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A homeless man in Washington state who thought he might be dying tied a note to his dog's harness and dispatched best friend Buddy to get help.
A woman walking her own pooch along railroad tracks in Tumwater saw Buddy and read the message. It read, "Send help. No joke. Cannot walk,'' and "Medicine not working. Need doctor.''
Cops found the guy and got him to a hospital.
This legislation may sail right through in Maryland.
Lawmakers are moving to pass a bill that would close a legal loophole that in 2010 exempted sailboat operators from boating-while-intoxicated laws.
The state Senate voted in favor of the bill, and now it's floating downstream to the House of Delegates.
Albuquerque, NM, cops are trying to flush out brazen bathroom bandits who enter Albuquerque restrooms and filch auto-flush sensor mechanisms.
The pilferers pose as plumbers, zero in on Flush-O-Matics and sell them for $30 each on the black market.
Someone smelled a rat — and it turned out that a rodent-loving Wisconsin woman had more than 300 in her trailer home.
Health officials said the woman began going into pet stores and buying domesticated rats, which wound up mating with wild rodents and quickly overrunning the home.
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We've heard of butt-dialing but this is ridiculous.
A 58-year-old Sri Lankan convict hid his forbidden cellphone between his rear-end cheeks when guards came by.
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It seems like the model 69 draws the most hits here,
(with good reason, it's a wonderful old gun.)
There's a lot of people looking for info on the 69a.
The 9422M comes in second, the 1897 third.
I'm headed up to Kittery at the end of the month to check out a used .50 cal Winchester Apex Magnum Muzzleloader, I know it's not REALLY a Winchester (I think they're made in Spain) but it's all that's in the budget right now, and sooner or later the D.E.M. is going to bust me for deer hunting with the 30'06,
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The 294th Medical Company was the guest of honor at a banquet in Sunset Park Sunday afternoon. Maj. Amy Price said that the unit's family readiness group had worked with Faith Baptist Church to put on the picnic for the unit. Gift bags were included for the children. Sgt. Kesha Jannenga, right, serves lunch to Spec. Matthew Lavarius, left, Pvt. Joseph Moreno and Spec. Donovon Whisler.


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There is a fine line between a personal and professional relationship, and it seems like Miranda Lambert has figured out a great way to make both work with hubby Blake Shelton! Miranda and Blake have proven that they make a great couple in their personal life, but when it comes to what they do professionally — like co-writing Miranda's beautiful single "Over You" or singing together on "Better in the Long Run," another song from Miranda's Four the Record album — Miranda says that being selective about when and how they work together is part of what makes it work well.
For Nashville's newest 'power couple,' being selective about what they do together is key to making it 'special' for Blake & Miranda.
Listen here to Miranda Lambert as she explains how it works best for her and her man:
Here's Miranda's latest music video for "Over You"
And here is Blake Shelton's video for "Drink On It" which just hit #1 on the country music charts too!


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DENVER — Already missing their starting power forward, David Lee, the Warriors entered Tuesday night's game with just a fraction of their back-up center. Festus Ezeli is playing through a sprained right knee. As a result, he has to wear a bulky brace that is limiting his mobility and explosiveness.
However, coach Mark Jackson didn't have much choice but to play the Ezeli in Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets. With Lee out with a torn right hip flexor, the Warriors need the rookie out of Vanderbilt to eat minutes. Ezeli said he's ready.
"My leg ain't broke," he said with a smile before the game.
Ezeli sprained the knee in the season finale at Portland last Wednesday. He played only six minutes in Game 1, partly because he wasn't moving well (and because starting center Andrew Bogut was playing so well).
Ezeli hasn't been cleared to play without the brace. He said the brace slows him down and limits his jumping. It's a sleeve with a metal fixtures designed to hold his knee in place.
Still, Ezeli said he was ready to bang with Nuggets' Kenneth Faried, a relentless power forward known as "The Manimal."
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OTTAWA - A local Roman Catholic congregation is stunned to learn one of their own is facing child pornography charges.
Father James Anthony Jordan, 63, a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of possessing child pornography.
Jordan, who has been serving as a missionary in Kenya since 2006, was arrested by police at the provincial offices of OMI Lacombe Canada on Main St.
Court documents list his address as the Springhurst Residence in Ottawa, which is operated by the Oblates.
OMI Lacombe Canada was founded in 2003 with a focus on helping the poor, particularly through missionary work in developing nations.
Jordan, originally a member of the British Columbia/Yukon chapter of the Oblates, was named director of the New Blessed Joseph Cebula House of Philosophy in the Oblates Kenyan mission in Karen, a subdivision of Nairobi.
According to staff at the local Oblates office, Jordan was on leave from the Kenyan mission and was vacationing in Ottawa for the past two weeks.
Staff Sgt. Monique Perras said police made the arrest after a short investigation.
Jordan appeared in court Tuesday morning, and was released on a $5,000 bond.
Bail conditions require Jordan to remain at his listed address and to surrender his passport.
He is also barred from accessing pornographic material, a computer, or the Internet, and must not congregate in places where the Internet may be accessed.
According to Rob Meilleur, a layman responsible for the congregations business affairs, OMI Lacombe Canada is launching its own internal investigation.
Were working with the police on these allegations to see if theyre actually founded or not, said Meilleur.
As a priest, he has a personal life, and when something like this arises, we have our own misconduct policy that kicks in that does its own internal investigation.
Meilleur said the charges stem from a complaint made by an individual who is not a member of the congregation.
The order contacted police on Friday. Jordan was arrested Monday.
According to Meilleur, Father Jordan is a respected member of the order, and is very active in the formation of new priests and brothers.
I know these days, once you put child pornography and church in the same sentence, people just go nuts. And we dont know what it is, so we will be doing our own internal investigation and working with the police, said Meilleur. We want to make sure that everything is done right.
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HOUMA -- The local chapter of Right to Life is organizing two protests Oct. 3 in Houma and Lockport.
HOUMA -- The local chapter of Right to Life is organizing two protests Oct. 3 in Houma and Lockport.
Life Chain, a silent stand against abortion and euthanasia, is part of Respect Life Sunday, a nationwide nonviolent protest against abortion and euthanasia.
"It is a national prayer chain that we seek God's grace and his mercy and forgiveness for our nation," said Joann Williams, vice president of the local Right to Life chapter and event organizer. "Not only that we also honor the million of pre-born babies who have perished, we make a statement, hopefully a healing and a prayerful statement for this community for the many, many, probably hundreds, of cars that pass by."
