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Cherry Bomb for Holiday Drinks and Appetizers #SundaySupper
I was looking at my maraschino cherries that I soak each year in Grand Marnier and then dip in chocolate and got the inspiration for this cocktail. Something red and festive, sweet but yet still refreshing and light tasting. I threw around some ideas in my head and came up with this Cherry Bomb cocktail. It is oh so good and perfect to celebrate the holidays with. I added one of my soaked Grand Marnier cherries for the garnish but you can just add a plain one, just as effective.
The Recipe
- ½ oz. Grenadine
- 1 oz. Grand Marnier
- 1 oz. Kirsch
- Club Soda
- Orange Slice and Cherry to garnish
- Mix Grenadine, Grand Marnier and Kirsch and divide between two glasses over ice. Top with club soda, stir gently and garnish with the orange and cherry.
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Pawn Sacrifice is a superlative Chess movie.
Edward Zwick is probably one of the most underrated directors. Critics mostly shrug his work with a meh. But to me he makes a home run with every release. His direction is of the finest kinds, extremely riveting, never lets you lose focus. He always comes with a story that has a galloping continuity, which is always heading towards something, which he always moulds into a beauty. You can hardly make out individual frames, as is the case generally with movies by other mediocre directors, as he gorgeously blends into every other shot like a pro.
The story of the chess prodigy, Bobby Fischer delves into the head of a man who is dealing with paranoia. We are also introduced to his chess obsession, his genius brain, his Spassky rivalry, with the then existent cold war backdrop. It is a brilliantly shot biopic that focuses on several aspects of the game, of what it could do to people, and primarily tells us what it did to an already broken Bobby Fischer.
The prologue commences at an instant where Bobby is missing from a tournament match, and the news channels all across the world are broadcasting their takes. It is a moment of national humiliation, of him going cold feet, whilst Bobby is shown being locked up in his room, wary of every slight movement, noise, and static he hears, and is wondering if there is a conspiracy going on against him. It is a great way to start a movie, and at once puts the question in the vanguard, "Why?"
As the frames reel on, we are introduced to a young quieter Bobby, with an exceptional concentration, with unmatched interest in chess, his first defeat, the tears that followed, the persisting endeavour of 'again' and the imminent burning will of success.
Tobey Mcguire gives wings to the character through his fluent acting. He breathes life into Bobby Fischer, and crawls his way into his psychosis. His ways are articulate and he speaks his heart out. He doesn't care much about the people, but that's how he was. Complementing Tobey marvelously are Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg who are exceptional as Father Bill Lombardy and Paul Marshall.
The only thing that I found wrong with the movie was that his genial games weren't highlighted much. This was probably done to make the uninterested interested. To those who are avid chess players it seems unfair. We wished to know how brilliant his moves were. How unpredictable he was in his style. How he nabbed every championship he ever set his eyes on. This goes unheard in the biopic and the tale goes unmoored into his disorder territory.
Despite all that the movie still uplifts Bobby Fischer and celebrates him as one of the greatest and prodigious chess players that ever lived. His game is really inspiring and watching his flair would give you the sudden urge to storm off to a board at once.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Ivy League has announced the names of 80 student-athletes – including 10 from Harvard—who have been named to the winter 2011-12 Academic All-Ivy League team.
The honorees are starters or key reserves on officially recognized varsity teams who have cumulative grade-point averages of at least 3.0. Each of the eight Ivy League schools nominates five men and five women from its eligible student-athletes.
On the women's side, senior Cece Cortes and junior Laura Gemmell represent women's squash after helping the Crimson win the program's 13th national title this season. Cortes, who hails from Cambridge, Mass., finished the season 11-2 overall and 4-0 at the No. 5 position, while serving as team co-captain. During the CSA individual championships, Cortes, an English concentrator, advanced to the quarterfinals and garnered CSA All-America second team honors.
Gemmell, a native of Toronto, Ont., reached the CSA individual semifinals, earning her third straight All-America first team nod. Gemmell, who won the CSA individual national title as a freshman in 2010 and is a human evolutionary biology concentrator, went 14-3 overall and 9-1 at the No. 2 position for the Crimson this season. Gemmell also earned Academic All-Ivy honors as a sophomore in 2010-11.
Jillian Dempsey, a junior on the women's hockey team, was a nominee for the Patty Kazmaier Award, presented annually to the top women's hockey players in the country. A product of Winthrop, Mass., she was also a finalist for ECAC Hockey Player of the Year and received All-ECAC Hockey and All-Ivy League first team honors. Dempsey, a classics concentrator, led the Crimson with 27 goals and 48 points.
Representing the Harvard women's swimming and diving team, senior Catherine Zagroba earned four All-Ivy League selections during her career. A native of Ridgewood, N.J., Zagroba, a psychology concentrator, was a member of Harvard's winning 800 free relay team at the Ivy League Championships. She also made the championship finals in the 200 free, 500 free and 1,650 free individual events. Zagroba also helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title, which it hosted at Blodgett Pool in February.
Sophomore Adabelle Ekechukwu of the Crimson women's indoor track and field squad was a first-team All-Ivy League performer with a victory in the weight throw at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships. A product of Oak Brook, Ill., Ekechukwu, a history & science concentrator, became just the second Harvard thrower in program history to break the 18-meter barrier in the weight throw, posting the second best mark in school history at 18.54 meters at the HYP meet.
Junior Brandyn Curry, a product of Huntersville, N.C., makes his second straight appearance on the Academic All-Ivy League team after helping the Harvard men's basketball team win its second straight Ivy League title and earn the program's first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 1946.Curry, a candidate for the Bob Cousy Award and a sociology concentrator, was an All-Ivy second team choice after leading the Ivy League in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6) and pacing the Crimson with 4.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
After winning the CSA individual national title, sophomore Ali Farag, who hails from Cairo, Egypt, was selected as the Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year. An mechinanical enginnering concentrator, Farag earned CSA All-America first team honors after going 11-0 during the regular season at the No. 1 position.
