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League Highs

YOUTH LEAGUES
BLUE WATER BOWL

Kidets: Kristen Ultsch 359(136); Alex Hout 292(107); Trevor 286(102)

Bumbroo?s: Emma Rhadigan 92(78); Tyler Stoutmeyer 177(97); Buddha Schindler 93

?BOWL O DROME

Bumpers: Mackenzie Zimmerman 108; Madison Zimmerman 105, Trista Singles 77, Kassidy Kavanagh 75, Genna Singles 66, Lauren Bellman 55, Clara Bellman 37, Kenny Herbert 583(204); Nicholas Snyder 541(236); Matthew Tetreau 517(211); Dalton Beidler 496(210); Ben Snyder 458; Kenny Herbert 204; Katie Hodgins 362(151); Lindsay Klein 323(143)

STRIKERS ENT CENTER
2 game series

Noelle Scheuer 472(245); Morgan Conner 351(191); Heather Bruci 339; Kelli Gusumano 192; Nicholas Medley 409(236); Zack Blackstock 359(208); Jacob Folske 339(219)

?BLUE WATER BOWL
Blue Water Mixers

Becky Van Hoesen 582(215); Sandy Baker 512(179); Brenda Arnold 498(188); Myra Warren 178; Greg Marshall 696(58); Steve Watson 667(256); Terry Thompson 650(253); Jeff Van Hoesen 630(245); Steve Baker 626; Terry Thompson 253

Dan Wilkinson Memorial

Paul Collins 705(258); Kevin Renno 680(257); Ray Randall 679(250); Steve Jakubowski 678(236); Rick Dodge 661(224); Mark Chesney 663(247); Alicia Schroeder 600(233); Jamie Yeager 544(201)

Don McIvor Memorial

Michael Ganhs 813(300); Jesse Diaz, Jr. 692(256); Mike E. Gossman 692(255); Ron McCulloch 685(249); Frank Mitchell 644(262); Dale Camphausen 760(289); Rick St. Onge 717(259); Jim Stoutmeyer 651(246)

Friday Night Wanna Bees

Gary Goddard 643(259); Paul Lewandowski 666(258); Eric Wehner 655(255); Louis Hinojosa 697(268); Chad Jeroue 726(256); Brad Stone 677(242)

Mixed Singles

Becky Van Hoesen 692(275); Becky Bauman 542(203); Rick Sosa 592(215); Jeff Dettloff 218; Ondrea Hooper 210

Mon PM Adult Bowling

Tim Sassanella 533(189); Bill Shand 508(184); Tom Trisch 556(201); Mel Totzke 515(188); Bev Cummings 580(245); Gerry Sedich 473(180); Ronnie Yorke 467(174)

Mueller Retirees

Geri Wise 535(212); Luann Carlisle 518; Juanita Peter 187; Vic Gregowski 714(278)(237); Elmer Gamble 624(234); Bob Hall 623; Ron Dunlap 247

Port Huron Hospital

Anita Hubbard 562(223); Jamie Yeager 533(205); Joddy Swoffer 521; Diana Sharrow 211

Viking Three Man

Steve Jakubowski 702(246); Bob Sosnoski 601(222); Ron Fowler 602(226); Matt Phillips 602(207); Ron Zimmer 613(246); Don Millan 621(224)

BOWL O DROME
BOD Sunday Men?s

Henry Sullivan 719(290); Mark Welsh 677(256); Nate Kelly 711(256); Daniel Roberts 683(267); Pat Reilly 687(276); Scott Badley 685; Rod Reeves 686(280); Ray Randall 706(246)

Original Sunday Funtimers

Jane Morris 529; Catherine Pulliam 526(200); Vickie Emigh 506; Sherry Middleton 180; Jesse Diaz, Jr. 741(256); Tom Almendarez 617(255); Rick Sosa 617(254); Craig Seaman 648(238); Jason Diaz 602(214); Chuck Middleton 214

