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Jimmy Fallon Takes Over As 'Tonight Show' Host (Video)
Jimmy Fallon took over "The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno this evening, but the shift wasn't what you'd describe as seismic.
The new show has the same familiar format. There's a monologue, a curtain, a desk, and a band (a great one–the hip-hop group the Roots).
Fallon did bring a new sincerity to the show–he even brought his parents–but time will tell whether he'll bring the ratings dominance enjoyed by Leno and Johnny Carson.
The 39-year-old Fallon joins a frat-party of late-night hosts on the networks that range from a smart alecky male in his forties (Jimmy Kimmel) to a smart alecky male in his fifties (Craig Ferguson) to a smart alecky male in his sixties (David Letterman).
That's the networks' idea of diversity.
The new "Tonight Show" faces two potentially conflicting tasks. Fallon has to bring down the average age of the broadcast, while also maintaining the show's traditional dominance over the competition. Leno was No. 1 in the ratings for pretty much his entire run, but according to MarketWatch, the median age of his viewers was 58, about a decade older than the demo advertisers crave.
Fallon's inaugural program tried to strike a balance between entertaining younger audiences and not alienating older ones. The guests included a beloved 45-year-old movie star with a hip-hop background (Will Smith) and a beloved band of fiftysomething rockers (U2).
U2′s performance on the roof, with the sun setting on New York City, highlighted one big change for "Tonight"–under Fallon, the show has moved from the West Coast to Manhattan.
Fallon also looked to continue his signature bits, presenting an "Evolution of Hip- Hop Dancing" segment with Smith. The bit was also a nod to the need for comedy shows to generate viral video in the age of YouTube and Vine.
The kickoff show managed to attract star cameos from Robert De Niro, Lady Gaga, Tina Fey, and late-night competitor Stephen Colbert.
Thanks to the Olympics, Fallon's debut "Tonight Show" began around midnight; in coming weeks it will settle into its traditional slot a half-hour earlier.
Will younger viewers stay up to watch it? Fallon has become the new king of late-night at a time when, thanks to such things as Hulu, HBO on Demand, Netflix, and DVRs, TV audiences have become increasingly conditioned to getting TV content when they want it.
In comedy, timing is everything. For today's video content, not so much.
What did you think of the show? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
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The League of Women Voters of Southwest Santa Clara Valley named Los Gatos resident Hana Itani as its new president.
Itani replaces outgoing president Eleanor Yick. Her background is in real estate, and she runs two private investment companies.
Itani joined the League in 2007 after attending a luncheon for then president Fred Armstrong, the organization's first male president. Armstrong, a longtime resident of Saratoga, died on Feb. 2.
"I stood there and said, 'Wow, this is an amazing organization,' " Itani recalls. "I like that it was nonpartisan, open to women and men, and I was amazed by the wealth of knowledge and the education and the energy."
In 2008, Itani joined the LOWV's Great Decisions program, a group that meets regularly to discuss foreign affairs and politics. She said she plans to stay in the program because she finds it "informative and self-enlightening."
"I enjoy the active participation of each member," she said of the group that serves Los Gatos, Saratoga and Campbell.
In preparing for her new role, Itani will be pulling not only from her real estate career but from her 22 years in the nonprofit sector, where she has volunteered for organizations such as the American Cancer Society.
Days prior to beginning her one-year term, Itani already had a number of goals in mind. The primary ones, she said, are to increase the league's visibility as well as boost membership and youth involvement. As part of that, she plans on reaching out to schools to build bridges between students and the league.
"I want them to feel the importance of being involved in their civic duties, and I want them to feel how important their vote is," she said. "I want everyone to feel their vote matters."
Itani said she also wants to introduce additional social activities to the board of directors and increase the organization's social media presence.
Itani hails from Lebanon, where she lived until 1974 and received a bachelor's degree in chemistry. She came to the U.S. with her husband on a student/wife visa so that her husband could attend UC-Berkeley. The eruption of the Lebanese Civil War a year later and her husband receiving an offer to work at Apple would seal the couple's fate, compelling them to stay and raise a family in California. To maintain her visa status, Itani said, she continued to take classes at local community colleges.
"My destiny was to stay," Itani said. "We are fortunate to be here."
Itani quickly discovered that one of the best ways to learn about American culture was to become involved in her children's schools. As a member of the parent-teacher association in the Berryessa Union School District, she helped work on curriculum reform. Itani also became involved in her children's play groups and has fond memories of one in particular called the Toys Exchange Club.
After a stint as a financial adviser, Itani launched a career in real estate in 1986. She has lived in Los Gatos since 2005 with her husband Danny, a senior scientist at Apple, and has three adult children and seven grandchildren. Her daughter Genan works in the nonprofit field, and sons Rashad and Majed are both in high tech.

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How Important Is Chemistry in Love?
I am 46 years old and unmarried. Last summer, I connected with someone online and we both felt we were soulmates, brought together by divine intervention. Two months later he decided to fly 5,000 miles to come meet me, with an understanding that the meeting was just to see each other at least once and get comfortable.
Upon our meeting, the guy felt there was no chemistry. Because we had so much in common, I was willing to give it a try, but he wasn't, although he did want to keep in touch and remain friends, which I said no to.
Arielle and Brian, why does this happen? Is it right to give up so much in common for chemistry? Was this guy not really my soulmate? I am confused.


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I wish I could come up with a more imaginative name for this dish because it is way tastier than the title suggests. We are finally getting ripe cherry tomatoes out of the garden and this simple salad is a perfect way to enjoy their sweet flavour.
- 1/2 block extra firm tofu, cut into small cubes and dabbed dry
- 1 shallot, halved and thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 15 cherry tomatoes (or so), halved or quartered
- 2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
- 1 tsp basil (or some chopped fresh basil)
- salt and pepper to taste
1. Place tofu in a bowl with shallots, then add oil, lemon juice, and vinegar. Let marinate for 30 min or so. Add tomatoes and herbs, and season to taste. Mix well and serve.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tomato and Tofu Salad
I wish I could come up with a more imaginative name for this dish because it is way tastier than the title suggests. We are finally getting ripe cherry tomatoes out of the garden and this simple salad is a perfect way to enjoy their sweet flavour.
16 comments:
- Lisa G/K said...
A good name might be
(I actually borrowed that from one of my favorite drinks: Tanqueray & Tonic"!)
Everything looks yummy!
- August 26, 2009 at 9:34 PM
- Mom2my9 @ 11th Heaven said...
This looks totally good. I just posted a tomato recipe as well, but I would love to add this one to my repetoir!
- August 26, 2009 at 10:56 PM
- caitlin said...
You could call it a "not so caprese salad" oddly similar but not quite there. perfect summer dish, we will give it a try.
- August 27, 2009 at 12:47 AM
- Amy said...
Simple and good!
- August 27, 2009 at 4:14 AM
- Kristen M. said...
This looks like Caprese (I think that's how you spell it) salad but instead of tofu it is usally made with mozarella...finally a good recipe to substitute the icky ingredient for a good one...can't wait to try it out! Thanks!
- August 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- jeanne said...
yummy....taste as delicious as it looks. Thanks for the recipe
- August 27, 2009 at 3:53 PM
- Bianca said...
I think tomato tofu salad is a fine name! It's straight and to the point and it looks delicious!
- August 27, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
A possible name could be "ensalata caprese". I made this wonderful salad today, and that is exactly what it reminds me of.
- August 27, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Charley said...