Representing the wrestling program, junior Walter Peppelman earned his second straight appearance on the Academic All-Ivy squad. A government concentrator from Harrisburg, Pa., Peppelman is a two-time NCAA All-American after placing eighth at the 2012 NCAA Championships, becoming just the seventh student-athlete in program history to earn All-America honors in consecutive years. A two-time All-Ivy selection, Peppelman posted a 29-8 record with a career-high 11 falls at 157 lbs.
Senior Valentin Staller, who hails from Old Field, N.Y., and is an English concentrator, finished second in the men's sabre at the 2012 NCAA Fencing Championships. A four-time All-Ivy League choice, Staller concluded his career with three All-America honors, as well as two Academic All-Ivy accolades.
After earning a pair of All-America honors at the 2012 NCAA Championships as a member of Harvard's 400 free relay and 800 free relay teams, sophomore Chris Satterthwaite of the Crimson men's swimming and diving team received a nod to the Academic All-Ivy squad. An economics concentrator from Edina, Minn., Satterthwaite also placed 20th in the 200 free and 22nd in the 100 free at the NCAA Championships. He earned the 2012 Phil Moriarty Award as the Ivy League Championships Swimmer of the Meet and earned seven All-Ivy selections, including four first team and three second team.
The Ivy League will publish one final edition of the Academic All-Ivy League team during the 2011-12 academic year, following the end of spring competition.
Winter 2011-12 Academic All-Ivy League Team
Harvard Selections
Brandyn Curry, Men's Basketball (Jr., Sociology, Huntersville, N.C.)
Ali Farag, Men's Squash (So., Mechanical Engineering, Cairo, Egypt)
Walter Peppelman, Wrestling (Jr., Government, Harrisburg, Pa.)
Chris Satterthwaite, Men's Swimming and Diving (So., Economics, Edina, Minn.)
Valentin Staller, Men's Fencing (Sr., English, Old Field, N.Y)
Cece Cortes, Women's Squash (Sr., English, Cambridge, Mass.)
Jillian Dempsey, Women's Hockey (Jr., Classics, Winthrop, Mass.)
Adabelle Ekechukwu, Women's Track and Field (So., History & Science, Oak Brook, Ill.)
Laura Gemmell, Women's Squash (Jr., Human Evolutionary Biology, Toronto, Ont.)
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Some of them are familiar, like John De Andrea, whose "Linda" sculpture is a favorite at the Denver Art Museum; Luis Jimenez, maker of the loved/hated "Mustang" at DIA; and Donald Lipski, best-known for his "Horse & Chair" in front of the Denver Public Library.
Lesser known, at least locally, are Robyn O'Neil, Jenny Dubnau and Arthur Gonzalez.
The show is at ASLD's Carson Gallery, 760 Santa Fe Drive. There's also a reception 5:30-9 p.m. Dec. 20. Free.
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Simply put the Mets were horrible tonight. Dickeys bad throw, Tejada not sliding at the plate, Pagans errant throw to no one (again), Parnells poor performance (I could go on, I'll spare you)...ugh.ReplyDelete
Just horrible.
Well, lets forget this one and go get em next one.
Ditto what Warren said. But at least they got the tying runs to the plate in the 7th, 8th and 9th. Of course Parnell made the comeback task even more Herculean. Difference between going into the 9th 5 runs down as opposed to 2.ReplyDelete
Let's Go Mets!!
.500 after 116 games is OK to me - better than anyone predicted, especially considering all the luck they've had!ReplyDelete
How about the first two plays going to rookie Mike Baxter - I bet his heart was beating a mile a minute when he was trying to field that first drive.
AW: when I saw that I was thinking the same as you. That "the ball will always find you" thing.ReplyDelete
And same as you I wondered how nervous he must have been. Welcome to the big leagues Mike.


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Why is Noach and his family's food mentioned before the animals' food? The halacha is animals eat before humans.
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ואתה קח לך מכל מאכל וכו' והיה לך ולהם לאכלה
Why is Noach and his family's food mentioned before the animals' food? The halacha is animals eat before humans.
The Bnei Yissaschar (R. Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov) explains (in Agra DeKallah on this verse) that since it was a dangerous time [I guess because there was no way to get any other food], then it was proper for the people to eat before the animals, in keeping with the rule that חייך קודמין (your own life takes precedence).
I saw over Shabbos in a Sefer "Peninim M'Shulchan Govoha" that prior to the Mabul it was prohibited to eat meat. The Mitzva of feeding the animals first is mentioned in the Gemara that we learn it from the Posuk in Kriyas Shema "V'Nosati Esev B'Sodicha L'Vhemtecha, V'Ochalto V'Sovoto". Since we were not allowed to eat the meat of animals it was not considered our animals, and therefore prior to the Mabul this Mitzva did not apply.
We shouldn't treat the Ark as we do our regular ships (how on earth did all those animals get inside and live there for a whole year?) but must understand that there are miracles on top of miracles and we are dealing with something very mystical (is this the right word in English?). But anyhow some points for the Shabath table:


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ANDOVER, England, July 1 (UPI) -- A Barclays Bank branch in England was closed temporarily after a man strolled in wearing shorts and flip-flops around lunchtime on Friday and deposited multiple poops on the floor.
The "well-to-do" customer apparently wasn't interested in banking when he walked into the branch in Andovers around lunchtime on Friday.
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'The stench was unreal' Middle aged man walks into Barclays and POOS all over floor http://t.co/GIc2xcnK8E pic.twitter.com/ov5roryzyu— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 30, 2014
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Virtual machines are not as virtual as you might think. It's a bit tricky to move a running virtual machine across different processor generations, and you can forget jumping from a Xeon to an Opteron server - or visa versa.