Protestors will line the median of West Tunnel Boulevard at 2 p.m. in Houma, and participants, at 1:30 p.m., will be stationed in front of the Lockport Town Hall, 710 Church St. Both groups will stand in silent prayer holding pro-life signs.
Laverne Scott, a representative from Holy Family Catholic Church, said she hopes the event will, "let people be aware that abortion kills children. … And to let most people know that there is community joining for this cause."
In Houma, organizers expect as many as 250 people to attend and the following churches will be participating: Annunziata, Holy Family, Holy Rosary, Grace Chapel, Maria Immacolata, New Life Fellowship, St. Ann, St. Anthony, St. Bernadette, St. Eloi, St. Francis de Sales, St. Gregory Barbarigo, St. Joseph and Vision Christian.
All members of the community are welcome to participate and Williams said she expects the event to expand this year.
"I see more people wanting to participate in moral-life activities," she said. "When it is starting to hit their own communities and families, then people are aware of it, and they realize that we need to wake up."
Williams said she thinks the event's increasing popularity is due to a national shift.
"With the morality of this whole country, people are seeing that we have got to do our part in making it better because this is what [God] wants of us," she said. "If we follow the Commandments, this is what he wants."
Two years ago, more than 1,600 groups and churches held their own local demonstrations, based on an assembly first held in 1987 near Sacramento, Calif.
Williams, who has been working with the organization for approximately 15 years, has rarely experienced backlash from the protest.
"99 percent of the time it is all positive," she said. "A lot of cars toot and they are very supportive. I see where a lot of change is coming through."
While 1973's Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling legalized abortion, anti-abortion advocates say life begins at conception and that abortion is equivalent to murder.


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Attend the AGM and be part of the decision-making process!
PHASA policy on hunting (adopted at the PHASA AGM on 17 November 2010)
• PHASA supports the responsible hunting of all species in a sustainable, extensive wildlife system that can fend for themselves, provided that such species are hunted according to the laws of the land and the PHASA Code of Conduct.
PHASA policy on hunting of leopards over hounds (adopted at the PHASA AGM on 16 November 2011)
• PHASA supports the hunting of leopards over hounds, within the governance compliance structure of the Sub-Saharan Houndsmen Association.
PHASA position on captive-bred lion hunting (adopted at the PHASA AGM on 18 November 2015)
This position paper replaces any previous versions
PHASA has reversed its 2013 position on the hunting of captive-bred lions and will no longer tolerate this form of hunting. This decision was taken at the association's 2015 annual general meeting (AGM), where the majority of PHASA members voted to take a stand against the practice.
The official resolution adopted reads as follows:
PHASA distances itself from all captive-bred lion breeding and hunting until such time as the South African Predator Association can convince PHASA and the International Union for Conservation of Nature that captive-bred lion hunting is beneficial to lion conservation.
PHASA Resolution - 23 November 2016 AGM:
By casting of a vote, the members voted for a Sub-committee of open minded individuals representing PHASA, SAPA and any other interested parties to engage in communication to find a workable and acceptable solution, IF ANY, for the lawful and acceptable utilization of captive bred lions. The outcome of these negotiations should be transparent, with regular feedback to the members. Members would abide by the outcome.
PHASA position on colour variants and intensive game-breeding (adopted at the PHASA AGM on 19 November 2014)
PHASA rejects the following:
• The hunting of animals in any area other than an 'extensive wildlife system', as defined in the Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS) Amendment Regulations, issued in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act of 2004 (Act 10 of 2004).
• Any notion or claim that colour variants are bred to satisfy a significant demand in the trophy hunting market.
• Any notion or claim that breeding practices aimed at increasing horn size are necessary because trophy hunting depleted the gene pool.
• Any notion or claim that the breeding of animals with abnormally large horn lengths is driven by a significant demand in the trophy hunting market.
• Highly controversial practices such as artificial insemination, cloning, genetic manipulation and any procedure that produces artificial colour variants.
• The inclusion of any further colour variants in trophy hunting record books.
• Any form of 'catalogue marketing' of individual wild animals or groups of wild animals for hunting purposes.
• PHASA respects the concept of private ownership and the free market system, but urges breeders to approach such practices with the highest level of due consideration for South Africa's biodiversity.
• PHASA acknowledges that the impact of such breeding practices presents a low risk to South Africa's wild biodiversity, but believes that potential risks need to be monitored and, if necessary, managed in a responsible manner and in consultation with fellow industry stakeholders.
• PHASA is committed to continued constructive dialogue with all industry stakeholders, in respect of the matters contained in this position paper. As such, this position may be amended from time to time following such discussions.
Extract – complete position paper available from the PHASA office or website.
PHASA position on rhino vita-darting
• PHASA supports vita-darting as an activity, provided that it takes place within the confines of the laws of the land.
PHASA position on rhino product sales
• In principle, PHASA supports trade in rhino products, provided that it takes place in terms of properly regulated structures and systems to be adopted and implemented in the future.


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The 3 Ways Being In Love Puts Your Assets At Risk
It's all love in the beginning. But too often, it ends in hate, recriminations—and financial disaster. The difference between financially successful relationships and costly breakups boils down to avoiding three dangerous relationship fails—lack of openness, dishonesty, and unfairness.
It is critical to honestly and completely disclose all current financial assets, liabilities, income sources, and obligations, as well as financial histories, prior to making joint financial commitments. By the way, marriage itself is such a commitment. But even if you don't get married, doing things such as purchasing a home together could be dangerous if you aren't aware of financial secrets, such as an unresolved tax issue or a compulsive spending habit.
Black Enterprise spoke with divorce and family attorney Rosalyn C. Charles, Esq., of RC Charles & Associates in West Orange, N.J., about the three relationship fails that can put your assets at risk.
Failing to be open
"People don't realize that talking about finances, understanding how people feel about money, and finding out your individual vision for money is very important to sustaining a relationship in the long-run," says Charles. She cites failing to have the "money talk" as the most common and avoidable of relationship fails. "This is true not only in a marriage but in any relationship in which people enter into financial agreements—even platonic friends who might choose to jointly acquire property or other assets. Your concept of riches and moving forward [toward financial goals] and the other person's concept may be totally out of whack. But you don't understand that because you haven't had that tough conversation."
