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"We work with you, helping you develop your goals and the best way to achieve them, quickly and easily. With profound meditation techniques and movement exercises we will teach you how to guide your thought patterns and sharpen your observational skills to be able to recognize opportunity and have the ability to seize it."    

 

"Donald Rubbo is a committed and deeply talented teacher. A caring man with much training and insight. His teaching of Qigong is inspired and the Bay Area has a treasure in its midst which is his presence," Peter Coyote, actor/writer

 

The Rubbos have more than 30 years of experience each, and are master Martial Artists. Donald and Cheryl Lynne Rubbo are devoted Vajrayana Buddhist practitioners, under the guidance of the Venerable Lama Lodu Rinpoche. The esoteric, rigorous practice, discipline and complex visualizations of Vajrayana Buddhism has enhanced and deepened the Rubbos meditative abilities and healing skills.

 

Vital Performance: Make your personal best transcend the competition and discover your true potential.

 

=== Sorenstam romps into quarters; top-five seeds still alive === Gladstone, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Women's world No. 1 Annika Sorenstam remained hot early Saturday as she romped to a 6 & 5 win over 17th-seed Brittany Lang in the third round of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship.

 

The quarterfinal round was rounded out by 27th-seed Sophie Gustafson, 39th- seed Brittany Lincicome and eighth-seed Juli Inkster.

 

Lang won her only hole of the match at the 11th, but Sorenstam birdied the next and the match was over one hole later as Lang bogeyed the par-four 13th.

 

Inkster won three straight from the second versus 56th-seed Marcy Hart. Hart won back-to-back from the seventh, but Inkster took the ninth and 11th. Hart dropped the 3 & 2 decision to Inkster with a bogey at the 16th.

 

Mi Hyun Kim, the 14th seed, and Ochoa were even through 10 holes, but a birdie on 11 gave the Mexican the lead. Ochoa extended her lead on 14 and closed out a 3 & 2 win as Kim bogeyed the 16th.

 

Ochoa moves on to face Gustafson, who was 2-down after two holes before beating 43rd-seeded Laura Diaz 2 & 1. Gustafson evened the match with Diaz as she took the eighth and ninth holes. She won three of four holes from the 11th to go 3-up, but Diaz won 15 and 16 before Gustafson's birdie on 17 gave her the match.

 

The quarterfinals will be played Saturday afternoon, with the semifinals and finals slates for Sunday.

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How did changes to college football betting rules affect bettors?

The 2007 college football rules changes that were implemented to shorten games are now history. The NCAA rules committee did what they set out to do; games were cut by an average of 14 minutes per game last season. There were also, on average, 14 fewer plays per game. We’ll get into how that did (or didn’t) affect games in regards to the pointspread a bit later.

While the NCAA rules committee may have had the betterment of the game in mind, they'll now “turn back the clock” for next season. Two key rules have now been overturned by the NCAA committee for the 2007 season, something definitely for the better.

For those of you who may not remember what those rules actually were, let us refresh your memory.

1) The first one was actually starting the clock on a kickoff as soon as the kicker touched the ball rather than waiting until the returner touched it. The problem here was near the end of the half (or game), if the team leading was kicking off, they could milk the clock by intentionally running offsides and then re-kicking. They could run 10-15 seconds off the clock each play while taking just five-yard penalties each time. They could run the clock down and simply cause the half (or game) to end on a kickoff, keeping the opposing offense off the field. In 2007, the clock will now start when the returner touches the ball as it had before last season.

2) The second rule dealt with starting the clock after a change of online football betting possession rather than waiting until the ball was snapped. This took a lot of time off the clock throughout the game as teams changed possession, however it caused the most problems late in games (or halves). Rather than huddling up and calling a play, the offensive team would have to rush onto the field as the clock started. This was a definite disadvantage to a team that was trying to come from behind late in the game. This year the clock will start on a change of possession, after the ball is snapped.

How did those rules affect the college game last year and will it make a difference this year when it comes to the pointspread? We commonly heard two theories when it came to these changes. First, it would affect scoring negatively. Second, it would hurt favorites as they would have less time and fewer plays to cover the number.

Did the rules hurt scoring? Yes. It seemed obvious that shortening the game by what amounted to 14 plays would push scoring downward. That was the case last year. Of the 119 Division 1A teams, 69 squads scored fewer points in 2007 than they did in 2005. Just 48 teams had a higher PPG scoring average and two stayed the same. Almost 59 percent of the teams in college football last year had a lower PPG average than they did in 2005. Expect more scoring in 2007 as we revert back to the old rules.

Did the rules hinder favorites from covering the number in 2007? Not really. Last year the favorites posted an overall spread record of 336-350-16 (48.9 percent). The year before, favorites were 316-326-13 (49.2 percent). In 2004, the favorites were 316-339-2 (48.2 percent). In fact, college football favorites have been above 50 percent for the season just once in the last seven years (in 2003). Last year’s numbers fell right in line with where they have been historically.

How about big favorites? The rules must have hurt them? Maybe a little bit. Double-digit favorites last year came in at a 47.8 percent clip compare with an average of just over 50 percent over the last seven years. Since 1980, favorites of -10 or more have covered at exactly a 50 percent clip (measured over 6,716 games).

Even bigger favorites must have struggled? Not really. In fact, it was just the opposite. Favorites of three TD’s or more were 59-54-2 last year (52.2 percent). Since 2000, those same favorites (-21 or higher) hit at 51.3 percent and since 1990 came in a clip of 50.3 percent. Stepping it up a notch to four TD favorites or higher, we actually see they've covered at a much better rate last season than before. Last year, favorites of -28 or more were 31-21-1, or almost 60 percent. Historically, four-TD-or-higher favorites have come in at a 50.7 percent spot since 2000 and only 48.9 percent since 1990. The “perceived” problem with the favorites covering at a reduced rate really never came to fruition.

Bottom line is, there might be some more scoring in 2007, but no real revelations when it comes to finding any pointspread golden nuggets.

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