Port Huron Hospital AM

Randy Teufel 606(204); Gary Smith 610(258); Elmer Gamble 589(225); Ken McCauley 624(214); Jeff Wright 658(224); Jerry Grzech 645(227); Vic Gregowski 690(239); Mike Mullins 644(224); Margaret Nelson 534; Nadine LaGruth 529; Michelle Carlson 597(213)

Saturday Nite Live

Vicki Moss 478; Pat Walsh 477; Denise Northup 476; Shannon Sepsey 196; Tabby Foltz 182; Melissa Tanton-Todd 182; Troy Camm 596(225); A.J. Foltz 595; Jose Pena, Sr. 595; Joel Scouten 234; Jim Stoutmeyer 233

Zebraettes

Brenda Delano 166; Cindy Badley 481(168); Tara Barnes 475(181); Terry Trousdale 491(178); Sherry Mitchell 472(165)

?PORT HURON LANES
Adult Activities-Mon AM

Maxine Brown 488(171); Jane Angels 455(169); Eleanor Sweeney 446; Phoebe Frizzle 163; John Szczygiel 622(255); Rick Morgan 602(213); Ron Messer 594; Bob Crorey 592(215); Rod Downing 213

Friday Morning Industrial

Gary Weiss 679; Steve Jakubowski 667; Bill Fogarty 257; Mike Schindler 269

Friday AM Seniors

Phoebe Frizzle 514(193); Robyn Rossow 471; Lil Woolman 180; Robert Hall 599(211); Bernie McCoy 586(235)

Friday PM Seniors

Nadine LaGruth 512(183); Joyce Bailey 182; Red Cowper 601; Lysle Smith 255; Richard Shovan 215

Inter City Ladies

Kristie Lashbrook 572(211); Jenny Delor 562(206); Michelle Jones 545(225); Ann Nichols 545(212); Kelly Larsen 205

Masters

Rich Winchester 779(300)

People of Faith

Aleiha Schmidt 526(206); Kimm Kincer 522(185); Hayley Cox 507; Andrea Deland 186; Dave Cox 724(267); Don Thiede 585; Tim Campbell 571(225); Ricky Sanchez 214

Saturday Nite Bridge

Chuck Ouellette, Jr. 268; Tim Donnenworth 267; Casey Donnenworth 756(263); Cliff Crawford 742; Russell Barnes 682; Jim Creasor 682; Kimmie Symon 605(259); Judy Burns 220; Laura Thompson 542(212); Wendy Tetreau 548

Sunday Outcast

Debbie Turck 518(196); Jean Pihaylic 490(177); Ashley Smith 481; Pam Reid 181; Branna Filozof 180; Scott Badley 722(266); Mike Raleigh 244; Frank Mitchell 244

Tuesday AM Adult

D.J. Gombos 572(205); Rella Kilbourn 481(178); Bob Hall 579(232); Max Frizzle 546(205);

Tuesday Early Ladies

Donna Class 486(202); Liz Fetterly 514; Maxine Brown 197

Wednesday Night Ladies

Judy Hawley 538; Melissa Rood 524; Cec Simmons 506; Noel Frost 595(222); Sharon Axford 528; Stephanie Black 510

?ST. CLAIR RIVER LANES
Beer Rats

Charlie Bockstanz 606(265); Marie Warner 470(185)

Ladies City League

Kristen Herbert 624(240); Cindy Herbert 516(202); Melissa Simons 487(190); Anna Distelrath 503; Marleen Bachand 198

Monday Big 12

Marc Vincent 679(248); Rob Roberts 699(256); C.J. Oles 268; Jim Peck 256; Don Lumley 738(265); Butch Murray 253; Jack Fletcher 257; Craig Verbeke 704(249); Mark Schoeneweg 682(235); Jeff Meldrum 696(257)

River Queens

Anita Hubbard 565(211); Shari Severini 517(219); Lisa Rice 494; Karen McCoy 486(180); Sue Starbuck 195; Sue Pope 175; Denise Grabski 166; Lori Hoover 156

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Monday Night Mixed

Ken Swartz 596(242); Tony Chevalier 594(244); Dan Napier 556; Brian Klovski 223; Kim Ludwig 505; Sherri Robichaud 484; Tracey Rygwelski 462(187); Gretchen Jagoda 192; Robin Sager 200