Considering that Intel's Xeon and Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron chips have their respective VT and AMD-V hardware-assisted virtualization electronics - and that the server virtualization hypervisor is supposed to be abstracting the underlying hardware - you might conclude that making a VM written for any x64 server hop to any other kind of x64 server would be pretty easy. Apparently not.
The next best thing is to be able to move VMs across generations of the same processor type. And AMD wants people to know that it has worked with server hypervisor juggernaut VMware to make sure various generations of its Opteron processors can allow VMs to bop around a network of Opteron servers using the live migration feature of ESX Server.
To that end, and as part of AMD's self-declared Virtualization Ecosystem Month [Gag. - Ed.], the company has released
some nerd porn a YouTube video showing a running VM moving from older generations of Opterons to the forthcoming "Istanbul" six-core Opterons, due later this year. The newsy bit of the demo is that an Istanbul chip is running in the lab.
To prove that this VM hopping works across chip generations, AMD's labs set up three identical server platforms, but put different processor generations - quad-core "Barcelona," quad-core "Shanghai," and six-core Istanbul - in the machines. The demo shows a video stream running inside a VM running atop VMware's ESX Server 3.5 hypervisor hopping from the Barcelona to the Shanghai to the Istanbul boxes.
The ability to live migrate VMs between machines of different processor generations is part of the enhancements that AMD made with its AMD-V hardware-assisted virtualization electronics that is part of the most recent generations of Opterons processors. It is enabled, in part, by a feature called Rapid Virtualization Indexing, a subset of the AMD-V feature set that virtualizes memory management units (MMUs) on the chip to boost performance, and Extended Migration, another feature that has been part of the Opteron lineup since the single-core Rev E chips were announced in 2005.
The Extended Migration feature matches up with a VMware feature called Enhanced VMotion, which was added to ESX Server 3.5 with Update 2 back in April 2008, and the hardware and software features together allow the hypervisor on which a VM is migrating to only expose the AMD-V features that are supported by the underlying chip to be exposed to the incoming VM.
As Richard Brunner, chief platform architect at VMware, pointed out in a hardware-assisted virtualization webcast discussion hosted by AMD today, companies that are virtualizing are nonetheless setting up "fragmented pools of servers" even after they have been virtualized.
While AMD's Extended Migration feature and the companion Enhanced VMotion feature in ESX Server 3.5 help, as does Intel's similar VT FlexMigration feature for its own Xeon family of server chips, it is still not possible to migrate a VM from an Opteron server to a Xeon server, or visa versa. Intel's FlexMigration feature works on "Woodcrest" Xeon 5100, "Clovertown" Xeon 5300, and "Harpertown" Xeon 5400 Xeons in the two-socket space as well as the Xeon MP counterparts. It will presumably be a part of the upcoming "Nehalem EP" Xeon 5500 processors, due to launch on March 30.
Moreover, not all hypervisors support the Extended Migration and FlexMigration features, which adds to the complexity. AMD and Microsoft announced yesterday that the beta of Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 R2 has support for RVI, which seems to imply that Hyper-V will eventually be able to support VM live migration across multiple chip generations, as ESX Server 3.5 from VMware does. But neither Microsoft nor AMD came out and said that. Other features may be needed before this is possible.
What seems clear is that IT shops are going to want a standardized disk format for virtual machines, one that works with any hypervisor on x64 iron, and they are similarly going to want to have the ability to move not only from Intel to Opteron servers and back, but across different hypervisors as they see fit. This may take a while to happen, but common formats and live migration across all platforms is something customers want. There may be very sound marketing reasons not to do this, but it will be hard to argue that it is not technically possible. ®
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Truckers in Los Angeles may want to rotate their driving music soon. Switch out the Red Sovine, pop in some Tron soundtrack by Daft Punk.
Why's that? Oh, only because L.A. may be about to usher in the E-HIGHWAY OF THE FUTURE!!!!
That's the name that engineers have chosen for a proposed electric highway for trucks. The concept was touted last week at the 26th Annual Electric Vehicle Symposium, no doubt causing a few conference-goers to cough out breakfast pastries in surprise over how far this futuristic-sounding idea has progressed.
The eHighway, as its known, would operate much like a 'roided-out trolley-car line. The key word here is pantograph. That's the flexible doohickey that you see on the top of a streetcar connecting it to an electric wire. The idea is to work with truck manufacturers to develop a hybrid vehicle with a pantograph that couples with a power line running above the highway.
When a truck pulls onto the enhanced highway, its pantograph grips the line and allows the trucker to switch off the gas and cruise solely on voltage. Braking would activate a mechanism to transfer the dragging momentum into energy, which would be shot back into the grid for all the cargo trucks to use. When the driver is ready to exit, he disengages his or her pantograph from the overhanging line and switches over to diesel fuel.
The company behind the project, Siemens, is currently testing out the eHighway tech on an inactive airstrip outside of Berlin, driving Mercedes hybrid electric trucks down a mile-long runway outfitted with overhead catenary wires. The eventual goal is to deploy an eHighway pilot on Southern California's Interstate 710, which handles tons of truck traffic from the ports of Long Beach and L.A.
The electric highway would, with luck, reduce some of the foul air that currently makes the L.A. region the country's No. 1 city for ozone pollution and No. 3 in particle pollution, by the American Lung Association's ranking. Several key groups have expressed early interest in the project, including the Southern California Association of Governments, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and Southern California Edison.
Siemens (which, yes, is coincidentally one of our sponsors) has assured doubters that its coupling gadget is savvy enough to automatically disengage in the event of sudden swerves. It also claims that this concept will be "very easy" to integrate with America's existing highway system. And yes, iPad fans, the trucks will have touchscreen counsels for the pantographs.
