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Jonny Wilkinson looks set to sign a new deal with French giants Toulon after revealing he has never been happier in his career.
The 33-year-old fly-half signed a one-year contract extension last year that will expire at the end of the current season but the former England talisman, who has been linked with a return to the Test match stage with the British & Irish Lions next year, has hinted that he is willing to extend his stay in the Top 14 where he has enjoyed a new lease of life since quitting the English Premiership in 2009.
"I have never been as happy as I am to play for Toulon," Wilkinson told Midi Olympique when asked about his plans beyond this season. "Wearing the colours of RCT, representing the region of Toulon is the most beautiful thing in my career. But my decision will be based on what is good of the team. The atmosphere within the group is fantastic, perfect and I am enjoying myself. Currently, Toulon is perfect for me. The coach, the team... everything is perfect."
Toulon, who were beaten in the Top 14 and Amlin Challenge Cup finals last season and are chasing both domestic and Heineken Cup glory this term, are unlikely to hesitate if offered the chance to re-sign Wilkinson, who has also expressed a desire to move into coaching, given his impact and continuing influence on their fortunes and despite the presence of France fly-half Frederic Michalak in their ranks. But they, like Toulon's passionate supporters, face an anxious wait in the next couple of months with a decision expected in February.
"Maybe, we'll see, it is hard to say," added Wilkinson when asked if a new one-year deal was in the offing. "It is a real pleasure to drive to Berg [Toulon's training base] every morning. But I'm 33 years old and will soon be 34. I can just tell you that the most beautiful thing that is happened in my Rugby life is coming to play for Toulon."
Wilkinson's immediate focus will be on Toulon's return clash with Sale Sharks this weekend having helped his side extend their unbeaten run in this season's Heineken Cup with a 12-point haul in their 17-6 victory at Salford City Stadium on Saturday. Beyond that there is also Toulon's quest for a first Top 14 title since 1992, with the big-spenders currently top of the table.
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Lance Randall's 2012-13 squad begins the year with some lofty goals and expectations, but the Lions continue to build a résumé which moves them into the upper tier of the nation's elite teams.
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Rose finds out what exactly put the bump in the night.
Ray laughed, smiling. The pale moonlight illuminated off his teeth again. "You'll see."
We turned a corner, entering a very dark and humid room, where three other people waited. I could already recognize Frank's bouncing head of hair by the window. It wasn't how tall and animal-like they all looked in the dark... it was the silhouettes of the objects in their hands. Almost like they were holding weapons.
I wasn't sure if the definition of Mansion Wars I was thinking of was a good one. By the way they were holding them, probably not.
Something sounding like a giggle escaped Frank's lips and he skipped over to me, nearly knocking me over with his bat. "Rose! Are you going to play, too?"
"Uhm, I guess--"
"Awesome! Now I've got back up, Bob. No more sneak attacks."
"What makes you think she's on your team, Iero?" A chubby blond guy smirked, pointing his golf club at Frank's head. "She may decide to join the dark side."
"What dark side?" laughed Ray. "It's always dark."
The three of them continued to bicker over by the wall of who's getting the... I think I heard the use of the word human... as the other one smiled awkwardly at me from across the room. His hair was slicked down and the shimmery glow off the end of his glasses allowed me to see a little bit of his eyes. Nearly the same color as Gerards.
"Hello." I waved, attempting to make niceities.
He smiled back, the same set of sharp teeth showing. "Hey."
"Are they always like this?"
"I think it's getting worse, actually." He laughed and, in four long strides, he was by my side. "My name's Michael."
"You know what? Just call me Mikey."
"Okay." I glanced around the room, noticing the absence of one of the boys. "Hey, Mikey? Does Gerard usually play with you guys?"
"Gerard?" Mikey shook his head, glancing towards the stairs. "Nope. Never. Why?"
I sighed, not knowing why my chest tightened when I said his name. "No reason."
Mikey nodded but didn't look away from my face. I thought I was never going to get away from him until Frank bounced back over, grabbing my arm and arming me with a skillet, telling me to hit anything that moved.
The boys split up, running in every which direction, leaving me all alone with Mikey.
"You should probably start running." Mikey smiled, taking off down the hall. "They don't play fair."
I blinked a few times, allowing my eyes to adjust, and stumbled off down a darkened hall, lit by one candle. I felt my way on the wall and came to a room at the end of the hall. It wasn't locked so I let myself in.
This room wasn't like the others. It was slightly brighter than the rest and had a huge walkout window on the longest side of the room. I could hear the high-pitched squeals and laughs accompanied by loud banging of their weapons from outside. Whatever they were doing, I didn't want any part of it.
I walked around the room, setting my skillet on the floor, and studied the small knick-knacks and trinkets that lined the shelf. Old victorian styled paintings rimmed the walls, and in the corner of the room, was a pink rose. It was beautiful. It emitted a glow that framed the glass around it, casting a shadow on the wall.
Curiosity got the better of me as I walked over to it, lifting the glass off gently, and reached my hand out to touch it. My fingers merely skimmed a petal when I was ripped away from it completely, getting thrown against the wall with such force that my vision became impaired.
"Why are you in here?"
His voice was a whisper, almost too low for me to hear.
"I... I was just--"
"Why are you in here, Rose?!" He pushed me against the wall, putting all of his weight on me. "You can never come in here!"
I squirmed. "I'm sorry--"
"Do you not understand the danger you just put yourself in?!" He growled, his eyes smoldering. "You must never come in here!"
He pushed me away roughly, slamming his fists against the wall, and screamed. The way he was acting frightened me horribly. But, I guess, I put myself in these situations. I just couldn't figure out what danger I was in...
"Danger? Gerard?"
He whipped around quickly, his hair falling in his eyes, and glared. "Leave. Get OUT!"
My breath caught as I fumbled for the door knob, trying to open it. I wasn't aware of where I was running until my body collided with something hard. Almost like stone.
"Rose?" Frank huddled over me, pulling me up. "Are you alright?"
My eyelids fluttered shut and I began mumbling incoherent sentences. My idiotic fear finally getting the best of me. I'm just lucky I didn't have a heart attack.
In the fuzzy distance, I could hear the shredding of wallpaper, and I knew exactly where it was coming from.
A/N - I am so friggin excited! I love you readers SO much! 4 reviews for the last two chapters? Awesome. I don't care what you think but that's pretty good to me. Can we do it again? Hopefully... Gerard was a meaney in this chapter. But she did touch his flower. Moral of the story - never touch Gerard's flower. Thanks for reading! R&R for me, please!


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According to a recently released AP-GfK poll, 32% of Americans are crazy.