Would you call it a caprese salad?
- August 27, 2009 at 5:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
or possible tofu ensalata caprese
- August 27, 2009 at 8:10 PM
- Vegan Epicurean said...
Wow, this looks good and seriously healthy. I love the fact that it is low in processed fat (oil) but high in flavorful ingredients.
Thanks for sharing.
- August 27, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- Northern Vegan said...
great photo!
- August 28, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- Girl on Raw said...
Wowsers, this is a great way to remind me of my recent trip to Rome. I loved the tomatoes so much there I am sure I will be a little disappointed with the lack of variety and flavour the ones I get here have. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I look forward to making it :D
- August 28, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Indy Ann said...
This looks great! I just discovered your blog and I hope to use it to give my family an intro to veganism. I have been vegan in a carnivorous family off and on for a few years now, and always get discouraged after a few months of making two meals. I'll try looking to your blog for inspiration. Thanks!
- August 29, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- V said...
I'm going to try this out with some home-grown tomatoes from the garden. What a perfect end of summer recipe! Thanks, Vegan Dad! :)
- Vanessa
- August 29, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
Made this as part of a vegan meal for guests over the weekend and it was a big hit.
- September 1, 2009 at 5:47 PM


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Our friend Susan Dyner is a big step closer to releasing her film "Punk's Not Dead - The Movie" It's a feature length documentary with appearances by a who's - who of classic punk bands including UK Subs, Sham 69, Exploited and tons more. If you want to see the teaser clip, go to www.punksnotdeadthemovie.com. - Nicky
Noise Annoys records from Poland have reissued the UK Subs A.W.O.L. with two rare bonus tracks. Teroristos (The bands knee jerk reaction to the 9/11 attack), and Phillips Environmental. Both tracks were recorded in Brazil in September 2001 - Nicky
Stores: The classic Anti-Flag debut album, "Die For The Government" is now available WORLD WIDE from Mordam/Lumberjack as the European license is now finished. For more details go to Mordam/Lumberjack - DD
S.O.S. records captured the 2004 British Invasion show in LA on video. The double DVD features The Adicts, The Exploited, UK Subs, Cockney Rejects, Discharge, Total Chaos, CH3, Resilience, NYrelx, Cheap Sex, The Voids and Rotting Stiffs. For more info go to SOS records. - DD
The New Red Archives web site is soon to be overhauled. The new format will include both this site and the New Red Archives Media site. NRAM is our new audio book division and will in the coming year feature free 1st chapter down loads from our full cast dramatic audio books and other material for down load. New Red Archives will remain dedicated to classic Punk while NRAM is not punk related and will be portioned on the new front page. I hope this goes some way toward explaining the inactive on the site over the last year. - Nicky
We are working on a reissue of the UK Subs Quintessentials and Riot albums together, (Now titled "Complete Riot"), for early 2006 release. It will be packaged in a deluxe digi pack. - DD
The UK Subs are to play Wasted LA in October - DD
1) Kraut - Live at CBGB's Recorded in 2002 with the classic line-up.
2) Ultraman -The Constant Weight Of Zero (Artwork to come) The long awaited 3rd album. And well worth the wait if we may say so. - DD
The UK Subs start their Canadian tour next week. Check the Tour Dates section - Nicky
The Night Crawlers (ex squat member) w/ The Skulls & The Weirdos Slims Sat. Dec. 13th The Weirdo's The Skulls The Night Crawlers-9:00 pm sharp - Nicky
Just a quick word about this dreadful bootleg. It's so easy to make a CD - that's why there's so much crap out there. Well let me tell you Anti-Flag care about what they release. More than anything they care about the music they make. On the other hand is this "label" Liberation Records (Or whatever) just want to make cash from other peoples work/idea's/standing etc. The sound is beyond crap. It's not punk, it's not interesting, it's just a good old fashioned mugging and if you buy it, you're the victim. If you haven't heard the mighty Anti-Flag we invite you to buy Die For The Government, (On this Label), New Kind Of Army, (On Go Kart), Underground Network, (On FAT), Or Mobilize (On AF records) - Nicky
Thu. Aug 21: Hannover, Germany @ Kornstrasse
Fri. Aug 22: Dessorapark, Dessau-Oranienbaum, Germany @ Endless Summer, Unity Is A Weapon Festival
Sat. Aug 23: in Nonnweiler, Germany @ Primsrock Festival
Sun. Aug 24: in Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Melkweg
Tue. Aug 26: in Cardiff, Wales @ MS 1
Wed. Aug 27: in Birmingham, UK @ Academy
Thu. Aug 28: in Sheffield, England @ Cooperation
Fri. Aug 29: in , Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
Sat. Aug 30: in Frankfurt, Germany @ Excess
Sun. Sep 21: in London, England @ Kentish Town Forum, The Gathering Of The Thousands - Nicky
July, 2003 Andi from Snap-Her will be playing guitar for legendary Chicago based traditional Irish band, The Tossers. Their official guitarist is unavailable to do these shows, so she has been asked to do them in lieu.
16 Buffalo, NY @ The Mohawk
17 Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
18 New York, NY @ ARLENE GROCERY
19 Albany, NY @ MCGEARY'S IRISH FESTIVAL
20 New York, NY @ CBGB's 313 GALLERY
21 Brooklyn, NY @ NORTH SIX
22 New York, NY @ PADDY REILLY'S - Nicky
Cheryl (from Squat) has some shows coming up with 'The Night Crawlers'.
Alex's in Long Bch, CA. August 14th
The Garage in Hollywood, August 15th
The Loft in Oxnard, Agust 16th
El Rio on Mission St, San Francisco, August 23rd
Showcase Theatre in Corona, Ca. Sept. - DD
There's a bunch of new photos in the 'Something Big' Gallery. - DD
Dead Lazlo's Place are playing a couple of shows
1) Thursday, July 3rd @ THE ROCK (Las Vegas) *The 4th Annual BIG LIZARD RECORDS Birthday Bash* Line-up - Dead Lazlo's Place | FFI | The Holy Moleys | bronson | Cute In The Face | Jack Moses | The Bargain DJ Collective
2) Thursday, July 17th @ THE GARAGE (Silverlake) Dead Lazlo's Place | Hollow Point (Seattle/Dirt Nap Records) | and more TBA
Maybe you want to pick up their debut album "Lonely Street" before the show? - DD
The Kraut website is up and running. - DD
More recipies up in Nrapropoganda. - DD
There's a live DVD from CBGB's out called 'Punk From The Bowery'. It contains two songs by Kraut. 'Unemployed' and 'Kill For Cash' There's also a couple of songs by UK Subs from the mid eighties we think. - DD
There's a brand new interview with Liz and Cheryl of Squat in the Post section. - Nicky
Squat news! While the various members of Squat are scattered around California and rarely come together for shows, Liz will be playing a couple of east coast shows with FHOLE.