Failing to be honest
"People often get into trouble because they're not honest," says Charles. "People are overcome by their emotions and often don't have those hard discussions about finances, their income, and their financial histories. Both men and women have come through my door to discuss their divorce and have no idea what their spouse makes or what assets their spouse may have accumulated.
"A lot of times, they don't know this because they filed separate tax returns," Charles explains. "Or even though they might have filed joint tax returns, they didn't review them; they just signed. So both men and women are in the dark. They don't know what kind of debt their spouse has gotten into, or what kind of riches their spouse might have."
Failing to consider a prenuptial agreement
"Everyone often only thinks about the downside, of 'what I'm not going to get,' when they think of prenuptial agreements," says Charles. "But if a prenuptial agreement is really borne out of a discussion and full disclosure of your finances, it can be a very good thing. Depending on what point in your life you happen to be thinking about getting married, both partners may have accumulated a fair amount of assets. The key to a prenup is honest and full disclosure. It's not just to protect but also to set the framework for how things might be resolved or dissolved at the end of a marital relationship. You can't necessarily predict what might happen during the course of a 20-year relationship, but a prenup will at least lay the framework for how you will dissolve some things. It will ultimately save you a whole lot of money in divorce litigation."
The bottom line: If you can't avoid these relationship fails, there is no trust and no reason to put your assets at risk by making joint financial commitments such as marriage. (This also makes a prenup unnecessary.) However, if both you and your relationship partner are committed to complete openness and honesty, you will be fully informed to make decisions that are in your respective best interests. That could be to end your relationship, delay marriage while working to resolve financial challenges, or to move confidently forward while working together toward shared financial goals.
In the latter case, should you still discuss and at least consider the need for a prenup? Absolutely. If your relationship is built on a foundation of openness and honesty, including with your finances, you may never need it. But if having one, or even merely discussing it, would undermine trust and confidence in your relationship, the prenup is not really the problem. Without trust, there's no real basis for commitment, whether financial or emotional.
Black Enterprise Executive Editor-At-Large Alfred Edmond Jr. is an award-winning business and financial journalist, media executive, entrepreneurship expert, personal growth/relationships coach, and co-founder of Grown Zone, a multimedia initiative focused on personal growth and healthy decision-making. This blog is dedicated to his thoughts about money, entrepreneurship, leadership and mentorship. Follow him on Twitter at @AlfredEdmondJr.


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I've read some great articles on this board and figured there has to be someone out there that can help me out. I've been lifting for about 15 years now. I'm 35 and going no where with my routine. My goal is to gain size and cut down on body fat. Please review my routine below and let me know what I'm doing wrong. I'm aware my diet might not be the best and I'm open to advice.
Daily Diet:
8:30am-Oatmeal, 6oz OJ, yogurt, 8 oz water,multi vitimin
11am-Muscle Milk Light RTD
1pm-Chicken fahita, 8oz water, fruit cup
4pm-Muscle Milk Light RTD
6pm-Work Out. 2 creatine tabs
7pm-Protein bar
8pm-Muscle Milk Light shake, BCAA tabs
8:30pm-Baked chicken, salad, orange (I don't get home until 8pm, takes a half hour to bake chicken.
Monday: Shoulders:
Front military presses. 1x10 135lbs 3x5 225lbs
Shrugs 1x10 135lbs 1x8 225lbs 1x8 315lbs 1x8 405lbs
Side raises 1x10 25lbs 3x8 35lbs
Reverse peck deck 1x10 100lbs 1x10 110lbs 1x10 120lbs 1x10 130lbs
Tuesday: Back & Tris
Seated Rows 1x10 110lbs 1x8 225lbs 1x8 240lbs 1x8 255lbs
Lat Pull Downs 1x10 110lbs 1x8 160lbs 1x8 180lbs 1x6 200lbs
Upright Row t-bar 1 45lb plate 1x10 2 45lb plates 1x10 3 45lb plates 1x8 4 45lb plates 1x6
Skull crushers 1x10 80lbs 1x10 90lbs 1x10 100lbs 1x8 110lbs
Rope Pull Downs 1x10 100lbs 3x10 160lbs
Wednesday: Legs
Squats 1x10 135 1x10 185 1x10 225 1x10 245
Leg Press 1x10 255lbs 1x10 345 lbs 1x10 435lbs 1x10 525lbs
Leg Curls 1x10 110lbs 1x10 190lbs 1x10 200lbs 1x10 210 lbs
Hamstring curls 1x10 110lbs 1x10 125lbs 1x10 140lbs 1x8 155lbs
Seated Calf Raises 4x12 205lbs
Thursday Chest and Bis
Flat Bench 1x10 135 1x10 225 2x6 315
Incline Bench 1x10 135 3x8 225lbs
Peck Deck 1x10 200lbs 1x10 220lbs 1x10 240lbs 1x8 260lbs
Decline Hammer Machine 2 45lb plates 1x10 4 45lb plates 1x10 6 45lb plates 1x10 8 45lb plates 1x8
Standing Dumbell Curls 35's 1x10 40's 1x10 45's 1x10 50's 1x8
30 Min of cardio M-Sat
Do you do the same weights every time? If so, thats a big problem. Or is that just the last weights that you lifted?
Well, how often do you change your routine? That includes sets, reps, and especially exercises. It's usually difficult to start increasing the weights when you're doing a pyramid scheme like that. I'd certainly advise against that since you're essentially wearing yourself out before you get to the sets that actually matter. It is also just as difficult to try and increase your poundages when you're doing a volume routine. I've had my best results going from mesocycle to mesocycle of hypertrophy for 3-5 weeks, deload, then doing a strength routine (westside influenced) for a hard 4 weeks. Never, ever squat on any one program (same exercises, format, ect) for a very long period of time IME.
1) If you're doing shoulders by themselves on Monday (which isn't the best idea dealing with volume), you're wearing your delts AND triceps down enough with that volume to where you're probably not recovering enough for your next day doing back and triceps! That's a very big reason why you're stuck I can tell you right now. I don't know how the hell you can do all that shoulder and shrugging work, then in 24 hours doing a full back and triceps workout.