Oh, sorry. The poll actually revealed that 47% of those asked worry "a lot" or "some" about the possibility of losing their jobs. True, that's nearly twice as many as the same poll detected in February 2008, when only 28% of Americans polled raised their hands and acknowledged anxiety.
More noteworthy, though, and much more difficult to explain, is this conundrum: If the AP-GfK poll is to be trusted, almost one-third of all Americans say that they are worried about losing their jobs "not much" or "not at all."
Let's think about what this means. The current official U.S. unemployment rate of 7.6% (up from 7.2% just one month earlier) doesn't faze this optimistic bunch; nor, we might assume, would the news that the real unemployment rate is probably closer to 14%, if you include all those people who are involuntarily underemployed because part-time jobs are the only ones they can find. (The most realistic unemployment figure is undoubtedly higher still, if you include all the previously "self-employed" people whose income has dried up along with the economy.)
Yet even sticking to that 7.6% figure, there are still 4.1 million more people out of work now than 12 months ago. Evidently, that doesn't faze this self-confident group either. Sixty-five percent of survey respondents reported that a friend had lost a job thanks to the cratering economy in the past six months. Twenty-five percent had a family member who had lost a job during this period. It seems that doesn't get to them either… but you get the idea.
An astonishing 32% of those surveyed by AP-GfK are somehow confident that they, at least, are secure in their jobs. (The missing 21% checked off "didn't apply" to the question, including presumably the 10% of those polled who reported already getting the ax during the past six months.) A recent New York Times /CBS News Poll came up with similar findings. In that poll, a marginally larger and so marginally more astonishing 35% of Americans reported themselves not in the least concerned that someone in their household might be out of work in the next 12 months.
Thinking about this optimistic third of Americans, it's hard not to reach one basic conclusion: They're nuts.
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Polls like these attract respectful attention from the mainstream media. An Associated Press article about the AP-GfK poll, with the typical headline, "Fears over Economy Growing, Poll Says," found its way into newspapers across the country, including the Seattle Times , Sacramento Bee , Washington Times , and Star Tribune of Minneapolis/St. Paul. The article breezed through a batch of fairly predictable findings: lots of people are worried about paying their bills; they're afraid that the value of their stocks and retirement investments will drop; and more than half of poll respondents aren't confident that they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.
Yet, for anyone who actually considered the poll, or read between the lines of that widely-reprinted AP article, one question seems too pressing to ignore: How, in the present economic environment, could 32% of Americans fail to grasp that job security no longer exists -- not in the U.S., nor elsewhere in the global economy. Today's most salient question isn't, will you lose your job (if you still have one), but when?
No question, it's getting harder and harder to count on a paycheck. That's certainly true for all the people who have spent their work lives in industries now visibly disintegrating around them (which would include automobile manufacturing, journalism, book publishing, and the rest of the media, the retail sector, financial services, construction, and so on). It's hardly less true for countless people living in one of the 40 or so states with significant budget gaps that need to be plugged, states where cutbacks along the lines of California's recent budget cataclysm are just waiting to happen.
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Bro you know boxing about little details too, I mean if Khan just slowed a bit Garcia was not looking for him like Peterson, Garcia don't even have a high work rate, these guys him and his dad bank on you coming in so he can time you, Garcia slow footed around the ring and not really a pressure fighter who will hunter you down.
Khan was looking for him too much, just needed to slow down a little shortened the combos work his jab and maybe in later rounds when Garcia was ready to go step it up, remember Garcia had a cut over his right eye in the 2nd round that will also come into play over the rounds.
That's all speculation though. At the end of the day, nothing can be predicted in the boxing ring. You're just assuming this going by the two rounds you saw which Khan did very well in. Counter punchers naturally have a low work rate but the fact is, Khan is in there to get hit and when he does get hit, it's quite bad. I found it quite shocking with some of the blatant shots he got hit by from Molina. Amir just has complete disregard for his opponents punches when he's in there...
Molina was cut in round one as well. If we only saw the first two rounds of Khan-Molina, we'd think Khan would have him out of there in the next two, but it nearly went the full distance. Garcia, who is a stronger individual naturally, was cut but the cut was perfectly in control - it's not like it was bleeding heavily or really bothering him.
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- 1 tablespoon whipping cream
- 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup light corn syrup
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- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans, lightly toasted
- 2/3 cup pecan halves
- Prepare dough for Classic Pastry Shell and Pastry Stars. Roll three-fourths of dough to 1/8" thickness on a lightly floured surface. Place in a 9" pie plate; trim off excess pastry along edges. Fold edges under, and crimp. Place pastry in refrigerator while preparing Pastry Stars and pie filling.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll remaining dough to 1/8" thickness on a lightly floured surface. Using a 1" star-shaped cutter, cut out 12 stars. Repeat procedure using a 1 1/2" star-shaped cutter to cut out 5 stars. Transfer stars to prepared baking sheet. Whisk together 1 egg and cream in a small bowl. Remove pastry from refrigerator. Brush egg wash over Pastry Stars and around crimped edge of pastry.
- Whisk remaining 3 eggs in a bowl. Whisk in brown sugar and next 4 ingredients; stir in chopped pecans. Pour filling into pastry shell. Arrange pecan halves around outer edge of filling. Arrange Pastry Stars on top of pie.
- Bake at 350° on bottom oven rack for 50 to 55 minutes or until filling is set and pastry stars are browned. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Warm spices and brown sugar add rich, caramelized flavors to this carrot cake. If you can't find fromage blanc, use more cream cheese.
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- Calories: 284
- Fat: 9.7g
- Saturated fat: 4.9g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.8g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.8g
- Protein: 3.6g
- Carbohydrate: 46.6g
- Fiber: 0.9g
- Cholesterol: 49mg
- Iron: 1mg
- Sodium: 172mg
- Calcium: 68mg
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- 2 teaspoons baking powder
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- 3 large eggs
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- 1 ounce fromage blanc
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- 1. Preheat oven to 350°.
- 2. To prepare cake, weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients (through salt) in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add carrot, tossing to combine.
- 3. Place granulated sugar, brown sugar, and 6 tablespoons butter in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spread batter into a 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake completely on a wire rack.
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Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded songs such as "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running on Empty", "Lawyers In Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby". In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.
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Some things are just meant for each other like wine and cheese, beer and friends, Brad and Angelina and turbochargers and AWD. Yes, there are few feelings in this world as satisfying as tackling any road surface and being confident in your car's abilities at coping with what is thrown at it.
