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SAN DIEGO - A group of bystanders stepped in and detained a man who tried to carjack a woman and a young girl in City Heights on Sunday afternoon.
The incident, which was caught on video, occurred just after 4 p.m. in the Appletree Market parking lot in the 4400 block of University Avenue.
The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Ismael Hernandez, got into the driver's seat and tried to drive the vehicle with the woman and child inside before hitting a pole, San Diego police said.
"I see this guy in the backseat choking out the driver and there were a couple of other people in the window grabbing the keys from him," Aaron Leaf told 10News.
Leaf was inside a Mexican food restaurant at the time and heard the screaming. When he ran outside to see what was happening, he could not believe his eyes. He grabbed his cellphone and started shooting what was happening.
"I was trying to figure out what was happening and once I realized, I didn't feel sorry for the guy at all," said Leaf.
Video showed the man being dragged out of the car and taken to the ground by several men. He was hit and kicked as he struggled to get away.
After an officer arrived on scene and tried to take him into custody, Hernandez continued to resist arrest. The bystanders again stepped in and helped hold him down.
Paramedics checked out the mother and the child. Their nerves were rattled but they were not physically harmed.
"When I saw the video, he was so aggressive and he was not him … he was acting different," the suspect's brother told 10News.
Elais Velasquez told 10News his brother has been struggling with alcohol and drugs for some time and was just released from rehab a few months ago. His father believes his son may have relapsed and that may have been the cause for his son's actions.
"He regrets and is sorry to the people he tried to harm," said Hernandez's father Sergio. "My family is emotional and not doing well. We want no harm to the families."
Hernandez was booked into the San Diego Jail on charges included attempted carjacking, attempted kidnapping, attempted auto theft.


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|Angel Climb and Ski Descent
Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2007
|Not enough snow to ski from the summit but at least the Angel was in.
|Posted May 25, 2007 3:10 pm
|Via Angel of Shavano
Date Climbed: May 5, 2007
|A repeat summit via a different route. GREAT snow conditions! Long snow hike up the Angel, did very well until the last 400' when the altitude/not enough energy/food in us took us 36 minutes to summit. We were rewarded with a 3,000 foot glissade!
|Posted May 7, 2007 12:56 am
Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2007
|Climbed via the Angel of Shavano.
|Posted Apr 9, 2007 4:43 pm
|from Blank Gulch
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2003
|Took a chance on the weather to commit to both Shavano and Tabeguache, and lucked out! A long day, but a nice twofer with my daughter. Didn't find the storied sign, though, warning about McCoy Gulch...
|Posted Apr 2, 2007 2:05 pm
|Tubed down the Angle
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 1995
|Shavano via Tabeguache Peak was a great combination. Started at Jennings Creek Trailhead. Growing up in nearby Salida it was awesome to hike the 14er I saw every day. Shavano was my first, but I hiked it several times. We ended this combo by glissading down the Angel on inner tubes. F.Y.I. Tubes not easy to blow up when at altitude! ! !
|Posted Feb 7, 2007 4:27 am
|Anya Jingle
|Via East Slopes
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2003
|We hiked at night through the forest and got to the summit very early. We spend over an hour on top and quite some time on the meadows below. When thunderstorm started brewing we headed down. Our slideshow from this day is here: Mount Shavano via East Slopes
|Posted Jan 23, 2007 6:52 am
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 1999
|I was pretty whipped climbing these two the day after San Luis
|Posted Dec 17, 2006 4:35 pm
|Hail and Lightning
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2005
|Was on the Face of Taveguache heading towards shavano and got turned done from bad weather. Hopefully will be able to get out there agian this summer and give it another go.
|Posted Oct 25, 2006 12:48 am
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|One-armed angel
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2005
|One of the nicest fourteener hikes, via the eastern slopes. One arm of the Angel had melted out. Had to save Tabeguache for another day.
|Posted Oct 23, 2006 10:49 pm
|A bit shocking
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2005
|Planned on doing Shavano and Tabeguache, but people were getting shocked at the summit - obviously a sign to get down! A pleasant hike that I'll have to do again to hit Tabeguache!
|Posted Sep 14, 2006 3:32 am
|Shavano from Tab
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006
|So i guess this one wasn't "official", I just walked over from Tabeguache. It was especially rewarding because the weather kept me from it the year prior.
|Posted Sep 11, 2006 7:45 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2005
|Climbed Shavano via the standard route, then traversed over to Tab. Beautiful fall day.
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 5:36 am
|Mount Shavano
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2005
|My husband and I started the climb at 6:30 a.m. It wasn't too bad at first, but the higher we went, the more difficult it was. We finally made it to the top, didn't have a pen to sign the register, the dog cut his foot on a rock, it was snowing and we ran out of water. It is very rocky at the top. We had planned to summit Tebeguache on the same day, but due to our mishaps, we decided to save Tebeguache for another day.
|Posted Aug 30, 2006 1:02 am
|Blanks Gulch and Tabegauche traverse!
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006
|Looked like storms were coming and the forecast called for it but we got lucky and finished em both in 6 1/2 hours car to car.
|Posted Aug 3, 2006 8:55 pm
|Surprise on Shavano
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006
|Via Blank Gulch. Here I am in this jungle again. Guess who magically appears at the top? My fantasy lover mountain man...you gotta watch this guy...he's sneaky.
Couldn't get over to Tab...weird clouds and tired friends.
|Posted Aug 2, 2006 11:26 pm
|Weather could not make its mind up today
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006
|Did Tab & Shav via Blank Gulch, Weather kept hinting on rain, then hinting on sun... then then then then....
Anyways. Made both summits, Good day
I'm really not THAT sneaky..... or am I? (Grin)
|Posted Aug 1, 2006 11:55 pm
|Shavano via Blank Gulch
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2006
|Summitted with 22 Boy Scouts and 9 adults on a beautiful but long day.
|Posted Jul 31, 2006 4:55 pm
|East Slopes via Blank Gulch trail
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006
|Climbed along with Tabeguache, camped at the trailhead where the cows kept us awake mooing all night.
|Posted Jul 31, 2006 3:18 pm
|skied the Angel on my tired butt
Date Climbed: May 19, 1993
|freak May storm soaked us and drained us.
|Posted Jul 26, 2006 7:19 pm
|Via Blank Gulch
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2006
|Quite a steep ascent, but all good. A nice trail, on a nice day. Slightly bummed that the angel was melted out already due to the hot weather. Blank Gulch TH has been improved lately, so probably for that reason is a lower start in elevation than in the GR book. Be prepared for close to 6,000 vert for the Shavano/Tab combo!
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Still in its infancy, the site, Who Pays Photographers, is based on a similar Tumblr, Who Pays Writers, which, you guessed it, lists fees paid to writers. According to the anonymous founder of Who Pays Photographers, the response has been a bit overwhelming, indicating a serious interest among photographers to talk about, and read about, the fees clients pay for photographic work.
Thus far the site has information about The New York Times, Getty Images, AP, AFP, The Wall Street Journal, ESPN and several other clients in the US and abroad.
We exchanged emails with the creator of Who Pays Photographers to find out a bit more about her/his goals for the site.
PDN: How long have you worked as a photographer and in what field?
Who Pays Photographers: I'm an editorial photographer with 6 years experience, about half of that time as a staffer at a magazine, and more recently, as a freelancer.
PDN: What inspired you to start the site? Was it just a natural reaction to seeing Manjula Martin's Who Pays Writers, or was there more to it?
WPP: The site was a simple reaction to Who Pays Writers, a site that was linked to a number of times during the recent Nate Thayer kerfuffle with the Atlantic. It seemed obvious that the photo industry could really benefit from having such a resource and I found it surprising that nothing of the sort existed. (more…)


