggested one's nature was logic, nor did I suggest recognition occurs independent of transmission. I agree the rigpai tsalwang doesn't have anything to do with talk of karma, however there is no harm in understanding karma and how it functions, the cause of delusion, what fuels the fire of delusion and what extinguishes it. We're all here on an internet forum to discuss dzogchen, and we all use concepts, words, ideas, interpretations, translations, language etc., to communicate, there's no harm in doing so. No one has suggested that the words are dzogchen, but we are all free do discuss dzogchen (subject matter appropriate for a public forum of course).
I'm saying nothing you said so far is indispensable to understanding dzogchen. Dzogchen is not a school. But you said what someone needs to know. Distinguishing mind and nature isn't intellectual.


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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 29 (IANS) Reeling under the disappointment of Sreesanth's life ban, there was something to cheer for Kerala cricket Sunday as six officials of the state body made it to different committees of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at its Annual General Meeting in Chennai.
The biggest beneficiary was Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) president T.C. Matthew, who was made the chairman of the elite National Cricket Academy (NCA) and also found a place in the governing council of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Mathew told IANS that this is huge recognition for KCA.
"This is probably the first time that an administrator from the state has been given an important post. I will give my best to see that I do justice to my selection," said Mathew told IANS from Chennai.
KCA secretary T.N. Ananthanarayanan made it to the junior cricket committee, joint secretary Jayesh George was given a place in the anti-corruption committee. Among other administrators, T.R. Balakrishnan (marketing committee), K. Jayaram (junior selector) and S. Haridas (senior cricket committee) were also in different BCCI sub-committees.


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Steve Williams is getting frustrated. He owns Bobby & Steve's Auto World with his dad, who started the business more than 50 years ago. Williams says record high gas prices are making it tougher than ever to survive.
"This is the lowest ever that we have experienced. Our margins and our profitability of the stores are the smallest ever," Williams said.
Despite operating eight locations, Wiliams says sales are down dramatically. And he's not alone. His phone is literally ringing off the hook with calls from station owners trying to convince Bobby & Steve's to buy them out.
"Bobby and I are getting phone calls daily for stores that are for sale, because all the convenience stores are experiencing the same squeeze," Williams said. "They are not making any money and they are finding out that I better get out of this thing, because I'm not making any money and the place is for sale."
Williams says after he pays wholesalers for his gasoline, he's got to pay the credit card companies their share. For him, that's about 2 percent of each transaction at the pump.
After paying the credit card company, he typically is left with just 2 cents gross profit per gallon. And that, he says, doesn't even begin to cover his costs.
"That's happened several times in the last six months where my cost is higher. Imagine a situation like that where now you have to pay your credit card fees and the maintenance of the pumps and everything," he said. "We are really losing in those situations. We are experiencing far more times where we are selling to you cheaper than our actual cost."
Williams says he can't raise prices high enough to cover his costs, because he wouldn't stay competitive. Instead, he tries to lure customers into the convenience store or auto repair shop where they might spend some hard cash.
But the convenience of paying with a card is just too good to pass up, especially now when it costs so much to fill up.
Driver Jim Aubrecht says he rarely pays with cash these days.
"The easiest way to do it is the credit. You don't have to go inside and mess with anybody," Aubrecht said. "It's quicker, and you can wash your windshield while it's filling, and you are on your way."
Aubrecht says he pays close attention to gas prices and shops around for a deal. But like many drivers these days, he's not filling up anymore. Instead, he tries to save money by buying just half a tank at a time for his gas-guzzling stretch Lincoln.
But Brad Proctor, founder of GasPriceWatch.com, says you can't blame people for wanting to pay at the pump.
"What are they doing? They are pulling their credit card out, because they are filling their car up for $75 who carries $75 in cash," asked Proctor. "That just doesn't happen anymore, so more and more people are using credit cards, and it's just devastating these small independents out there."
The credit trend is growing.
Steve Williams says at least three-quarters of his customers pay at the pump with cards. That's up sharply from five years ago when only 40 percent paid with cards. On top of high credit card fees, he says that also causes him to miss out on money he could be making on drinks, coffee or newspapers inside the store.
The worst part, he says, is that many of his customers blame him for the high gas prices. Drive-offs are up sharply, as they are at many stations across the state. Williams says he's planning on beefing up security at his gas pumps.