You may recall that I've mentioned on a few occasions my experience one cold January morning in 2006. I had opened the garage door from my apartment building to find 41 cm of fresh snow lying before me, taunting me, having paralysed the city and kept roads deserted. I could do nothing more than smile. I had seen the light!
That car was a 2006 Impreza WRX and that day and that week ('cause it snowed two or three other times) are classified as some of my most treasured in my 12-year career as an auto critic.
Forget the cover, if you can
I'm a big fan of the WRX, have been since the first Impreza 2.5RS models from the late 90s. The compact body dimensions, determined stare and choice alloys always catch my eye when an RS or WRX goes by. I'm a sucker for spoilers, front and rear, side-sill extensions, fog lights and tailpipes. These cars have them all in droves. Especially when on a wagon! I've been recently dreaming about a 2003 Spec R1. Remember that one?
From 2008 on, the WRX still carried all these items, however like a pair of implants on a 90 year-old woman, it did and does not work for me. That, and they killed the wagon! Subaru has, of sound mind and spirit, shifted its design language and approach in order to cater to a broader audience, even if that meant dropping a few brand enthusiasts along the way.
Luckily for Subaru, there are few other cars that can do what the Impreza does, fewer still that can match the WRX. One of which is the Lancer Ralliart, but if the differences are noticeable between the EVO and the STI, there is a trench and a moat between the WRX and Ralliart. The WRX takes the cake.
Here's how I see it: get a hatchback, any colour, preferably white, keep the standard 17" gunmetal rims for the winter (previous 17s were far more WRX) and purchase some choice 18" alloys for summer. With this decor, the WRX is acceptable.
No, I don't like the way the car looks because it's such a mixed bag of generic Japanese sauce and Subaru-cool. Don't work for me.
Impreza cabins have always been chintzy, sparse and generally plain. I liked it that way. This time, Subaru tried to class things up but it also did not click. But none of it matters once you are under way.
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The 100K House: And It's Green Too...
The landmark price of $100,000 is pretty easily passed up these days when it comes to building a house. That's why we find it so refreshing to come upon the 100K House, a project being developed in downtown Philadelphia. The house is to be built green for only $100,000...
The 100K House will be a "2 bedroom, 1.5 bath house with roughly 1,000 square feet of livable space. It will be two stories and easily built on any infill, urban lot". Who's involved? A developer, an architect, and a builder. We'll be keeping our eye on the project's progress at the blog.
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Just a quick note. East Kensington isn't really downtown (aka Center City.) I think they meant that the developers are located downtown. It's also a bit of realtor talk for them to say that EK is just north of Center City. It's 3-4 miles north.
$100,000 in Center City would get you a 300'sq studio.
Regina - Thanks for the post and kind words about our project. It's a tough challenge but we have been getting a lot of encouragement which helps keep us going.
twoeightnine - Just to clarify further, East Kenzo is about 1.9 miles north of Center City or the 3rd subway stop (6 minutes) from Old City. We are much closer to the city than "the Northeast" or any of the surrounding suburbs and included when people reference "the city" just like Bella Vista, South Philly, and University City... Also, our hard construction costs only are $100K. The sales prices will be higher. Thanks


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Miss America 2004 Ericka Dunlap is DEMANDING an apology from the beauty pageant organization -- claiming a racist producer moved her from a prime seat during the competition last weekend because she's black ... but the fact is, she was sitting in a no-Miss America zone.
Dunlap -- the first black woman to win Miss Florida in 2003 -- tells TMZ, "I was sitting there on the aisle, and during the first commercial break during top 15 announcement, a producer came up to me and said, 'Get out of that seat. I need the seat. I don't give a f**k who you are. Get out of the f**king seat.'"
Dunlap says she refused to move because of the producer's tone, telling us, "I was spoken to as if I didn't matter. If I were any other Miss America, I would have never been spoken to like that. But I'm the only black one who comes back."
Dunlap says an assistant producer eventually came over and helped the first producer physically remove her from her seat -- "I was mortified." Dunlap says she was eventually relocated.
Dunlap doesn't plan to sue, but says she's still waiting for the organization or the producer to apologize for the way she was treated.
A rep for the Miss America organization says Dunlap's story is nonsense -- telling us, "During the night of the telecast, Ericka was unhappy with her seat, and she chose to move to a camera blocked seat that was reserved for the parents of our contestants."
The rep adds, "At the top of the show, the stage manager asked her to move to seat the contestant's parents, and she refused to move. She subsequently was offered a better seat, however she refused it. It was strictly a television production issue."
Not only should they NOT apologize, she should be banned from attending the pageant for LIFE. This is truly disgusting.
Who watches these white trash pageants anymore anyway!??
I went to High School with this girl. It does not surprise we she would be like this. Rather sad she would go to that angel to get her name back in the news.
Before I read the story I was sure this was about *Gone with the Wind Fabulous* Kenya Moore
the truth of the matter is a lot of white people are truly racist. yall hate black women but love black dick lol. white people will speed off at the sight of black people and try to run them over in grocery parking lots. you try to raise your kids to be racist against blacks. blacks are not racist at all. there are ****ed up people in every race, hate on them! stop being racist against blacks unfairly!
sexy, well spoken black women are the best! no one likes ghetto, trailer trash or bums in any race. take people for face value not by what another bitch has done !
I would like to thank Miss America 2004 Ericka Dunlap.
I used to suffer from white guilt but because of people like her.
Not anymore.
wow, she seems really smart...
oh jeeze..stop with the race card..ya'll cant play that anymore since obama got into office...
stay off prescription meds and grab a black friend. the world would be a better place. :)
when whites become the minority...I cant wait to pull the race card every 5 seconds just because I didn't get my way.
Rude people exist. It's a fact of life. I'm so glad white people never have to deal with them. ;)
Sigh - seriously? I am so over the race card ... it should be used properly and revoked when necessary. She needs to turn in her "I'm black" card immediately. I'll see her at the next meeting.
she wins a highly coveted position against what has traditionally been a white woman's game and now cries racism? lol. get over yourself honey. white people are tired of the rhetoric. being black does not excuse your poor behavior.
No, it's impossible that there's a reasonable explanation. It must be racism!


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The Sunk-Cost Fallacy Revisted
Published on - October 5th, 2008 (by J.D. Roth)
Last month I wrote about the sunk-cost fallacy, the mistaken belief that just becuase you've spent money on something you should continue to spend money on it.
In reality, once you've spent your money, it's gone. According to economists and psychologists, it's a mistake to consider past expenses in deciding what to do with your investments, your home, or your Stuff. What's important are future expenses and future happiness. To the extent that we can focus on the future instead of the past, the better off we'll be financially (and mentally).