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Dec. 10, 2012
SEATTLE - Started by legendary sports reporter Royal Brougham and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the 78th Annual MTR Western Sports Star of the Year this year features four Husky athletes/teams: Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Chris Williams, Katie Flood and Men's Crew. The awards are given to individuals or a team for outstanding sports achievement and "positively inspiring the state of Washington".
Past Husky recipients have included two-time Cy Young and World Series winner Tim Lincecum, tailback first-team All Pac-12 Chris Polk and USA Softball Player of the Year and Women's College World Series National Champion pitcher Danielle Lawrie.
Fans can vote for nominees in four categories: Professional, Male Amateur, Female Amateur and Sports Story of the Year. Voting is open at www.sportsstaroftheyear.org and fans can vote daily until January 20.
Washington's Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Chris Williams are both nominated for Male Amateur Sports Star of the Year. A true sophomore, Seferian-Jenkins finished 2012 as the NCAA leader in receptions as a tight end with 5.25 per game. He holds four school records, including 104 career receptions, 1,327 career receiving yards and 12 touchdown receptions all at the tight end position.
Williams enters his senior year at Washington with the 2012 Mark H. McCormack award for the world's No. 1 ranked amateur. Williams was named the Phil Mickelson Freshman of the Year in 2010, and first team All-American in 2011 and 2012. As UW's all-time wins leader, Williams has 20 career top-10 finishes and 6 first-place finishes. His 2012 70.61 stroke average ranks him second lowest in UW single-season history.
Distance runner Katie Flood is nominated for Female Amateur Sports Star of the Year. The 2012 NCAA 1500m outdoor Champion and 2011 Pac-12 cross-country champion shattered both cross-country and track records. Her 4:28 mile last February at the Husky Classic catapulted her to the fourth-fastest mile in NCAA indoor history. Flood anchored the NCAA title-winning distance medley relay last season for the program's first women's title.
Flood is nominated in the same category as Washington alumna Mary Whipple, former UW coxswain and 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the U.S. women's eight.
Finishing out the nominations, Washington Men's Crew is selected for Sports Story of the Year. The defending national champions headed to the 2012 IRAs ranked undefeated, No. 1 in the nation. The Huskies took to the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J. and went 5-for-5 for the national championship and the program's sixth straight Ten Eyck trophy, given annually to the overall points champion at the IRAs. Washington is the first team in history to sweep all five events at the IRAs. The Huskies have won four national championships in six years, and won 15 national championships in the program.
Winners will be announced Friday, January 25, 2013 at Benaroya Hall. The event will have a VIP reception and silent auction before the award show, where attendees can meet the nominees and past winners. Tickets can be purchased at www.benaroyahall.org or in person at the Benaroya Hall box office. Premium tickets are $100, reserved are $80 and include access to the show and the VIP reception. Show-only tickets can be purchased for $35.


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PM Netanyahu: "The goal of this historic decision is to put an end to the
spread of illegal building by Negev Bedouin and lead to the better integration
of the Bedouin into Israeli society."
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
The Cabinet, today (Sunday, 27 January 2013), by a vote of 16-3-1, approved
Minister Benny Begin's recommendations (Hebrew text) on formalizing the status of Bedouin settlement
in the Negev.
Minister Begin's recommendations were formulated in the wake of unprecedented
consultations he held among Negev Bedouin, during which he and the Construction and Housing Ministry Authority on Formalizing the
Status of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev officials met with over 1,000
Negev Bedouin, as well as their relevant groups and organizations.
In its decision, the Cabinet adopted the recommendations of the commission,
chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge Eliezer Goldberg (Hebrew text), in which it was proposed, "to recognize - as
much as possible - each of the unrecognized villages in which there is a minimal
mass of residents, such as will be determined, and which will be able to bear
municipal status, and on the condition that such recognition will not contravene
the district master plan." The assessment is that after the implementation of
the outline, most Bedouin living in communities the planning of which is not
formalized, will be able to continue living on site after the planning is
Regarding ownership claims, it was decided - inter alia - that compensation,
in land or money, will be given for all of the area in question (and not just
half, as determined by a decision of the previous government).
The Cabinet approved draft legislation that sets a binding framework, and
allocates time, according to which if one seeking ownership will not - within
five years - agree to the proffered compromise, his ownership claim will no
longer have any value and the land will be registered as state land.
The plan significantly strengthens enforcement authorities in the field.
The plan accepted by the Cabinet will be submitted to the 19th Knesset as
soon as a new government is established.
The Cabinet will also invest an unprecedented approximately NIS 1.2 billion
in a five-year plan to promote the economic development and growth among Negev
Bedouin, and will also invest hundreds of millions of shekels in developing
infrastructures in Bedouin communities.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "The goal of this historic decision
is to put an end to the spread of illegal building by Negev Bedouin and lead to
the better integration of the Bedouin into Israeli society. All governments
avoided dealing with this issue, but this brave decision will facilitate the
continued development and prosperity of the Negev, for the benefit of all its
Minister Begin said, "This is the most extensive arrangement that the state
can propose. The plan is an expression of the Government's goodwill and
readiness to reach a solution. From the Government's point-of-view, it is
important that the plan be set in legislation. The Bedouin are citizens with
equal rights and constitute an inseparable part of the Negev. There is the
responsibility to assist the Bedouin in alleviating their plight and ensuring a
more positive future for their children. Now, we expect the Bedouin to respond
to this proposal."
Minister Moshe Yaalon said, "This is a historic decision that all previous
governments avoided making. The current situation is good only for the Islamic
extremists and lawbreakers and for those who want to assail the State of Israel;
therefore, it must be fundamentally changed."
Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said, "Every day that passes without a decision
- the situation approaches a point of no return. Approving the law is very
important also for its enforcement on the ground."
Minister Avi Dichter said, "This is the most correct, fair, generous and
strong proposal that can be made today. If we wait, the situation will intensify
and the price will be higher."