Thursday 26th June CBGB's New York
Saturday 28th June Siberia New York
She is also playing with her new band Shambles on July 8th at Park Side in San Francisco - DD
There's a couple of new recipes up in Nrapropoganda. - DD
Vinyl collectors - Snap-Her 'It Smells, It Burns, It Stings...' Is coming out on Vinyl this year out of Germany. The track listing might be a little different to fit the LP format We will update you latter when we have more news. - Nicky
Some members of Ultraman are playing in a band called 'The Bars' (A Black Flag Cover Band), I got a flyer for a show at Hi-Point on the 28th of June for the 10 anniversary of GG Alan's death. Don't know where that is, but I assume it's in St Louis. - Nicky
Ten Bright Spikes third album (A mini) is finally coming out on Substandard records. It's called 'Crime Map' and was recorded in 1993!!! - JohnN
We are doing a repress of some of our classic colored vinyl releases. If you're a vinyl collector here's your chanceto snatch up these classics:- Kraut 'An Adjustment To Society' Red Vinyl. UK Subs 'A.W.O.L.' Blue vinyl, Samiam 'Don't Brake Me' White vinyl 10". Stores order them from Mordam Records. On sale in a month or so - DD
We have been working with the UK Subs unofficial web site lately and as the official one has been down for a while, this is the place to go with a great new history being posted shortly. Anyway check them out. - DD
Live at the bottom of the Hill will be coming out on DVD. This 1995 concert was shot on 3 cameras and recorded digitally. It will be coming out on Cleopatra Records and features The Nukes, Jack Killed Jill, Social Unrest and Swingin' Utters. The Social Unrest footage features songs sung by both Jason Honea and the historic return of Creetin Kaos - JohnN
Anti-Flag are in the studio doing a new album for FAT. - DD
Kraut have a brand new 'official' web site which is in the proccess of being constructed. Go to www.krautnyc.com and check back and see how they're doing. They are really on a roll after playing CBGB's (One show in about 18 years - they must be exhausted). Who knows maybe they'll play another - Hey guy's that's a tour! OK I'm giving them a hard time, but from everyone who was at the show a huge thumbs up!!! -Nicky
The UK Subs DVD (I don't know the label as yet), is being edited. It was a return to the Marquee for a complete re-union of the 'Endangered Species' line-up. Shot on four or five cameras with interveiw material it has yet to have a firm release date. -Nicky
Happy new year kiddos. Look for updates for new releases soon. -JohnN
We are curently in negotiations with the Nihlistics to reissue their early classic recordings. -Nicky
Just a quick word about the Justin Sane solo album "Life, Love, and the pursuit of Justice". It may not have drums or Bass on it, and it is not an Anti-Flag album, but it is definitely not a cash-in-on-Anti-Flag album. Rather it is a collection of 1st rate songs, well arranged, well performed and raw. It Rocks. -Nicky
I got a CD in the mail this week from Mr Michael Anthony Nigro - (Mikey from Corrupted Ideals to you). Mikey left for Indiana University to study classical guitar and got his Bachelor of Music in 2000, he now is attending the Master of Music program at Fullerton CA. Unfortunately the CD, a program of Classical guitar music from the Renaissance to the 20th Century, is not commercially available - but I have a feeling we'll be hearing more from Mikey. -Nicky
There's an update in the Skeptic section. -JohnN
Our very own John Joh is the production manager of a new zine called AMP (American Music Press). It's free and the first issue is already out. Meanwhile Jason Honea (Social Unrest, Ten Bright Spikes and Knit Separates), has relocated to Berlin. There is serious talk of new Ten Bright Spikes recordings over there (As I live in Hannover). -Nicky
The UK Subs "Very Classic" line up is booked to play at Londons Marquee club on Oct 24th. I say very classic because for the first time in 20 years the Harper/Garratt/Gibbs line up will be joined by the fourth and final member of the infamous quartet that recorded "Endangered Species" and "Diminished Responsibility", drummer Steve Roberts. Gibbs will be trekking from his home in the South of France, Garratt similarly from Hanover Germany for this historic Gig. Anti-Product to open. -JohnN
Attention Snap-Her fans. Andi is featured in the new (#49) issue of Tattoo Savage mag. Also Accustomed to Nothing have been playing out again - who the hell knows where, but they are. -JohnN
CALLING CHRIST ON A CRUTCH Jerry, Jerry Jerry, where the hell are you? We now have two royalty statements and bucket loads of cash waiting for you - please contact us. -Nicky
Just listened to the Justin Sane (Singer from Anti-Flag), solo album. It's really very good, and I might say very brave as it's just voice and guitar. Some great songs. -Nicky
The new V/A "Hardcore Breakout 1, 2, 3,..." compilation will soon be out. It's 3 discs for the price of 1. That's 75 tracks with exclusives and bonus material for $12.99 retail. Look for it in November. -JohnN
Also, End on End is currently on tour and will be out on the road in August and September. Their new record (CD/LP) will be in stores August 13th.. JohnN
Yes it finally happened, Kraut played 2 nights at CBGB's and it went incredibly well. The club was packed and there were 100 kids up front singing the words to every song... It was a great time for both sold out shows on Friday and Saturday. More to come. - Nicky
The word on the street is that Accustomed to Nothing is getting together to play some new shows. We'll let you know more soon.- JohnN
Hardcore Breakout 1 & 2 are being reissued with the previously unreleased Hardcore Breakout 3 as a triple album. This massive set features exclusive tracks By Samiam, No Use For A Name, Jawbreaker, Shleprock, The Damned, Ultraman and many many more. For those appearing on the delayed Hardcore Breakout 3. Maybe you should contact us again to make sure we have your current address. Again, would someone from Christ On A Crutch update us on a current address. - Nicky
At last Anti-Flag play in Europe. Here's you chance to see the absolute hottest punk band in the world right now. Go to Tour Dates for listings. - Nicky
The new Jack Killed Jill record "Hello Neighbor" on GC Records has been getting great reviews. On this month's issue of Section M there's info on the new comp Jack Killed Jill (as well as Anti Flag, Chumbawamba, Jello Biafra, and more) are contributing to. It is for RAWA (Revolutionary Assocation of the Women of Afghanistan). Here's more info. They'll also be doing some shows with The Rubber City Rebels and The Stiches again. There's also a show at the Stork club in Oakland with the Diabolical Exploits. Don't miss out. - Nicky
There is an update in the skeptic section of nrapropoganda sent in to us from our not-so-roving skeptic Suzy Shaw (And her buddy in rational thought Richard Dawkins) - Nicky
Could 'Christ On A Crutch' and 'Ultraman' please get in touch your royalty statements and checks have been returned to us and current contact details are obsolete. - Nicky
There's a personal account by Nicky of sept 11th called "Half Way" in nrapropoganda/articals. - DD
I would like to give a quick nod to the EPOXIES from Portland OR. They opened for the UK Subs last year, I made a pitch for them for NRA but they had already gone with another label. I'll keep you posted on that, but they are excellent and very funny so watch out for them. -Nicky
There's another recipe in the nrapropoganda/recipes/indian/main dishes - DD
Samiam are taking a hiatus right now. James is working on his new management company called "Fenders rule" (just kidding - it's an inside joke), his company is called Primed Entertainment, he's also just released a book about touring called. "Tour stories and other 3rd grade tales". You can get it via his company. It's a must for fans of Samiam or Social Unrest. Meanwhile Sergie's new band Solea are touring and recording. - Nicky
Badtown Boys are doing some recordings right now, I don't know if this is demos or an album, but it features the old classic line-up! - Nicky
Talking of Ex NRA bands now on FAT, we haven't heard too much lately from Swingin' Utters, but No Use For A Name are very busy. They have secured a spot on Warped 2002 and are playing a European tour. In addition NUFAN are in the studio working on the next FAT release. - Nicky
There's an update on the reviews page. - DD
Andi of Snap-Her has a feature/interview in Varla Magazine. - DD
There is an article "You Must Obey" by Nicky in the Nrapropoganda/articles section. - DD
Rumor has it that former Corrupted Ideals members Paul and Mikey are thinking about starting a new band. Mikey has completed his degree in music but it seems he still has a taste for the raw stuff. So a big finger goes out to all the Genesis/Yes wanna be's who said 'punk would never last' and 'they can't even play'. - Nicky
There's an update in the indian recipes page. - DD
The Box the Compass and the This Computer Kills cds/lps are at the plant now and will be done very soon. The Box The Compass 10" LP has a cool embossing on it. It's a must have. Keep a lookout for it in Febuary 2002. Have a good New Year holiday.-JohNN
Nicky's currently living in Germany for the time being. - JohNN
The This Computer Kills CD art is in progress. I'll have a posting for you all soon. Be sure to check this band out! - JohNN
For the time being I am pleased to announce that our new distributor is Mordam Records If you are unfamiliar with them (where have you been the last decade and a half), they have a wonderful reputation for all things punk, and sell to stores, chains and distributors both in the USA and all over the world. More on Mordam later.