The example I used in that article was my desire to continue playing a computer game because I'd already pre-paid $80 for six months of service. Unfortunately, the example failed because people took me to mean that it was a "waste of money", which wasn't really what I meant.
Today I want to offer another real-life example. Maybe it'll do a better job of conveying the concept of the sunk-cost fallacy.
Last March, I decided to tackle my physical fitness by setting some big goals for myself. One of those was to go from couch-potato to marathon runner in about six months. To goad myself into action, I paid about $100 (non-refundable, non-transferable) to sign up for the Portland Marathon (which is being run at this very moment).
For a while, this seemed like a brilliant idea. Having paid for the marathon in advance, I was motivated to train so that my money didn't go to waste. I began to run with a group. I lost weight. I felt great.
At the end of May, however, I hurt myself. I took some time off. I didn't worry too much, because there were still four months left before the marathon. But when I tried to return to running, the pain persisted. I went to see a physical therapist. June turned to July turned to August. Eventually I decided that maybe I could walk the marathon. I'd paid $100 for it, dammit, and I wasn't going to let that money go to waste!
Over the last couple months, however, I've come to realize that I'm engaging in the sunk-cost fallacy again. The fact that I've already spent $100 for the marathon is meaningless. It's a sunk cost. It's not recoverable. What matters is the future cost in time and money. And, as it turns out, health.
I could have continued to push myself to prepare for the marathon, but the most likely result would have been additional doctor bills and physical therapy visits. I would be spending future money attempting to make past money "good" again.
Instead, I've changed my focus.
I've begun to prepare for the 2009 Portland Marathon. I'm running short distances (three miles) a couple times a week. I'm lifting weights to build my leg strength. Meanwhile, I've learned a lesson. In the future, I won't sign up for the marathon until later in the summer, when I'm sure that I'm physically ready to go.
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Even when one is aware of the trap of sunken cost, one falls into it now and then, right? This is just how humans are – not perfect, and certainly not rational. But in a way the $100 you spent on the marathon which you did not end up running, was not a total waste of money. It may have contributed to you getting into running in the first place and to you staying with it. You also drew a lesson from this episode. All this may not be worth $100 though.
By the way, I signed up too late for a marathon this spring. It was booked up by the time I decided to run it. But no harm done. I ran Boston two weeks before the one I missed. And I have another one coming up next Sunday, for which I signed up 6 weeks before the event and the day before the price would have increased.
Nice example. I had a similar situation with a knee injury a few years back.
One additional worry about such an injury are the nagging aches and pains that come with not adequately rehabilitating an injury like this. It sucks when you lose money, but when you consider the long term implications, I think you made the right choice.
Great post. I can think of something else. It's like you bought a stock and then it tanked. However, your inner mind has hard time letting it go. So you keep buying and buying thinking you can bring down the average cost. And then one day you find out that the company declared bankruptcy. This happens a lot to new investors. I made this mistake once in my life too.
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If the $100 motivated you to start exercising and continue exercising then I would say it was a good investment.
But it's not necessarily a sunk cost. (Sorry) You're more physically fit than you might have been had you not had that goal and pressed toward it. You just got something different for your $100 than you thought you would when you spent it.
Same for the $80 on the games. You got your $80-worth in the few days that you played, not in the six months. Cost you more per game, but cost is cost.
In the end, money spent is money spent, and you never know what you'll get for it until you've got it. Spending money is always an investment in the future – you buy something to get a certain use out of it. That doesn't mean reality is going to meet your expectations. But if you never had expectations, you would never get anything at all.
JD, I was hoping to run into you on marathon day, but I, too, am home on the couch! A bad case of tendonitis in my foot (sustained during Hood to Coast) put me out of training for long enough that the marathon was no longer feasible. I hadn't been training as diligently as I would have liked, so it was probably for the best.
Still, I'll admit to feeling wickedly glad that it's raining today (for the first time in the marathon's 38-year history)!
Paying for a marathon is tricky. You really have no choice but to pay up front. But so many things can go wrong to prevent you from running. Endurance events are unique in that such a disproportionate amount of training goes into just one event.
Wouldn't it be great if you could pay after the race? I think people would be more likely to listen to their bodies if they hadn't already shelled out the money.
"What's important are future expenses and future happiness. To the extent that we can focus on the future instead of the past, the better off we'll be financially (and mentally)."
Great post, but the above statement is a complete reversal of the truth, as the future is only a thought form, a complete illusion. Yes, you of course plan for it, but the only thing that is real is the present moment. And it's so much more healthy to focus on and take responsibility for what is primary and real instead of a secondary mental abstraction that may or may not arrive … and when it does arrive comes as the present moment.
I don't agree with Dave at all. This is a personal finance site. It is about future plans. To dismiss any type of planning as "mental abstraction" is ridiculous, and to only focus on the present is really nothing short of hedonism.
Hmm what will take longer, training for the marathon or reading the 63 page credit card agreement? Which will make you sweat more?
Hi – on the subject of the marathon, normally the best way to approach it is to break it down into smaller steps. In other words, don't enter (and pay for) a marathon yet. Choose a local 10K and commit to that, then once you have comfortably completed that, consider a half-marathon and then you can more confidently try for a full marathon.
I've just completed a 10K today in fact (first one in 10 years) and now I am happy with that, I can start to plan first for another 10K in the spring, then a half marathon in mid to late summer and finally if everything goes well, the full marathon in the autumn.
Good luck!
As Jess's anecdote indicates, running is NOT for everyone. I see this type of story over and over. People get this idea of a "marathon" and then they start training and they quickly get an injury. There was even a reality show about people doing just this on PBS or something where a few of them got injuries as well – and they continued to believe in the dream of a marathon and continued training while sustaining further injuries.
How this related to sunk costs metaphorically is that you can have a sunk cost related to a dream also. Maybe a better dream would be to be a power walker – it's very low impact and probably healthier for you anyway. Running has a dream factor associated with it. That's why politicians (esp. Presidents) are always jogging for photo-ops. The truth is its a dream that most people can't achieve b/c our bodies simply aren't designed for running. Walking on the other hand – well, you don't even have to consult your doctor is you want to start a distance walking program – enough said.
Running is over-rated and bad for your joints. If you run and your body hurts, esp. your knees, then it isn't for you and there's no shame in that. You're just like 75% of the population.
Our financial woes are frequently based on unrealistic dreams of grandeur.
Congratulations on taking action to improve your health. Financial considerations aside, making the mental commitment of time and energy is a fantastic, huge step.