The eHighway might seem laughable at the moment to all but the most fervent environmentalist, but just wait. Air pollution in Long Beach and Riverside costs these communities an estimated $18 million annually in asthma bills, docking residents on average an incredible 8 percent of their household income. And the toxic stew isn't expected to waft away anytime soon. Here's Siemens infrastructure chief Daryl Dulaney laying out the grim prognosis for the future in a press release:
"When most people think of vehicle emissions, they assume cars do most of the damage, but it's actually commercial trucks that are largely to blame," says Dulaney. Freight transportation on U.S. roadways is expected to double by 2050, and by 2030, carbon dioxide emissions are forecasted to jump 30 percent due to freight transport alone.
So while electric trucking takes a little away from the exhaust-cloaked, chaw-stained trucker archetype, no doubt Californians will embrace it with both arms if it means hacking a little less brown goo into the Kleenex each morning.
A different kind of wealth distribution in 17th-century Amsterdam paved the way for its quintessential home design.
In an era of austere federal funding for urban public transportation, light rail seemed to make sense. Did the little trains of the 1980s pull their own weight?
Livability indexes can obscure the experiences of non-white people. CityLab analyzed the outcomes just for black women, for a different kind of ranking.
The pioneering festival marketplace was among the most trendsetting urban attractions of the last 40 years. Now it's looking for a new place in a changed city.
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Cool, at least you're in the right part of Georgia. I always feel sympathy for people stuck in the more rural parts of Georgia. Atlanta has a couple of active atheism/skepticism groups.
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Yaskawa Motoman, Dayton, OH, has developed a STEM Robotics Platform that offers users a selection of pre-engineered robotic systems. The platform is designed to meet the specific requirements of secondary educational programs focused on advanced manufacturing and robotics. Educators can purchase a complete package, or individual components to build a custom training system. Potential end users include community colleges, vocational schools and technical colleges. Also offered, in conjunction with the platform, are customizable training programs and a PC-based robot simulator that allows users to learn robot programming and operations in a virtual world.
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However, after more than two decades of research, Gail Besner, MD, principal investigator for the Center for Perinatal Research and pediatric surgeon for the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and her team have found that this may just be the case with HB-EGF, or heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor.
Having discovered the growth factor in 1990, Dr. Besner most recently conducted two studies in mice published in June in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery that reveal the potential of HB-EGF to protect the intestines from diverse types of injury. The first offers evidence that treatment with the growth factor may help the intestines protect themselves from damage after exposure to radiation therapy.
"Many patients are treated with radiation therapy for pelvic and abdominal cancers each year, and over half suffer from injury to the intestines as a result, which may limit their ability to receive additional therapy," Dr. Besner says. "In the future, treatment with HB-EGF may protect the intestines from this injury, enabling patients to receive more therapy, or at least not suffer as much damage from the radiation."
HB-EGF is a protein that stimulates cells to grow and to move. Cell proliferation and migration are critical to wound healing, including the healing of intestinal wounds. In addition, HB-EGF decreases the production of multiple substances that are formed upon intestinal injury and that would normally act to worsen the injury. This allows the protein to protect the intestine from further harm.
To boost the potential protective potency of HB-EGF, Dr. Besner and her lab directed a second study involving stem cell administration, which is increasingly used to protect organs from injury. "We demonstrated that administration of HB-EGF protects the intestines from injury, and administration of mesenchymal stem cells protects the intestines from injury—but treatment with both therapies simultaneously acts synergistically to further protect the intestines from injury."
Together, the results of the two studies offer Dr. Besner encouragement for a healthier future for her tiny patients. Newborns, especially those born prematurely, are at particular risk of an injury to the intestines known as necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC. Dr. Besner's research suggests HB-EGF may hold significant clinical potential for these babies.
"The mortality of NEC is too high, despite widespread research on it—if I operate on one of these babies, I have to tell the parents that their baby only has a 50 percent chance of living," Dr. Besner says. "Because of this, I am very motivated to find a cure. Mounting work from our laboratory shows that HB-EGF can protect the intestines from NEC. It is our hope that, in the future, we can administer HB-EGF to newborns most at risk of developing NEC in order to prevent them from developing this devastating disease."
Having studied the potential for therapeutic applications of HB-EGF for more than two decades, Dr. Besner is optimistic about the protein's potential. "We have some very exciting new lines of HB-EGF research going on in our laboratory at present, and we feel that the future for HB-EGF use in the treatment of human clinical disease remains bright."


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Parent companies of merging carriers American Airlines and US Airways have agreed to divest several slots and gates at key U.S. airports to settle litigation challenging their combination from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and several state attorneys.
Fifty-two slot pairs (take off and landing times) at Washington Reagan National Airport and another 17 at New York LaGuardia Airport will be relinquished along with certain gates and related facilities, the airlines announced jointly Tuesday, in a statement.
The carriers also plan to divest two gates and support facilities at Miami International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dallas Love Field and Los Angeles International Airport.
American is the top carrier at Miami International with more than 60 percent of passenger traffic and is among the top 10 airlines at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with 4.9 percent of passenger traffic in 2013 through September. It had roughly 6.62 percent of traffic at Palm Beach International for the 12 months ending September.
"I'm pleased that the Justice Department was able to reach an equitable outcome with American Airlines and US Airways, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez said in a statement. "This settlement brings much-needed peace of mind to some 9,000 local employees with the potential to generate many new jobs following the merger."
The divestitures will occur through a DOJ approved process following the completion of the merger, which is expected to be completed in December, the airlines said.
In a separate settlement agreement with several state Attorneys General including Florida's, the combined new American has agreed to maintain its hubs in Miami, Charlotte, New York (Kennedy), Los Angeles, Chicago (O'Hare), Philadelphia, and Phoenix in keeping with historical operations for a period of three years.


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By Sam McPherson
For eight-plus innings at the O.co Coliseum tonight, it was all about the pitching.
No runs, only a handful of hits, and another low-scoring game between two of the biggest run-producing teams in the American League this year — pitchers are dominating this AL Division Series, no doubt.