As anyone knows we have the best mail order service out of any of the punk labels. We send out your stuff, priority mail the same day as we get the order (free of shipping charges) and our prices are great ($12 for a CD). As many of you can attest we often slip in free stuff like buttons or magazines for the hell of it. However with my touring schedule and the fact that I don't want to accept credit cards. - I don't know why? We are looking at restructuring that side of NRA and will make a choice soon to provide an alternative but comparable service. It will most likely be a new address. Again stay tuned. - Nicky


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Today's Return to Flight launch of Space Shuttle Discovery has been postponed due to an issue with a low-level fuel cutoff sensor onboard the vehicle. The sensor protects an orbiter's main engines by triggering them to shut down in the event fuel runs unexpectedly low. Mission managers are currently assessing the problem. More information will be announced as it becomes available.
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From the outside, this Saint Mary's College basketball season appears different.
Point guard Matthew Dellavedova, so good for four years that the Gaels are retiring his jersey Saturday, is gone to the NBA. Coach Randy Bennett was gone for five games at midseason, serving a suspension for NCAA violations.
The Gaels already have lost three West Coast Conference games to opponents other than Gonzaga, including a 61-43 thrashing at San Diego, which is 4-9 in conference play. In six previous seasons, SMC had suffered a total of just seven non-Zag defeats.
A loss at Pepperdine last Saturday, and the Gaels would have dropped into fifth place in the West Coast Conference. They won in overtime.
Still, with three weeks left in the regular season, Bennett says the landscape feels familiar.
"I don't think we're that much different," he said. "We're 18-7. We're a game or two off. Really, we had a bad (0-3) Hawaii trip. We lost on a last-second shot to Santa Clara. We have a couple of those back and I don't think we're having this discussion."
For six straight seasons, Saint Mary's has won at least 25 games -- joining Duke, Kansas and Gonzaga as the nation's only Division I programs to do so. In two of those, the Gaels claimed the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They earned at-large spots in two other seasons. Twice they wound up in the NIT.
With an NCAA RPI computer ranking of No. 53, it's likely they will need to win the WCC tournament to get a third straight invite to the NCAA tournament. An NIT bid is never a sure thing for a mid-major.
Saint Mary's gets all that.
The Gaels play their final six games in the Bay Area -- four at home, the others at USF and Santa Clara. With wins this week over San Diego and BYU, Saint Mary's will sit alone in second place behind Gonzaga, whom they face at Moraga in the regular-season finale March 1.
"What I told our team before Pepperdine is that for the most part everything we're trying to achieve is still possible," Bennett said.
Senior guard Stephen Holt, asked to take on some of the responsibilities shouldered by Dellavedova, has grown into the role and is the WCC player of the week. Center Brad Waldow continues to improve.
"As a team, you have to focus on getting better every game. Anything more than that is overwhelming," Bennett said. "There's a lot of pressure. Having been through it the last six years, I've seen it break players. You've got to stay in the moment."
For now, the moment still offers possibilities to the Gaels.
The No. 15 Sun Devils lost 68-49 to last-place Arizona, previously winless in conference play. The No. 6 Cardinal dropped an 87-82 decision at Washington, just the program's second Pac-12 loss in five seasons.
More upsetting to Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer than shooting 9 for 41 from the 3-point line against UW's packed-in defense was allowing more points than in any conference game since 2004.
"I hope this loss really helps us. I hope that it gets our team's attention," said VanDerveer, who was unhappy with her team's play against both UW and Washington State last week. "We did not shoot the ball well, and I can live with that. But we did not defend worth a lick."
"I wasn't 100 percent (about coming back) before the injury," said Ashley, the sophomore forward who began his prep career at Oakland's Bishop O'Dowd before transferring to Findlay Prep in Nevada. "But I've thought about it, and there's a very, very, very strong chance I'll be back at the University of Arizona next year."
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Raceland man charged with attempted murder
Published: Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 1:12 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 10:40 a.m.
A Raceland man allegedly slammed a woman to the ground until she lost consciousness, and the attack nearly killed her, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Gerovonta "Dut" Bourda, 27, 668 Greenville St., allegedly beat the unnamed woman July 15 following an argument. It's not clear what the two argued about.
The woman, 45, did not report the attack or seek medical treatment until Thursday, Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Brennan Matherne said.
She went to Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland Thursday, and officials there alerted the Sheriff's Office that the woman had life-threatening injuries.
She was then taken to Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, where she is listed in stable condition, according to deputies.
Bourda remained at large until Friday, when he was arrested on a charge of attempted second-degree murder as he pulled into his Raceland driveway, Matherne said.
He is being held in the Lafourche Parish jail on a $200,000 bond.
If convicted of attempted second-degree murder, Bourda faces up to 50 years in jail.
His criminal history includes arrests for illegal drugs, resisting an officer and firearm possession by a convicted felon. He also has a prior arrest for attempted murder, according to police reports.
In 2007, he and his brother allegedly fired multiple shots at a Lafourche man after he told them to quit selling drugs in front of his Raceland home. None of the shots hit their mark.
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SAN JOSE -- The Earthquakes announced Wednesday they have signed first-round pick JJ Koval, a central midfielder out of Stanford.
Koval, 21, the No. 9 selection overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, started all four years with the Cardinal, including earning all-Pac-12 first-team honors in 2013.
Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"I'm very excited. It's been a dream of mine to get an opportunity to play professional soccer for a long time," Koval said in a club release.
In Earthquakes' preseason action, Koval got to play alongside veterans such as U.S. national team players Chris Wondolowski and Clarence Goodson in the team's second match against the Houston Dynamo.
"It was a pleasure playing with both Clarence and Wondo," Koval said recently. "They're very good players, and it was cool to be out there. I know I'm going to learn a lot from them."
Koval, who is 6-foot-1 and known for his vision, simple style and aerial prowess, added that he's adapting to the quick decision-making required against MLS competition.
"I feel like things have been going pretty well, and I want to help the team in any way possible," Koval said. "I'm pushing as hard as I can to be on the field, because I want to contribute as much as I can. I'm taking every day as a day to get better."
Koval, who appeared in 74 matches overall at Stanford, helped the Cardinal to wins over Loyola Marymount and Cal State Northridge in the 2013 NCAA tournament, before Stanford lost in the third round.
Quakes coach Mark Watson has been impressed with Koval's versatility and professionalism.
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STOCKTON - An 18-year-old man was walking in a parking lot in the first block of East Harding Way shortly before 7 p.m. Friday when someone pulled up in a truck and started arguing with him, police said.