Two bills have been introduced on Capitol Hill that would allow stations to renegotiate the fees they pay to credit card companies. It's unclear when action could be taken on either the House or the Senate bill.
In the meantime, Williams says he'll do whatever it takes to stay afloat.
"We have got to do something. We are not going to sit idly by. We are going to move differently as the profitability of the gas stream in our business is just one stream," Williams said "and if that somehow diminishes, we have to concentrate on what we do right on the service side, the store side or the food side."
He is hoping his industry will also find new ways to adapt to this new world of high prices and economic uncertainty.


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Tiger's back. Or he's not. We'll have a better handle on that situation Sunday
Tiger's back. Or he's not. We'll have a better handle on that situation Sunday evening when the Green Jacketed men (and women!) and a passel of patrons in pastels gather round the 18th green to celebrate the new Masters champion.
My take? Winning at Torrey Pines, Doral or Bay Hill is great, but means little unless Woods rings the bell in one of the four major championships. Until he proves he's in full control of the two most important clubs in the bag – driver and putter – under 72 holes of golf's ultimate pressure, I'll remain unsure that he's again the golfer he once was. Still, his recent scores and results do resemble that dominant guy circa 2007.
This isn't about Tiger, although you're excused if you thought otherwise. Rather, this space covers five pro golfers who never fought a fire hydrant and lost. Or maybe they did and just did a better job concealing it.
1. Brandt Snedeker – Terrific putter who finished T3 in 2008 and top 20 each of the last 2 years. Course should play firm and fast, which will help him overcome average length off the tee.
2. Rory McIlroy – Hitting long – and accurate – tee shots is more important than ever at Augusta National, and when he's on nobody in the world is better with the driver. He'll win multiple Masters before he's done, might as well start now.
3. K.J. Choi – Has three top-8 finishes in 10 starts and his game is rounding into form. He's 49th in strokes gained putting on the PGA Tour this year, and his steady game and cool demeanor make him a terrific frontrunner.
4. Charl Schwartzel – The 2011 champion has a tidy 71.75 stroke average at the Masters and has broken par in five of his 12 career rounds. Like Steve Elkington before him, his swing is so pure I'm stunned anytime he plays poorly.
5. Justin Rose – Slow starts have hurt Rose in recent years, but he's 11-under on the weekend the last three years, including 68s on the last two Sundays. He'll need to stay calm; he seems a touch jumpy at times.
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PORTLAND, Ore. ( TheStreet) -- Casual dining, like Jennifer Aniston, was once a fresh-faced, flair-wearing American ideal. Now they're both older versions of themselves who can't seem to shake their former identities.Around the time Aniston was playing Ron Livingston's server dream girl in the 1999 movie Office Space, Aniston was still playing Rachel Green on NBC's Friends, dating Brad Pitt and preparing to marry him a year later and was still on the sunny, The Good Girl/ Friends With Money side of a budding film career. Meanwhile, the strip-mall restaurants that Aniston's Office Space character lampooned by wearing 37 pieces of flair as a waitress for "Chotchkie's" were still offering standard, reheated American fare at reasonable prices and were still a homogenous, stuff-on-the-walls bar and grill experience that held a special place in the heart of Anytown USA.
So what happened? How did Aniston turn all of that promise into an unrelenting series of romantic comedies featuring the likes of Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Adam Sandler? How did can't-fail casual dining, according to market research firm NPD Group, start losing customers for nearly four years straight. Because the American consumer's association with certain events or points in time traps both people and companies in the amber of memory and holds them there regardless of how many years have elapsed or how much change they've undergone. In Aniston's case, the steady syndication of Friends and refusal to do much television since kept her alter ego Rachel Green far more visible than Aniston was. Sure, the American public dwelt on her breakup with Pitt and his ensuing relationship with Angelina Jolie, but every Thanksgiving they're reminded that Pitt and Aniston were once so romantically, comedically in love that they set it to a laugh track. Those Friends reruns and memories of Aniston and Pitt as U.S. royalty are the warm security blanket that keeps tucking in a certain segment of the population each night.
Meanwhile, as long as casual dining restaurants kept the prices low, the spirits high and the drinks flowing, America could always return to the places it spent its high school weekends, its Thanksgiving weekend homecomings and its airport layovers.


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This MSP Guide from Continuum takes a look at the effects of data loss and downtime on small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and how SMBs need to meet this challenge by relying on IT service providers that can minimize their exposure to such events.