Saturday Night Live Mixed

Chad Wolak 684(265); Bob Dalia 652(246); Luke Roose 651; George Whiting 258; Elayne Gale 531(202); Lorrie Jackson 509; Kerri Hauss 493(210); Lisa Langtry 189

Sunday Night Strikers

Andy Schultz 734(259); Jim Gostovich 634(251); Jerry Brown 588; Don Simmons 224; Irene Simmons 540(204); Kathy Hayward 523(193); Vicki Vandevelde 499(182)

Thursday 50 Plus

Bubba Van Buren 613(242); Jerry Brown 604(215); Bernie McCoy 561(216); Peg Vanantwerp 527(193); Linda Van Buren 520; Cecelia Plass 480(168); Nina Essenmacher 180

Thursday Ridge Runners

Kyle Simmons 725(259); John Sommers 682; Jim Carl 677(259); Brian Harmon 267

Tuesday Night Classic

Eric Emmi 752(277); Larry Essenmacher 741; Jim Gostovich 701(266); Andy Schultz 259

Tuesday Richmond Seniors

Don Staton 598(224); Bernie McCoy 584(213); Don Bushbaker 571; Jerry Brown 211; Peg Vanantwerp 586(215); Cecelia Plass 473; Suzanne McCoy 465(196); Janet Hope 183

Weekend Warriors

George Allen 620(255); Ralph Fisher 606(237); Tom Friedeman 586(266); Cec Soldan 539(206); Susan Hill 515; Cheryl Dudley 515(185); Carol Kuester 191

Women?s Wednesday Night

Sue Hill 580; Vicki Vandevelde 562(223); Irene Simmons 560(206); Inez Schmidt 209

Honor Roll

BLUE WATER BOWL
Women?s High Series

Becky Van Hoesen 692
Alicia Schroeder 600
Bev Cummings 580
Anita Hubbard 562
Jamie Yeager 544

Women?s High Game

Becky Van Hoesen 275
Bev Cummings 245
Alicia Schroeder 233
Anita Hubbard 223
Geri Wise 212

Men?s High Series

Michael Ganhs 813
Dale Camphausen 760
Chad Jeroue 726
Rick St. Onge 717
Vic Gregowski 714

Men?s High Game

Michael Ganhs 300
Dale Camphausen 289
Vic Gregowski 278
Louis Hinojosa 268
Frank Mitchell 262

?BOWL O DROME
Women?s High Series

Michelle Carlson 597
Margaret Nelson 534
Jane Morris 529
Nadine LaGruth 529
Catherine Pulliam 526

Women?s High Game

Michelle Carlson 213
Catherine Pulliam 200
Shannon Sepsey 196
Tabby Foltz 192
Tara Barnes 181

Men?s High Series

Jesse Diaz, Jr. 741
Henry Sullivan 719
Nate Kelly 711
Ray Randall 706
Vic Gregowski 690

Men?s High Game

Henry Sullivan 290
Rod Reeves 280
Pat Reilly 276
Dan Roberts 267
Gary Smith 258

?PORT HURON LANES
Women?s High Series

Kimmie Symon 605
Noel Frost 595
Kristie Lashbrook 572
Jenny Delor 562
Michelle Jones 545
Ann Nichols 545

Women?s High Game

Kimmie Symon 259
Michelle Jones 225
Noel Frost 222
Judy Burns 220
Laura Thompson 212
Ann Nichols 212

Men?s High Series

Rick Winchester 779
Casey Donnenworth 756
Cliff Crawford 742
Dave Cox 724
Scott Badley 722

Men?s High Game

Rick Winchester 300
Mike Schindler 269
Chuck Ouellette, Jr. 268
Tim Donnenworth 267
Dave Cox 267

?ST. CLAIR RIVER LANES
Women?s High Series

Kristen Herbert 624
Anita Hubbard 565
Shari Severini 517
Cindy Herbert 516
Anna Distelrath 503

Women?s High Game

Kristen Herbert 240
Shari Severini 219
Anita Hubbard 211
Cindy Herbert 202
Sue Starbuck 195