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For nearly a decade, runners have been training, organizing teams and getting up bright and early to run 197 miles along the Wasatch Back in the Ragnar Relay. Yep, you read that right: 197 miles of running.
The relay starts at the Utah State University football stadium in Logan, weaves its way through some of the state's most beautiful landscape, then ends at Park City High's football field.
Teams of six to 12 people take turns running all day and through the night, some of them crammed into one large support vehicle. Stuffing a number of athletic bodies into one car makes for a lot of energy and pumped-up excitement, but you can imagine why one team has named itself "The Van Your Van Could Smell Like."
"Most other distance events are about the individual triumph, and we get that," says Rick Larsen, Ragnar's director of Community Relations. "But you cannot run for 24 hours and cover nearly 200 miles alone. That teamwork results in memories and experiences that cannot be achieved in any other way."
This year's relay begins on Friday, June 15. Shortly after the race ends, registration will open for the 2013 race, which marks the 10th anniversary of Ragnar in Utah.
"There are teams and runners that have run all 10 years," says Larsen. "Whether a participant has lost 30 lbs. to run, has survived chemo in the past year, or is part of a team running in memory of a friend, the Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back changes lives for the better, and we are proud to have been the catalyst for these types of great team experiences."
For more information on Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back, click here.
And if you're looking to register, jump on it quick because registration fills up fast!


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Miami Dolphins fans: Open thread Friday
Greetings, folks. Yes, Omar and I are still alive. And, indeed, trying to get the most out of life until we're consumed by the return of football. Which, we hope, comes soon.
Stay tuned for a nice little Daniel Thomas feature that's in the works for Sunday. I'll have some bonus material here in this space that contains tidbits that didn't make the story.
In the meantime, use this thread to discuss whatever's on your mind. Well, to an extent, at least.
You don't have to share everything. Happy Friday.


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Ivy Champ Women's Squash Drops Team Finale, Places Fourth At Howe Cup
Princeton picked up victories at both the No. 6 (Lexi Saunders) and the No. 1 (Cerullo), but Penn built an early advantage and never let the Tigers get back into the match. It was a complete reversal from the regular season, when the Tigers won every close match in a 9-0 sweep of Penn en route to the Ivy League championship.
Saunders split her opening two games before taking control of Yarden Odinak for wins of 11-2 and 11-3 in the final two games. Penn won at both the 3 and 9 spots to open a 2-1 lead, and then swept the middle shift to clinch the match.
Cerullo, the three-time All-America, defeated fellow Richey Award finalist Nabilla Ariffin 3-0 in her final team match for the Tigers. Cerullo will lead a cast of teammates into the individual championships, which will be held in two weeks at Trinity.
1) Julie Cerullo (Pr) d. Nabilla Ariffin 4,7,6
2) Yan Xin Tan (Pe) d. Libby Eyre 5,9,(3),5
3) Rachael Goh (Pe) d. Nicole Bunyan 2,5,4
4) Haidi Lala (Pe) d. Rachel Leizman 8,7,10
5) Pia Trikha (Pe) d. Alex Lunt 9,8,6
6) Lexi Saunders (Pr) d. Yarden Odinak 3,(6),2,3
7) Camille Lanier (Pe) d. Alex Sawin (5),(10),9,6,11
8) Courtney Jones (Pe) d. Tara Harrington (7),(9),7,5,8
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Another Milestone Night Catapults Women's Basketball to 98-36 Win
In a season full of team and personal milestones, the Princeton women's basketball team added to its credentials Friday evening versus Columbia. The Tigers tied the all-time Ivy League win streak with 32 consecutive conference victories, a record established by Harvard from 1995-96 through 1997-98 and was snapped fortuitously by Princeton, 56-53, on Feb. 7, 1998.
Megan Bowen headlined the early charge with eight of her 17 points as the Tigers opened with a 15-2 run over the first five minutes and put together another wire-to-wire victory.
Princeton handed the Lions a 98-36 defeat, improving to 17-5, 8-0 Ivy and extending their conference double figure win streak to 23.
By the midpoint of the half senior Kate Miller scored her 500th career point, finishing with seven to bring her to 506 officially, and Princeton held a 24-7 advantage.
The Tigers' shot nearly 50 percent from the field throughout the first half, connecting on 16-of-33 (48.5 percent) by halftime, while taming the Lions to only 9-of-24 and a 46-21 differential.
Niveen Rasheed made seven quick points to open the second half en route to recording her 21st straight game scoring in double figures. She finished with 15 points, eclipsing the 1,500-point mark with 1,512. The guard also surpassed the 800-rebound milestone, grabbing seven boards to bring her total to 802.
As the veterans set the early pace, much could be said about the future of the program - the five freshmen. The quintet saw extended minutes on the floor as a unit and combined for 47 of the bench's 53 points.
Leading the pack was Michelle Miller who scored a career and game-high 21 points, including a career-best five triples. In 24 minutes, the highly effective M. Miller nearly had a point for every minute she was in the game.
Classmate Annie Tarakchian also established a new career-high with 10 points, scoring in double figures for the first time.
With 14 seconds left in regulation, Amanda Berntsen made her third steal and the Tigers could have attempted to score that elusive 100th point, but head coach Courtney Banghart had them run out the clock instead.
With that milestone still ahead, the Tigers look forward to their next game tomorrow versus Cornell. Tip is slated for 6 p.m. in Jadwin Gym.