2) What's up with your squats? Compare your chest pressing to your squats and think to yourself that you SHOULD be squatting roughly a hundred pounds over what you're benching. Injuries? Or where you like me back in the day when you thought you'd rather spend your time with the upper body than legs! :D Boy was I wrong! I wrote a nice post on all that I'll link for you to read if that's the case. Click Here
0311 you hit the nail on the head. I know my exercise routine needs change, I just don't have a clue how. I've pretty much always trained by myself picking up exercises here and there and trying to see what worked and what didn't. My squats aren't that heavy because I blew out my knee playing football back in the day. So I'm cautious how heavy I go.
What kind of recommendation can you make to change my routine? Type of workout, when to change it around, how many sets, reps etc. I would guess I'm over training in some areas and lacking in others.
Well, I tore the cartilage out of my knee back in high school, had surgery to repair it, and made it through 4 years in the Marine Corps Infantry lol.. So I'd always err on the side of caution sure, but it looks like you should be able to do a lot more than 225 when your leg pressing is over 500 lbs (although leg presses don't have any real carryover to squats IMO).
Well, the simplest way to explain what you need is to start with your split and work backwards. You're only directly hitting your muscles once a week, so to change that up try twice a week.
Real fast. Just take what you do for a muscle in one day and divide it by two. So if you do 10 sets in a day, now you do 5 sets in two days. Just go from there. I try not to write anything specific nowadays, but you can get the jist of it from this explanation.
Good idea..
Your calories are WAY low. The amount of protein is way too low also. I can tell that just from the amount of weight that you're moving. What are your physical stats?
i agree, your diet is really light. i dont know much about muscle milk so i cant say about your protein intake but your carb intake seems really low.
also agree with 0311, doing a day just for shoulders is probably doing way more harm than good for your overall progression. i also dont see the need for 4 chest exercises, especially the day after a hard leg session. Exercises like pec deck, reverse pec deck and seated rows can all be ditched imo.
you stated your goal is to add size and cut down on bodyfat but in reality those are 2 seperate goals. trying to do both at the same time is possible, BUT generally you end up shortchanging yourself on both. imo, a person is much better off accepting and working towards one goal at a time. To train for size you have to eat for size too and eating for size and trying to drop bodyfat at the same time is generally counterproductive.
just my $.02
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The first of two electricity barges aimed at boosting Lebanon's ailing power production [2]entered Lebanese territorial waters Saturday.
Fatmagul Sultan, a vessel owned by Turkish firm Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim, is one of two ships expected to supply Lebanon with 24 hours of electricity every day in 2015.
A Beirut Port representative could not confirm the time of arrival or the port the vessel would dock at.
"Initially, it was expected to dock near the Zouk power plant," the representative told The Daily Star.
"But we have not received anything official with regard to the docking time and whether it will be at Beirut [Port]," he added.
In July 2012, Lebanon signed a $360 million three-year contract to lease electricity-generating barges [3]from the Turkish firm. The two barges combined could generate 270 megawatts of electricity.
Lebanon suffers a severe shortage in electricity [4] as the country produces 1,500 MW of electricity per day while consumption exceeds 2,400.
The government plan to lease the power-generating ships also includes the construction of 1,500 megawatt power plants.
Some critics have slammed the agreement with Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim, warning that the Pakistani government filed a lawsuit against the company two years ago for failing to abide by its contracts.
Karachi reportedly confiscated two power barges for a few weeks to force the company to pay compensation.
Speaking to reporters Friday, Energy Minister Gebran Bassil said the two barges would allow Electricite du Liban to reduce power rationing in Lebanon by between two and three hours every day.
According to the contract, the Turkish company is obliged to pay a fine to the Lebanese government if it fails to deliver the two barges on time.
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Editor: I am writing to address the comment made by write-in candidate Ron Stafford in the Sept. 17 edition of The Record.
The article concerned the late filing of his campaign finance report. Mr. Stafford stated that the sheriff doesn't deal with the office's $33 million budget and that the sheriff has budget managers. As the budget manager for the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, I can personally attest to the degree to which the sheriff is involved in our agency's annual budget.
Sheriff Perry is intimately involved in all aspects of the budget process. It is through the sheriff's leadership and knowledge of the needs of this agency that our budget is created, expended, and monitored for accountability and accuracy. Florida Statute governs the budget of the office of the sheriff. One who doesn't "deal" with the budget will soon find himself in a precarious position. These public funds are entrusted to his management and he is personally responsible.
It disappoints me greatly that Mr. Stafford believes that "turning in a finance report has nothing to do with managing a budget." The timeliness and accountability of public officials is an ethical and moral commitment that cannot be compromised. The citizens of St. Johns County, along with the men and women who serve this office daily, deserve a sheriff who understands this concept.
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The Darien Department of Public Works will conduct its annual Christmas tree pick-up program according to the following schedule:
The Public Works Department offers the following reminders for residents:
• Christmas Trees must be at the curb by the first morning of the scheduled pick-up.
• Christmas Tree pick-up is conducted on public streets only.
• Residents are asked to refer to a town map to determine their designated area for schedule
• The schedule has been rotated from last year
• Public Works does not have more specific times of pick-up
• In the event of significant snow accumulation the program may be delayed, please be patient
• Once collection is complete, trucks will not return until the next scheduled pick-up
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So all around Freedom Harbor there are there little unlocked boxes which contains a Scroll of Mysteries which when used will give you a bit of exp, you can use up to 5 per day. So far I only found 5 spots where they spawn, don't know if there's any others since 5 spots already corresponds 5 times daily limit for the scrolls.
I'm not in the CB so I don't know the official English localization for the NPCs and location, I'll try my best to describe them properly.
Click on the images for a bigger version to see the map more clearly.
So this one is on top of the tower behind the reputation NPC for the Elves/Stoneman, just go up the winding stairs and you will see it.
This one you have to go to the Lionheart section of Freedom Harbor, there's a staircase on the west wall of the city and once you go up you will see it, just jump over and walk through the wooden plank to get to it.
The next three there was no box at the time I took the screenshots, but I assure you that I have opened the boxes at these location before more than once.
This one is behind the skill trainer for Kindred Mage, just go inside that structure and there's a spawn spot there.
This next one is in at the marketplace, just go on the platform on the right instead of going down the slope after you enter through the archway behind our beloved Henry, and there's a wooden plank that will lead you to this smaller platform.
This last one is also at the marketplace, it's in the back alleyway behind the room where the NPCs that sells potions and alchemy stuff. You can either go through the room(there's a backdoor, or around the building on the right side.
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Opportunity lost
There are times when wonderful surprises happen in the world of sports. Witness the charge of University of Minnesota Duluth's men's hockey team in recent weeks, and how that charge captivated the community. It was exciting, it was great drama, and above all, it was successful.