A man got out of the vehicle holding an aluminum baseball bat. The man's dog then jumped from the truck and tried to bite the victim, officers said. The victim kicked and hit the dog, upsetting the assailant, who then hit the victim with the bat, police said.
The victim complained of pain and was taken to the hospital by a friend, authorities said. The assailant fled east on Harding Way. He was described as a white man in his late 40s with short gray hair, brown eyes, a gray T-shirt, blue jeans and work boots, police said. He was driving a maroon two-door extended cab pickup.
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At 3:33 p.m. Tuesday, an officer made contact with Juveniles at Lakeside Park who were playing in the water. The juveniles were advised to stay out of the water for safety reasons.
At 11:24 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to the 800 block of West Lincoln for a report of possible intimidation of a witness. The reporting party had witnessed a vehicle drive through his yard and was concerned it was an attempt at intimidation. The reporting party could not identify the driver. No charges will be filed at this time.
LINDSBORG — At 5:59 p.m. Tuesday, an officer and a sheriff's deputy arrested David N. Rodriguez-Coto, 49, on a charge of driving while revoked. Bond is set at $250.
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When Colin Powell endorsed the Iraq Study Group report during his Dec. 17 appearance on "Face the Nation," it was another curtain call for a tragic farce.
Four years ago, "moderates" like Powell were making the invasion of Iraq possible. Now, in the guise of speaking truth to power, Powell and ISG co-chairs James Baker and Lee Hamilton are refueling the U.S. war effort by depicting it as a problem of strategy and management.
But the U.S. war effort is a problem of lies and slaughter.
The Baker-Hamilton report stakes out a position for managerial changes that dodge the fundamental immorality of the war effort. And President Bush shows every sign of rejecting the report's call for scaling down that effort.
Meanwhile, most people in the United States favor military disengagement. According to a new Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll, "Seven in 10 say they want the new Congress to pressure the White House to begin bringing troops home within six months."
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The nationwide survey came after the Baker-Hamilton report arrived with great -- and delusional -- expectations. In big bold red letters, the cover of Time predicted that the report would take the White House by storm: "The Iraq Study Group says it's time for an exit strategy. Why Bush will listen."
While often depicted as a rebuff to the president's Iraq policies, the report was hardly a prescription for abandoning the U.S. military project in Iraq -- as Baker was at pains to repeatedly point out during a whirlwind round of network interviews.
Hours after the report's release on Dec. 6, Baker told PBS "NewsHour" host Jim Lehrer that the blue-ribbon commission was calling for a long-term U.S. military presence: "So our commitment -- when we say not open-ended, that doesn't mean it's not going to be substantial. And our report makes clear that we're going to have substantial, very robust, residual troop levels in Iraq for a long, long time."
Baker used very similar phrasing the next morning in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" -- saying that the report "makes clear we're going to have a really robust American troop presence in Iraq and in the region for a long, long time."
That was 24 hours into the report's release, when media spin by Baker and Hamilton and their allies was boosting a document that asserted a continual American prerogative to devote massive resources to war in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. And, in a little-noted precept of the report, it said: "The United States should assist Iraqi leaders to reorganize the national oil industry as a commercial enterprise."
In short, the Baker-Hamilton report was a fallback position for U.S. military intervention -- and for using Pentagon firepower on behalf of U.S.-based oil companies. But the report's call for tactical adjustments provoked fury among the most militaristic politicians and pundits. Their sustained media counterattack took hold in short order.
President Bush wriggled away from the panel's key recommendations -- gradual withdrawal of many U.S. troops from Iraq and willingness to hold diplomatic talks with Syria and Iran. War enthusiasts like Sen. John McCain denounced the report as a recipe for retreat and defeat. The New York Post dubbed Baker and Hamilton "surrender monkeys." Rush Limbaugh called their report "stupid."
By the time its one-week anniversary came around, the Baker-Hamilton report looked about ready for an ashcan of history. Bush had already postponed his announcement of a "new strategy for Iraq" until after the start of the new year -- a delay aimed at cushioning the president from pressure to adopt the report's central recommendations. Even the limited punch of the report has been largely stymied by the most rabidly pro-war forces of American media and politics.
But those forces don't really need to worry about the likes of Colin Powell, James Baker and Lee Hamilton -- as long as the argument is over how the U.S. government should try to get its way in Iraq.
"We are losing -- we haven't lost -- and this is the time, now, to start to put in place the kinds of strategies that will turn this situation around," Powell told CBS viewers on Dec. 17. That sort of talk stimulates endless rationales for continuing U.S. warfare and facilitates the ongoing escalation of the murderous U.S. air war in Iraq.
Powell's mendacious performance at the U.N. Security Council, several weeks before the invasion of Iraq, is notorious. But an obscure media appearance by Powell, when he was interviewed by the French network TV2 in mid-September 2003, sheds more light on underlying attitudes that unite the venture-capitalist worldviews of "moderates" like Colin Powell and "hardliners" like Dick Cheney.
Trying to justify Washington's refusal to end the occupation, Powell explained: "Since the United States and its coalition partners have invested a great deal of political capital, as well as financial resources, as well as the lives of our young men and women -- and we have a large force there now -- we can't be expected to suddenly just step aside."
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The Meridian City Council is proposing dozens of streets for the paving project. The majority of the streets named are near the center of the city.
One of those is behind the hospitals; it's 19th Street. That's where I caught up with residents and motorists who welcome the work.
''It's needed because it's rough on the tires and shocks and things like that,' says Alton Wilson.
'The road is real raggedy. All over here the road is real raggedy,' says Jeremiah Stevens.
'It's a lot of potholes and uneven roads. It's a lot of wear and tear on your car, and I would appreciate it if they would just get it fixed,' says Adrienne McDaniel.
Although a portion of 19th Street is proposed for repaving, it's still unknown if that will actually happen.
Next up for the city council is to further reduce the number of streets proposed for the project.
'The bond issue for the paving is for $4.5 million,' says Meridian Public Works Director, Monty Jackson. 'There are some other expenses that have got to come out of that and we've recommended that they (council members) try to identify $700,000 worth of paving in each one of their wards.'
'We have approximately $4.5 million to work with. To do all the streets it would probably take well over $10 million to do all of them. So, we'll do the ones we can do,' says newly elected Meridian City Council President, George Thomas.
City council members are expected to officially approve a final list of streets for the paving project at their first meeting in August. After that, council president George Thomas says bids will be taken to do the work. He's hopeful that actual work on the paving project will start anywhere from two to three weeks after the bids are taken. Once the work starts, he says it's unknown how long it will take to finish.


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If you haven't been to the airport yet, you'll want to read carefully.
New changes were made this past weekend, and some familiar stops are no longer there.
News 12's Diane Cho is on your side with a look at what you can expect to see the next time you fly out.
It's bigger and better than ever before...
Or is it?
Car after car pulled up this weekend, drivers just hoping they were in the right place...and all of them just as lost and confused as the next.
"I think in the end it will be better but right now it's a hassle," said traveler Dwayon Coleman.
Signs of change are everywhere, but some say it's still not enough.
With the second phase of construction complete, all airport operations have been shuffled around.
The old US Airways holding room is now temporary ticketing, and baggage claim now in what used to be the Delta holding room.
"Today was very confusing," said one traveler. "10 days ago we knew where to park."
Frequent flyers complaining they're having to go the extra mile to get to their destination.