Men?s High Series

Don Lumley 738
Craig Verbeke 704
Rob Roberts 699
Jeff Meldrum 696
Mark Schoeneweg 682

Men?s High Game

C.J. Oles 268
Charlie Bockstanz 265
Don Lumley 265
Jack Fletcher 257
Jeff Meldrum 257

?STRIKERS ENT CENTER
Women?s High Series

Peg Vanantwerp 586
Sue Hill 580
Vicki Vandevelde 562
Irene Simmons 560
Cec Soldan 539

Women?s High Game

Noelle Scheuer 245
Vicki Vandevelde 223
Peg Vanantwerp 215
Kerri Hauss 210
Inez Schmidt 209

Men?s High Series

Eric Emmi 752
Larry Essenmacher 741
Andy Schultz 734
Kyle Simmons 725
Jim Gostovich 701

Men?s High Game

Eric Emmi 277
Brian Harmon 267
Jim Gostovich 266
Tom Friedeman 266
Chad Wolak 265

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Vonn turns in solid 1st run in return to racing

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) ? Lindsey Vonn overcame an error and exhaustion in her return to World Cup racing after missing time with an intestinal illness that landed her in the hospital.

The four-time overall champion finished the first run of the giant slalom Saturday in 10th place and trails leader Tina Maze of Slovenia by 1.95 seconds heading into the second run. Maze won the season opening GS race last month.

Vonn nearly made a costly mistake on the challenging course, but managed to recover. It required all the energy a weakened Vonn had left, causing her to lose time through the last 10 gates. Vonn recently returned to training after being hit by the stomach bug.

Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany hit a gate, bruising her upper left arm and ending her day.

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The reasoning behind all this may not reward prolonged inspection, but Johnson is smart enough to press onward with his plot, leaving us with neither the time nor the desire to linger over the logic ...

Writer-director Rian Johnson establishes himself as an original talent who clearly believes storytelling must prevail.

A mind-bending ride that is not afraid to slow down now and again, to explore themes of regret and redemption, solitude and sacrifice, love and loss. It's a movie worth seeing and, perhaps, going back to see again.

Looper has more heart than Brick and the 2008 con-man flick The Brothers Bloom. Both fine achievements, they could also be described as viscerally cerebral.

I'm a sucker for time-travel movies.

Looper felt to me like a maddening near-miss ...

Looper is among the cleverest, most skillfully crafted and entertaining sci-fi thrillers of the past 20 years.

The smartest, most stylish and most outright entertaining science-fiction film of the year.

A thought-provoking, heart-pounding take on the applications and ethics of time travel which, oddly enough, doubles up as a lesson in the importance of good parenting.

This is one of those rare genre movies (like the original TERMINATOR) that reminds us that Sci-Fi can be smart. It's much more than just a bunch of special effects and explosions. It's what all movies should aspire to be.

While it sometimes feels like it's trying to do much, Looper manages to be a creditable and exciting sci-fi flick that homages the past while carving out a unique identity.

Much as he did in Brick, Johnson creates a carefully drawn world in Looper that exists by its own particular set of rules.

... has an irresistible energy and a don't-give-a-damn unpredictability ...

Beautifully crafted, acted and written.

Anchors high-concept thrills and captivating ideas in a world of challenging morality and intricate personal consequences.

Truly imaginative but all the twists and turns make the overall film difficult to follow. Plus Gordon-Levitt has not reached leading man status yet.

Kind of a reverse-"Terminator" without any of James Cameron's wit (or wisdom),

An endlessly creative mind-blowing film that captures everything right about the movie going experience. Johnson conjures up the most imaginative action/science fiction film since 'Inception.'

Part science fiction, part mob movie, and with a nice infusion of dark comedy at just the right moments, Looper is Johnson's best movie yet, and manages to be hugely entertaining, affecting, and thought-provoking.

takes us far beyond the film's high-concept premise into the kind of emotional terrain that too often escapes even the best genre filmmakers

Doesn't quite reach the heights of the lofty ideals that it so ardently seeks to expound, but makes up for this with the sheer thrill of the journey Rian Johnson takes us on.