And while the visiting Detroit Tigers pulled out a 3-2 win on Friday night, this time it was the host Oakland Athletics who escaped with a 1-0 victory, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning for one of those made-for-TV, "walk-off" moments that make all the national highlight reels.
What a duel it was.
All-World Justin Verlander threw 117 pitches in seven shutout innings against the A's, giving up just four hits and one walk while striking out 11 batters. "All-nothing" rookie Sonny Gray did him one inning better, though, tossing eight scoreless against the Tigers, surrendering four hits and two walks while striking out nine batters with 111 pitches total.
You couldn't script a better pitcher's duel, truly: this was the first match-up in MLB postseason history in which both teams' starters had at least nine strikeouts while not allowing a run.
Now, the four starting pitchers in this series have given up a total of five runs in 28 innings, against offenses that averaged 4.9 (Detroit) and 4.7 (Oakland) runs per games this year, respectively — the second and third-best numbers in the AL.
So that old cliche about the best pitching wins in October may be true once more.
Oh, and timely hitting helps, too.
Friday night, the Tigers got the breaks earlier to score their runs, and Saturday, the A's got the break they needed late to score their winning run. After going 0-for-10 through the first 17 innings of this series with runners in scoring position, Oakland finally broke through with catcher Stephen Vogt's bases-loaded, no-out single in the ninth. Yoenis Cespedes, now hitting .500 in the series, led off with a single, and then Seth Smith singled as well. Josh Reddick was intentionally walked to load the bases, and Vogt came through for the much-needed victory.
The A's rookie catcher may have had the at-bat of the night against Verlander, as well: in the seventh with two runners on and two-out, Vogt battled the Tigers righty through a 10-pitch battle before finally striking out for the third time in the game. But the effort was enough to force Verlander from the game before the next inning began, and Oakland was able to punch the winning run across against the Detroit bullpen — its one "weakness," as the 4.01 ERA for Tigers relievers was fourth-worst in the AL this season.
And that may have to be Oakland's strategy going forward: get to the bullpen, as Detroit's Game Three starter is Anibal Sanchez, the 2013 AL ERA champion.
With all this stellar pitching on both sides of the diamond, it would be unfair to label the lack of offense in this series as a "dud," however. Yes, both teams have good offenses, and maybe in a hitter-friendly stadium like Comerica Park in Detroit, the bats will come alive. But in the pitcher-friendly Coliseum, the fans sure witnessed some amazing efforts tonight — historically so.
It's only appropriate this series heads to Detroit for Game Three tied, because these two teams couldn't be more evenly matched. It took the full five games to decide their ALDS last season, and you'd have few takers to bet on the series not going the distance this fall as well.
Game Three will be on Monday at 10:07 a.m. PT.
Read more MLB Playoff news here.
Sam McPherson is a freelance writer covering all things Oakland A's. His work can be found on Examiner.com.


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Microsoft patches critical RPC vulnerability in Windows
Microsoft has issued a patch for a new critical vulnerability in many versions of Windows that could allow systems to be remotely compromised.
A new critical vulnerability that exists in many versions of Windows could allow systems to be remotely compromised and could be a fertile target for worm writers.
Microsoft, which has issued a patch, deemed the buffer overflow in Windows' implementation of Remote Procedure Call (RPC) critical.
The vulnerability is so severe that the Last Stage of Delirium (LSD), the Polish research group that found the vulnerability, isn't releasing exploit code for it, which is quite rare.
"Due to the enormous impact of this vulnerability, members of the LSD Research Group have decided not to publish codes or any technical details with regard to this vulnerability at the moment," the group said in an e-mail to SearchSecurity.com.
The group plans to release a more detailed description of the vulnerability "when its impact will be reduced through propagation of appropriate fixes."
The vulnerability is found in Windows NT, 2000 and XP. The flaw is also in Windows Server 2003 but not Windows 95 and Windows 98.
The flaw is not in RPC, which is a widely used protocol for allowing different operating systems to communicate with each other, said Dan Ingevaldson, engineering director for Internet Security Systems' X-Force. The problem lies in how it's specially implemented in the Windows operating system, he said.
Attackers can remotely exploit the flaw by sending a specially crafted RPC request to TCP port 135 on machines that are impacted. Corporations probably have the port plugged at the gateway, Ingevaldson said. Home users or smaller firms may have the port open to the Internet, which could leave them open to attack, he said.
There isn't any known exploit code in the wild for the flaw yet. LSD claims to have two working proof-of-concept codes, but the group hasn't released them yet. The group said its code allowed it to run commands on exploited systems with the highest system privileges.
The RPC vulnerability could be exploited by a network worm, much like the Slammer worm in January, Ingevaldson said. "In both cases there were ports open externally that never should have been," he said.
Coincidentally, a new worm this week began circulating that purported to be a critical patch from Microsoft. The Gruel worm is a mass-mailer that travels attached to a message. The worm doesn't seem to have gained much traction, but fears over the RPC vulnerability may prompt some users to click on the attachment.
Microsoft and other major software vendors as a rule do not send out patches as attachments. Instead, their alerts prompt users to go to a specific Web site to download patches or fixes from there.
The best way to protect against attack is installing the patch from Microsoft. Users with vulnerable systems can block TCP port 135 as a workaround. For most companies, this shouldn't be painful at all. "They really only need it open internally anyway," Ingevaldson said.


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The free event is open to the public. Free health & wellness screenings will be offered by a variety of local health & wellness businesses throughout the Seacoast.
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DOVER — Maple Suites Senior Independent Living will be hosting a free Health & Wellness Expo on Saturday, March 9 at Maple Suites, 30 Holiday Drive in Dover from 10 am until noon.


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Squidward Tentacles
"Owwww, that clarinet playing! It's like a kitten being fed through a mincer!"
"I'm just going to go kill myself!"