Information is critical to business and modern organizations must be able to handle the massive amounts of corporate data that define them in order to stay alive. Business transactions generate large quantities of vital information at every step and businesses need this information "to keep the engines running and the wheels turning." Protecting this data is critically important and a major focus in large enterprises, but small and midsize businesses must also be able to keep their data secure.
This guide notes, "Even with their limited resources and IT budgets, SMBs require robust business continuity systems, disaster recovery plans and safeguards to ensure their precious IT assets are accessible in the event of a catastrophic outage or system failure."
Based on a Forrester Global IT Budgets, Priorities, and Emerging Technology Tracking Survey from June of 2011 it is noted that business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) is the top priority for small and mid-sized businesses. In terms of the elements of BC/DR they are most concerned with: protecting databases (68%), safeguarding email (45%), backing up accounting data (39%), and protecting network services (36%).
Download this MSP Guide below to read more.


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Hi guys,
I've been a little bored at work recently, so Ive read through most of the articles here on DGR and stumbled over the article about Disc selection and that stuff. Now, as a beginner (I would consider myself one, having played only 6 months), I would like to know the opinion of some more experienced players on my bag. Unfortunately there is no good player around here for 150 miles that can help me out a little, so I need the help of you guys..
I primarily use a backhand throw which I can get 350' with a still controlled shot and up to about 420' with my Star Destroyer on a big Anhyzer throw. I'm still working on my forehand, I can use it for some 100' upshots, and some forehand hyzers max. 250' where i can't throw a backhand. When I try throwing further I roll my hand over using the ball golf motion, but thats not the topic here…. A shot that I really like to use is my tomahawk. I really can't grip a thumber properly and get it out the way I want, but I can get my tomahawk out to around 270' – pretty controlled.
About my bag – I've just got a Grip bag so I had to dump some discs anyway coming from the DisCarrier. I know that it's best (at least people say so) to use least possible different molds, but I don't know…maybe this will come with time when my discs become beat up so I can replace a more understable one with the beat in. Anyway, this is what I carry around:
172 Elite-Z Nuke OS: Distance Tomahawks, those 250' big-skip-left shots, extreme headwinds
175 Star MAX: Shorter Tomahawks (220') and headwind disc that's not crazy overstable like the OS
174 Gold Halo: another headwind driver, a little less stable
175 Star Destroyer: go-to distance-driver for big S-shots
172 Pro Destroyer: might be my most beat in disc – nice for downwind driver or long turnovers, also used for rollers sometimes
170 Pro-D Nuke: my disc for water holes, behaves like the star Destroyer but is 5€ cheaper
172 Opto XXX: love this for tomahawks (a little shorter than the OS) and nice stable (headwind) shots
171/174 Ascent x2: really my go to driver for 350' holes – thrown 20' high it has that perfect flight for me
175 Star Leopard: with little Turn perfect for slight turnovers and I love it for tunnel shots, forehand hyzer disc
174 Neutron Shock: not tried it yet (still 15" snow outside) but it just sits there
173 Neutron Volt: I have one of those really understable Volts – distance rollers and turnovers that stay right
174 Obex: nice and stable, love it against the wind
178 Eclipse Vector: love that extra glide combined with the stability, not quite as stable as the Obex though
176/177 Axis x2 (Eclipse, Neutron): new one which is laser straight, beat in holds a nice little anny line
169 ESP Meteor: that thing is crazy understable and I love it for rollers, easy to get rollin but somehow doesn't roll out fast
173 Soft Eclipse Anode x2 – standard putt & approach, I love how this hold its line
172 V.P.: awesome into the wind and for controlled 200' hyzers
170 Summit: love this for 100' jump putts and for 230' turnover shots
I can get all of those discs in the Bag, so I'm fine with that, but I don't know, maybe there is a spot that I'm really missing. Also I think that maybe I have one or two overstable drivers too many (MAX? Halo maybe?). I love having the right one for every wind, but I wanted to know if that's the right way to go…Another thing…I have a beat in Halo at home, but I just don't like the way it behaves…it has more turn but still the same amount of fade, so I'd really like to keep all those different molds instead of having beat ones with me…I don't know..
Also, as you can see, I love stable discs, so I'm not that hyzer flip guy. I love doing that, but just cannot get the flip right, so mostly it will either dive right or wont turn over enough. So I rather take my Star Destroyer and play that big Anhyzer.