Great post J.D. And it touches on an unfortunately common theme in today's fitness culture. Too often, we relegate health to a subordinate role while we pursue fitness, performance or physique.
In a world where we "want it all and we want it now," it can be so tempting to take the path that seems the most expedient. The funny thing is, when you put health first you end up meeting your other goals more quickly anyway. When you give yourself time to adapt gradually to new stress, when you consciously engage in compensatory exercise to ensure that your physical development remains balanced, when you view recovery as an active and important part of your training, you end up on the straight path to your goals.
You may be able to drive faster on the other path, but it is riddled with twists, turns and pit-stops while you battle over-reaching, injury and less than ideal physical adaptation. Going balls to the walls and playing the "no pain, no gain" game may seem like it takes us more quickly towards our goals, but it plays right into the sunk cost fallacy. Even when we know deep down that we need a day of lighter recovery and compensatory training, we have the tendency to want to not "lose out" on the momentum we've built in previous training.
This inner dialogue may sound familiar: "I've built my benchpress up to 200 pounds by training it three days a week, I'm not going to miss a session now!" However, our hypothetical fitness enthusiast has been stuck on 200 pounds for 6 months and has an achy shoulder every time he comes home from the gym. But, he perceives that he has SUNK COST in the bench press and is therefore unwilling to revise his training plan.
I see this all the time at the gym. And clients are often amazed at how much progress they make when I take them off of their sacred cow exercises. In fact, when they go back to them, after having not done them for a while, they usual improve their numbers!
Sorry for the long-winded comment. I think your decision to put your health before your performance goal was very wise indeed. And it is a great idea to adapt the idea of sunk cost to exercise J.D. I think I might steal the idea for a post of my own.
I think the point is that plans are not a savior. The human brain is horrible at planning more than a couple of days in the future, because we tend to take the current situation and apply it to the future (which is of course ridiculous). Plan, sure; but it's more important to plan to change your plans in the future.
Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger & Scott Douglas was my husband's nightly bedside reading as he trained for his first marathon. Has an excellent 24 week workout schedule. Worth reading through to see if you would want to commit to a marathon. (I looked and decided then I would remain a casual 5k person.)
I'm glad for this reminder. We live in the country and back in January sunk a lot of money into a satellite for internet, instead of the free dial up that we had. The satellite is slower, moderately, than dial up, so we've toughed it out. But, recently due to family expansion we needed to buy a new car. With the extra expenses of the new car, we've been looking for ways to cut our costs and have tossed around the idea of getting rid of the satellite internet since it costs $80 (and cost $400 to set up), but we keep rationalizing the $80 with the $400.
Now, I'm thinking that we need to revisit the subject. It's making sense to cut our losses now, instead of struggling through the next few years paying for a mistake that we've already made.
A little off topic here, but I agree with Matt.
It's always a bit ironic that when people try to become healthier, they turn to running marathons. While it's certainly better than a sedentary lifestyle, joints and tendons are destroyed by the constant pounding they have to absorb during extensive running sessions. Another side effect is a chronically elevated cortisol level which accelerates aging and shrinks muscles. Just look at long time marathon runners.
Shorter, more intensive workouts like lifting weights or interval training are much healthier in my opinion. And they're more efficient, too, which means you spend less time doing them with equal results in regards to your fitness level.
one thing we've learned in recent years is to take injuries seriously and lay off when it hurts. i learned fairly early, but my husband took a long time to realize his body wasn't indestructible.
it's expensive to not be in good health, both financially and emotionally.
I think that the reason it's hard to follow you sunk-cost posts is that what you have spent is money, but what you are trying not to spend is time or effort.
I agree with Diatryma (19). It seems Gwen's example (16) is a great example of the sunk cost fallacy. You feel like you need to keep paying the $80 a month because you paid $400 up front.
Another example would be a cell phone plan. I had a friend who wouldn't cancel his plan even though he couldn't get a signal at home because he would have had to pay $200 to cancel the plan early. Instead he was paying $60 a month for a plan that didn't meet his needs for the 20 months left on his contract. Perhaps it's not exactly a sunk cost (as he didn't pay it yet), but his anticipation of that penalty was what kept him paying money for a cell phone that didn't work.
I have a friend that will always finish a hamburger because she "paid good money for it." While I agree, I would rather leave without a stomach ache. So, I offer this option: is the $5 worth feeling full? If so, buy it. If it is not worth it (therefore making her think she has to eat it all to be worth it) walk away.
I find it a little easier to see how ridiculous the sunk-cost fallacy is if you look at it from a business perspective:
Let's say you are a widget company. You've just built a brand new widget factory, at a cost of $100,000.
Now you start building widgets with your factory. But wait! You made a serious miscalculation! Between paying your workers and running the machines, building a single widget costs $2. And now you discover that people don't really want them–you can only sell them at $1.50 apiece.
Well dang it, you already spent $100,000, right? That's a lot of money compared to the cost of building a single widget. You might as well keep the factory running, since you already spent so much.
No! You are losing money on every single additional widget you build! The more you build, the more money you will lose, onward into infinity.
The only course of action you can reasonably take is to shut down the factory and stop losing money. You cut your losses. Trying to justify the amount you spent on the factory by continuing to lose money would be crazy. And it'd probably get you fired by your stockholders.
It's not always so straightforward in real life (i.e. your computer game example, where you were losing time rather than money). But the principle is the same: if continuing on the same course of action will cause you to continually lose [time, money, health, whatever], stop doing it.
It's that simple.
J.D., no point in throwing good money after bad, eh? I call it cutting my losses. You see this in the stock market all the time. Instead of throwing in the towel on a bad investment, people throw more money at the problem — getting even more entrenched in the position.
At some point it simply makes more sense to walk away and move ahead.
Best to you, J.D.
I just did a regatta this weekend that I probably shouldn't have, medically speaking. Wasn't really about the (heftyish) entry fee I had already paid, though, since it was a charity event and the money went to a good cause. Just about having fun, which I did. But I'll try to lay off for awhile now.
As for me, I had over the past 3 years taken a lot of insurance policies. After discovering about personal finance through this blog and other blogs, I came to the realization that I was throwing away a lot of money. This year I did not renew many of my policies. I have instead invested the same money in mutual funds which I began to invest in this year. Sunk cost falacy overcome in my case.
So have you been on your bike at all since July? Cycling is low impact and has a relatively low risk of overuse injuries (assuming a sane schedule and properly fitted bike), and the weather is gorgeous now for some short and long rides.