Squidward Tentacles, the legend, the star, the genius! His might and power is wasted to those imbecilic cretins that live in Bikini Bottom. They do not hold his utter genius in the awe it was intended to be! Always intending to, some day, murder Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star in a frenzy of blood and knife blade, he currently lives his life more subdued by working in the Krusty Kock, playing the clarinet and planning evil schemes to eradicate Spongebob from existence itself.
Early Years[edit]
Squidward was the result of a brief, drunken encounter between an octopus and a lonely fisherman one dark night back in 1977. After his mother gave birth the fisherman promptly cut her head off and boiled her in a big pot before eating her. It was because of this that Squidward later claimed to have a life-long phobia of females. That's the reason he's single these days, you see. He isn't gay and definitely is NOT spending night after night pleasuring himself anally with his clarinet thinking of Spongebob. Never, he just doesn't do that. Much.
His childhood was comfortable. Soon making a living in his childhood years by becoming a stand-up comedian. He grew a reputation and following but nowhere near enough to go professional. Eventually he decided to take a job at the Krusty Kock to tide him over which is where he remains to this day.
Squidward's teenager years were less happy. Suffering from heavy acne and a foot odor problem, 'Stinky Squidward' was always the butt of every student and teachers joke. He also was made fun of because of his penis that some frat boys super glued to his face. Permanently. Many suicide attempts followed, most at the suggestions of the fellow students (who, in time, set up a 'Squidward Suicide Suggestion Box' on his locker so that people could suggest many wonderful, whacky ways of how he could bump himself off). Eventually, however, soon it dawned on him that he should have been studying instead of trying to kill himself and as such failed school with zero qualifications. This, obviously, started him on the path to greatness and considered becoming a reality celebrity before ultimately deciding on becoming an evil genius.
Squidward the Evil Genius[edit]
Squidward has always considered himself to be an evil genius. It's just that most times he just can't be bothered to set a scheme in motion. That, or Spongebob and Patrick comes and hilariously destroys his attempts within a 15 minute show-length space of time.
This, naturally, has become a major thorn in Squidward's side. This has ultimately led to Squidward's plans revolving away from being able to quit his job at the Krusty Kock to trying to eradicate Spongebob and Patrick from existance itself. However, this isn't easy for Squidward as pretty much everybody in the town knows the irritating little yellow shit. He has tried a number of various methods from throwing Spongebob into the fat fryer and locking the lid closed to picking him off with a sniper rifle. However, since both of these episodes were cancelled and never shown Spongebob stays alive to this day.
His other schemes involve trying to swindle money from his boss Mr. Krabs, so called for his impressive collection of STD's. His most successful scheme to date is claiming that he had terminal brainworms and thus wanted to collect money to pay for a swanky funeral for all of his 'Hollywood chums'. He ultimately managed to raise $1.17 which he still keeps in a little box on the shelf.
Nowadays Squidward is much more subdued, choosing instead to just take random pot-shots at Spongebob and Patrick with his high-powered rifle. He might not hit them but, God, it makes him feel better.
Squidward and the Internet[edit]
After purchasing a computer to "Research clarinets you moron!", Squidward soon discovered that he was, by far, the most popular character in Bikini Bottom. Unfortunately, he also discovered Rule 34 and stumbled across a number of images of him being anally pounded by Spongebob. After furiously masturbating to this he quickly destroyed his hard drive and burnt out his retinas with matches, ensuring that he would never stumble across such material again. Online, squidward is a 15 year old prostitute with the username of User
Squidward the Author[edit]
Squidward is a keen author but is more well-known under his pen name J K Rowling. He once saw Spongebob playing at being a wizard with Patrick, wondered if there was a place that wizards could, "just fuck off too and never come back" and thus created Hogwarts. However, his book publishers were worried in case people might be turned away from buying a book written by a cynical octopi and thus the facade of a middle-aged women with the face of a bulldog chewing a wasp, despite having millions in the bank, was born.
Squidward also wrote a number of other book under different names (mainly for tax reasons). These books are listed below...
- Clarinets are NOT for Sex
- Don't Forget the Lube
- Confessions of a Spongebeater
- Oops, Sneezed on Your Burger
- Would you Like Some 'Fuck Off' With That, Sir?
- The Clarinet and Other Arousing Sights
- Buggering the Vacuum
- I Spilt Glue on the Sheets, Honest!
- Imbecilic Cretins!
Squidward the Single Man[edit]
Due to Squidward's well publicied phobia to women he currently lives on his own in a big Easter Island head in Bikini Bottom. He's refuted claims that he is gay, brushing off these rumours and telling them that he just hasn't met the right clarinet yet. He was questioned about the images of him and Spongebob that are all over the Internet and promptly murdered 72 reporters in the room.
Squidward has tried dating. His list of dates are impressive, some saying going into double figures. But the fact remains, according to Squidward, that he's still looking for 'Miss Right'. Fortunately, Spongebob hasn't yet found the hidden camera in his shower room.
Sudden Death[edit]
Squidward died suddenly on October 22nd, 2009 after contracting a fatal case of the brainworms and constipation. He was found dead in his bathroom at his home,still seated on the crapper. Unfortunately, nobody believed him this time (well, they didn't believe him last time either) and died a slow, painful, agonising death. Witnesses said that his cries of death-inducing pain were actually 'more tuneful than the shite he used to do with that horn thing'.
Squidward was buried next to what people said was his good friend Spongebob ensuring an eternity of companionship until the end of time.


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Cameron University has named the tutoring center located in the Academic Commons the "Jeneanne Lawson Tutoring Center" in honor of a gift from Cameron alumna Jeneanne Lawson. In January 2012, the Lawton resident donated a residential property to the Cameron University Foundation to sell with the $104,000 proceeds going to the benefit of the university.