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I Hate Roller Coasters
Since the time I rode my first rollercoaster (and got off jelly-legged, terrified, and feeling lucky to be alive…I know, I might be a wimp), I have hated them. One time on the Discovery Channel, I heard that some people's physiology are actually adverse to large drops, and I truly believe I am that sort of person. Thus, can you imagine my emotional state after this Twins/Tigers series?! I completely gave up on the Twins after the first game, put the foot in the mouth in the next, and after today (although I wasn't able to watch) I really don't know what to think.
Yeah, you better hang your head when you walk back to that mound, Mr. Baker. Even with guys like Delmon Young, Jesse Crain, and Alexi Casilla on the team, YOU are my choice for "most disappointing Twin" this season. For the past two seasons, you have shown flashes of ace-like stuff out on the mound, but this year you started off in the tank and haven't found the surface yet. At this point (including the six runs in just over four innings you allowed today) I do not see much hope that you will ever develop into a serviceable "3-4" starter, much less an ace. I wonder if Baker doesn't have the same problem that this guy once did…
In 1991, Scott Erickson won 20 games for the Twins and, statistically, was the best pitcher on the staff. However, Erickson (basically coming out of nowhere) was able to play second-fiddle to veterans such as Jack Morris and Kevin Tapani. Once Scotty became the proclaimed "ace", though, he fell off the precipice. By 1993 he almost LOST 20 games, and never really became an effective pitcher again after that. I hope that Baker isn't going down that same path, but so far the tracks are in step with each other.
Preview (54-57, 3rd, 2.5 GB CWS): Kyle Davies (3-8, 6.37) vs. Nick Blackburn (8-6, 3.79). Off tomorrow, back home Tuesday.


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Stephen Carroll Gostkowski
Position: K
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: January 28, 1984 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Madison Central
College: Memphis (school history) (Gostkowski college stats)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 4th round (118th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 30 (3322nd overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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Neshama works at the Fairfax Library.
This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.
All branches of Marin County Free Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 for Independence Day.
This installment: three novels-- a complex story exploring cyber-bullying, adoption trials, and a lost daughter; Asian-American college students politicized and confused two decades later; and the schadenfreude of a bad family holiday.
So Far Away by Meg Mitchell Moore
Kathleen, a young widow, is an archivist whose daughter Bridget fled with no trace. Natalie is a lost 13 year old who seeks Kathleen's help tracing Bridget, whom she discovers from an old diary found in her attic. What starts as a school project morphs into a life crisis as Natalie becomes a victim of cyber-bullying. Natalie is tough, determined, but secretive. Her single mother is severely depressed. Meanwhile Kathleen's assistant Neil is trying to adopt an orphan from Haiti with his partner, Adam, and it's not going smoothly. Bridget's early 20th century story unfolds in pieces. All these strands come together satisfyingly. Set in and around Boston.
The Collective by Don Lee
Three Asian Americans connect at Malacaster College. Eric tells the story, starting with Joshua's apparent suicide in Cambridge 20 years later. Joshua is challenging from the start: brilliant, infuriating, charismatic, talented, but oddly disconnected. The two men become writer and Jessica an artist. When the three become tangled roommates in Joshua's Cambridge house, a loose collective forms, unclear on its purpose but full of plans and endless discussions. Lee shares the layering and conflicts facing Asian Americans with lively rhetoric and lots of slang, such as "yellow cab" for an Asian chick who'll only date white guys. Lots of skewed relationships and heartbreak, career fumblings, and lost dreams. I appreciated this view into a complex subculture, as well as the colorful writing.
The Red House by Mark Haddon
Oh the fecund stewpot of a dreadful family vacation. In this case the aged mother has just died and Angela, the daughter who provided much of her care, is a mess, as is her the rest of her family (3 kids. husband out of a job and embroiled in an affair). Brother Richard, the one with money, rents a rural farmhouse for a week and his family has its own tensions. The teenagers are especially volatile, deprived of the internet and simmering with hormones. We're privy what goes in the minds of all these tortured souls and get to see how it plays out. Truths emerge, and some detente, but there's no neat ending (which I appreciated). One fascinating aspect: Angela is haunted by her still-born, deformed first child and that preoccupation is finally laid to rest.
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Things to see and do - Bastia
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Bastia : Michelin's recommendations
Since 1975 the Prefecture of the Haute-Corse, Bastia is also the largest business town on the island and has preserved a typically Mediterranean appearance. The town is worth visiting for the quality of its monuments and the picturesque streets in the old town, made up of Terra-Vecchia with its old alleyways and Terra-Nova, the Citadel These are spread out around the old port where the Genoese governor Leonello Lomellini chose to establish a bastiglia or stronghold in 1380.
Tourist attractions Bastia : Things to see and do
Cap Corse
F - 20200 Bastia
A climb up Monte Stello (1 307m) is a good introduction to the region. On clear days it commands stunning panoramic views of the entire headland (about 6hr there and back on foot). On the east coast Erbalunga's houses line the waterside of a headland..
Musée de Bastia
Place du Donjon F - 20200 Bastia
The Museum of Corsican Ethnography contains some interesting documents on Corsican history, and archaeological and ethnographical objects. The upper courtyard has the conning tower from the submarine Casabianca. Don't miss the giant model of the town..
Chapelle Ste-Croix
Place Guasco F - 20200 Bastia
The Chapel is decked in sumptuous rococo décor. Ceiling, with gold-covered stucco cherubs and arabesques on a blue background. The most venerated work is the Christ des Miracles, a black crucifix made in 1428. On May 3, a solemn procession honours th..
Hotels Bastia
Hotel Riviera
1 bis rue Adolf Landry F - 20200 Bastia
Hotel Riviera is located in Bastia, just 100 metres from the port and the tourist office. It offers guest rooms with views of the city, port and courtyard. The rooms at Hotel Riviera also feature air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a desk and free W..
Hôtel Central Bastia
3, Rue Miot F - 20200 Bastia
The hotel is ideally located in the heart of Bastia, we invite you to share moments of calm within the warm environment of a 19th century building. The Hotel Central offers 21 comfort or superior rooms with balcony, apartments and suites for a stay ..
Les Voyageurs
9 Avenue Marechal Sebastiani F - 20200 Bastia
Prix Prices from : 99 €
Set in the heart of Bastia, Les Voyageurs offers a 24-hour reception, luggage storage and bar. It is a 5-minute walk from the Port, where ferries to Italy leave daily and Arinella Beach is an 8-minute drive away. All rooms are air-conditioned and fe..
Restaurants Bastia
Chez Huguette
quai du Sud F - 20200 Bastia
This understated restaurant overlooks the many boats moored at the old port. This pleasant backdrop sets the tone of the cuisine, which gives pride of place to fresh seafood and fish. Indeed, three or four times a week, Huguette and her husband deal ..
La Table du Marché St Jean
place du Marché F - 20200 Bastia
A highly motivated young chef, a dynamic team - La Table made a fresh start in 2010 but has lost none of its charm. This pleasant culinary interlude offers extremely fresh fish and seafood, tasty, unpretentious dishes and a pretty terrace beneath the..
av. Sampiero-Corso F - 20600 Bastia
Le Pêchoir
8 rue St-Michel F - 20200 Bastia
This restaurant's terrace is like a little corner of paradise, offering superb views of the sea. The decor is decidedly contemporary and the atmosphere is warm. The chef cooks up good Mediterranean fare, made with high quality fish and vegetables (of..
Col Tempo
4 rue Saint-Jean F - 20200 Bastia
On the quay of Bastia's old port, this new restaurant is talented young chef Clément Calendini's 'bistronomique' eatery. Exotic salad of wild king prawns with pancetta, steamed hake fillet with aioli: flavoursome cuisine, made with good ingredients....