Cheers to you for listening to your body and making your health a priority. A lot of patients I've treated for sports injuries don't necessarily view their health as a long-term investment, and push to "recover" to less than full capacity in order to compete in an event. Several years later, they're having surgery in the prime of their life and aren't able to tolerate sustained physical activity at their previous level of athleticism.
Smart decision on your part– I wish other people would take a step back to reevaluate and adjust their goals as you have. Good luck with your training!
Here is my sunken cost, clothes in my closet that were the greatest fad, greatest deal that I never wear, except I paid "good" money for them so I can't part with them!
They take up my limited storage space and are no value to me because I don't wear them, I just keep thinking what I paid for them and have a hard time getting rid of them.
If I keep them they are a constant reminder of how I wasted my money, so why don't I just donate them to someone who can use them and wear them. What makes us think that we can not part with something because of what we paid for it or it is brand new?
By finally donating these items I find joy in giving them to someone else who actually needs them and will use them. I also let go of the fact I spent good money on them, but it wasn't a complete waste if someone else can use them.
I will be wiser next time to think through my purchases a little bit more by asking myself do I really need this?
My sister totally neglected her body training for the marathon. She got sick and instead of resting, kept training, and stayed sick for months. After the marathon, she went straight to the medical tent and our friends literally carried her home. So no, don't feel bad about missing the marathon.
On a positive note, my sister taught me that if you buy a steak, you could eat the whole thing, eat half of it, or throw it at someone's head. Everyone thinks you are paying for the first option but it's only wasted money if you feel forced to do something you don't want to do with it – like stuff it into your overflowing stomach. You pay for the option of running the marathon but what you do with that option is up to you. Whateve ryou choose, it won't help you get your money back (unless you win the marathon). Just another way to look at sunk-cost.
It's hard for a person to admit that a cost is really sunk..
Once they've invested a substantial amount into something, be it $, time, emotions, etc. a person feels that they must continue on because if not they've wasted all their investments, and therefore they still look at the invested as investments and not as they really are, sunk costs.
I just registered for my first marathon. It's not until April, but I decided to register now because a) it fills up fairly early and b) I'm much less likely to back out if I've already paid for it. I've done several half marathons in the past and will be doing a 15-mile trail race later this month, so this seemed like the natural next step. I'm excited about it!
I admire your willingness to be realistic, because I can relate to not doing so.
Luckily though, my sunk cost back then (May 2007) was only $14 for an 8K race! I have since ran a 10K successfully and have had ample time to prepare for my half. (That's coming up this weekend!)
Anyway, I admire your tenacity! And thanks for this site.
I enjoy your posts; your blog is one of my favorite financial sites. One comment: you use the phrase "a couple times" and "a couple months". This is poor grammar. It is supposed to be a couple OF times or a couple OF months. I thought you would like to know since you want to be a professional writer.
Sunday, I ran the Portland marathon, which was significantly easier then my first marathon. Only real difficult section was the St John's Bridge.
Why don't you progress with races rather than trying to go from couch to marathon. I think couch to 5K is a better approach. As your endurance builds your can run longer races; 10k and halfs.
In your situation, I probably would have gone ahead and walked it. Walking for 6 or 7 hours in the rain is good exercise. Dude, you missed getting your finisher shirt out of the deal!
Forgot to mention that I think walking a marathon is quite a accomplishment!
While I understand what you are trying to say about sunk costs, if you are set on doing a marathon at some point, isn't there an advantage to making use of the asset you already have, rather than repurchase another one next year?
I have heard movie tickets used as an example – if you have purchased a non-refundable movie ticket, it shouldnt influence your decision on whether to go to the movie or not. However, you would have to weigh up, if you plan to see it at some point and dont go today you would have to repurchase, thus incurring additional future costs…


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a documentary that shows the ways in which anthropologists fuck shit up in other cultures, some carelessly unintentional and some blatantly intentional. it's important because it shows the perspective and the feelings the Yanomamo have of Napoleon Chagnon (who they claim forced many young Yanomamo males to have sex with him during his "research") and other anthropologists. very few anthropological books, films, etc. discuss how the members of the cultures being studied actually feel about being analyzed.
it raises some interesting questions, though. such as, if another culture marries off and consummates marriages of young girls around age 13 or 14 (or younger), does this render a western male taking part in such any less of a pedophile? is it unethical for an anthropologist to have sex with his "informants" and research subjects?
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PISCATAWAY, NJ – Frank Burns, the former Scarlet Knight quarterback who ranks as the all-time winningest football coach in Rutgers history, will be inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey on Oct. 5, the group has announced.
Burns, already a member of the Rutgers Football Hall of Fame as well as the New Jersey Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, will be a part of the 11th induction class, and will be honored at halftime of the New York Giants-Miami Dolphins game at Giants Stadium.
"We are proud that New Jersey's rich sports history includes the lasting achievements of such gifted individuals," New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority Chairman Carl Goldberg said. "The Meadowlands Sports Complex is honored to memorialize the accomplishments of these great individuals."
Burns quarterbacked the Scarlet Knights to a 27-7 record in the postwar period (1945-48), earning honorable mention All-America honors, before playing professionally with the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns. In 1952, at the age of 23, he became the head coach at Johns Hopkins, and in 1957 he began a four-year stint at Chatham High School. Burns returned to "the Banks" in 1961 as the backfield coach, and took over the reins as head coach in 1973. During his 11-year tenure, the Scarlet Knights compiled a 78-43-1 (.643) record, including a perfect 11-0 mark in 1976.
Burns will be a part of an induction class that includes Lou Duva (boxing), Aubrey Lewis (track/football/contributor), Dick Lynch (football), Stan Mills (football), Steve Mizerak (billiards), Lonnie Wright (basketball/football/track) and George Young (football). The Hall of Fame also will honor Johnny Vander Meer, who threw baseball's only back-to-back no-hitters in 1938.
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The Vancouver Canucks had a shaky start to the 2013 season, with a defence corps that looked uneasy, despite the good players it consists of. Even so, one of them is beginning to stand out and is already making a case as the Canucks' best defender this season.
As the biggest of the Canucks' top six forwards at 6'3″ and 215 lbs, 26-year old Alex Edler has been much more noticeable on the ice, both taking hits and giving hits. He ranks only second behind Kevin Bieksa for hits among the Canucks' defence with 14. He also has blocked more shots than any other Canuck (21).
But what is even more important than his physicality is the fact that Edler has significantly contributed to the team's offense. His most recent feat is scoring the only goal for the Canucks in regular time against Chicago on Friday, which ended in a shootout win for the Canucks.Coming off of a career best 11 goals and 49 points in 2011-2012, Edler currently leads his team in points and is on a three game point streak. The team fares well when Edler finds the back of net; they were 8-1-1 in games when he scored last season, and Edler is continually getting shots on net, ranked just behind Alex Burrows with 21.