After coming home from a lot of time on the road in recent weeks, then, it's nice to know that there's some stability. It's nice to know that the Vikings are still the Vikings.
Unfortunately, you need to know that sarcasm is the basis of my last sentence.
Don't get me wrong. Management has done a nice job of bringing in talent to put a winning team on the field. They've spent money and no one can say they haven't. But seeing Jay Cutler lining up on the opposite side of the line of scrimmage from them for the next ten years will remind Viking fans of the one that got away.
Evidently, you either love Cutler or you hate him. Media tends to hate him while fans, at least in the online polling I've seen, tend to love him.
One of the things Brad Childress takes justifiable heat for is not bringing in a real quarterback to run his offense. The fiasco surrounding the draft of Tarvaris Jackson - when the conventional wisdom suggested the Vikings should have traded up to draft Cutler - still surrounds the team, and more importantly its success-starved fan base.
The retreads and ne'er-do-wells who have been brought in make football fans cringe. Of course, in the offensive scheme Childress runs, if you can hand off, throw the ball into the flat or throw it short of the sticks, you've got a shot to play.
The point here is that Cutler is a quarterback who could have changed all that. The knock, after all the stories last week coming out of Denver, is on his attitude.
But as others have pointed out, there's really nothing wrong with a quarterback being a bit of a head case. Viking fans (and now some Packer fans) will tell you that Brett Favre certainly was, and look where he's headed.
The Mannings have been known to make their feelings public from time to time. And for every no-talent big ego like Ryan Leaf, there are players like I've mentioned, who want the ball when it matters the most and want to do something constructive with it.
Perhaps it's because Childress doesn't want a quarterback with an ego that might rival his own. It's no secret that the coach, as anyone confident in his own abilities would say, believes he has the answers. Anyone remember the infamous "KAO?"
I just can't help but feel there's an opportunity lost here. Listening to ESPN Radio a couple of weeks ago, I heard Mike Golic's morning show guests proclaim the Vikings would be legitimate NFC championship contenders - if they signed 38-year old Jeff Garcia.
Jeff Garcia. Not exactly short in the tooth, not exactly mobile, and not exactly with the kind of arm Cutler has. Jeff Garcia.
They didn't. They signed 31-year old Sage Rosenfels instead. But for crying out loud, how good could they be with Jay Cutler?
Reportedly, the Vikings just weren't interested. Yet to instead watch him go to a division rival in equal need of a quarterback makes no sense. If the salary cap isn't an issue, make the effort. What do you possibly have to lose, except a losing reputation?
I'll say it again; this team wants a stadium. In this economic climate, that's a big ask, especially without a championship-caliber team on the field. I know they're trying to build one, but I can't help but feel that Jay Cutler will represent opportunity lost, for a long time to come.


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Scenario 1: Open Access
Much work on digital repositories has focused on issues surrounding Open Access to research outputs (generally pre- or post-prints). If access to an object is truly open, then it may seem that access management is not an issue. However, we may distinguish 2 cases:
The SP has no interest in who is accessing a resource.
Access to resources is open, but the SP is still interested in capturing information about usage.
In the latter case, FAM becomes an issue. On the one hand, personal information may be used for statistical purposes, rather than tracking individuals; however, information relating to specific individuals may be of interest. Two examples of the latter are: (i) recording usage data for accounting and audit purposes in grid environments such as the NGS (National Grid Service) ; (ii) arXiv, which blocks users indiscriminately downloading material via their IP addresses. Systematic collection of usage data for OA material may also be useful for marketing an IR, providing feedback to users, and development and dissemination of the arguments for OA among researchers and others.
A common theme which arises here is the concept of "user registration", where users are required to provide information additional to the standard Shibboleth attributes the first time that they access a resource: examples include the SARoNGS (Shibboleth Access to Resources on the NGS) project for the NGS , and the EThOS system, which requires registration for access to Open Access e-theses
In addition, personal information may also be useful for personalisation, as in the GoldDust project. People are willing to trade personal information for benefits so long as this is done openly and up front. If users are required to register and log in then the repository is no longer Open Access, but with the carrot of added functionality, users may be encouraged to register on a voluntary basis. If this is not the case, people are likely to object; indeed, the current federation rules place strict restrictions on the uses that may be made of personal data, as anonymity is a current priority.
A general issue here is that the current federation rules place strict restrictions on how long logs can be kept for and on the uses that may be made of personal data, as anonymity is a current priority. However, there is some flexibility – logs can be kept for longer than the standard 6 months if the IdP agrees – and the rules are open to modification if an appropriate justification can be made .
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Friday, June 28, 2013
It's the heat. And the humidity.
I work Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Generally that means "the cool of the day." I try to walk around 7 a.m. on those days, to avoid having to get it done later in the afternoon, when the heat has built up and my energy is at its lowest.
[Aging sucks, y'all. I shouldn't be complaining, since I'm still upright and breathing, but my stamina and endurance just aren't what they used to be.]
Maybe as I continue to lose weight (how's that for confidence?), my comfort level will increase. For this summer, though, I'm going to have to manage my walking time carefully. Earlier is better.
Early happened yesterday, but even though I said I wouldn't melt in the rain I apparently thought I might, as I turned around at the three-quarter mile point, logging 1.5 miles yesterday morning. It rained nearly the entire time I worked, so I paced back-and-forth inside the sales building for 15 minutes before deciding that might be a little compulsive. When it wasn't raining too hard I could check things off the to-do list – stick cuttings in dirt, tidy up the displays – and we even had a few customers. (Deer repellant is flying off the shelves.)
To up the weekly mileage, my husband and I decided to take advantage of a lull in the storms and take a longer walk. We left the house at 2 p.m., or "the heat of the day." Probably not our best idea. We lasted three miles and called it enough. I collapsed until dinner time and collapsed again after dinner, completely wiped out.
I'm beginning to wonder if I need to take a vitamin.
At least on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Heh.
Year before last I planted some hostas, and this year I've added more to the collection. I needed to move one yesterday to make room for an additional one, and I stuck a couple pink astilbe toward the front. Hopefully everything will survive and thrive. I'm happier with the planters this year than I've been in all the time I've lived here.
Sometimes you just have to give up what you'd like and accept what works.
4 comments:
- gingerzingi said...
I've done quite well with hostas, until the deer eat them!