"They drop you off here and you have to walk all the way to the end to check in, and it's a long walk--especially in the heat," said airport patron Sandra Matthews.
That's because the new terminal area has been moved outdoors.
And while airport officials are doing the best they can to provide relief from the sweltering sun, airport patrons are still left to sweat it out.
"The fans may as well be turned off," Coleman says.
The new changes caused Coleman to miss his flight. "It's a mess right now," he says.
For some it's a sacrifice they're willing to make.
"It's the price you pay for progress," one man said.
But others say they won't be as patient.
"Next time I'm going to Atlanta," Coleman said.
"This company I work for now usually flies out of Augusta," said traveler Lorelei Montgomery, who was juggling carry-on bags and a baby. "I'll pay the difference to forget about it."
The changes are going to take a lot more tweaking to get everyone on board.
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A mobile home belonging to Stanley Barrett of Gridley was destroyed by a large pine tree Monday morning at 6 a.m., in the Butte View Mobile Home Park. Barrett was awakened by a horrific crash with the roof coming down next to his bed, barely escaping injury. Barrett grew up in Gridley and has lived in his parents former home since the mid-1970's. He is pictured with the fallen tree in the background, (that also brought down the tree behind Barrett),which is as tall as he is as it lays in his yard. The Gridley Electric Department responded to disconnect electrical service to the home and with CAL-Fire.
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Gary Frederickson, 58, of Granite Falls, died Saturday, July 21, 2012, at the Granite Falls Hospital.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, July 25, at the Granite Falls Lutheran Church. Burial was at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Gary Dean Frederickson was born October 20, 1953, in Granite Falls, the son of Donald and Carolyn "Toots" (Anderson) Frederickson. He was baptized and confirmed at Granite Falls Lutheran Church. Gary attended Granite Falls Public Schools and St. Olaf College in Northfield. He was employed at Bridge Wheel Company in Bloomington. Gary returned to Granite Falls in October of 1999, and was employed at Prairie's Edge Casino as a Security Supervisor.
In November of 2011, he developed several medical issues.
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He was preceded in death by his father Donald Frederickson.
Arrangements were with the Wing-Bain Funeral Home of Granite Falls.
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By Gerry Haskins-Oracle on Nov 17, 2009
I'm delighted to announce the availability of 10 new free online patch training modules.
This is the result of a lot of work from those nice people in Sun Learning Services, the Install Revenue Product Engineering (RPE, a.k.a. Sustaining) team, and my own folk.
The modules concentrate on using Live Upgrade for patching, as well as providing background on Deferred Activation Patching, Kernel patches, and other useful information.
You can access the modules as follows:
- Direct link to the course: Book 3-10: Solaris Patching Best Practices: https://learning.sun.com/solc/tblocontainer/1179270477
- Link to the Sun Online Learning Center (SOLC): https://learning.sun.com/solc/smartstart
I think even experienced Sys Admins will find the modules useful in clarifying patching best practices and providing context and background information on the evolution of patching technology and best practices in Solaris 10.
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The archaeologists busy researching the age of the Paleolithic caves in Spain with new techniques discovered that the paintings on the cave walls were much older than they had anticipated. The paintings unearthed were done thousands of years earlier than they had estimated earlier. It pointed towards the time of the Neanderthals!
Neanderthals are the closest extinct cousins. This sub species of Homo sapiens existed 80,000-50,000 years ago and was said to have a low intelligence. "Neanderthals, of course, have had this bad press for a long time," Joao Zilhao, a research team member from the University of Barcelona told the reporters. "But the research developments over the last decade have shown that this is probably not deserved."
The process is an "ongoing program" according to Alistair Pike from the University that can help in dating the European Caves full of paintings in times to come. Pike is the lead author of a science paper brought out in the Journal Science. Pike feels that it is still an assumption that the art works are done by Neanderthals but the paintings do go back nearly 40,800 years back.
Carbon dating has proved that this time coincides with the presence of our extinct cave-men cousins. 50 Paleolithic paintings from about 11 caves in Spain were studied. The paintings at the El Castillo and the Altamira caves that included creations of human hands and horses were also taken under the wing of the archaeologists.
The new technique was used over radio carbon testing for analyzing calcite deposits around the cave art having thorium, uranium and similar elements in different proportions.
"We were not expecting these results," claimed Zilhao "When we put this project together, the idea was to improve the chronology of rock art, and particularly in the case of Spain."
Dean Snow, a Penn State archaeologist, who has also worked independently on the same cave paintings felt "the basic findings are the sorts of things you could take to the bank". He said "Now, with these older dates, we have to entertain the possibility that there might have been some Neanderthal involvement in some of these paintings," Snow is said to have claimed. "We've never really seriously considered that before."
A thorough research from further scrapings is expected in the future too, to sample the flowstone deposits as well to get to know the maximum age. "It is very important stuff, and one more piece in the puzzle minimizing the differences between the behavioral/cognitive capabilities and actual behaviors of Neanderthals and modern humans," said another anthropologist Erik Trinkaus of Washington University who was not a part of the recent study.
The Paintings of Hands, animals and shapes could unravel many human evolution enigmas in future. This will prove that early man possessed cognitive capacity and higher brain functions. It's a different thrill to see the hand imprint of an ancestor on the cave. Isn't it?


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There were 49 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,369 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Weapons arrest: Acting on information provided by patrol officers, members of the Community Response Team and the multiagency San Joaquin County gang task force conducted a probation search in the 200 block of Glendora Avenue shortly before 5:15 p.m. Friday. Inside the residence, they found a loaded gun that was reported stolen. Michael Penyra, 22, was arrested on suspicion of carrying a loaded firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, receiving stolen property and other crimes.
Robbery: A man was in front of a business in the 8600 block of Lower Sacramento Road about 9:45 a.m. Saturday when he was approached by three men, one of whom pointed a gun at him. The men rummaged through the victim's car and stole cash before fleeing on foot. One was a black man standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds with all black clothing. The others were also wearing black clothing.
The California Highway Patrol responded to seven noninjury accidents and two injury accidents in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. CHP officers also made two felony arrests and recovered two stolen vehicles.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 84 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday, including four vehicle accidents, 68 medical calls and one structure fire.
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The Mills River Volunteer Fire and Rescue Auxiliary has set up an account to assist Karen and Karla Furnari, whose home was destroyed by fire Sunday.
The mother and daughter, who are members of the fire department auxiliary, were alerted to flames on the porch at 28 Hilda Lane by their three dogs, who began barking at the front door around 1 p.m.
The residents and their pets escaped to safety, but the fire was too far advanced for firefighters to save the home.
The cause of the fire appeared to be improperly discarded smoking materials, Mills River Fire Chief Rick Livingston said Sunday, and the home was insured. Karla Furnari said she and her mother do not smoke.