Ingenious with a fine performance by Emily Blunt, but far too much cold-blooded violence.

Engaging, exciting, and successfully cross-breeding elements of Terminator and even Pet Sematary, Looper is a solid work of palatable science-fiction.

Looper's super. An action-thriller that bothers to have a brain.

Looper may not take us back to the future as satisfyingly as Robert Zemeckis' Marty McFly trilogy or James Cameron's Terminator franchise, but writer-director Rian Johnson does enough right to all but guarantee that he has a future cult film on the books.

The best time travel films play on emotion rather than logic, and once Looper realises this and drops all the tail-chasing about how time travel works it settles into the engrossing action/drama about destiny it should have been from the get go.

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Scientists rush to save iconic manta rays

By Rebecca Pilkington-Vincett

A feeding station popular with manta rays is not far from the Misool Eco Resort and Conservation Center in Raja Ampat, eastern Indonesia.

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News

RAJA AMPAT, Indonesia ?They?ve been described by one scientist as ?pandas of the ocean.?

?They?re such an iconic species, beloved by divers,? said Andrea Marshall, director of the?Marine Megafauna Foundation, who came up with the description during an interview with NBC News. ?They?re just amazing.??

Unlikely as it might seem, the panda and the manta ray have a lot in common.

Just as scientists still haven?t been able to confirm the number of pandas in the wild, they also have no idea how many manta rays exist.

?Globally we don?t know how many manta rays there are,? said Guy Stevens, director of the U.K.-based?Manta Trust,?whose research is largely based around manta populations in the Maldives.

But -- again, like the panda -- scientists think it?s a small population.

?If they?re lucky, (manta rays) have two pups (over several years).?That?s a very low reproductive rate, especially compared to your average fish,? said Dr. Heidi Dewar, a biologist at the?Southwest Fisheries Science Center, part of NOAA.

Anecdotal evidence suggests mantas are under threat, and China may be a major reason for it.

Manta rays are vulnerable on two fronts: as bycatch ? getting caught in industrial fishing nets targeting different types of tuna ? and, increasingly, because of traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM.?

Manta rays are abundant in the waters around Raja Ampat, eastern Indonesia.

Manta rays are harvested for their gill rakers, which allow the fish to filter food from water.? Some Chinese believe they have healing properties or are good at cleaning out toxins. One Chinese-language?website claims gill rakers enhance the immune system, promote blood circulation and aid in the treatment of cancer, skin disease and infertility.

?It?s just cartilage,? said Dewar, echoing skepticism expressed by many scientists.

Medicinal fad?
Conservationists say manta rays aren?t even considered ?traditional? medicine and argue no reference to the animal can be found in TCM books dating back a century. But with rising incomes that enable Chinese consumers to readily adopt medicinal fads, the impact on manta rays has accelerated over the past 10 to 15 years.?

?A lot of it is completely unrecorded,? said Stevens, who worked on a project founded by Shark Savers and WildAid to document the scope of gill-raker harvesting.?

Understanding the beauty and diversity of Raja Ampat, aka 'Underwater Eden'

Researchers looked at the location, value and species involved. ?It does seem the majority of all of those gills that are being traded are ending up in China,? Stevens said.

The conclusion, published in a report called?Manta Ray of Hope, found that roughly 3,400 manta rays and 94,000 mobulas?(related to the manta ray family) are caught each year, but the numbers reflect only reported catches. ?Unreported and subsistence fisheries will mean true landings are much higher,? the report said.?

On patrol with a shark ranger in Indonesia's marine treasure trove

Visits to random TCM shops in Beijing and Shanghai turned up no gill rakers. In fact, a veteran pharmacist at Tongrentang, a long-established purveyor of traditional Chinese and herbal medicines, said she had never heard of manta rays being used this way.

But the Manta Ray of Hope report estimates a mature ocean manta could yield up to 15 pounds of dried gills that can bring in as much as $230 a pound in a market in China.?

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Marshall said she has noticed an uptick in manta fishing. ?I?ve been (in Mozambique) in the last decade ? and we?ve seen an 87 percent decline in the population because of the fishing.??