Maybe you're not compulsive about walking, maybe your body is just used to that level of activity and you feel restless without it.
I absolutely have to run before 7:00 a.m. It's only in the low to mid 70s at that time, but the humidity makes it feel like about 12,000 degrees.
- June 28, 2013 at 8:48 AM
- denise said...
I was thinking of planting hostas as filler around my patio, but several people (a landscaper among them) warned me not to do that around here as they attract ground moles which eat the root. The plants look normal until something touches them and they fall over because they're basically sitting on top of the ground without roots.
What I heard of that is "they will attract rodents to your patio," and I immediately gave up the idea! But I do like the look of them and yours look good!
- June 28, 2013 at 10:46 PM
- Vickie said...
I have a big bed in the back where I have tried all kinds of things over the years. Several years ago, I divided hosts from all over the yard and planted only hosta in this big bed. Easier to weed because I can tell at a glance what does not belong. And the hosta thrived.
- June 28, 2013 at 10:52 PM
- Winnie said...
Your hostas are lovely. I have mine under my trees, and the problem with this is the bunnies think they are salad. Ugh. I just love them and they grow so nice for me.
I HATE summer and the heat and humidity. I am so uncomfortable each day on my commute int he subways etc. I applaud you being able to do walking in this weather. I do my yard work like you do in the "cool" but it is never really cool for me.
Enjoy the weekend! PS. Blogher had a recipe they claim is Obama's chili recipe. I am sure you can search it. Sounded yummy!
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It was about two weeks that I had been living in a pretty nice house over by the Alberta district. The house I was living in was surrounded by 400K + houses, including the house I was renting with a few friends. About 2AM one night, I was walking home from the Alberta Street and I had to poo really, really, badly. At some point, I started to run home. I made it all the way to my front door steps, and I was out of time. I pulled down my pants and took a shit on the sidewalk buffer. This particular buffer wasn't a grass-only one, it is covered in mulch and has brush, trees, and is very rustic. I was careful to cover my poop in mulch and hid it very well.
A few weeks later, after some rain, my fairly affluent neighbor and I were talking outside on the sidewalk. Sometime during our conversation he points down to the ground and says "hey, it looks like some homeless guy shit in your yard". I look down and I see my half deteriorated turd, and looked at him and I said, "Man, those homeless have some nerve to shit in a yard as nice as mine!" That very night, after a few beers I shared this wonderful story with my friends and we all had a laugh.


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Fire and accident report for the week ending Oct. 28
Wednesday, Oct. 24
A stalled vehicle had backed up traffic on East Third Street just before Highway 61 at 8:34 a.m. One driver rear-ended another when she looked away, not seeing the vehicle in front of her had stopped. Cited was Kathryn Rognholt, 23, Hastings, for inattentive driving.
Two vehicles collided at the intersection of General Sieben Drive and Marketplace Boulevard at 12:20 p.m. One driver pulled out and struck the passenger side of another vehicle.
Police responded to a report that a Loffler delivery vehicle had struck a parked car in the 700 block of Spiral Boulevard at 2:31 p.m. A witness told police the Loffler vehicle was trying to turn around in the parking lot.
A small illegal burn was reported at 4 p.m. The fire was located near Lock and Dam No. 2, off the bike trail at the bottom of the hill. The fire department used water to extinguish the fire, and the person burning was notified of burning restrictions.
Friday, Oct. 26
Firefighters responded to a home in the 2400 block of Rivershore Drive at 10:26 a.m. A resident called after seeing smoke from a light fan fixture. Responders found no smoke or fire, but noticed a slight odor.
A 17-year-old Hastings female was cited for failure to yield the right of way following a crash at 26th and Vermillion streets at 5:22 p.m. The driver was making a left turn from Vermillion Street onto 26th and struck a vehicle still moving in the southbound lanes.
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A vehicle struck a deer in the 1100 block of Nininger Road. The incident was reported at 9:35 p.m. The deer was released on a DNR possession tag.
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LONG BEACH >> Roger Hanson loves the water.
The retired schoolteacher estimates that he has logged about 4,355 dives off coastal waters, including off San Clemente to San Francisco, and Mexico, the Fiji Islands, Australia, Alaska, British Columbia and Canada.
These days Hanson, 63, focuses his energies on Alamitos Bay. However, on his local missions, diving is not just a hobby — it is a mission to save octopuses.
He has so far encountered about nine of the creatures, some tangled in items discarded in the ocean and others in the marine terrain.
"They prefer a rocky area, where they can use it like a den," he said.
The mother octopuses lay up to an estimated 10,000 eggs, but only a few make it to adulthood, Hanson said.
During almost daily dives, Hanson checks on the welfare of the mothers and their eggs at the bottom of Alamitos Bay, when the mother octopuses are in their final phase of life, according to the diver.
The water is littered in parts with debris, discarded toys and cans. At times, Hanson clears away the debris and rearranges the items on the floor of ocean, providing the creatures "furniture," as he calls it, as an impromptu habitat.
"It's like a little city," he chuckled following a dive last week.
At times, the altered items provide a sanctuary for the octopuses that are preyed upon by large hungry fish that often munch on a mother's legs.
Hanson's dives have been supported by Deep Blue Scuba and Swim Center in Long Beach, which provides air tanks, and Santa Ana-based Open Water Habitat, which loans out an expensive underwater Nikon camera.
Gary Loiselle, manager of Open Water Habitat, said he's been impressed by Hanson's project.
"We thought it was a win-win thing," he said Friday. "He's sort of an extension of our shop."
Loiselle added that Hanson's avid love of the diving sport is somewhat rare, although the activity is good for the older people, since it helps to lower stress.
"Roger is a real good diver," he added. "He dives a lot more than most, considering he's not a young chicken."
Hanson was born in Oelwein, Iowa, and he became a high school reading specialist in Wisconsin, where he also taught scuba diving and impact sports. He also enjoyed diving in Lake Michigan, where he encountered shipwrecks.
"They're everywhere!" he recalled.
However, while on a teaching assignment in Monterey beach, Hanson decided to move to California. The move was partly inspired by the Beach Boys music, the Iowan recalled.
Hanson was hired by the Moreno Valley Unified School District as a high school reading specialist. He also did some teaching in Long Beach at the Washington Intensive Learning Center in 2001.
It was a period of self-discovery, and he decided to live in a mini Mazda van along the coast.
