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The following is the transcript from Brian Vickers' press conference Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he announced that he'll miss the remainder of the 2010 Sprint Cup season while he recovers from blood clots. Joining Vickers to address the media: Dr. Steven A. Limentani and Jay Frye, Red Bull Racing Team vice president and general manager.
Brian Vickers, driver, No. 83:
"I want to start off by thanking everyone. Friends and family, people in the industry, other drivers, owners and even media who have reached out and been very supportive through all of this. To answer the question, 'Why I'm here today,' I am here today to answer everything. I'm not going to hold anything back from you. I'm going to be completely honest with you. We're not going to speculate, but we're going to tell you exactly what's going on.
"Obviously, there's two different ways to handle these scenarios and situations. Sometimes you have specialists tell you to hide stuff — I disagree with that. I think that I know all of you guys (media) or most of you guys and you've always been good to me. I'm here to be honest with you and to be frank with you about our situation. Where I'm at, where I stand and what I've gone through. I hope that you give me the same respect back and don't run wild with this or speculate or necessarily not believe me on anything because I'm here for you guys, not for me. I'm here to be completely honest with you.
"Anyway, to start off and just give you a brief synopsis of what's happened. Most of you already know and we've put some press releases out. Before Dover, I was in Washington, D.C. visiting a friend and going to visit with a senator at the Capitol and then going to the Walter Reed Hospital and visit with the troops, just to go see the troops before the race and spend some time with those guys that we appreciate so much what they do so we can be out here and do what we do. Unfortunately, I ended up in the wrong hospital. I ended up in Washington Hospital Center rather than Walter Reed visiting. I had chest pains at night and had a hard time breathing. I woke up and being young and 26, I thought I was invincible so I just went back to sleep, brushed it off. The next day I was walking around the Capitol visiting the Washington Monument and having lunch with a friend, Lincoln Memorial, so on and so forth. Started to get a little worse. I called two doctors back here (Charlotte, N.C.) and one of them you already know and the other one I'm going to leave out of it unless he tells me otherwise. Dr. (Jerry) Petty and he convinced me to go to the emergency room. I asked him if he knew a doctor in town, told him the symptoms and I thought it was overkill. He said, 'Just go to the emergency room, do this for me, get a CT scan.' I said, 'Okay,' so I went. When they laid me down, which was where I was having the most problems and the most pains and I will let Dr. (Steven) Limentani explain why that is, I don't really know.
"Going through the CT scans I had some more problems, they took me out, found the blood clots in both lungs, my left leg and immediately started me on Lovenox, Heparin, I believe it is, and Coumadin. The Lovenox is the bridge until the Coumadin kicks in, which takes some time. Then again, I will let him explain all the details of that. Pretty standard procedure, standard stuff. I was at the Washington Hospital Center and they took great care of me. I was released Friday, I believe it was, and was released to fly so I flew home. Saturday I was relaxing and just taking it easy. I had some more pains Saturday night and went to the hospital to see Dr. Limentani, which we were going to do on Monday, but we sped that up a little bit and visited the emergency room at CMC (Carolinas Medical Center) on Sunday, I believe it was, and got readmitted because I was still having some pains and then they released me fine on Monday. I've been good ever since. No more pains. No issues. We don't have all the answers. We'll tell you the answers that we do have, we're not going to speculate. We've had some tests come back, we have not had all of the tests come back. There's still a lot of questions that we don't have answered, when we know the answers we will give them to you.
"The announcement that I have to make right now is that Dr. Limentani and myself and the people that we work through for him have decided that due to what's happened and due to the blood thinners that I'm on that I will be out of the car for a minimum of six months, for the rest of the year. If something changes and I can get in sooner then great. Right now, it's going to be the remainder of the season. As you can imagine, that is killing me. No pun intended. I really miss being back in the car. It was really hard last Sunday to watch the race on TV and not be in the car. It was funny, I was laying in the hospital with all these things going on and instead of probably asking the right questions, all I kept asking was, 'Can I race this weekend?' They were trying to be nice and saying, 'We'll talk about it, but probably not.' As reality set in, I realized that this was probably going to be a much longer process than normal.
"That being said, as disappointing as this is, it's an opportunity that I'm going to use to make the most of life and try to make it a positive, learn something from it. I'm going to spend some time with the race team, learning some different roles. Spending some time on the pit box, trying to understand more of what they go through, what they do. Spend some time on the spotter stand with Chris (Lambert). I want to thank Casey Mears and thank the whole team for stepping up to the plate. Casey for getting in as a friend, fellow driver and doing a great job. Scott (Speed) and the other team, the 82 and everyone involved. What they've done, they've been very supportive through this whole transition process.
"I'm not going to be coming to every single race. I'm going to take some time off, doctor's orders. I'm going to do some stuff, quite frankly, that I've wanted to do that I haven't been able to do my whole life, my career and some things that I hope to not be able to do for many, many more years, maybe 15 years to come when I get back on the race track. Maybe go to the Red Bull Air Race in New York that I was pretty bummed about missing. I may go to an F1 race with the Red Bull team as well so I'm excited about that. That's pretty much it. I do expect to be back in the car next season and to win the Daytona 500."
Will this limit your physical activity in general?
"I plan on being in the best shape that I've ever been in at the end of this six months. Basically everything just kind of increases in risk, whether it's race car driving or doing the things I love. So basically, I can't do most of the things I love because most of the things I love are pretty crazy. Like skydiving, driving race cars, snowboarding, skiing, wakeboarding — I could go on down the list, motorcycles. Anytime you are on blood thinners, you run a risk of bleeding, internally or externally. That's basically my limiting factor. As far as exercise, training, diet or any of that is concerned, all of that will be normal and I plan on being in the best shape that I've every been in starting the Daytona 500."
Do you have any idea of what caused this condition?
"We really don't know yet. Just like the doctor said, we're not going to speculate. Anything is possible, anything could have been it, anything could have happened. It could have been any number of activities that I partake in, traveling, air travel … there are a lot of things that can cause it. We don't know the answer yet. When we find the answer, we'll let you know and we may not ever find the answer."
How was the decision made for you to stay out of the race car for six months?