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Strauss, Schoeck, Pfluger: Horn Concertos / Andrew Joy
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Epidemics, Kevin Bacon, and the Internet: The Physics of Networks
Professor Mark Newman will talk about ways in which physicists are contributing to our understanding of networks, such as social networks and computer networks, and how ideas from physics can help us understand things like the "six degrees of separation" and how to prevent or slow the spread of disease.
Detailed Information
All talks are free and refreshments will be served. Visitor parking for the seminars (Central Campus) is across the street from the Dennison Building in the U-M Church Street structure. There is a $2.00 parking charge implemented by U-M Parking Services.
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The Democrat and Chronicle began as a weekly publication called the The Balance in 1833. After several changes in name and ownership, the paper became known as the Daily Democrat. In 1870, it combined with the two-year-old Chronicle to become the Democrat and Chronicle.
In 1928, the first edition of the Democrat and Chronicle under the ownership of Gannett Co. Inc. and Frank Gannett was published.
Our editorial facility at 55 Exchange Blvd. opened in 1928. It is built over a railroad extension that once facilitated the delivery of newsprint.
We opened a new state-of-the-art production facility at Canal Ponds office park in Greece, N.Y., in June, 1997.
The Democrat and Chronicle Media Group continues to contribute regularly to the Rochester-area community.
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USA TODAY, too, continues to be a leader in the mobile space, with more than 7 million total app downloads, including its iPad, iPhone and Android apps. Gannett Broadcasting is helping to lead the development of Digital Mobile TV.
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The company's 82 U.S. daily newspapers, including USA TODAY, reach 11.6 million readers every weekday and 12 million readers every Sunday, providing important news and information from their customers' neighborhoods and around the globe. USA TODAY, the nation's No. 1 newspaper in print circulation, and USATODAY.com reach a combined 5.9 million readers daily.
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'Monsters University' lacks original's heart
Published: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 12:02 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 12:02 p.m.
There was a time when having the name Pixar attached to a film meant that it would be something special, an event, something that stood out from the pack. Sadly, their last three efforts — "Cars 2," "Brave" and now "Monsters University" — have been weak efforts from a once venerable animation studio that made films like "Toy Story," "Wall-E" and "Up."
Want to see?
• 'Monsters University' is directed by Dan Scanlon and features voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and Helen Mirren. It is rated G.
• It is rated 2.5 stars out of four.
• Now showing at Cinemark Tinseltown USA in Salisbury; the Grande 18, Carmike Wynnsong 12 and Carmike 10, all in Winston-Salem; Regal Palladium Stadium 14 in High Point; and The Grand 18 Four Seasons, GrandLuxe Theatres, Cinemark Brassfield Cinema 10, Carmike 18, Regal Greensboro Grande Stadium 16 and Carousel Cinemas, all in Greensboro.
• Check out the movie news link under Entertainment at www.the-dispatch.com for show times and more information.
"Monsters University," a prequel to the 2001 film, "Monsters, Inc," is charming enough in its own right, but everything about it seems entirely superfluous. Unlike the "Toy Story" franchise, "Monsters University" doesn't establish its reason for existing, never branching beyond nostalgia and good will for the original characters. Each "Toy Story" film came to the table with new themes, the third film going so far as to take nostalgia and turn it into a deeply moving examination of growing up, moving on and confronting mortality. "Monsters University" seems to be saying "hey remember that other movie you liked so much? This is kind of like that, right?"
Well, to some degree it is. Billy Crystal and John Goodman are a hoot as always, playing younger versions of their characters, Mike and Sully, college misfits who must prove their worth to the ruthless Dean Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren) in order to stay in the scare program at Monsters University.
The problem is that this new film completely lacks the emotional punch of the original. Its fun and entertaining for most of its running time, but it never takes it to the next level the way that the original did so well. "Monsters Inc." snuck up with a subtle emotional sucker punch that "Monsters University" just lacks.
There are some nice character moments here as Mike and Sully develop their friendship from being rivals to becoming best friends, leading a fraternity of nobodies into a school-wide scare competition, but none of it is particularly memorable.
The most problematic part of the film, however, is the ending, which can't be discussed without giving it away, so if you don't want to know how it ends stop reading now. The film closes with Mike and Sully being expelled from Monsters University, before working their way into their dream job at Monsters, Inc. It's a strange message for a children's film — "hey kids, get kicked out of school and still become the top in your field at a prestigious institution!" One can't help but wonder how much that one was thought through, but it comes across as an awkward finale to an otherwise pleasant film.
Children will likely enjoy spending another two hours with the characters of "Monsters, Inc." But this go-round seems like a mere shadow of something much better.
For a studio so historically adept at delivering original narratives, "Monsters University" seems oddly inconsequential. It isn't bad, but it isn't particularly good either. It's a decent enough way to pass the time, but it pales in comparison to the modern classics that Pixar has delivered before. Coming from any other studio, this would have been fine. But we expect better from the folks at Pixar. Here's hoping they find a way to recapture that magic, and soon.
Matthew Lucas, a former Davidson County resident, studied theater and film studies at Appalachian State University. He now resides in Banner Elk and has a blog where he posts movie news, reviews and commentary at www.fromthefrontrow.net.
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text: "I know it's a little late ... I'll keep my remarks to the length of an average Pink Floyd song. I'd like to start with some personal reflections. I grew up in the 70's and 80's ... I'm roughly 28 years old ... and when people would say Pink Floyd, before I even heard a note there was a certain reverence that surrounded this band. They were a strange anomaly in the 70's filled with this horrible, awful music which some of you in this room are responsible for. And Pink Floyd was this mix of so many things. They were a mysterious band. You didn't really know what they looked like most of the time. They had amazing artwork, with pyramids and prisms and crazy things. And the first album I heard was "Dark Side of the Moon" which, as we all know, is probably one of the best albums of all time. It was probably their crowing achievement, as far as people knowing what it was that they did. I first heard this album in "The Wall" era, which to me, at my tender age of 14 was too creepy, too intense, too nihilistic, and of course these are all the things I believe in now. And to "Dark Side of the Moon", I sought out their other albums and I became a fan and when I was 17 years old, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, and it was one of the most painful periods of my life, and the Pink Floyd song "Wish You Were Here" seemed to sum up everything that I was feeling. And when I couldn't take what was going on in my life with her dying, I listened to that song over and over. And it still makes me cry ... it's such a beautiful song. And you know, when you're 17, heaven from hell, blues skies from pain, it means a lot. And so this is why I think I'm here at this particular moment ... to thank them for everything that they've ever done. Pink Floyd are the ultimate rock and roll anomaly. They sold massive amounts of records and have always been a popular live band, and they were never a singles-drive band ... a lesson forever that needs to be learned in this particular business, because they've always stood for and been about music ... and why, because it is the people who listen to music who drives the business, not the other way around. And they've always been a band who's thought about the fan first, and I have a lot of respect for them about that. They've always been everything that's great about rock, grandeur, pomposity, nihilism, humor and of course, space. So when I was asked to do this, I thought, "well, I can come out here and go on and on about the mystery and mythology of Pink Floyd", but I thought I'd actually go back and listen to a lot of the records that I had impressions with, and had listened to. Go back as an adult, per se ... and really kind of delve into this band, so I started with the first record. Of course, with Pink Floyd it's always ... the very root of Pink Floyd surrounds the genesis with Sid Barrett, and as we all know we're still consistently amazed at rock and roll with tragedy and beauty, and Sid was both. And his original artistic vision that's expressed on the first Pink Floyd record really defines what this band still continues to be ... an exploration into the outer terrains of whatever it is that makes music happen. And I'd just like to spotlight a couple of records that really, to me, defined what Pink Floyd's all about. After Sid went wherever Sid went, I listened to some of the records after that and they really sounded like a band unsure of where to go. And I've even read things that they felt this way, so I don't feel bad saying that. And it wasn't until the record that they put out, called "Metal", that suddenly had that sound ... galloping horses and astral planes and echoes ... and it's really on that record that you hear a band fusing and synthesizing something that's never been really recreated. Of course, "Dark Side of the Moon" ... the ultimate synthesis of sound and vision and lyrics and it stands as a great crowning achievement in music. And again, when you really think about what kind of band Pink Floyd has been, and when you think about that album being one of the most successful albums of all time, and you think of everything that surrounds it, it still surprises me to this day that we don't look for more Pink Floyds and less whoever's on top of the charts at this particular moment. So what did Pink Floyd do after "Dark Side of the Moon"? They made an album that was completely uncommercial. They wrote a 9-part ode to their former colleague that said "shine on you crazy diamond" and it's a very poignant thing ... that they took the time to do this ... and it was a very, very brave record to make, because even as I've read things that they've said, they felt a lot of pressure to follow up the success of "Dark Side of the Moon". The other thing I'd like to point out is the album "The Wall", which as I said, when I was 14 years old, was beyond my conception. But at 28 years old, it's one of the bravest records I've heard, and I really can't point to anything else that's ever summed up everything that's fucked up about life, everything that's fucked up about rock. It takes on politics, hero worship, rock and roll, and our desire to connect with the universe, all in one fell swoop. It really truly is an amazing testament to how far they were willing to go to reach the outer limits of what's important. And listening to all this music, I came up with a simple question ... whose painting? And even by the band's admission, the band Pink Floyd is really bigger than any particular individual, and we are here tonight inducting as much an institution ... if you'll excuse the pun ... as the particular members of the band who have survived everything. And I don't personally know all the politics between them all, but we have the music as a legacy. So I personally and I hope all of you will salute the legacy of their bravery, courage, spirit and ultimately their music. It's a great legacy. Pink Floyd."