"It was awesome," he said, recalling that he often bathed in public showers. "I learned to live off the land."
These days, he lives with his wife, Carla, a teacher's assistant, who encourages his mission, along with the congregation of the Second Baptist Church of Santa Ana.
"It's important to care for God's creatures," he said.


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For the past few months at Dallas Theater Center, Mark Hadley was forgotten but not gone.
He announced last July that after 10 years as managing director of the city's largest professional theater, he would be leaving for a new job. But he stayed mum about what the new gig was and kept postponing his departure from DTC, staying through the opening of A Christmas Carol as the search continued for his replacement (they're still looking). When Hadley popped up next to artistic director Kevin Moriarty for the Christmas Carol opening night speech earlier this month, it was a surprise to some to see him still around.
Others, including many of DTC's regular patrons, probably still don't know who Hadley is or what his job entailed, though as managing director he was on equal footing (and equal pay) with the more visible Moriarty. With Moriarty handling all artistic matters involved with choosing plays, casting actors, directing productions, working with designers and overseeing educational programs, Hadley ran the business side. Fund-raising, customer service, marketing and promotion, finance, building problems (the Wyly Theatre has a few), dealing with the board and other day-to-day operations all were Hadley's responsibilities.
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With an annual budget now pushing past $8 million, DTC ends this year in the black, remarkable in this challenging economy and following a lineup of tough-to-sell downers like Death of a Salesman, Henry IV and The Trinity River Plays, and two expensive musicals that didn't sell as well as expected, Give It Up! and It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman. Being careful with money and rigorously courting new donors, however, were Hadley's specialties.
"Mark's financial skills have kept us afloat," Moriarty says. "He is the reason we have a pretty significant surplus for the year. He's been a wonderful collaborator."
Hadley, 46, never seemed to mind being the behind-the-scenes guy. Though he started out as an actor on area stages including Theatre Three (seven years as actor and staff comptroller) and Theatre Arlington (where he played the lead in The Nerd), he found a more comfortable role on the administrative side, joining DTC management in 2000. He weathered some tumultuous years with artistic director Richard Hamburger before Moriarty arrived in 2007 and over the past two years has helped DTC make the transition from its original home at the Kalita Humphreys Theater to the new Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
In a wide-ranging conversation recently, Hadley talked about the highs and lows of his career at DTC and revealed, at last, what his new job will be. It is not, as had been speculated, another executive position in the arts. He's feeling the urge to get back in front of an audience.
So what's the new job?
My title is Director of Adult Ministries at Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church in Arlington. I'll be part lay minister, part administrator, handling all the fund-raising and supervising a small staff. I'll be in charge of small-group ministries, Bible studies and outreach programs. And I want to resurrect the idea of mission work. I'll be No. 2 to the pastor, John Foster. So I will be running services and preaching on occasion.
Theater is like its own religion. What lured you to the church?
I wouldn't have predicted this three or five years ago. But I've been very involved with this church; I was president of the church council. Both my grandfathers were ministers–one Lutheran, one Methodist. Three of my uncles are ministers. It's certainly a different lifestyle, but one with much less stress. My wife [former Undermain Theatre actress Lanell Pena] and daughters [ages 9 and 11] will see me home a lot more. The [six-figure] pay level at DTC allowed my wife to stay at home and now she'll be returning to work. But after so many years of my working nights and weekends, she says she feels like she's getting her husband back.
In 10 years with Dallas Theater Center, what are you most proud of?
I think for me the best has been watching Kevin Moriarty come into this city and really change the perception of DTC. I'm telling you, it's all real. Yes, he's a showman and he's energetic, but he means all of that. He wants DTC to be a part of the broader community. I went through all those years [under previous artistic director Richard Hamburger] with DTC being the "theater on the hill" when we weren't interested in local artists. To see someone come in and change that in a couple of years is really gratifying.
In terms of stuff we produced, oddly enough I loved the process of It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman [directed by Moriarty last summer]. From the moment Kevin brought that idea to me—I didn't know there was a Superman musical in the '60s. I found myself lots of times floating down to the rehearsal hall, watching the creation going on. Watching Kevin and [choreographer] Joel Ferrell staging this big musical, being able to talk to them as it's in the process...
He put so much time and energy into that thing. We grabbed a lot of attention with that show, for the building and for the production. We brought in Broadway actors Matt Cavanaugh [who played the title role] and Patrick Cassidy [as the villain] so we could make a splash on the national scene. We got coverage in the New York Times, New York Post, Variety...we were hugely ambitious. We just didn't get in as many people [buying tickets] as we had hoped. But in all the intangible ways it was a big success. My prediction is, something more will happen with that show.
What are your predictions for DTC's future?
When we moved into the Wyly, our subscription base dropped about 10 percent. But we had enormous single-ticket sales. That's the trend nationwide—subscriptions down and single tickets up. On one hand, that's good. That's new people coming to the theater and buying tickets. What they'll now have to grapple with is getting the subscribers back.
Is the Wyly's architecture scaring people away?
The trick of that building is that a lot of people feel like they're walking into this dark cave-like thing. The whole reason it's on ground level is that you can take advantage of the windows and see side to side, but the windows started not to work during A Midsummer Night's Dream [DTC's first show in the Wyly in 2009]. There have been mechanical problems with the shades. The plan was for people to walk into shows with the shades up and then when the show starts, the shades go down. They are working feverishly on that. The architects chose to push everyone down a two-story slope outside into that lobby and make them go up for that experience of being on ground level and being able to look out. That whole piece of the building is missing right now.
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But inside, the performing space is so flexible...
And because it is, DTC can do Cabaret [opening in April] in a way that the Lexus Series at the Winspear Opera House or Dallas Summer Musicals at Fair Park couldn't do it. DTC can turn the Wyly into the Kit Kat Club.
Think you'll bring some of your theater know-how into the church job?
I'm sure. Better lighting maybe, and much better sound.


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Just call them the Golden Girls, Holly Bialorucki said of she and her two sisters.
The 2013 Mrs. California International calls herself the Blanche of the group, a Southern Bell type. Sister Lizette Finelli takes on the Dorothy role, looking after her sisters, and Gina Bass is definitely Rose, sweet and funny, said Holly, who even imagined themselves growing old and sharing a home together just like the original Golden Girls. They already live within walking distance to each others' homes in El Dorado Hills, why not share one?