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French drug maker Sanofi SA announced mixed results of a late-stage trial of multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada. The two-year study CARE-MS I is the first of two randomised, Phase 3 clinical trials comparing Sanofi's alemtuzumab to Rebif. The CARE-MS I study incorporated 581 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who had not had prior treatment for their illness and showed that Lemtrada helped patients more than Rebif, Merck KGaA's established multiple sclerosis therapy. The product cut relapse rates by 55 percent over two years compared with Rebif Sanofi said in a statement on Monday. But Lemtrada failed on the second goal; statistically, it is not better than Rebif in helping stave off disability for the duration of the test. Sanofi's shares not unexpectedly fell after the announcement. Another Phase 3 clinical trial, CARE-MS II, is currently underway, evaluating Lemtrada against Rebif in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients who have relapsed while on therapy. The medicine's prospects were at the heart of the Genzyme takeover talks this year. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Genzyme was projecting peak annual sales of as much as $3.5 billion, saying Lemtrada was likely to become its bestseller. Sanofi said in October that analysts' estimates of about $700 million were a valuation "probably closer to the reality of the product." Sanofi expects to file the drug for U.S. and European Union approval in multiple sclerosis in early 2012 and has been granted fast track designation by the U.S. FDA. Sanofi has time. Cash is not the problem. On Monday the French drugmaker revealed it was selling its Dermik dermatology business to Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals for $425 million.


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- Jun 11:
- Oakland teen pleads not guilty to killing San Jose paramedic, father says son framed
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- Oakland juvenile charged as adult in paramedic Quinn Boyer's slaying
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- Oakland: Five teens arrested in connection with killing of San Jose paramedic Quinn Boyer
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- Police: Car linked to fatal shooting of Santa Clara County paramedic found in Oakland
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- Quinn Boyer: Paramedic's family says his slaying in Oakland has left them with wound that 'will never heal'
- Police: Santa Clara County paramedic dies after Tuesday shooting in Oakland
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OAKLAND -- As Quinn Boyer remained hospitalized in critical condition after the off-duty San Jose paramedic was shot in the head while driving in the Oakland hills Tuesday afternoon, police remain tight-lipped about a motive in the brazen crime.
The shooting has devastated his friends and colleagues with Santa Clara County Ambulance, where Boyer, 34, has worked since 2011.
"I think everyone was in disbelief, total shock," said Brian Hubbell, who supervises 270 medical personnel at the San Jose-based company.
Hubbell said he is "absolutely loved by everybody."
Police won't say where Boyer, who lives in Dublin, was headed Tuesday when he stopped at the intersection of Keller Avenue and Hansome Drive shortly before noon Tuesday. The upscale neighborhood not far from the closed Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, is not frequently visited by people who live outside the area. .
Investigators also would not confirm if the shooting followed an attempted robbery.
"We are not commenting on a motive until we know for sure," said Oakland police Sgt. Arturo Bautista. Investigators have not released a description of the shooter or the vehicle the suspect was driving.
After the shooting, Boyer hit the gas pedal, propelling his dark blue Honda Civic over the median strip and then crashing down a roadside ravine. He was rescued and rushed to a hospital.
His paramedic equipment was found in his car, police said.
The shooting comes two years -- almost to the day -- after the vicious beating of former Santa Clara County Ambulance paramedicBryan Stow outside a San Francisco Giants game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Stow, now 44, is still recovering after suffering severe brain damage from the beating. South Bay paramedics are a close-knit group, and many know both Boyer and Stow, Hubbell said.
"It's been tough, really tough for them the past two years," he added.
On Wednesday, Hubbell said, the company offered group discussions and grief counselors to help employees cope.
Friends have set up a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SupportForParamedicQuinnBoyer) "for everyone to send prayers, support and love to him and his family during this difficult time."
Many of Boyer's friends and colleagues have left comments. One reads: "Quinn has this way of making everyone around him smile. Every story he tells ends in me laughing along with him. His laid-back, friendly attitude and easy smile can't help but rub off on everyone. Pulling for you, bud."
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Oakland police at 510-238-3821.
Staff writers Rick Hurd and Erin Ivie contributed to this report.


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SAN JOSE -- Goalie Alex Stalock is due to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 but said Friday his first preference is to remain with the Sharks, to whom he feels loyal after the team stuck with him through what was a career-threatening injury three years ago.
"I really like it here. It's the only organization I've been on, and they've been great to me since day 1," Stalock said, "and with everything I've been through, it's been handled great. I can only say good stuff."
Stalock, 26, is set to become a Group 6 unrestricted free agent since he has five seasons of professional experience but fewer than 26 games in the NHL in which he played a minimum of 30 minutes.
Stalock started Game 6 of the Sharks' opening-round series against the Los Angeles Kings, and would have become a restricted free agent if he had played 30 minutes or more in three more games.
In his first full NHL season, Stalock had a 12-5-4 record as a backup to Antti Niemi, who has one year left on his contract at $3.8 million.
Asked if he felt he was ready to be a No. 1 starting goalie, Stalock said, "It's a tough job to play every single night, and that's your ultimate goal. But obviously it's a start and you always think you can do it. As the workload gets more and more, I guess, that's when you can answer it."
Three years ago when he was with Worcester of the AHL, and three days after he saw his first playing time with San Jose, Stalock suffered nerve damage behind his left knee after being accidentally stepped on by Dwight King, now with the Los Angeles Kings. He had surgery less than two weeks later to reconnect the nerve, and the following season he began his long road back to the NHL.
Stalock made $625,000 this past season, according to capgeek.com, but figures to get a decent-sized raise after he accumulated a .932 save percentage and a 1.87 goals against average for the Sharks this year.
"It'd be exciting to obviously be a starter," Stalock said, "but keep working through the summer and see what happens, and earn your playing time instead of being promised it."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks.


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March came in like a lion and has remained a lion for the first 10 plus days of the month.
That meant the weather on Monday, with a high of just 30 degrees F. and a nasty wind chill, drove the opening spring practices for softball and track indoors.
This March is way different than last March when the spring sports were able to starting practicing outside as soon as practice began.
The ball fields and track looked like prime Minnesota tundra and not suitable for spring athletics - unless the athletes wore snowshoes.
The great Ernie Banks dubbed Wrigley Field as the 'friendly confines' and for the Saints softball team their friendly confines was the St. James gym.
Saints Head Coach Steve Chapin had 25 girls out for the first day of practice.
This is a young team with just three starters returning from last year's team. The 2012 team often started seven seniors. The returning starters for the 2013 softball Saints includes the one and only senior, Kendahl Rogers and two juniors Acacia Foss and Lorena Hernandez.
It looks like the weather will keep the softball team indoors for awhile.
Boys and girls track Head Coach Scott Allen held those teams first day of practice at the Northside gym.
Allen said 82 kids came out for the first day of practice this included 38 returning letter winners. The coach said there were 10 high school athletes who didn't make the first practice.
If the weather cooperates a little maybe the tracksters can at least start running outside. The softball team's going to need the fields to thaw out and to dry out a bit before outside practice can really get underway.
Next Monday, baseball and boys and girls golf begin practicing. Right now, the forecast for Monday has a high of 30, with a 50 percent chance of snow and winds of 22 mph.
Play ball? Sure in the gym! One other thing's for sure, these athletes will really have a serious case of cabin fever when the weather breaks and they can finally begin to practice outside.
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Here we go on the NBA summer fun times and of course it starts with Minnesota's Kevin Love and of course the Warriors are reportedly a team that is getting in line to try to acquire the star power forward. (See: Yahoo, ESPN.)
If you know Joe Lacob and Bob Myers, you know they always aim for the highest-profile targets and this year it's LeBron James (if he opts out), Carmelo Anthony (ditto) and Love (who is under contract for next season but can opt out next summer and might force the issue this summer).
First up: Love, who has some interest in the Warriors according to various reports, and it's natural for Love to have interest in a West Coast team that is as talented as the Warriors, with an aching need at power forward, presumably.