Unlike many shippers, Chinese merchants who transport cheap products from the mainland for export to Africa ?want to fill [their unloaded cargo vessels] with resources wherever they go.? In Africa, they fill it up with wood, fish or shark?s fin,? she said.??They?ll go out to the local fisheries along the coastline and scout for these products.??

The scientist has spoken to members of local communities, who say the Chinese offer ?new nets, new lines, new hooks.?(The Chinese traders) say to them, ?If you get the sharks or the mantas or the turtles, you get all the meat. You can keep all the meat. You just sell us the things you don?t normally eat.'??

Protecting a ?threatened? species
Mantas were listed last year as ?threatened? under the international Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species.

The?International Union for the Conservation of Nature?has classified the manta ray as ?vulnerable? to extinction.?

PhotoBlog: Raja Ampat archipelago: The world's last paradise

Chinese scientists have also weighed in.?

?In the last two years, we have conducted evaluations of the manta ray and submitted a recommendation to the government to list it as a protected species,? said Professor Wang Yanmin from Shandong University?s Marine College.

?There is no regulation for protecting the manta ray so sales of mantas are not illegal,? said Feng Yongfeng, founder of Green Beagle, a group that promotes environmental protection.

Groups like Manta Trust are focusing on getting manta rays listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). But scientists have their work cut out for them.?

?It?s very difficult to get listed on CITES.? They ask for a lot of detail that is difficult to pin down,? said Marshall. ??Maybe in the terrestrial world, biologists can provide those kinds of details. ?When you?re talking about the megafauna [or large marine species] world, it?s very difficult.??

Marshall ? who discovered a second type of manta ray in 2008 and is in the process of identifying a third -- acknowledges little is known about them.

AFP - Getty Images file

A huge manta ray weighing more than 2,200 pounds and measuring nearly 9 yards in length was caught off the eastern coast of China this past September.

Manta births a mystery?
Vexing questions include the manta?s life span, details of their reproductive ecology and migratory patterns.?

?I could wrap my life up in 20 minutes if I could talk to them,? she joked. ??It has been driving me insane for the last ten years because I haven?t been able to figure out where they give birth.? It?s 2012 and nobody has ever seen a manta give birth in the wild.??

And research is painstaking. For one, concentrations of the animal tend to be around far-flung islands.?Stevens of Manta Trust cited the costs of tracking mantas and the difficulty in locating and knowing how to study them.?

With technological improvements, however, scientists are gaining some ground. Satellite tags are one way to help the research.??What do they do when we can?t observe them? I?d love to follow an animal to find out how they spend their time,? said Stevens. ?The tagging gives you small glimpses of them.??

Two dive instructors at the Misool Eco Resort and Conservation Center in Raja Ampat have uncovered a revenue stream to offset research costs: tourism.

?One manta ray can raise $1 million (U.S. dollars) in tourism income over its lifetime,? said Rebecca Pilkington-Vincett, citing a figure contained in the Manta Ray of Hope?report.

PhotoBlog: Raja Ampat archipelago: The world's last paradise

With the blessing of the resort, Pilkington-Vincett and Calvin Beale launched a research project off the surrounding reefs. ?

Last season, the duo raised $32,000 from donations by recreational divers who accompanied them on dives to gather DNA samples and tag the mantas.?

With the money, they have bought three satellite tags and collected numerous DNA samples.? They are sending off the data to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for analysis by a graduate student.?

With online databases such as the?Manta Research Project, where some of Pilkington-Vincett and Beale?s data are logged, or the?Manta Matcher, developed by Marshall and operating much ?like the FBI fingerprint online database,? research on the manta ray has become rooted in a global exchange among scientists and amateurs alike.?

Until its secrets are fully revealed, the manta?s mystique seems guaranteed.?

?I think it?s fascinating,? said Dewar of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, ?that there is such a large and amazing creature that has so many mysteries attached to it.??

Additional research by Le Li, Johanna Armstrong and Yanzhou Liu.

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Source: http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/24/15054305-scientists-rush-to-save-manta-rays-the-pandas-of-the-ocean?lite

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