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From Grand Theft Wiki
- You may be looking for Jorge from GTA Chinatown Wars, Jorge from The Ballad Of Gay Tony, or for Jorge from Grand Theft Auto IV.
Jorge is a minor character in Grand Theft Auto 1. Jorge works for El Burro in San Andreas, who is killed by the protagonist after acting strangely. He was acting strangely due to a chemical in a tanker that the protagonist had collected.


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Didier Reynders welcomes the decision of the Security Council on chemical weapons in Syria
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders welcomes the adoption of Resolution 2118 of the UN Security Council aimed at the destruction of the chemical arsenal of the Syrian regime. It is, along with the decision of the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an important step towards neutralising these weapons of mass destruction. The UN Security Council recognises that the use of these weapons presents a threat to international peace and security. It is now essential that the Syrian regime cooperate fully with the United Nations and the OPCW. Failing this, the UN Security Council measures under Chapter VII must be taken.
Minister Reynders is also pleased with the agreement reached to endorse the Geneva Declaration of June 2012 and the announcement that a conference will be held in Geneva in mid-November. Only a political solution can bring an end to the Syrian crisis. Didier Reynders urges all parties to participate constructively and seriously in the Geneva II Process in the interest of the Syrian people.
In New York, during the UN Ministerial Week, Didier Reynders made the case for taking the opportunity to send chemical weapons experts to Syria in order to increase humanitarian access, particularly for healthcare.
Minister Reynders increasingly called upon the Security Council to accept its responsibilities and he is pleased that an agreement has been reached on this between all 15 members. He hopes that the current climate can continue so that other positive developments will be possible, at both a political and humanitarian level.