"To start with, when I was in Washington and when all of this went down and I was working with the doctors there and I was speaking with the doctors in Charlotte that would be my long-term doctors, at first I thought that I could be on a blood thinner and race. Then that pretty much turned and the reality set in that was not possible. Then the question was how long was I going to be on blood thinners and I can actually race and be on blood thinners, I just can't crash. I told them that if I promised not to crash, would they let me race. The answer was no. That was kind of the series of events. I'll let (Limentani) explain how long, why and why it is as long as it is. From what I've learned, you're typically looking at a three- to six-month window to clear this up. As far as being on it the rest of my life, there again, we can't speculate, but that's not what we're looking at right now. In my situation, let's just say the minimum is three months and then the recommended is six months. For me to come back with eight races left in the year and then to run a risk of this happening again just to cut it short at three months, I don't think the reward really out-weighs the risk. We're going to go the full stay here and be committed to resolving this issue for the rest of my life and it never being an issue again and focus on 2011 and winning races and championships."
What was it like hearing that you would have to sit out the rest of the season?
"It sucks. This is what I love to do. I was laying in the hospital and I probably wasn't asking the right questions. Instead of asking, 'Am I going to live?' I was asking, 'Can I race this weekend?' That tells you kind of how I feel about racing. This is my life, this is what I love to do and I fully intend on doing it again. Being more focused and driven to do it better than I've ever done it before."
Do you feel lucky that you caught this before it could get worse?
"When all you can think about is getting back in a race car, it's sometimes hard to see the silver lining. All my friends and family have constantly reminded me that, 'At least you're still with us.' This could have been a lot worse. I don't think that I was on the verge of that, but it could have very easily turned into that. Yeah, I'm lucky. I'm very fortunate that it happened the way it happened, I caught it, I went to the hospital and I have amazing doctors that are helping me get through this. I'm lucky and I'm very fortunate. Thank god I'm still here."
How did the decision come about to put Casey Mears in the car?
"As far as Casey Mears is concerned, when all this went down, there were a couple reasons I thought of Casey. First and foremost, I've raced with Casey for a long time and I have a lot of respect for his ability and his talent. I think race car drivers know other drivers better than anyone else. We race with them week in and week out and we know they're ability, their talents, their tendencies and my focus was the race team. Red Bull has done a lot for me and I want to make sure this team has the best opportunity they can to succeed without me being in the car. There's also selfish tendencies as well. I want to make sure the car is good in the points when I came back. I thought of Casey. Second, he's a friend of mine, I'm very close to Casey. A series of unfortunate events has caught him out of a ride right now. Through different scenarios, we all know we've gone through an economic crisis around the world and in this country the last couple years and unfortunately it caught him at just the wrong time and he lost sponsors and he was out of a good ride. They were running really well.
"Everything kind of came together at the right time or the wrong time if you want to look at it that way. It worked out great for us, for Red Bull and also for Casey. That was my viewpoint and my side of it. It's not my decision to make, that was my recommendation. The first call I made that night after my parents was Jay to vent, to get advice because I have a lot of respect for him on the whole scenario, but also to make sure that the team had the utmost opportunity to prepare and be the best they can for Dover and for the rest of the year."
What are you feelings about being out of the car?
"I'm feeling two emotions. One, I want nothing more to be back in the race car. But at the same time, it's not my personality to focus on the negative. It's just not who I am, not who I've ever been. I'm going to make the most out of this and it's the cards I've been dealt and I can't change that right now. I'm gonna take every opportunity I can to be positive through this, to deal with it, to learn more, to be better when I get back in the race car. Whether it be spending time in different areas and different facets of the team or racing in general, learning more about it. And quite frankly, take some time off and enjoy it.
"We have a very long season. We have a long sport and I plan on being in it for a long time to come. So, I don't see many more breaks coming in the future, so I'm going to take advantage of this one. That doesn't mean I'm not focused, that doesn't mean I'm not determined to get back in the car if I'm not at a race track one weekend. Maybe it's because the doctor told me to rest, I've been pushing it too much. Or quite frankly, maybe it's because I just want to take a week off. That doesn't mean that my resolve to win a championship in this sport is not stronger than it's ever been."
Where did the pain come from?
"My pain didn't happen all at once, it was over a series of a couple days. When you're in the hospital, everything is on a 1-to-10 scale, so I've been using that lately. It started out as a six, and then at night it would go to an eight and then a three during the day. Just my left side. My left lung — it felt like I broke ribs. Shortness of breath. And then Tuesday night, it was a 10 for about 30 minutes. I woke up in the middle of the night. Out of a 100 percent lung capacity, I could probably take five percent breaths. It was probably the most excruciating pain I've ever had. And I just couldn't breathe. And yes, I was stupid and I went back to sleep. That's all I wanted to do was go back to sleep and I didn't want to go to the doctor because they were going to take me out of the car. So, I went back to sleep after about 30 minutes. Finally got to sleep, and the next day I felt better. I got up, every time I stood up I felt better, the pain went down to a three. I could take 60-, 70-percent breaths. So, I figured, 'Ah, this is going away.' Then I realized it wasn't."
What has it meant to have the support of the drivers?
"The drivers have been so supportive. And I think that means a lot when you have the thoughts, prayers, appreciation, respect of your peers. No different than I'm sure that all of you would feel the same way. Your peers, they'd understand you more so than anyone else. They know what you go through. They see what you do. That means a lot. The drivers have been incredible. The texts, the calls. All the ones that I'm friends with, obviously I speak to on a regular basis — Jeff (Gordon), Jimmie (Johnson), Casey. But a lot of the guys that I am friends with, but more acquaintances. And even guys, we didn't even have each other's cell phones, have reached out. And the things they've said in the media have been great. It means the world to me."
Jay Frye, vice president and general manager, Red Bull Racing Team:
Will Casey Mears be in the car for the rest of the season?
"Still to be determined, but he's doing a great job. He did a great job last week in Dover, so we don't anticipate any change. With the road courses coming up, maybe we do something different there, but we're very comfortable with Casey. Like Brian said, he's a friend. He's doing a great job and we don't anticipate a change."
Steven A. Limentani, MD, Carolinas Hematology-Oncology Associates, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Associate Medical Director, Blumenthal Cancer Center:
Is it advisable for Brian Vickers to get into a race car while he is on Coumadin?
"It is not advisable for him to race while he is on blood thinners."
How will this affect Brian Vickers' ability to exercise?