"When Ms. Lawson contacted me to offer a home she owned as a gift, I was struck by her strong desire to help Cameron students," says Albert Johnson, Jr., Vice President for University Advancement. "The Cameron University Foundation was honored to receive the property, which would mean a sizeable donation. Ms. Lawson demonstrated her high regard for her alma mater with this gift. She is an outstanding example of how important Cameron alumni are to the university and the role they play in maintaining Cameron's position as the University of Choice for southwest Oklahoma and beyond."
"When I was a communication teacher, I taught my students not just one area of communication, but all of them," says Ms. Lawson. "I knew it was the best way to prepare them for a career. All these years later, that is what Cameron is doing with convergence journalism, and I want to support that program. Cameron's communication students are learning to do everything in one place, and they're going to walk into a professional situation and be prepared to handle every task they encounter. I love Cameron, I see all the recent growth under Dr. Ross' leadership, and I want to help Cameron students find success. This donation is one way to make that possible."
Ms. Lawson graduated from Cameron Junior College in 1949. She was a member of The Collegian staff, serving as editor of the paper. In addition, she was active in the Pep Pirates and the Cameron Players. While a Cameron student, she served as Women's Editor for the Lawton Morning Press, where she began writing a column about local high school activities while still a high school student herself.
After graduating from Cameron Junior College with an associate degree in communication, Ms. Lawson continued her education at the University of Oklahoma, where she earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in communication. She taught communication at the higher education level before ultimately becoming a highly successful fundraising professional.
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Let's win this boys.
To start things off, let's get our captain nominations in.
Let's win this boys.
To start things off, let's get our captain nominations in.
We deserve the 2 threads tbh.. we are that awesome..
We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.
A cricket supporter forever
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Definitely agree.
So what's our proccess of being the captain?
Since it's under SRK's managment shouldn't we have a batting captain, fielding captain and bowling captain and maybe something else more inventive?
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And while you guys decide on who should be what captain, I will ensure our sheer-awesomeness by being vice-captain to all of them..
Wicket keepers make the best vice-captains, ya' all..
I thought I told you ****s you couldn't play?
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Turbinator for captain!
My bowling partner for Captain (In case captain gets to choose the pitch type heh)
weldone and Joe for captain...
Such an ordinary side.
I look forward to beating this team.
Jesus brings life eternal
Someone to post our lineup.
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Al Mohler to Start Weblog on Southern Baptist Convention
So, this afternoon a group of bloggers got together for a time of fellowship and to hear discussions on blogging by a panel of well known Evangelical keystrokers. Along with Dr. Albert Mohler, others on the panel included Tim Challies of Challies.Com, Justin Taylor of Between Two Worlds, and Dr. Russell Moore of the Henry Institute and a regular contributor to Mere Comments. The discussion centered around issues ranging from "what is blogging?" to "pros and cons of blogging in a postmodern world." After a short dialogue between the panel speakers led by Dr. Mohler, the floor was opened up for questions.
About halfway through the dialogue, Dr. Mohler began speaking about the nature of the content of weblogs and made a startling announcement that many will be glad to hear -- in the next week or so, Dr. Albert Mohler will be starting a new blog specifically dealing with issues in the Southern Baptist Convention. The blog will be called Conventional Thinking. He had little else to add, other than he hoped to target those who are interested in what is happening right now in the SBC.
In light of this and the fact that many (including myself) have been critical of Mohler's "slow to speak" reputation on issues pertaining to the SBC, I would like to throw out a few questions for those of you interested in this sort of thing to ponder and to which you can respond in the comments section.
- What sorts of issues going on in the SBC would you like to see Dr. Mohler address?
- Do you think Mohler's decision to start a weblog on the SBC is going to be a positive or negative thing for the SBC? For Younger Leaders? For Convention Leaders? For his reputation?
- Do you think Dr. Mohler will tow the convention line or will he surprise some of his critics by writing things that tend to go against the Establishment's views?
- Knowing that Dr. Mohler's web-writings don't allow for comments, do you think that his weblog on this subject will be of much benefit? And if you think it will, what is the best way for people to interact with Mohler's views?
- Finally, do you think his opinion will change anyone's minds in such a way that it could squash any minority views or bring any of them to fruition?
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Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse ... 2009 hit and proved me wrong yet again. And frankly, I just don't know how much longer I can take it.
It's not what you think!
You might be assuming that I'm talking about my positions in Caterpillar
You see, my grandfather played football for Oklahoma, and I've been a Sooners fan since I was old enough to walk. So it was nothing short of devastating to watch Oklahoma lose its fifth straight BCS bowl game -- and its third straight national championship game -- to Saint Tim and team this January.
Of course, I'll always be a Sooners fan, even though they're now the Buffalo Bills of college football. After all, in sports, sticking by your team through the ups and the downs is a virtue. Just ask any Green Bay Packers fan.
Wall Street is a different ball game
For proof, just ask any longtime "fan" of:
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Or ask my fellow Fool Rich Greifner.
Or even ask Jim Cramer. In his book Real Money, he reminds investors, "This is not a sporting event; this is money. We have no room for rooting or hoping."
Yet it happens all the time. Investing message boards are full of desperate investors who hope some cash-rich behemoth will come along and save their decades-old American superbrand. But as Circuit City investors found out, this is often a losing bet -- especially in this credit-strapped market.
Others ride stocks all the way into the ground because they're emotionally attached to the company's story, products, or management -- and meet with similarly dismal results. Take Krispy Kreme
Ditch that loser!
One of the "20 Rules for Investment Success" from Investor's Business Daily is to "cut every loss when it's 8% below your cost. Make no exceptions so you'll avoid any possible huge, damaging losses."
To a sports fan, that advice might seem cruel and unusual, but it's actually good investment advice.
Or is it? To find out, I dug through David and Tom Gardner's Motley Fool Stock Advisor picks, because they often re-recommend a stock even after a big run-up -- or a sharp fall. I actually found three examples where breaking IBD's rule actually paid off big time:
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Decline After Recommendation
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Quality Systems
These weren't flukes, either
In his re-recommendation write-up for Netflix, David Gardner admitted, "We're currently sitting on a 23% loss." But he went on to say, "I think this is one cheap stock at $11, backed by a great management team that's going to create value for us going forward."