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New Pinterest Credit Feature Does Little to Protect Pinterest Users
Several days ago, Pinterest announced a new feature that automatically credits and links back to content that Pinterest users re-post from Vimeo, YouTube, Behance and Flickr. The announcement was part of Pinterest's campaign to counter perceptions that copyright infringement is part of its corporate DNA. But the announcement amounted to little more than window dressing, and could give Pinterest users a false sense of security.
Pinterest, as we pointed out in a recent story, puts all the liability for infringement squarely in the lap of its users. The service enables those users to "pin" content from anywhere on the web onto a virtual bulletin board. Average users don't realize that what Pinterest encourages them to do–copy and re-publish digital content without permission–is a copyright violation. Not surprisingly, Pinterest doesn't go out of its way to make that clear to its users.
The automatic credits and link-backs to Vimeo, YouTube, Behance and Flickr don't give users any added protection. For one thing, content owners post videos and photos to those four sites expecting–no, encouraging–others to share their content. In other words, most people who use YouTube, etc. would sooner thank Pinterest users for re-posting ("pinning") their digital files than sue them for infringement.
A real accomplishment on Pinterest's part would be to add a feature that automatically credits and links back to every item re-posted by a Pinterest user. That might satisfy content owners who don't mind others re-posting their photos, etc. as long as they credit the owners. And it might help people who object to having their content used without permission discover the unauthorized uses and put a stop to it: They could send a take-down notice to Pinterest, and demand payment from the Pinterest user who violated their copyright.
That would be bad for Pinterest's business, of course. But Pinterest risks little by its very limited credit/link feature, which could ultimately hurt Pinterest users by sending them a dangerous message: that it's OK to "pin" content without permission as long as you give the copyright owner credit.
That isn't the case, as any copyright lawyer will tell you. Copyright law says you can't re-publish a work without permission from the copyright holder. Giving the owner credit is no substitute for permission. Pinterest still has much work to inform its users of their legal risks, and help those users protect themselves.
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ZF-5169: QSYS2.SYSCOLUMNS not limiting search by SCHEMA in Zend_Db_Adapter_Db2::describeTable()
The $schemaName variable passed to Zend_Db_Adapter_Db2::describeTable() is not being set to the schema name defined in the default adapter. This is causing the function to scan the entire QSYS2 table when it should only be looking for matches for the schema named in the adapter. Our QSYS2 table contains over 1,000,000 records. This causes a tremendous slowdown since the table is scanned once for each query; some screens querying over a dozen tables.
A check is performed in the describeTable() method to see if $schemaName is set. In every case it is not. The adapter has a variable which is set containing the schema name ($this->_config['schema']). I modified my version of the adapter to check for $this->_config['schema'] rather than the passed $schemaName variable and use its value and it's now running much faster.
I did notice that if I explicitly set the schema name for a given model the queries work as expected (i.e. the query only checks the schema indicated). Must this be done? It seems to defeat the purpose of setting the schema in the adapter to have set it again for each model; all of which use the same adapter. Shouldn't the adapter pass the schema name on if it's not set in the model?
Please forgive me if this post is a duplicate.
I am running a copy of the DB2 adapter found here: http://framework.zend.com/code/changelog/…
You will find information about my system settings in the following thread: ZF-4501
Hi, Simon.
Do you mean that the schema name must be required in __construct() of Zend_Db_Adapter_Db2 ?
I'm not sure if the schema name should be required in the constructor. I would think that it would not be required. The issue we are having is that the schema name IS set in the constructor but is not being passed to the describeTable() method in the adapter (it's an optional second parameter).
It seems to me that if the schema name is set in the constructor it should be passed into this function by default. This is currently not the case for me.
This is on my radar, I am getting our i5 instance repartitioned at the moment, so once thats going I am gonna work on persisting the _schema in the i5 describeTable() method.
Hi, Simon and Ralph.
I have an idea as following skelton.
protected $_schema;
public function __construct($config){
$this->_schema = $config['schema'];
public function describeTable($tableName, $schemaName = $this->_schema){
If You give schema on __construct, You can use as default value.
is this still an issue in the adapter in 1.7.2?
I confirm today that this issue have been fixed at 1.7.2 .


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Veteran music maker, DJ, author, and label-owner Ben Watt catches us up with his latest happenings as he prepares for a string of US shows to promote his upcoming album, Hendra. He'll be playing Joe's Pub in NYC on April 1 (sold out), Rough Trade in NYC on April 2, and The Echo in LA on April 4. You aren't going to want to miss these!
Giant Step: It's been over two decades since your debut album, North Marine Drive, came out in 1983 and over a decade since your last work with Everything But the Girl. What inspired you to get back into the studio for your own project?
Ben Watt: Instinct, mainly. After Everything But The Girl stopped in 2002, I focused on DJing and running my two labels Buzzin' Fly and Strange Feeling Records for ten years, but I felt myself wanting to get back to words and writing again, not just beats and other people's music. The first thing I did was write a new book – a memoir all about my parents' lives and marriage that will be published by Bloomsbury in the US in June. (It has just come out here to great reviews, which is very heart-warming.) And then right after that I fell into songwriting again. It was perhaps triggered by the unexpected death of my half-sister, Jennie. She died just as I was finishing the book and it was a heavy blow. A lot of stuff just tumbled out.