"For patients with deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, exercise is good. The most common scenario where people develop that problem is inactivity. So conversely, activity, be it just moving around or vigorous exercise is good. The limitation and there are a lot of ways that you can describe it, but if you have to wear a helmet to do it, it's probably not okay."
Do you know how or why this developed?
"The work up for this type of problem is elaborate, lengthy and involved. We have just started that work up and laboratory tests are simply not back. It will take a number of weeks before we have definitive data to try to reach conclusions, if we are able to. Sometimes the absence of data is the conclusion."
How rare is this condition in a 26-year-old?
"I've never known quite how to define rare. When I worked in Boston, I filled a clinic one afternoon a week just like Brian. It's not a rarity that a doctor will go, 'Oh my god, a 26-year-old with a clot.' It's not common. Commonly this happens in people in people above the age of 40 or 45. Usually it happens with a clear cause, surgery, or things like that."
Why will Brian Vickers need to be out for six months versus three months?
"The data on three versus six months is very clear and in a setting like his, the risk of recurrent problems is significantly lower with six months rather than three months and that's the reason for recommending that. Other decisions about duration of anticoagulation beyond six months again would be speculating because we don't have all the data."
What is the source of the pain?
"The pain is caused because a blood clot that was in a large vessel in the leg breaks off and it gets stuck in a pulmonary vessel that prevents it from going any further. So how far out it goes in the pulmonary vessels depends on the size of the clot. When that happens and blood supply is damaged, there's a very small area of the lung that dies. We call it 'infarcted.' And that causes pain. So that's the mechanism of pain and patients who describe it, it's like getting punched in the ribs. And every time you take a deep breath, it gets worse. It's impossible to speculate on when it would have become a major problem. The reality is that people who don't get treated for pulmonary embolus don't have a good outcome. How long would that have been? Absolutely impossible to speculate."
How will his lung capacity be?
"I personally reviewed his scans, and although they were on both sides of the lungs, they were relatively small. So, I expect that his lung capacity will be fine."
Do you know how the clot originated?
"Deep venous thrombosis does not specify where the clot was. It could be in the arm or it could be in the leg. Brian has had a deep venous thrombosis in the leg, which is a standard place for it to happen and some of that breaks out — and this is a typical situation — and it goes to the long. It's a pulmonary embolus."


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Mailer's most significant discovery in Armies was the technique of writing about himself in the third person, as if he were a character in a novel. "Norman Mailer," the character, is treated as a mock-heroic protagonist making his way through a complex network of competing interests and sensibilities during that weekend in Washington. Because we get a vivid sense of him early on, we gladly accept the topspin he puts on his perceptions as he serves them up.
He earns a powerful narrative leverage, starting with the very first sentence. "From the outset," he writes, "let us bring you news of your protagonist." This lone sentence is followed by an extended excerpt from Time's snarky report on Mailer's pre-protest monologue at the Ambassador Theater.
It is a shrewd and effective opening gambit. There is a clearly stated "us" and "you," so an immediate dramatic relation is set up between the narrative voice and the reader. The voice is bringing us "news"—we love news!—and it is about "your" protagonist, drawing us into a subliminal complicity. Within a page we learn that the "us" who is bringing the news is, in fact, our protagonist himself, a man of many parts, apparently, perhaps containing Whitmanesque multitudes.
The Time excerpt is studded with value judgments masquerading as straight reporting: the upcoming march is referred to as "Saturday's capers," and Dwight Macdonald, who shared the stage with Mailer, is "the bearded literary critic." When the excerpt is done, Mailer quits this curtain-raiser with a single sentence, "Now we may leave Time in order to find out what happened." We are hooked. And we have been introduced to the book's underlying principle: the notion that a reporter who is willing to characterize events without first characterizing himself or herself is inherently suspect. One can't approach the truth without first turning an eye on one's own subjectivity.
The second chapter, the book's official beginning, puts this principle into practice immediately. "On a day somewhat early in September," the narrative begins, "the year of the first March on the Pentagon, 1967, the phone rang one morning and Norman Mailer, operating on his own principle of war games and random play, picked it up. This was not characteristic of Mailer. Like most people whose nerves are sufficiently sensitive to keep them well-covered with flesh, he detested the telephone. Taken in excess, it drove some psychic equivalent of static into the privacies of the brain."
Since we know that we are hearing this from Mailer himself, we are, again, complicit in the narrative; a game is in progress, and we are being shown the rules. We are going to get our events via a mind that is nothing if not subjective, and yet paradoxically objective about its own subjectivity. We will get descriptions of action (he picks up the ringing phone), background context for the action (it was not characteristic), observations delivered from an unexpected angle with a Mark-of-Zorro flourish (the oversensitive nerves with their sheathing of flesh), and an insistence on sharp detail in metaphor (the static being driven into "the privacies of the brain"). The author will juggle these ingredients in quick succession, always with huge linguistic gusto.
Mailer's prose obsessively amends its own perceptions, makes parenthetical observations, qualifies, anticipates, demurs, constantly tries to stand outside itself. He was, in fact, a species of performance artist, discovering metaphors en route and mingling them with dazzling audacity. Here he is, riffing on his discomfort at a party thrown by some liberal backers of the march: "The architecture of his personality bore resemblance to some provincial cathedral which warring orders of the church might have designed separately over several centuries . . . . Boldness, attacks of shyness, rude assertion, and circumlocutions tortured as arthritic fingers working at lace, all took their turn with him, and these shuttlings of mood became most pronounced in their resemblance to the banging and shunting of freight cars when he was with liberal academics." If your sensibilities are ruffled by a mixed metaphor, comic grandiosity, or long sentences, steer clear of Mailer.
Through it all, Mailer is crucially aware not just of his own motivations, but of how they might play to the public. "Mailer," he writes, "had the most developed sense of image; if not, he would have been a figure of deficiency, for people had been regarding him by his public image since he was twenty-five years old. He had, in fact, learned to live in the sarcophagus of his image—at night, in his sleep, he might dart out, and paint improvements on the sarcophagus. During the day, while he was helpless, newspapermen and other assorted bravos of the media and literary world would carve ugly pictures on the living tomb of his legend."

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Meet at The Scoop (hopefully we all know where it is) at 8:30am this coming Saturday the 9th. We'll ride to pre-mapped addresses gleaned from Craigslist and the newspaper that are having yard and garage sales.