Thanks for your answers and opinions! (and for wasting 10 minutes of your life reading this endless post )


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KEXP Reviews
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On the follow-up to her acclaimed debut album The Captain, this Australian singer-songwriter shows herself at ease in that nebulous alt-country world habitated by the likes of Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle where the boundaries separating country, rock, folk and pop are blurred. Her songwriting continues to mature, and her plaintive, girlish vocals always hit the emotional mark, whether she's being sassy, anguished, defiant, or simply stuck in the middle of a deep heartache. 2/15/2002 - Don Yates
Other Kasey Chambers album reviews:
The Captain - 9/15/2000


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The Juneau Police Department is conducting an outcry auction of surplus, unclaimed and forfeited vehicles. Come out and take a look! We have many different vehicles available for auction. Don't miss this exciting event!
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IN ORDER TO BID ON ANY ITEM, you must be registered. Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. the morning of the auction. Bidders can register (and obtain a bidder number) at any time prior to bidding, but you must have a bidder number in order to bid. After providing your name, address and phone number, you will be given a bidder number. That number should be used on all bids. Bidder numbers cannot be shared. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR OWN BIDDER NUMBER.
PAYMENT: All items must be paid for immediately after the sale of the item, unless you are bidding on the next item. The City will accept cash, a certified check, a cashiers check, or a personal check with sufficient identification. Successful bidders will receive a Bill of Sale at time of payment. VEHICLE PURCHASE: Successful bidders will be provided with the paperwork necessary to obtain title and registration from DMV.
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Jewish Literary Festival opens this weekend in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Jewish Literary Festival opening this weekend in Washington will feature 17 best-selling authors grappling with such issues as gender, Hasidic Jewish life and race.
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael Chabon will headline the festival's opening Sunday. He will give a talk on his novel "Telegraph Avenue: A Novel," a story about race and class in urban America.
Joy Ladin will discuss her book, "Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey between Genders," on Sunday. She takes readers inside her transition after returning to Yeshiva University to teach as a woman after receiving tenure as a man.
Most events are held at the D.C. Jewish Community Center, though Chabon's opening talk will be at the Washington Hebrew Congregation. The festival runs through Oct. 24.


text: You ever have any dreams that you are hanging out with style forum members? Just last night I had a dream that I was hanging out with Spoo at his house. In the dream he lived in Rye, NY and it was really bizarre. He had a pet kangaroo that loved to be held, however would uncontrollably vomit. Mrs. Spoo hated me and thought I was rude because I didn't want it on me and I kept jumping out of the way so its puke wouldn't get on my clothes. I kept apologizing and I was like Spoo, how do you not get this puke on you? How can you deal with this? I was not on good terms with Mrs. Spoo at all. I even tried to buy a bracelet to make up for it, but she wouldn't have it. Spoo kept saying, dude my kangaroo is Alpha as fuck! On another occasion I had a dream I was in a field with Vox. He was Asian and had an abnormally shrunken head, like the guy from Beatleguese after the voodoo guy sprinkled that stuff on his head. He looked really cool, but all he wanted to talk about was nature and trees and stuff. He took me into the woods where there was that stone pillar that he used to take photos in front of. I asked if we could get a photo together, but he refused because he was afraid that I would post what he really looked like on the internet. I told him I would respect his privacy, but he didn't care. I had another dream that I met Manton at Bemelman's Bar. He was tall, but not that tall.


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Study on the Effect of Mitomycin C 0.02% on the Corneal Endothelial After Photorefractive Keratectomy in Moderate Myopia
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified October 2009 by Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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First received: October 13, 2009
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In this study 126 eyes in 63 patients with moderate bilateral myopia and astigmatism between -3 and -5 (SE difference between two eyes should not be more than 0.75 and the residual corneal thickness>350 μ ) were entered in the study. One eye went randomly under PRK with mitomycin C 0.02% in 15 min and then the other eye went under the operation without MMC. UCVA,BCVA, refractory error after the operation and the number of endothelial cells before and after the surgery would be compared in 6 months.
|Drug: Mitomycin C 0.02% Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1
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|Study on the Effect of Mitomycin C 0.02% on the Corneal Endothelial After Photorefractive Keratectomy in Moderate Myopia
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|Active Comparator: Mitomycin c 0.02%
|Drug: Mitomycin C 0.02%
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
|Drug: Placebo
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 19 < age < 60
- Refractory error stabled for at least one year
- No corneal pathology
- -3 < bilateral myopia and astigmatism < -5 with no difference more than 0.75 between 2 eyes
Exclusion criteria:
- Keratoconus
- Ectatic corneal disease
- Glaucoma
- Corneal dystrophy
- Lens changes affecting the visual acuity
- Anterior or posterior uveitis
- Corneal scar
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Refractive Errors
Eye Diseases
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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The 2013 NHL Draft begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday in Newark, N.J. Here's a full list of the first-round selections. This will be updated with quick hit analysis from Sporting News' @jessespector and @seangentille as the picks come in.