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The USA Men will open competition with Spain on August 12 and will take on Slovakia and Russia to close out group play. The USA Women will start with Kazakhstan on August 19 and will meet Italy and New Zealand to finish group play.
2013 FINA Men's Junior World Championship Roster (College/Zone/USAWP Club)
Adam Abdulhamid - Attacker (Stanford/Coastal/Stanford)
McQuin Baron - Goalkeeper (Mater Dei HS/SoPac/United)
Bret Bonanni - Attacker (Stanford/SoPac/Stanford)
Alex Bowen - Attacker (Stanford/PSW/Stanford)
Garrett Danner - Goalkeeper (UCLA/SoPac/Bruin)
Matt Farmer - Center (UCLA/Midwest/Windy City)
Jack Fellner - Attacker (UCLA/Pacific/Lamorinda)
Jackson Kimbell - Defender (Stanford/Coastal/Newport WPC)
Danny McClintick - Attacker (UCLA/Coastal/Bruin)
Nolan McConnell - Attacker (Long Beach State/SoPac/Long Beach)
Chancellor Ramirez - Defender (UCLA/Coastal/Rose Bowl)
Ryder Roberts - Attacker (UCLA/PSW/Del Mar)
Alec Zwaneveld - Center (UCLA/Coastal/Bruin)
2013 FINA Women's Junior World Championship Roster (College/Zone/USAWP Club)
Ashleigh Johnson - Goalkeeper (Princeton/Southeast/Gulliver Riptides)
Jillian Yocum - Goalkeeper (UC Irvine/SoPac/SOCAL)
Tiera Schroeder - Attacker (California/Coastal/Santa Barbara WPF)
Eike Daube - Utility (USC/SoPac/Trojan)
Mackenzie Barr - Utility (UCLA/SoPac/SET)
Makenzie Fischer - Utility (Laguna Beach HS/SoPac/SET)
Kodi Hill - Defender (UCLA/Coastal/Santa Barbara WPF)
Monica Vavic - Attacker (USC/Coastal/Trojan)
Emily Donohoe - Attacker (UCLA/Coastal/CHAWP)
Alys Williams - Defender (UCLA/SoPac/Huntington Beach WP)
Ashley Grossman - Center (Stanford/Coastal/LAWPC)
Rachel Fattal - Attacker (UCLA/SoPac/SOCAL)
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Mckenna Mitchell - Center (UC Irvine/SoPac/SOCAL)
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@PtonMensTennis Stays Undefeated in Ivy, Defeats Brown 4-3
Sunday's match at Brown was undecided until the very last singles contest, but Matt Siow came through with a win and the Princeton men's tennis team stayed unbeaten in Ivy League play.
With the 4-3 win, Princeton improved to 3-0 in the league and 14-4 overall and dealt a loss to one of the three teams that entered the day undefeated in the league loss column. The other of the three teams, Harvard, will come to the Lenz Tennis Center next Saturday.
"As expected, this was a tough match," Princeton head coach Billy Pate said. "It was exceptionally windy and the conditions were not favorable for either team. I give credit to our guys and their resiliency in finding a way to get a challenging league win on the road. Siow has been a clutch performer in the past and he came through again today when our backs were against the wall. I'm very proud of Siow and the other guys for hanging in there and doing what it took. We need to have a good week of practice in preparation for Harvard and Dartmouth at home next weekend."
Princeton swept the doubles point and won two of the first three matches to be decided when Matija Pecotic and Dan Richardson picked up wins. But Brown took victories on courts two and three to make it 3-3, leaving the match to Siow on court four. Siow, who had lost the first set to Brown's Sam Fife, came back to win 6-4 and 6-3, keeping Princeton undefeated heading into the showdown with Harvard next Saturday.
The Tigers are ranked No. 51 in the nation on the Apr. 2 ITA list, one of five ranked Ivy teams along with No. 40 Columbia, No. 48 Cornell, No. 18 Harvard and No. 54 Yale. Princeton already counts a win over Yale, but three of its last four opponents are fellow ranked teams. A new list will come out Tuesday.
(51) Princeton (14-4, 3-0) 4, Brown (12-7, 1-1) 3
1. (33) McCourt/Pecotic (P) def. Hill/To (B), 8-6
2. Dan Davies/Spindler (P) def. Burke/Spector (B), 9-8
3. Augie Bloom/Siow (P) def. Fife/Riechmann (B), 8-3
Order of finish: 3,1,2
1. (7) Matija Pecotic (P) def. Michael Riechmann (B), 6-2, 6-4
2. Mike Hill (B) def. Zack McCourt (P), 7-6, 6-2
3. William Spector (B) def. Matt Spindler (P), 6-1, 6-3
4. Matt Siow (P) def. Sam Fife (B), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
5. Dan Richardson (P) def. Brandon Burke (B), 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
6. Daniel Hirschberg (B) def. Jonathan Carcione (P), 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 6,1,5,3,2,4


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Hear stories of hope — directly from just a few of the people whom Catholic Charities has helped over the past year. This short film premiered at our Annual Gala Benefit on March 21, 2012 in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria.
This year's gala was a record-breaker in terms of both fundraising and attendance. Nearly 1,000 guests helped to raise more than $2.5 million to provide help and create hope in the lives of our neighbors in need.


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In Texas last year, hot-mix asphalt prices doubled. The primary culprit was the binder, which soared to $718/ton from $340/ton for a common grade. The story repeated itself across the nation as crude oil prices rose and supplies became pinched.
Reclaimed asphalt is simply the combination of used aggregate coated with used liquid binder; using more of it reduces the need for virgin aggregate and pricey new liquid binder. As a result, state road agencies are increasing their allowable amounts of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP).
Reclaimed asphalt has been milled from an existing roadway that's not yet deteriorated to the point at which full-depth reclamation becomes an option. Typically, it's trucked from the milling machine to a stockpile at an asphalt plant and stored there.
The transportation departments of Texas, New Jersey, and Illinois have recently increased their specified limits or are considering it. In and around Tucson, Ariz., agencies also are allowing it for the first time.
Properly designed and built, pavements with reclaimed asphalt will last as long or longer than roadways built with virgin materials, says Kent Hansen, director of engineering for the National Asphalt Pavement Association. He cites a 1980 Transportation Research Board study that analyzed the performance of various pavements up to seven years old and concluded that the mixtures performed at least as well as mixtures made with all-new materials.
Demonstration projects containing 25% to 50% of used asphalt have been implemented in nearly a dozen states, including Delaware, Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, Minnesota, Oregon, and Missouri, and reclaimed-material content of 50% and higher is becoming increasingly common.
"As raw material prices rose dramatically over the past year, the industry knew that the best way to keep hot-mix asphalt costs in check was to increase RAP contents," says Randy West, director of the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University in Alabama. "The other big motivation has been the sustainability movement. Recycling means that we use less of the earth's nonrenewable natural resources."
The national average for surface mixtures is about 15% reclaimed asphalt, with the average for base and intermediate courses at about 20%.
When recycling began in the late 1970s, mixes with more than 50% reclaimed material were common. But there were notable failures, and agencies have been reluctant to try again. A few, such as the Arizona DOT, banned used material altogether.
"Some agencies want more performance data on higher-percentage mixes; others want to wait for more guidance on how to select the right grade of virgin binder," West says. "Failures typically are not well-publicized or documented and so we often don't learn the real causes.
Today, however, changes in how used material is processed and advances in mixing technology make higher percentages more successful as well as more feasible.
One new development is fractionation: separating reclaimed material into particles of more than 1/2-inch or 3/8 -inch and particles of less than half an inch, enabling contractors to more easily develop fine and coarse mixtures.
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After a 2-0 victory at East Los Angeles College Tuesday, the Pasadena City College men's soccer team continued to be part of a powerful South Coast Conference that boasts five of the top 10 teams currently in the regional power points ratings. PCC is ninth on that list.
The Lancers improved to 6-5-5 overall and 5-3-1 in SCC play. PCC is in third place in the conference standings with 16 points, trailing second place Cerritos by three points and first place Mt. San Antonio by five.
Against the Huskies, Luis Flores picked up two more assists to give him a team-leading nine. In the 22nd minute, he first fed a cross that teammate Zack Larson served as a screen, allowing the ball to reach Eric Chavez, who ripped a one-time shot in the box for his seventh goal. Chavez (pictured) tied Flores for team-high in the goals category.
In the 68th minute, PCC capped the scoring as Flores placed a through ball past two ELAC defenders as Larson went on a breakaway. Larson finished with a chip over the goalie for his sixth goal.
PCC goalie Gaetano Perez made eight saves to pick up his third shutout of the season.
The Lancers host Long Beach City College on Friday, Nov. 1 in a 3 p.m. conference kickoff at Robinson Stadium.
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