If you can't fit it on your bike you probably don't need it.
This is an *easy*, slow, relaxed ride. I do believe the term is "no drop", or "no bicyclist left behind" or "we all gotta wait for the people like Jacque that are Hill Slugs".
If we pass a coffee shop or tavern we just may stop in to imbibe.
It's a great way to get warmed up for the evening FBC Full Moon Ride and Bike to Work Week.
Watch the Fresh Blog for more information.
If it's raining, the end of the world arrives or we all catch the swine flu we won't be riding but can still meet at The Scoop to visit.
Till later,
Jacque – Out


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Rooney Mara | |
Mara at the Paris premiere of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in January 2012 | |
Born | Patricia Rooney Mara April 17, 1985 [1] Bedford, New York, U.S. |
Other names | Patricia Mara Tricia Mara |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2005–present |
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Rooney Mara | |
Mara at the Paris premiere of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in January 2012 | |
Born | Patricia Rooney Mara April 17, 1985 [1] Bedford, New York, U.S. |
Other names | Patricia Mara Tricia Mara |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2005–present |
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Patricia Rooney Mara (born April 17, 1985)[1] is an American actress who made her acting debut in 2005 and has gone on to star in films including A Nightmare on Elm Street, the remake of the 1984 horror film and The Social Network. She later portrayed Lisbeth Salander, the title character in the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium book series. For her performance in the film, she received critical acclaim and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 2013, she starred in the thriller Side Effects, the independent drama Ain't Them Bodies Saints and the acclaimed sci-fi romantic drama, Her.
Mara is also known for her charity work and oversees the charity Uweza Foundation, which supports empowerment programs for children and families in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the largest slums in Africa.
Mara was born and raised in Bedford, New York, a town in Westchester County, north of New York City.[2] Mara's mother's family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers and her father's family founded the New York Giants.[3] Her father, Timothy Christopher Mara, is the vice president of player evaluation for the New York Giants, and her mother, Kathleen McNulty (née Rooney), a part-time real estate agent.[4] She has an older brother, Daniel, an older sister who is also an actress, Kate, and a younger brother, Conor.[5]
Mara's father has Irish, German, and French-Canadian ancestry, and her mother is of Irish and Italian descent.[6][7][8] Her Rooney ancestors originated in Newry, County Down.[9] Her paternal grandfather, Wellington Mara, the long-time co-owner of the Giants, was succeeded in that position by her uncle, John Mara. Her maternal grandfather, Timothy James "Tim" Rooney, has run Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York since 1972.[10][11] Mara is the great-granddaughter of both New York Giants founder Tim Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney, Sr., as well as of Kathleen McNulty Rooney.[12] Her great-uncle, Dan Rooney, is chairman of the Steelers, the United States Ambassador to Ireland, and the co-founder of The Ireland Funds charitable organization. U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney from Florida is her first cousin, once removed.[13]
After graduating from Fox Lane High School in 2003,[14] she went to Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia in South America for four months as part of the Traveling School, an open learning environment. She attended George Washington University for a year and then transferred to New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she studied psychology, international social policy and nonprofits,[5][15] graduating in 2010.[16]
Mara was inspired to act by seeing musical theatre and classic movies, like Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940), and Bringing Up Baby (1938), with her mother.[17] She also wanted to be like her sister, Kate Mara, a professional actress. Patricia resisted pursuing acting as a child, stating to The Journal News that "it never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail."[2] Her first and only role in high school was Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, which she got after being signed up to audition by a friend.[18] Mara acted in a few student films while at NYU, and then began her career in acting,[2] first auditioning at the age of nineteen.[5]
Mara first appeared as an extra in films which starred her sister, including a bit-part in the 2005 direct-to-video horror film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary. She found work in television, making her professional debut in a 2006 episode of the drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as a girl who bullies overweight children.[19] She guest-starred on the legal drama Women's Murder Club in 2007 and played a drug addict in an episode of The Cleaner in 2008.[20] Mara made her feature film debut Dream Boy in 2008 and guest-starred as Megan for two episodes of NBC's ER in 2009.
In a coming-of-age film Tanner Hall, Mara landed her first lead role, as Fernanda who has an affair with a married family friend (Tom Everett Scott).[21] The film was the directorial debut of Tatiana von Fürstenberg and Francesca Gregorini,[22] it debuted at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release in September 2011.[23] Mara dropped her first name, Patricia to be known professionally by her middle name after working on the project. "I never really liked my first name," Mara stated to Paper magazine. "I never felt like a Tricia. And Rooney is more memorable".[24] Her father and younger brother also go by their middle names.[25]
In Miguel Arteta's 2009 comedy-drama film Youth in Revolt, Mara played Taggarty who tries to sleep with 50 men before she goes to college. The film was based on C.D. Payne's 1993 cult novel of the same name.[26][27] Mara had auditioned for the starring role, but was offered the smaller part when the lead went to Portia Doubleday.[28]
Mara played Courtney in the 2009 independent film, Dare[29] and in The Winning Season as Wendy, a high school basketball player who has an affair with a middle-aged shoe salesman (Kevin Breznahan) with a similar story to The Bad News Bears.[30][31] Both films were premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and Mara was included on Filmmaker magazine's list of "25 New Faces of Independent Film" that year.[17]
Mara starred in a remake of the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street,[32] as the protagonist Nancy Holbrook, a high school student victimized by Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley).[33] Mara began shooting the film in Chicago on May 5, 2009, directed by Samuel Bayer.[34] Mara told Filmmaker that she felt that her Nancy was "completely different from the original" and "the loneliest girl in the world".[17] Mara had signed on to continue her role if a sequel was made.[35] She stated to Vogue that she disliked the experience of making the film so much, that it made her question if she wanted to be an actress.[5] Mara appeared at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2009 as part of its Breakthrough Performers Program, where she was tutored by Sharon Stone.[36]
In David Fincher's biopic drama film The Social Network, she played Erica Albright who breaks up with Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook who created the social networking website.[24][37]
In August 2010, Mara was cast as the lead in a film adaptation of the Millennium book trilogy by Stieg Larsson. She played Lisbeth Salander, a damaged punk computer hacker who helps journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) attempt to solve a series of murders.[38] Mara won the role over several other actresses after two and a half months of auditions and screen tests.[39][40] David Fincher directed the first film, based on the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, with Scott Rudin producing. The other books, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, may be adapted, depending on box office performance.[41][42] Fincher initially did not picture her as the character but changed his mind when she auditioned.[43] He convinced executives at Columbia Pictures to cast her for the part.[44]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo began shooting in Sweden in September 2010.[45] Mara did not consider the film to be a remake, but another interpretation of the novel. "I plan on giving my interpretation of the character," she stated to Variety.[46] Mara's long brown hair was cut short and dyed black, in a style reminiscent of 1970s punk and 1980s goth fashions. She also had each of her ears pierced four times, and had her brow and right nipple pierced for the role. Her nose and lip piercings were fake. She kept the nipple piercing so that it would not need to be re-pierced for a sequel.[1] Mara's eyebrows were bleached, and she wore a temporary dragon tattoo.[40][47] She began preparing for the role by starting to skateboard and kickbox, and underwent dialect and computer training. She also visited Stockholm, the setting of the novel.[48] The film was released on December 20, 2011.[49] Mara received universal critical acclaim and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her performance.[50] On January 24, 2012, Mara was nominated for her first Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Actress for this role.[51]
In late 2011, it was revealed that Mara had joined the cast of Terrence Malick's untitled and latest film, with Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett and Val Kilmer.[52] Listed as a musical drama that is scheduled to be released in 2015, the plot line of the movie has largely been kept under wraps thus far. An official logline released by FilmNation in February 2012[53] described Malick's picture as a story of "two intersecting love triangles" and, "sexual obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas."