MORE: Meet the top prospects | The YouTube sensation
— Canucks make shocking trade | Bettman booed
1. Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon, center
As expected. Colorado had said for seeral days that they planned on selecting MacKinnon over top-ranked skater Seth Jones, and they followed through. MacKinnon is as good a center prospect as the draft has seen in the last few years with particular raves about his acceleration and speed.
MORE: Meet the 'prom king,' MacKinnon
2. Florida Panthers: Aleksander Barkov, center
This is a shocker. Florida was expected to take Jones. Barkov is also extremely highly regarded, though, and has played in Finland's top professional league already. He'll join rookie of the year Jonathan Huberdeau as Florida's top two centers for the next generation.
3. Tampa Bay Lightning: Jonathan Drouin, center
Jones getting passed up was less of a surprise here. Drouin's hockey sense, vision and playmaking ability has drawn raves. Central Scouting director Dan Marr compared him to Joe Sakic: "There are not too many players available who can see the ice and make the play. And he can deliver—offensively and defensively." He has to get stronger, but figures to set up Steven Stamkos immediately.
4. Nashville Predators: Seth Jones, defenseman
What is it with Nashville and defensemen? The Preds, a year after losing Ryan Suter, now have Seth Jones to pair with Shea Weber. Nashville needs centers, but Weber, Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis and Jones? That's scary. Jones is 6-4, supremely skilled, a terrific skater, and by all accounts, a great kid. There's not much to dislike. The best part: Jones, when asked on TV whether he'd have a chip on his shoulder: "For sure."
5. Carolina Hurricanes: Elias Lindholm, center
Lindholm's two-way ability has drawn raves. He's also been a top international player for Sweden. Carolina was reportedly trying to trade this pick, but wound up keeping it. and by all accounts, they made the correct move. Darnell Nurse, a defenseman, may have been a consideration here, as well.
6. Calgary Flames: Sean Monahan, center
GM Jay Feaster nailed at least the first of his three first-round picks. Calgary desperately needs centers, as they have for the last 20 years, and Monahan fits the bill. He's going to get the opportunity to play right away and told reporters this week that he models himself after Peter Forsberg and Joe Thornton. Not a bad starting point. Let's see if Calgary keeps stockpiling assets, as they should.
7. Edmonton Oilers: Darnell Nurse, defenseman
The Oilers, at long last, took a defenseman. Nurse, the nephew of Donovan McNabb, is an impressive talent. Here's more on him from earlier in the week. Spoiler: He drew Shea Weber comparisons.
8. Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Ristolainen, defenseman
He is big. Seriously, Ristolainen earned praise from the TV analysts for his physicality, which Buffalo continues to value highly.
9. Vancouver Canucks (from New Jersey Devils): Bo Horvat, center
Horvat is a two-way center who Pierre McGuire compared to Patrice Bergeron. That's a hell of a label to put on an 18-year-old, but we digress: This pick came to be because of the shocking trade that sent Cory Schneider to the Devils.
10. Dallas Stars: Valeri Nichushkin, forward
Nichushkin's skill is staggering. For more on him (and one of the greatest YouTube highlight reels ever) read this from Thomas Drance. Dallas desperately needs young offensive skill, and new GM Jim Nill is one of the best prospect evaluators in the league.
11. Philadelphia Flyers: Samuel Morin, defenseman
Philly takes a 6-6 defenseman who hits hard and likes to fight. This pick was off the board, and yet not surprising at all.
12. Phoenix Coyotes: Max Domi, center
Domi is the son of former NHL winger tie, and he's short like his dad—but the similarities end there. He's 5-9 but strong, and a potentially elite scorer. Marr raved about his finishing ability earlier this week. Like every short player ever, he's been compared to Martin St. Louis.