However, not all of the soft spoken Swede's statistics are positive. He has the most giveaways by a Canuck with seven, and although that is less than star defence Kris Letang's 13 or Erik Karlsson's eight, it is something that can be improved upon.
"I still remember his first year with the team and how young and raw he seemed and how kind of naive and gullible he was," Bieksa told the Vancouver Sun after Edler signed a six year, $30 million contract extension in January. "He's turned into a man out there."
Edler started the season alongside newcomer Jason Garrison, who is two years Edler's senior. They were made out to be one of the Canucks' top pairings, but the expected offense from Garrison was non-existent, as he registered no points until the seventh game of the season. During their game against San Jose on January 27th the pairings were switched; Garrison now plays with Bieksa and Edler plays with Dan Hamhuis.
"We felt we needed to make a couple of little adjustments there," head coach Alain Vigneault told The Province. "I thought it worked real well in the L.A. (a 3-2 shootout loss) game." Hopefully playing with Edler can help Hamhuis improve his team worst rating of -3 and boost his offense as well.
Last season was the first time Edler has played in every single game of the season and the first time he has attended the NHL All-Star Weekend. The Canucks need this injury-free, All-Star player on the back end to continue playing the way he is. With at least six years left in Vancouver, he still has a lot to prove.


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A Pittsfield man was arraigned this afternoon in Berkshire Superior Court on several charges. 29 year old MATTHIEU J. CANTARELLA (82 Lafayette Street) appeared before Judge John Agostini.
CANTARELLA had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on two (2) counts of DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE, two (2) counts of DISTRIBUTION OF OXYCODONE and one (1) count of CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE DRUG LAWS, TO WIT: DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE AND OXYCODONE. Judge Agostini released him on personal recognizance.
It is alleged that CANTARELLA sold cocaine on March 15, 2013 and April 2, 2013 and oxycodone on March 29, 2013 and April 7, 2013. It is also alleged he conspired with others to sell the drugs between March 3, 2013 and April 30, 2013.
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By : Mr. Tristan B. Duggan
Common Name: Axolotl or Mexican Walking Fish
Latin Name: Ambystoma Mexicanum
Origin: Lake Xochimilco, Mexico
Temperature: 14 - 20 Degrees Celcius
pH - 7.4 - 8.2
Ease Of Keeping: Medium - Hard
Aggressivness: Fairly Aggressive
Lighting: No Specific Requirements dark 'cave' must be provided
Adult Size: 18 - 30 Centimeters
Minimum Tank Size: 20 gallon - but the bigger the better
Feeding: Beef heart, beef liver, (only use meat that is lean / low fat) axolotl pellets, live food (if small). Feeder guppies or 'mosquito' fish often used.
Comments: The Axolotl spends much of its time motionless, especially during the day. But from early evening to early morning they are very active.
Axolotls may be kept alone - they aren't specifically social. But groups do well too, assuming you provide plenty of room because if they have no means of keeping to themselves when they want to, they may show aggression.
Also, if kept in pairs or groups, they must be fed adequately - a starving axolotl will eat a limb of a tank-mate. Interestingly, they can re-generate lings, tail and even parts of the head and some organs. But this is no excuse to over-crowd, as they take some time and may suffer from disease due to the wound. Axolotls must be fed every 2 - 3 nights, never more as digestion is slow. Sinking pellets designed for them are usualy taken, and should be their staple. But this must also be supplemented with beef heart or perhaps even live food (but beware of internal parasites, etc) The occasional earth worm can be hand fed occasionaly too, just beware of pesticides in the ground where you found it.
Axolotls tend to swallow gravel when feeding from the bottom. To avoid this, use larger 'river stones'. But many find that the larger substrate won't let natural, healthy bacteria grow, so they go back to gravel. This is fine, but it must be overcome by either dropping the food directly infront of each axolotl's mouth until it catches it. Or, a less time-consuming method, use gravel, but place a terra-cotta dish on the bottom and dropn food onto this.
Axolotls must not be kept with other animals. Small fish will be eaten, and those too large to be swallowed tend to 'nip' at an axolotl's fluffy gill crest, causting respitory problems or death. Even aquatic snails have been known to damage an axolotl's skin while 'sucking'.
Axolotls should not be kept in a dark room, but neither should they be in direct, full sunlight. If you wish to use an aquarium lamp (for the benefit of aquarium plants) be sure it is a flurescent globe. Also you MUST have plenty of places for the axolotls to get their heads or even whole bodies away from light as they stress if their is no dark refuge.
Driftwood or plastic decorative 'caves' do fine. Axolotls tend to uproot most plants while swimming, so be sure to use simple, hardy plants like elodea, which must be wedged underneath a heavy object (terra-cotta pot, stone, etc). It is often said that axolotls don't need water to be any deeper than they are long. This is true, as they spend most of their time 'walking' low to the ground and even stall in the lower half of a tank while swimming. However, they do swim to the top and back now and then, which provides good exersise.
An Axolotl must NEVER be removed from the water and forced to 'walk' on land. Their limbs cannot support them fully and they cannot breath when out of water. If you have cats, remember they can easily pull an axolotl out of its tank.
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Our man on the ground at the Oceânico Victoria Golf Course takes you behind the scenes of the Portugal Masters…
A golfer's paradise
If golf's your thing, the Algarve in general – and the Oceânico Golf Resort in particular – is simply not to be missed. But don't just take our word for it – ask the panel of the World Travel Awards, who voted Portugal as Europe's Leading Golf Destination, and the Algarve as Europe's Leading Beach Destination. Not a bad combination. With more than 70 courses to choose from in the Algarve, and a temperate climate all year round, golfers really are spoilt for choice. In Vilamoura alone, there are five Oceânico courses to choose from: the Arnold Palmer-designed Victoria, this week's host venue; the Old Course; the Millennium, the Pinhal and the Laguna. Welcome to golfing paradise.