In early 2012, Mara dropped out of Kathryn Bigelow's action film Zero Dark Thirty due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Jessica Chastain.[54] Mara replaced Carey Mulligan in Spike Jonze's film, Her (2013). Variety reported that Mulligan had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, and Mara was selected to fill in alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Scarlett Johansson.[55][56]
Mara starred in Steven Soderbergh's 2013 crime/thriller film Side Effects, with Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Vinessa Shaw. As the lead character, Emily Taylor, she played "a woman who turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison."[57]
She starred in David Lowery's 2013 independent film Ain't Them Bodies Saints which is described as a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde story, alongside Casey Affleck and Ben Foster.[56] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013 and the rights for U.S. distribution were bought by IFC Films.[58] In May 2013, she became the new face of Calvin Klein new fragrance Down Town.[59]
In March 2014, Mara was cast as Tiger Lily in the upcoming Joe Wright-directed film adaptation of Pan, a role for which Lupita Nyong'o and Adèle Exarchopoulos were also considered.[60] In June 2014 she signed on to served as co-producer for a screen adaptation of the memoir A House in the Sky, and to play the lead role of Amanda Lindhout in the film.[61]
Mara founded the charity Faces of Kibera, which aimed to provide housing, food, and medical care for orphans in Kibera, a Nairobi, Kenya slum. The charity's goal was to build an orphanage in the region, for which 6 acres of land have been purchased.[2] The charity auctioned memorabilia from the Steelers and Giants, as well as training camp events on eBay to raise money.[12] She visited the area as a volunteer in 2006 and was moved to help the orphans, many whose parents have died from AIDS and HIV-related illnesses. She began the charity due to her frustration with the growing number of nonprofits that are just business opportunities. "The people who need help aren't really getting it. So I started my own", she told Interview magazine in 2009.[26] Mara was not really working yet when she started the charity, so later found it challenging to balance her charity work and acting career. "I need to do both; I can't just do acting," she stated to The Journal News.[2] In January 2011, Faces of Kibera merged with Uweza Foundation which runs community-based empowerment programs in Kibera, including soccer leagues and after-school tutoring. Uweza is a Swahili word meaning opportunity, ability, and power.[62] Mara serves as the president of the board of directors for the foundation.[63]
Mara moved to Los Angeles in early 2007 and lived with her sister temporarily.[64][65] Although they do not live together anymore, Mara felt that the experience brought them closer together, and they still regularly discuss the film business and movie scripts.[2] As of January 2012, Mara lived in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.[1] She includes Gena Rowlands among the actors who inspire her, especially her performances in A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Opening Night (1977).[17] She is a vegan.[66][67]
Mara's mother's family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers, and her father's family founded the New York Giants. The families have maintained at least partial ownership of both teams since their foundings. Mara's father and paternal uncles have high ranking positions within the Giants organization; her uncle John Mara is the president and CEO of the team. Mara has described football as "the glue that holds our family together."[68]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2005 | Urban Legends: Bloody Mary | Classroom girl #1 | Direct-to-video |
2008 | Dream Boy | Evelyn | Credited as Tricia Mara |
2009 | Dare | Courtney | |
2009 | Winning Season, TheThe Winning Season | Wendy | |
2009 | Friends (With Benefits) | Tara | |
2009 | Youth in Revolt | Taggarty | |
2009 | Tanner Hall | Fernanda | |
2010 | Nightmare on Elm Street, AA Nightmare on Elm Street | Nancy Holbrook | |
2010 | Social Network, TheThe Social Network | Erica Albright | |
2011 | Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, TheThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander | |
2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | Ruth Guthrie | |
2013 | Side Effects | Emily Taylor | |
2013 | Her | Catherine | |
2014 | Trash | Olivia | |
2015 | Untitled Terrence Malick project | Post-production | |
2015 | Carol | Therese Belivet | Post-production |
2015 | Pan | Tiger Lily | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jessica DeLay | Episode: "Fat" |
2007 | Women's Murder Club | Alexis Sherman | Episode: "Blind Dates and Bleeding Hearts" |
2008 | Cleaner, TheThe Cleaner | Rebecca Smith | Episode: "Rebecca" |
2009 | ER | Megan | 2 episodes |
Year | Work | Award | Result |
2009 | Tanner Hall | Hamptons International Film Festival Award for Rising Star | Won |
2010 | Tanner Hall | Stargazer Award at the Gen Art Film Festival | Won |
2010 | The Social Network | Hollywood Film Award for Ensemble of the Year | Won |
2010 | The Social Network | Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Ensemble Performance | Won |
2010 | The Social Network | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast | Nominated |
2010 | The Social Network | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Alliance of Women Film Journalists – Kick Ass Award For Best Female Action Star[69] (tied with Saoirse Ronan) | Won |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Internet Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress[70] | Won |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance[71] (shared with Felicity Jones) | Won |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Nevada Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (tied with Elizabeth Olsen) | Won |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress | Won |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2012 Virtuoso Award[72] | Won |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Academy Award for Best Actress | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Breakthrough Performance[69] | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress[73] | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakout Star[73] | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Empire Award for Best Actress | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | MTV Movie Award for Best Performance | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Transformation | Nominated |
2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Saturn Award for Best Actress | Nominated |
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High Sales Price & The Ensuing Appraisal Problem
Rob: Hello. I'm Rob Jenson with The Jenson Group here in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada, at RE/MAX CENTRAL, and I'm here today with Jeff Lewis. Good to see you, Jeff.