13. Winnipeg Jets: Josh Morrissey, defenseman
He's a physical defenseman that Craig Button called the best open-ice hitter in the draft, much like Jacob Trouba, the Jets' top pick last year. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before. Hopefully GM Kevin Cheveldayoff hasn't Started Something (He) Couldn't Finish, and Morrissey becomes A Light That Never Goes Out for Winnipeg. He's just 6-0, but Some Defensemen Are Bigger Than Others.
14. Columbus Blue Jackets: Alexander Wennberg, forward
Wennberg is a skilled, 6-1 forward and the first of Columbus' three first-round picks. As Yahoo!'s Sean Leahy noted, he once scored a goal that appeared to drop out of his pants.
15. New York Islanders: Ryan Pulock, defenseman
The Isles have attempted to stockpile young blue liners—last year, they took one with every pick. Pulock is a reliable, skilled offensive player with a very hard slap shot.
16. Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota Wild): Nikita Zadorov, defenseman
Another D-man for the Sabres. Zadorov is 6-4, 200 and played last season in the OHL, where had the second-most points among first-year defensemen with 25, so he's got size and sill.
17. Ottawa Senators: Curtis Lazar, forward
Lazar is apparently a complete forward who can play center and wing, and could wind up on the third line, but there were raves about his character. "It's unreal. I can't really function right now," a smiling Lazar said on TV after the pick.
18. San Jose Sharks (from Detroit Red Wings): Mirco Mueller, defenseman
Muller is Swiss but played last season for Everett of the WHL. He's 6-4 but not overly physical and a very good skater, according to scouting reports.
19. Columbus Blue Jackets (from New York Rangers): Kerby Rychel, forward
Rychel is also the son of a former NHL player—Warren. Kerby scored 40 goals in the OHL and "plays with snarl and speed," according to CBS' Chris Peters.
20. Detroit Red Wings (from San Jose Sharks): Anthony Mantha, winger
Mantha scored 50 goals in the QMJHL, which earned him comparisons to James Neal. He's certainly got the size at 6-3 1/2, and Bob McKenzie called him an "off-the-chart" shooter on the TV broadcast. Detroit needs young offensive prospects, and Mantha fits the bill.
21. Toronto Maple Leafs: Frederik Gauthier, center
Gauthier is enormous, at 6-4 1/2, and was compared to Jordan Staal and Martin Hanzal on TV. Leafs GM Dave Nonis said he expects strong two-way play out of him. Always a good thing.
22. Calgary Flames (from St. Louis Blues): Emile Poirier, winger
No point in pretending to know much about this one. It was off the board and Flames fans hated it. Poirier, according to scouting reports, is a great skater with a lot of speed but had second-round grades from many. Flames GM Jay Feaster said Poirier was in his top 10.
23. Washington Capitals: Andre Burakovsky, left wing
He's a great skater and puck handler but is inconsistent, according to Corey Pronman.
24. Vancouver Canucks: Hunter Shinkaruk, center
The slide ends. Shinkaruk is highly skilled but small, at 5-9, which likely led to his fall. He's from Calgary, and the Flames obviously passed on him. He's a pure goal-scorer, with 100 already in his junior career. Vancouver is focused on adding skilled, young forwards.
25. Montreal Canadiens: Michael McCarron, winger
At 6-5, 228 pounds, McCarron is huge. That's not the norm among Montreal's forwards. He's also American and comes from the U.S. developmental program.
26. Anaheim Ducks: Shea Theodore, defenseman
A 6-1 defenseman, Theodore went higher than his projections. He's offense first and a good skater, according to scouting prospects.
27. Columbus Blue Jackets (from Los Angeles Kings): Marko Dano, winger
Columbus uses its final first-round pick on a skilled forward currently playing in the KHL.
28. Calgary Flames (from Pittsburgh Penguins): Morgan Klimchuk, winger
Klimchuk, a high-character player, went about where he was projected. This is the pick Calgary got for Jarome Iginla. Again, Feaster says he got a player in his top-13, which is alarming. The GM raved abour Klimchuk's release.
29. Dallas Stars (from Boston Bruins): Jason Dickinson, center
Dallas adds another offensive player. He played all three forward positions for Guelph of the OHL, according to Ray Ferraro.
30. Chicago Blackhawks: Ryan Hartman, forward
Chicago gets who Bob McKenzie said may be the top agitator in the draft. He's a Chicago native playing in the OHL and is already inspiring Andrew Shaw comparisons.