Note that he had well-thought-out reasons for owning the stock: "It remains first and best in a growing industry, creates convenience for millions of consumers, and is led by visionary management that markets aggressively." Netflix stock has risen 200% since then.
So, when do you sell?
In today's market climate, IBD's rule probably looks like pure genius -- and it probably could have saved you a lot of pain.
In the process, though, you might have had to sell every stock in your portfolio, and you may well have set yourself up to miss out on some truly massive gains as the market rebounds.
When it comes to knowing when to sell, investors have drastically different strategies. Many have hard-and-fast numerical rules -- which is at least part of the reason we saw many excellent businesses losing 5% or even 10% per day late last year.
Others -- like the Gardners -- stick to a more analytical and intellectual approach to determine when to recommend that their Stock Advisor subscribers sell a stock. So when do David and Tom Gardner consider dumping a stock? Primarily when they encounter:
- Untrustworthy management
- Deteriorating financials
- Mergers, acquisitions, and spinoffs that could damage the business
The debate rages on
Someone once said, "I have no problem knowing when to buy a stock, but if I just knew when to sell, I'd be a great investor."
Investors may never agree on when or why to sell a stock. That's why it's important to have an emotionless, well-thought-out strategy in place. If you don't, you may suffer major losses or miss out on massive gains.
I challenge you to use the comment function below to tell us what your strategy is, and how it's held up through this brutal bear market.
For what it's worth, David and Tom Gardner rarely sell, and it works for them. Even in this wrenching market, their average Stock Advisor pick is performing 37 percentage points better than a like amount invested in the S&P 500.
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This article was first published Dec. 28, 2007. It has been updated.
Austin Edwards owns shares of Caterpillar and Altria. Dolby, Netflix, and Quality Systems are Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommendations. Microsoft is an Inside Value selection. Both The Motley Fool's disclosure policy and Sam Bradford will be around for at least another year. Unfortunately, so will Tim Tebow.


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Hubby's birthday was Friday (the big 3-2!) and we celebrated by going on not 1 but 2 dates! On Friday night my mom came over to keep the kids and we went out to dinner. (This was the first time I'd left Miles!) After a fantastically relaxing dinner we decided to do a little shopping. On our big night out together we actually went our separate ways most of the night! We'd go into a store- go look for the things we needed and text each other as to our whereabouts. And it was actually a lot of fun! I guess we've just reached that point in our marriage. Then we reconvened to go out for dessert (the best part!) Anyway- it was just nice to get out and be in the same general vicinity of one another without anyone crying, needing their nose wiped or diaper changed.
Then on Saturday night my sweet sister-in-law, Kennethia, came to love all over the kiddos while I went to go be supportive of my rock star hubby. He's been in a band for nearly forever- so I headed out to the club to watch him rock it out. Now- I am a really un-trendy person, so for me to go out somewhere like that is stressful because I will stare at my closet forever and ever and just wait for something cute and trendy to materialize. Somehow it never does. I told my bestie yesterday that when you get past the age of around 22, the process of trying to get bootylicious probably needs to start around lunchtime, if you intend to go out by 10pm. It also feels a little strange to park my minivan in the parking lot of a bar. Man- I am feeling so old! But Kamron's band played great and it is always so good to see them perform well after all their hard work (even if I do whine to him incessantly about how much time his band takes up!)
So this morning, Miles is punishing me for leaving him. The boy is attached to my leg with a death grip. He is babbling something that I am certain in English is sure to mean, "How could you go off and leave me woman! To ensure that you never do that again I am going to make you hold me 24 hours a day from here on out! Got it!" To which I reply, "Darling- I love you! I am sorry for leaving you. But if mama wants to keep her sanity, mama must go out and act like a fool every now and then." Self-care, loves. Self care!
And to leave you with a smile, here's our latest family portrait. Sadie is really proud of this masterpiece as she says that the ears on the boys are just perfect. (I love that the boys are all dressed alike and that the dog appears to have a bird beak!)
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At the turn of the century farm work revolved around the horse. In 1975 the Anglia Bygones team filmed men in their eighties and nineties who had worked with farm horses from before the First World War.
The regularity of the horseman's day, the hierarchy in the stable, the high standards of workmanship, the secrets of ointments and horse lore - they talked about it all, and the Bygones team re-created their working lives.
They showed ploughing, drilling, rolling, haymaking and the harvest as well as the farrier and the travelling stallion.
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The 3.1 specification says that for C/C++ structured block is an executable statement, but there is no such term in C/C++ specification. The "int x = foo();" looks very much like executable statement.
If the above code fragment is legal, then it should be semantically equivalent to either
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Former Harvard heavyweight crew standouts will be participating in The Gallagher Great Race, held on the Waikato River in New Zealand Sept. 14, 2014.
The 13th-annual race, held on the largest river in New Zealand, will feature Alex Sopko '12, James O'Connor '13, Sam O'Connor '12, Mike DiSanto '12, Ben Lynton '14, Matt Edstein '12, Andrew Reed '14, Peter Scholle '14 and Patrick LaPage '12. The alumni boat will also be coached by Lapage, the Crimson's current assistant coach.
Traditionally, The Gallagher Great Race takes place between the University of Waikato senior men's eight crew, Melbourne University of Australia and an international university invited to New Zealand to compete. It is a high profile event drawing thousands of spectators to the riverbanks along the 3.8km race course.
The teams will be battling for the coveted Harry Mahon Memorial Trophy. Harvard was beaten by Waikato in their sole previous visit in 2007. Waikato has won the men's eight event eight times in the race's 13-year history.
For more information about the race and its history, visit http://www.thegreatrace.co.nz/ .