Jeff: Good to see you, Rob.
Rob: Thanks for coming by. We just sold your house in Willow Creek, that's a guard-gated Summerlin community here in the west side of town, and we sold for $955,000, which was actually $40,000 less than we had in the contract for. We had it in contract for $995,000. So go ahead and jump right in; tell us a little bit about what happened and your experience with the process.
Jeff: Well, the appraisal came in at $995,000, the original appraisal, and then my buyer's bank did an appraisal review and they reviewed the house at $100,000 less, essentially to $900,000, if memory serves me. So we had to renegotiate the loan – or the purchase price of the house after the contract, and we finally settled at $955,000.
Rob: Yeah, they knocked it down to $900,000. After fighting with them, they came up to $935,000, the buyer came up to $955,000. So it was "over appraisal" but it was not really over appraisal, still under the first appraisal under sales price. So as far as advice for sellers looking to put their home on the market today, do you have any advice at all how to deal with that situation?
Jeff: Yeah, I think if we had to do it all over again that I think getting an appraisal at the beginning of the process would be important, especially with the values moving around they seem to be doing in this market. And just being aware of where your comps are and –
Rob: And fortunately, as you know, there's a lot of – most of the sales are short sales and bank-owned, and appraisers use those and unfortunately buyers down the road, they don't know anything about the condition of those, and maybe those were missing appliances or didn't have landscaping, but they don't know that. All they see is the sales price.
So I think what we talked about earlier was before you put the home on the market, get an appraisal – now in your case, yes, your first appraisal was $995,000, but there were holes in his appraisal that you didn't take quite the necessary adjustments.
I think just getting any appraisal paid for, don't just get an opinion; we originally talked to those guys which was good, but I think actually paying someone a few hundred bucks to actually spend the time to do it right and really see what that number could so you can really plan accordingly. Because there's no need – if that number is not something you can live with, then maybe don't sell, rent the house out, or do something else. But there's no need to move out and make future plans with your life with a number that's unrealistic.
Jeff: Yeah, unfortunately, it's different these days than it has been for many years here in Las Vegas, in that it used to be for a long time is you agreed on a contract price and your appraisal came in and it was at the contract price, so that's not the case anymore.
Rob: Bummer. Yeah, at least we got it done. Any other advice as far as, you know, if someone was looking to hire a realtor in today's market, any advice as far as marketing issues to expect, or anything?
Jeff: Yeah, and you and I talked about this and I think it's real important that the realtor be educated and experienced in the particular price range of the house, the area of the house, which I felt you were. And I think marketing is very important. Rob did a good job and does a good job in my opinion of doing a lot of marketing, mailers, brochures, open houses, and I doubt you want to talk about open houses. He does a lot of open houses, which is all good for generating interest and traffic; that's what sells the house.
Rob: For people that don't know, Jeff got the boot many times on the weekends when we showed up with the signs.
Jeff: But you know, it's fine. It gave me an excuse to keep the house clean and picked up and stuff.
Rob: And go to the lake.
Jeff: Go to the lake, exactly.
Rob: Cool. Thanks again for hiring us to do the job, and hopefully more business in the future.
Jeff: You bet. Thank you, Rob.
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So the first news:
Repair of infrastructure is as previusly discussed something you have to pay for.
However in contrary to some beliefs, each day a small percentage is repaired for free, making recovery possible even from total devastation.
This applies to ALL provincial buildings.
This free repair was fixed at 2.5% of total repair cost, before.
Today this has been fixed into a misc.txt value, and raised to 5%
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The County Commissioners passed several ordinances last month that changed rules about code enforcement complaints, and created a new officer to enforce those rules. It included new guidelines about solid and hazardous waste.
Friday, a group of citizens dropped off a petition at the County Clerk's office, asking that the issue be put to a vote in November.
"We're opposed to the whole thing," said petitioner Jack Swift. "And as we got the word out to the constituents out here, we said, we ought to have a vote on this.'
The petitioners have gathered about 1,600 signatures so far. They say they need a little more than 1,300 of them validated in order to get the issue on the November ballot.


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Brilliant sprinting mare Sea Siren is on target for her racetrack return in the Group 1 $350,000 The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on March 30.
Trainer John O'Shea this morning said Sea Siren had trialled very well last week, and he would now keep her "ticking over" until she went for another trial on March 15.
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"She's in very good shape and going well, and she looks fabulous," O'Shea told racingnetwork today.
"She will only need one more trial and we'll do that on the 15th (March) before she goes to The Galaxy first-up," he said.
Sea Siren hasn't raced since her dismal showing in the $US1.8 million Hong Kong International Sprint (1200m) in December.
O'Shea is planning a return trip to Brisbane for Sea Siren for the Group 1 BTC Cup and the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 – races Sea Siren won last year.


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Born to one parent with asthma, a child has a 25 percent chance of developing the condition. If both parents have asthma, the child's chances increase to 50 percent. But asthma symptoms can be caused by excessive exposure to airborne allergens and irritants or can follow an episode of bronchitis or pneumonia in people with no family history of the condition.
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German banker and Bundesbank member Thilo Sarrazin caused a stir yesterday with remarks widely perceived as anti-Semitic. This comes on the heels of his disparaging comments about Muslim immigrants.
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A German central banker, who stirred controversy last week with disparaging remarks about Muslims living in Germany, is now being pressured to resign following his comment yesterday – widely perceived as anti-Semitic – that "all Jews share a certain gene."