But that idea dimmed when Gina received a terrible diagnosis earlier this year. She suffered with pain around her ribs for a month or two and then, at the urging of her doctor, got an X-ray that revealed a lot of fluid had built up around her lungs. She went to the hospital for treatment and tests.
Holly said she remembers waiting to hear from her sister when she received a text.
"It was awful. I just glanced at the text and all I could see was stage 4 cancer," Holly recalled. "I immediately called her and said, 'This can't be.'"
At only 48, Gina, a married mother of four, had non-smoking related stage 4 adenocarcinoma lung cancer.
At a fundraiser in Oak Ridge High School's parking lot Sunday all three sisters said the diagnosis still hasn't really set in. But that didn't stop Holly and Lizette, along with their brother Chris Finelli, from jumping into action. They hosted a community yard sale and harvest festival featuring vendors, children's activities and belly dancers (Lizette included). Chris is also setting up a youcaring.com account for Gina and her family.
Chris said he remembers the grim discussion and the first oncologist's office where the doctor had a hard time looking at Gina. The sadness in the room was in sharp contrast to the happier and stronger memories he has. More than a decade older than his sisters, Chris was married and living in Santa Cruz when they were teenagers. The girls would visit their brother in the "beach retreat."
"They'd camp out in the back yard," he recalled with a smile.
More smiles than tears emerged Sunday, a testament to the family's strength and resolve.
"I'm here to be Gina's guiding light, to be her cheerleader … and comic relief," Lizette said as she swayed her hips in her belly dancing costume. "We're staying in the light. Miracles happen every day."
The comic relief continued when Gina arrived; Lizette and Holly took turns walking in front and behind their sister as they tried to strike the perfect pose for a Village Life photograph.
Looking around at the festival-goers, Gina said, "I'm just overwhelmed. I don't know how to say thank you to everybody."
Gina's family and friends haven't been the only people to lend her a hand. Coworkers at Raley's in El Dorado Hills gave her their vacation time so she could focus on her treatment and her family. She's worked for the company since 2006 and transferred from a Folsom store to the El Dorado Hills location about two years ago.
"I don't think she realized how loved she is," Holly said, holding on to her sister's hand.
"I didn't," Gina confessed.


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If you have a forced air furnace, make sure you have a filter in it and change it regularly. That helps a lot.Shaving the dogs might help, too.
Do you know how old the window seals or door seals are? The weatherstripping degrades over time, and dust gets in that way.
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Daily analysis 03.01.2013:
Equity markets are correcting the strong first day of the year rally. EUR/USD is trading around 1.3100 after it failed to make new highs yesterday. PLN is also under pressure after weak debt auction and Kotecki's comments regarding Q4 growth.
Macro data (CET- Central European Time):
- 14.15 – ADP report (USA)
- 14.30 – weekly jobless claims (USA)
- 20.00 – FOMC minutes (USA)
Yesterday's markets decorrelation can result in risky assets sell off.
The first part of the fiscal cliff is over(?). It is what actually equities markets anticipate. The S&P 500 surged 2.5% yesterday. The move was followed by European stocks and peripheries debt. It was the perfect condition for EUR/USD to rise and PLN to strengthen. However, after the morning jump on eurodollar to 1.3300 the rally faded and we ended the day under 1.3200. The similar situation was observed on PLN with stronger morning and weaker evening. The main factor which pushed riskier currencies lower (except AUD) were speculations concerning the possible U.S. Rating downgrade (especially by Moody's which claims that averting the fiscal cliff was just first step and the next are needed (deficit and debt to GDP ratio reduction). The possible downgrade should had negatively influenced the stocks, but it was in such an euphoria that it ignored any bad info. Except the macro issues the bearish move on EUR/USD could have also been started buy large investors who wanted to use the opportunity to close their long positions. The confirmation of this hypothesis was today's 200 pips fall from Wednesday's highs.
Today FOMC minutes, tomorrow NFP.
The common currency can enjoy some relief rally after the FED minutes. On the last Federal Reserve meetings Beranke & Company decided to increase the QE3 with additional 45 billion/month government debt purchases. It is possible also that FOMC members discussed some additional easing regarding the fiscal cliff situation. If that was the case in can give some support to EUR/USD. It is also worth to get prepared for NFP report. The market reaction regarding the job data is not always clear. Sometimes eurodollar uses better then expected report to play "risk on" trade and weaker USD, and sometimes it goes toward more fundamental reaction and USD strengthen. Some direction to tomorrow's reaction can also give the FOMC statement. If FED was discussing additional easing to help weakening economy, the worse data is suppose to weaken USD and better to strengthen U.S dollar.
Some negative info for PLN in the recent hours.
The profit taking on EUR/USD stopped the appreciation trend on PLN. Today the PLN was hit by some negative reports which can weigh on the zloty in the following days. The first bearish news was the Ministry of Finance chief economist comments regarding the Q4 GDP growth" Polish 4Q GDP growth may be below 0.4% Q/Q Kotecki says". Another negative info for PLN was weak debt auction where not only the yields were higher then anticipated but also the supplementary action was not held. If the global sentiment does not improve, the PLN can test 4.1000 level on EUR and 3.1500 on USD till the end of the week.
Expected levels of PLN according to the EUR/USD value:
Technical analysis EUR/USD: few probes to break 1.3300 level failed. The fall of around 200 pips from the recent highs can spur some significant correction move. The first target of this move are levels around 1.2985-1.3000 (between 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level and 50 DMA). It the support does not hold the next stop is around 1.2800 (38.2% Fibonacci retracement level and 200 DMA). To negate the recent move EUR/USD should move above 1.3240.
Technical analysis EUR/PLN: three week consolidation move between 4.1200 and 4.0600 sets the resistance and support levels for the pair. It is still not clear where EUR/PLN is heading in the coming weeks so the range trade is most probable. However, if it breaks 4.1200 level we can expect the fast move toward 4.17-4.18 (200 DMA and 38.2 Fibonacci retracement level). On the other hand the fall under 4.06 can spur the move toward year's lows around 4.0200.
Technical analysis USD/PLN: today's long bullish candle and yesterday's long lower shadow increase the odds for bullish move to around 3.1600. The the resistance level fails the move toward 3.2300 is possible and then in the medium term even to 3.26-3.28.
Technical analysis CHF/PLN: not much happens on CHF/PLN. The range trade between 3.36-3.40 is the most possible scenario. Only the breakout above 3.41 increase the chances for 3.46 level test.
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