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The Portugal Masters will get off to a smashing start on Tuesday afternoon, when winning Ryder Cup Captain José María Olazábal, defending champion Tom Lewis, his compatriot and fellow European Tour champion David Howell and local hero Ricardo Santos take part in an Ocean Shot stunt in the Atlantic Ocean. The quartet will hit shots from a catamaran onto another boat anchored at sea, containing a glass target which the players will attempt to smash with a direct hit. A third boat and even a helicopter will be on hand to film the stunt, which will be shown on europeantour.com from Friday…
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Having taken last week off to recover from his exertions at Medinah Country Club, José María Olazábal is back in action at this week's Portugal Masters – this time with a club, rather than a microphone in his hand. Since masterminding Europe's incredible victory, Olazábal has been very much a man in demand, carrying out a whirlwind tour of promotional activities and media duties in his native Spain and further afield. Having given an extensive interview to European Tour Productions on Tuesday afternoon, which will be included in the forthcoming commemorative DVD of The 2012 Ryder Cup, Olly will open up to the Portuguese press on Wednesday afternoon, when he conducts his preview press conference. Then on Thursday, he will play his first competitive round since the Miracle of Medinah in the company of Martin Kaymer and Francesco Molinari, two members of his triumphant team. Don't think they'll be stuck for conversation, somehow…
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Roasted King Oyster Mushrooms
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Thick, meaty slices of king oyster mushrooms are roasted in the oven for a rich, concentrated flavor.
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- 1 1/2 pounds king oyster mushrooms, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced
- 1/2 cup chicken stock or low-sodium broth
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- Preheat the oven to 425°. Arrange the mushroom slices on a large rimmed baking sheet in a slightly overlapping layer. Dot the mushrooms with the butter and drizzle with the chicken stock and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Roast the mushrooms in the center of the oven for about 50 minutes, turning occasionally, until the stock has evaporated and the mushrooms are tender and lightly browned in spots. Blot with paper towels and transfer to a plate. Sprinkle the mushrooms with the parsley and serve.
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Music has certainly changed over the decades, but so have the venues. Over the Casbah's 24 years, the walls have certainly seen trends change. On Saturday when the Cadillac Tramps perform, you'll certainly feel a bit nostalgic as the band returns with its distinct rock & roll sound that precedes Manic Hispanic, Social Distortion and other later projects of its members. Joined by the Creepy Creeps and the Widows, this will be a tall can and whiskey kind of night. If you were too young when the Tramps were regulars at the Casbah, you might feel more at home at Soda Bar, where the Atom Age are supported by Grand Tarantula, Bloody Mary Bastards and Subsurfer for a solid lineup of edge.
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SAO PAULO--Brazil's real opened stronger against the U.S. dollar Thursday following Brazil's government efforts to reduce inflation worries.
The real was trading at BRL1.9667 to the U.S. dollar, stronger than Wednesday's closing price at BRL1.9722, according to Tullett Prebon via FactSet.
Brazil's high inflation rate scared away private investors in the past, but the current macro-economic stability in the country favors an increase in private investments, President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday.
The government last year announced a series of plans to attract private financing for the construction or improvement of roads, railways, ports and airports.
This year's economic conditions should favor growth, Ms. Rousseff said Wednesday. The situation in Europe is much better, and China appears to have achieved a soft landing for its economic growth, she said.
Brazilian officials have been saying in the last few weeks that the country is prioritizing the control of inflation. In the 12-month period through mid-February, the IPCA-15 rose 6.18% versus a 6.02% advance in the same period through mid-January. That remained above the government's official inflation target of 4.5%, but within a tolerance band of plus or minus two percentage points.
Rousseff's economic team commitment to controlling prices has created expectations that the central bank could raise interest rates, currently at a record-low 7.25%, despite economic weakness.
Earlier in the week, Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega said the country's exchange rate has stabilized to a "favorable" level, lessening the need for interventions.
Brazil's central bank last stepped into the foreign-exchange market on Feb. 15, when it held a sale of reverse-swap contracts to keep the real trading weaker than the BRL1.95 level per dollar.
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San Francisco International Airport Photo In al-Qaida Magazine Raises Terrorism Concerns
A picture of San Francisco International Airport has been prominently placed in a propaganda magazine published by Al Qaeda. Meanwhile, the FBI insists there is no specific threat to the Bay Area.
Central Valley College Student Arrested In Plot To Fight With Islamic Extremists In Syria
A California man who spoke of wanting to bomb the Los Angeles subway system was arrested near the Canadian border in Washington state and charged with attempting to travel to Syria to fight alongside Islamic extremists, federal prosecutors said Monday.
UC Berkeley Grad Recovers From Terrorist Attack In Kenya
A University of California at Berkeley graduate was one of about 175 people injured in a deadly terrorist attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya over the weekend.
Opinion: A Few Brave Newspapers Endorse Romney Fighting Tide Of Liberal Press
The newspapers that are not endorsing President Barack Obama are extremely brave. They are to be positively recognized for their courage to stand up against the onslaught of the liberal media which refuses to speak in the best interest of the country as the presidential election nears.
Opinion: Crowley's Obama Favoritism Completely Discredits Her As A Journalist
There were so many blatant signs of Obama-favored bias displayed by CNN political correspondent Candy Crowley that one scarcely knows where to begin. She caused the difference between Romney's huge win in the first debate and his extremely narrow win in the second.
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Obamacare and Romneycare are so associated with President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney that each took time to field a question about their namesake plan and health care in the CBS Local Presidential Forum.
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With Americans watching the nearing of the date September 11, 2012 on the calendar for weeks – if not months – and dreading the stark reality that something disastrous may happen to innocent Americans again, the president and his political cronies refused to believe what happened.
Opinion: Obama's Security Breach In Libya Is Ignored By American Media
As the liberal American press and ultra-liberal bloggers inundate the Internet and newsprints with criticisms of what Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential challenger to President Barack Obama, said about Obama during the Libyan attacks and murders, throngs of foreign press and few American outlets tell the real story involved with the White House's role in the incidents that we now know could have been prevented.
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Tonight, when Vice President Biden and President Obama address the country the question before them is an obvious one: are we better off than we were four years ago? The answer is equally obvious: YES!
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Ultraviolet disinfection systems for household use typically operate on 20 to 40 watts and require a new ultraviolet replacement lamp every 12 months along with a 5 micron prefilter cartridge, as the optimum UV light output starts to degrade after 9,000 hours of use or 1 calendar year.
Ultraviolet lamps work best on water free of water hardness, colour and turbidity that obstruct the transmission of ultraviolet rays. Unless water is naturally soft, sourced from a granite rock area, a water softener can be used.
Health authorities rate safe levels of contamination as less than 1 organism in 10 litres of mains water with ultraviolet bacteriocidal units being effective above the 99.95 % sterilisation range. When levels of contamination are recorded in a water supply by measuring an average level of pathogens per litre of water, it becomes easy to calculate a safe threshold for drinking use. If a mains water scheme has established a good track record of disinfection using modern treatment, the level of post treatment at domestic level should be able to be kept to a minimum.