Thilo Sarrazin, a member of the left-leaning Social Democrats, a former finance minister of Berlin and current board member of Germany's Bundesbank, said a "Jewish gene" made Jews "different from other people" ahead of today's launch of his new book, "Germany Does Away With Itself: How We are Risking the Future of our Nation."
The book critiques immigration policy in Germany, a hot topic around Europe, and makes genetic arguments about intelligence linked to ethnicity, suggesting that immigrants are not as gifted as Germans and that the country is losing its identity, becoming "smaller and stupider."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in yesterday saying the remarks were "utterly unacceptable" and that Mr. Sarrazin is likely to come before the Bundesbank board – though previous attempts to remove the banker from what is an independent body have failed. Last fall Sarrazin said the birthrate of Muslims threatened Germany's future and that he wished that it was "Eastern European Jews" that were reproducing quickly since "their IQs are 15 percent higher than that of the German people."


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The Forest Animals are minor characters and protagonists in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The only human character who seems able to speak to them is Snow White, whom they make it their priority to protect and help throughout the film. Deer, chipmunks, birds, rabbits, raccoons, quails, and squirrels inhabit the forest; however, the most significant of the forest fauna is a turtle, who is always a step behind the other animals. The animals are primary used to justify many of Snow White's lines; rather than talking to herself, she is addressing her animal friends. Like Cinderella, Princess Aurora and, to a certain extent, Belle and Jasmine, Snow White is deprived of contact with the outside world and finds friendship in the animals around her.
List of Animals
White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
North American Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
California Quail (Callipepla californica)
Green Viloletear (Colibri thalassinus)
Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
As Snow White works in the courtyard of the Queen's Castle, several doves are gathered nearby. She informs them that the well narby is a wishing well, and sings I'm Wishing to her reflection at the bottom of the well. The Prince, enchanted by her voice, joins in the song; though Snow White, startled, runs indoors to watch the prince from a low balcony, the doves remain; the Prince kisses one of them. Later, Humbert the Huntsman raises his dagger behind the princess as she helps a baby bird find its parents. Snow White is next seen with animal companions after her flight through the forest, when it is revealed that the eyes that have been menacing to the princess only belong to the friendly animals of the forest. They gather around her as she cries; a rabbit is the first to approach her. When Snow White has calmed down, she sings a duet with a baby bird (who is unable to reach a particularly high note, much to its parents' disappointment). The princess asks the animals if they know of a place to stay. They lead her through the (now pleasant) forest to the Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, which they approach with caution. The inhabitants of the cottage are out, but Snow White decides to clean the house in the hopes of securing a place to stay. The animals help as Snow White cleans to Whistle While You Work; squirrels use their tails as dusters, an antlers are used to carry wet clothes, and the turtle's shell is used as a drying rack.
After cleaning the house, Snow White and the animals go upstairs, where they find the dwarfs' beds. They instantly fall asleep, tired from the work. However, the animals wake upon the arrival of the seven dwarfs, whom they confuse and frighten in the shadows of the cottage's ground floor. When Snow White eventually wakes and the dwarfs allow her to stay, the animals and dwarfs are friendlier towards each other; as the dwarfs sing The Silly Song, the animals watch happily. They remain with Snow White when the dwarfs leave for the mine the following morning, and help her bake a pie for Grumpy when they are startled by the arrival of the Queen (in her peddler disguise). Though Snow White is unware of the Witch's intentions, the animals notice two vultures watching the scene and, sensing danger, try to attack the Witch. They are prevented from doing this by Snow White, who takes the Witch into the cottage to give her a drink of water. The animals hurry to the mine, where they try to tell the dwarfs that the princess is in danger. However, the dwarfs are unable to understand them and initially resist; it is only when Sleepy suggests that the Queen is with Snow White that the dwarfs panic. They ride the animals back to the cottage, to find Snow White poisoned, and the victorious Witch emerging from the door. They chase her to a cliff, where she falls and is presumed eaten by the vultures. The animals mourn for Snow White, but rejoice with the dwarfs at her resurrection when The Prince kisses her breaking the spell.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep while Terra was sent to go Snow White and kill her, the blue forest birds flew around Snow White while she picked up flowers humming to herself.
The birds are the only animals to appear within the Kingdom Hearts canon; the other forest animals are only seen in the "Dive to the Heart" tutorial of the first Kingdom Hearts game, as murals on the Snow White Pillar.
Behind the Scenes
An illustration for the fairytale made between 1838 and 1846 by Ludwig Richter shows Snow White with forest animals, suggesting her sympathy with nature. Similarly, Disney sought to stress the connection between the princess and the animal world in order to emphasise her isolation. Walt Disney suggested that, in the coversation with the baby bird, Snow white could ask "Are you a little orphan?" to reinforce this theme.
Animators who worked on the animals included Eric Larson and Milt Kahl. The task of animating the creatures proved difficult; some scenes featured as many as 23 animals on the screen at the same time, sometimes interacting with other characters than each other. Larson tackled the problem by animating the animals as a single entity but placing each individual creature's actions at a different time. The deer in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were later referred to as possessing 'flour sack bodies' when compared to the more anatomically strict animation of Bambi.
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4:05 PM ET, April 29, 2012
AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Giants' Pablo Sandoval homers to back Madison Bumgarner's 4th straight win
SAN FRANCISCO -- Madison Bumgarner doesn't think momentum carries over from start to start, month to month.