But a warning: I'm not sure the Warriors have enough trade ammunition to pull this one off. I know Lacob and Myers have pulled off surprises before and I know they will try with Love for sure -- maybe by reaching out to a third team -- but this one seems too tricky even for them.
What can the Warriors offer that the Timberwolves -- or a third team -- would want enough to send Love to the Warriors? Remember, the Warriors stripped away a lot of interesting trade pieces when they acquired Andre Iguodala last summer.
Well, there's Stephen Curry, one of the biggest commodities in the NBA . . . but he won't be traded.
And other than that?
My swift conclusion: If Minnesota likes David Lee (or his contract), the Warriors might have traction in any potential Love talks.
That means: Minnesota has to consider Lee as VALUE, as something worthwhile to get back in return for any Love deal, not just as salary ballast.
If Minnesota does not view Lee and his remaining $30.5 million over the next two years as VALUE . . . it would be difficult for the Warriors to get involved in this one.
I'll add that a third team could find value in Lee and jump in to help the Warriors make this trade, but I just don't see where that would come from.
Back then, I said they should try to flip Lee and Harrison Barnes for Luol Deng, because they could either re-sign Deng or use Deng as a sign-and-trade chip in a mega-deal . . . for somebody like Love.
But that didn't happen and now the Warriors don't have that chip -- whether it was possible or not, I don't know. It was something that all creative teams should consider, though.
So the mega-deal time is coming and what do the Warriors have as trade or sign-and-trade bait?
Basically, it all has to start with Lee for a few important reasons.
Right now, the Warriors don't have first-round picks to trade and would almost certainly need to shed a big salary and a pending big salary to add Love.
They can trade the 2015 first-rounder, but only after this year's draft -- in which they owe their No. 1 to Utah as part of the Iguodala sign-and-trade -- and they can only trade the '15 and not the '16.
That's because the Warriors owe their 2017 first-rounder also to Utah as part of the Iguodala deal and you can never have consecutive first-round picks owed in trades.
Which is a reminder that the Warriors sacrificed a lot of their flexibility last summer in the Iguodala deal when they gave up two huge expiring deals (Andris Biedrins and Richard Jefferson) plus those two picks for Utah to facilitate the deal with Denver.
The previous Warriors administration was bidding against nobody except its own neuroses ("ALL-STAR!") on that one, but of course Lacob was about to buy the team and absolutely loved the deal, too.
I've gotten signals that Lacob is more willing to consider dealing Lee these days; he still wants value, though. He doesn't just want to give away one of his favorite players. And that's difficult because Lee has been hovering in "give-away" value mode for a few years now, realistically.
If Lee's deal was just one year shorter, he'd be a lot more valuable now as a deal set to expire next summer. But it goes all the way to 2016 and that means Lee's deal remains cumbersome, unless you just love his game.
As the Warriors have found in other moments when they've assessed Lee's value . . . he doesn't have much. Not with $30.5 million and two years left.
Beyond presumed "value," the Warriors almost certainly have to move Lee (or Andrew Bogut) in any deal for Love because they couldn't afford to have all of these salaries on one front line:
Love ($15.7 million next season, $16.7 million in 2015-16 though he can opt-out to earn more and almost certainly will);
Lee ($15 million next season, $15.5 million in 2015-16);
and Bogut ($12.97 million next season, $12 million in 2015-16 and $11 million in 2016-17).
I don't think they're moving Bogut, especially to Minnesota, which already has Nikola Pekovic signed for four more years.
Plus, the Warriors also have Iguodala ($12.3 million/$11.7 million/$11.1 million), Curry ($10.6 million/$11.4 million/$12.1 million) and Klay Thompson ($3.1 million and then due for his large extension) all making or set to make $10 million-plus per in the perimeter positions.
Even if they put Thompson in this deal, adding Love without subtracting another huge salary would put the Warriors near $70 million with just their top five salaries -- which would throw them far above the luxury tax line for many years.
They're not doing that.
There will be very attractive bids for Love out there and if the Warriors have to include Lee (and they do), then they need Minnesota to think he adds value.
If the Timberwolves like Lee -- say, Flip Saunders wants to rebuild that locker room and knows Lee is a good guy in there -- then the Warriors can start adding pieces to an offer.
They can include Harrison Barnes or Thompson or maybe even Draymond Green, in some order and some multiples of that, and that's a way to compete with Chicago, Boston and Phoenix (all with tons of picks) in the Love Derby.
But only if it starts with Lee. And I don't think the T-Wolves are going to want to start it with Lee, but that's just me. Let's see.
After plenty of maneuvering -- and a near-trade to the Warriors in June 2007 -- Garnett was finally traded to Boston on July 31, 2007.
Remember, KG's agent liked the idea of him going to the Warriors and a large West Coast market and I've been told that the Timberwolves liked the Warriors' offer the best (Monta Ellis and Al Harrington and the draft rights to either Al Thornton or Brandan Wright).
Why didn't that happen? There were some issues with Garnett signing off on it -- and with Robert Rowell and Chris Cohan dragging their feet on an immediate max extension in addition to KG's trade kicker (which is always negotiable).
Also, Garnett had an interest in landing in the East, where the road to the NBA Finals was easier.
He was right. Eventually, Garnett got to Boston -- when Boston had just landed Ray Allen from Seattle-soon-to-be-Oklahoma City in a trade for the No. 5 pick in the 2007 (which turned out to be Jeff Green).
Guess what: Boston is an interesting possibility to land Love, and is currently holding the fifth-best slot in the pre-lottery odds.
OK, there is one huge difference between this situation and that one: Garnett was 31 then; Love is 25 now.
July 31, 2007: Traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics for Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair, a 2009 1st round draft pick (Wayne Ellington was later selected) and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Jonny Flynn was later selected).
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A revamped Carthage Chamber of Commerce Business Expo 2013 kicked off with Chamber members and guests invited to preview the 66 booths at the May Business After Hours, Thursday at the Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix Auditorium, 1900 S. Grand.
John Hoffer Dodge is sponsored the Business After Hours on Thursday.
The general public turned out to the business expo from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday.
This is the first year for the event at the new and much larger venue at the CMC.
Neely Myers, Membership Director for the Carthage Chamber of Commerce, said the move from Memorial Hall allowed the chamber to increase the number of booth spaces available from 42 to 66, an increase of 24 booths over past events.
The new venue allows space for an exhibitor's lounge for people staffing the booths at the expo.
Exhibitors who need to step away from their booths for a few minutes can call on a "care team volunteer," to watch their booth for them.
Myers said there is plenty of parking space around the complex, including on-street parking Highland Street and within the campus. A handicapped parking area is also available.
Myers said drawings will be held for prizes throughout both days with two grand prizes, an iPad tablet computer from Neotech Solutions and a makeover from Dr. Fly's, will be given away on Friday, May 10.
Myers said people can vote on their favorite booth and hourly door prizes will be given away on both days.
Food samples will also be provided at some booths, including the Broadview Country Club, Domino's Pizza and the Sassy Spoon booths.
For more details on the event, people can call Myers at 358-2373.
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SACRAMENTO - A federal grand jury indicted a Stockton man Thursday on three drug and weapons counts, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
The grand jury charged Jose Javier Nunez, 37, of Stockton with distributing methamphetamine, possessing hydrocodone and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to court documents and Record archives, Stockton police officers had recovered methamphetamine packaged for distribution, a 9 mm pistol and other drug-trafficking evidence in and around a vehicle that crashed after a high-speed chase in November.
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