Still, if he keeps pitching this way it's going to be quite a season for the young left-hander.Pablo Sandoval homered to back Bumgarner's fourth straight victory, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Padres 4-1 on Sunday to deny San Diego its first series win of the season.It's hard to imagine now, but Bumgarner lost his first six starts of 2011 -- winning his first game May 19 and his fourth on June 26."It's obvious we think a lot of Madison and what he's done since he got up here, and he's just going to get better and better," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "For a kid his age, it's impressive to see how he throws the ball. I'm not surprised to see what he's done the first month."Joaquin Arias added a two-run triple in the sixth inning to turn a one-run lead into 4-1.The Giants wasted no time giving Bumgarner (4-1) a lead against Clayton Richard (1-3), a day after Anthony Bass retired the first 17 San Francisco batters before pitcher Tim Lincecum broke up the no-hit bid with an infield single with two outs in the sixth.Bumgarner struck out a season-best six in 7 2/3 innings for his team-leading fourth victory, and he has won four straight starts since losing his season debut at Arizona. He owns a 1.61 ERA during the winning streak. Bumgarner allowed six hits and walked one."I feel good," Bumgarner said. "Like I've been saying, I'm just trying to make pitches. It's been working. The more quality pitches I can throw limits the damage. I don't pay any attention to the previous (start)."Angel Pagan led off the first with a single, then Richard threw wildly past first on a pickoff attempt for a two-base error as the ball went to the visiting bullpen. Melky Cabrera followed with a sacrifice fly before Sandoval connected for his fourth home run after his season-opening 20-game hitting streak ended in Saturday night's 2-1 win.The Padres scored in the fifth on Chris Denorfia's double that was misread in center field by Pagan, who took a step in before having to backpedal for a ball that traveled further than he anticipated. That scored Jason Bartlett, who got aboard on a leadoff single.Bumgarner, who earlier this month received a $35.56 million, six-year contract that runs through 2017, struck out 13 San Diego batters in his last start against the Padres on Sept. 5, 2011. He had them guessing again this time."Bumgarner threw a good game," San Diego manager Bud Black said. "Look at the results. Once he got into the middle part of the game he used his slider, his breaking ball, for strikes."The 22-year-old lefty -- second-youngest on the team behind rookie catcher Hector Sanchez -- has held opponents to two or fewer runs in his last nine starts at AT&T Park. Bumgarner also has won 13 of his last 18 decisions since July 14, 2011."I have a hard time believing however old he is -- 22?" teammate Brett Pill said.Sergio Romo retired one batter in the eighth and Santiago Casilla allowed a two-out walk to Cameron Maybin in the ninth but finished for his fourth save in four chances.Pill singled and doubled off Richard, who lost his third straight start. He gave up four runs and eight hits in seven innings."Everything we're doing is close, but not quite there," Richard said.When Buster Posey drew a walk in the sixth, it ended a stretch of 26 innings for the Padres, and 104 batters faced, without allowing a free pass since Wilson Ramos walked on Thursday. According to STATS LLC, it was the team's longest such streak since San Diego pitchers went 29 innings without a walk from May 12-15, 2007.Richard had allowed three or fewer earned runs in his previous seven starts against the Giants dating to April 19, 2010.Pagan extended his career-high hitting streak to 14 games in the first, then Sandoval sent an 0-1 pitch into the left-field bleachers two batters later. Pagan has the longest current hitting streak in the National League.Cabrera has reached base safely via a hit or walk in 21 of his first 22 games.San Diego has lost six series and split a four-gamer with the Phillies so far this season.Game notes
Posey made his fourth start at 1B, with Sanchez catching. ... Brandon Belt wasn't in the lineup after hitting a go-ahead, two-run double Saturday night, but Bochy said it was a decision based on the lefty starter. ... Orlando Hudson had the day off after going 0 for 4 on Saturday to have his 10-game hitting streak snapped -- longest by a Padres player in 2012. Andy Parrino started at 2B in his place. ... Padres RHP Tim Stauffer, who began the season on the 15-day disabled list with a strained elbow, began a rehab assignment with Class-A Lake Elsinore and pitched 3 2/3 innings. He allowed six hits, two earned runs, struck out seven and didn't have a walk. Black said he'll make another start in the minors. ... Richard's final 2011 start came vs. San Francisco before he had season-ending left shoulder surgery.
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Regular Season Series
San Francisco leads 12-6 (as of Sun 4/29) | ||
Fri 4/27 | SD 5, @SF 3 | Recap |
Sat 4/28 | @SF 2, SD 1 | Recap |
» Sun 4/29 | @SF 4, SD 1 | Box Score |
Tue 6/5 | @SD 6, SF 5 | Recap |
Wed 6/6 | SF 6, @SD 5 | Recap |
Thu 6/7 | SF 8, @SD 3 | Recap |
Mon 7/23 | @SF 7, SD 1 | Recap |
Tue 7/24 | @SF 3, SD 2 | Recap |
Wed 7/25 | SD 6, @SF 3 | Recap |
Fri 8/17 | SF 10, @SD 1 | Recap |
Sat 8/18 | SF 8, @SD 7 | Recap |
Sun 8/19 | @SD 7, SF 1 | Recap |
Fri 9/21 | @SF 5, SD 1 | Recap |
Sat 9/22 | @SF 8, SD 4 | Recap |
Sun 9/23 | SD 6, @SF 4 | Recap |
Fri 9/28 | SF 3, @SD 1 | Recap |
Sat 9/29 | @SD 7, SF 3 | Recap |
Sun 9/30 | SF 7, @SD 5 | Recap |
Complete Schedule: Padres | Giants |
Scoring Summary
1st | M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to right, A Pagan scored. | 0 | 1 | |
1st | P Sandoval homered to left (386 feet). | 0 | 2 | |
5th | C Denorfia doubled to deep center, J Bartlett scored. | 1 | 2 | |
6th | J Arias tripled to deep right, B Posey and B Pill scored. | 1 | 4 | |
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Game Information
Stadium | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA |
Attendance | 42,060 (100.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
Game Time | 2:21 |
Weather | 66 degrees, sunny |
Wind | 8 mph |
Umpires | Home Plate - Chris Conroy, First Base - Jeff Nelson, Second Base - Bill Welke, Third Base - Tim Tschida |


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Last week, the organization shipped the follow-up release: Firefox 5. Firefox 5 was the first version of the browser to be released using Mozilla's new Firefox product lifecycle, which would see a new version of the browser shipping every three months or so. The new policy has been publicized for some months, and so the release of Firefox 5 was not itself a big surprise. What has caught many off-guard is the support, or lack thereof. With the release of Firefox 5, Firefox 4—though just three months old—has been end-of-lifed. E-Reader Ownership Doubled in 6 Months, Growing Faster than Tablets. Ownership of e-readers is exploding, according to a survey by Pew Internet Research.
Over the past six months, ownership of e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook has grown from 6% to 12% of U.S. adults. E-readers are more popular than tablets devices such as the iPad or various Android slates like the Samsung Galaxy Tab which are owned by 8% of U.S. adults. According to Pew, e-reader and tablet ownership is led by Hispanic adults, adults younger than the age of 65, parents of children below the age of 18, college graduates and households with and income of at least $75,000.
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