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ARLINGTON, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team saw its streak of four-consecutive road wins to open the season come to an end Saturday, dropping a 75-64 contest to UT Arlington.
This was the Islanders (6-4) first double-digit loss of the season after their first three losses came by an average of just six points.
Unfortunately, the Islanders ran into the best game the Mavericks played all season. Coming into the game, UTA was averaging 33.7 percent from the field and 26.1 percent from behind the arc. This afternoon, the Mavericks shot 55.8 percent overall and 52.9 percent from three-point land.
Jasmine Shaw and Brittany Mbamalu led the team offensively, combining for 39 of the team's 64 points. Mbamalu set a school record with 18 attempted threes, connecting on six of them en route to a career-high 20 points. Shaw hit five threes and scored a total of 19 points.
The combined 11 threes from Shaw and Mbamalu were all the Islanders made on the night out of their 34 attempted threes, which broke the school record of 33 attempts against Arkansas State on Feb. 15, 2004.
The Islanders jumped on the board quick with a layup by Ashley Darley, followed by Shaw drilling a three to put the Islanders up 5-0 less than two minutes into the game.
After the Mavericks got their first bucket of the game, Shaw came right back down on the following possession to can her second triple of the game. A&M – Corpus Christi scored the next six out of seven points to cap off a 14-3 run to start the game with the clock sitting at 13:50.
It was then that it seemed as if the hoop had a lid on it on the Islanders' offensive end, while UTA's bucket seemed to double in size. The Mavericks went on a 26-0 run during the next nine minutes and 48 seconds to open up a 29-14 lead.
During that stretch, the Islanders missed 13 consecutive field goals before Lexy Harris snapped that streak with 4:02 left in the half to cut the lead to 13. On the flipside, after starting off the half 1-8 from the field, UTA sank 10 of its next 22 shots to jump out to the double-digit lead.
After the Mavericks hit a three to push the lead back to 16, Mbamalu hit back-to-back threes to cut it to a 32-22 game with just over two minutes remaining to play in the half.
A pair of free throws by Taryn Gregory after UTA went 1-of-2 on its end cut the lead back to single digits at nine. However, the Mavs hit two free throws of their own before the buzzer on the first 20 minutes of play sounded to make it 35-24 at halftime.
UTA picked up right where it left off to start the second half, scoring the first four points of the half to push the Mavericks' lead up to 15. Just like they have done all season, the Islanders mounted a quick comeback, as they scored the next 10 points to cut the gap to just five with 16:43 left in the contest.
A layup and a three pushed the lead back to six for the Mavericks, before Mbamalu hit a pair of threes to make it a 44-40 game at the 15:05 mark — the closest the Islanders had been since there was 10 minutes left in the first half.
Once again, UTA had a quick answer, connecting on two threes and a jumper to push the lead back to 12. The two squads then traded two buckets and a free throw a piece to leave the score at 57-45 with 8:35 left to play.
After a little luck with a three by Mbamalu banking off the glass and in cut the lead back down to 10, the Mavericks matched it with a three of their own to take their largest lead since the 18:34 mark, leading by 13 with just over six minutes left in the game.
That's when Shaw caught fire, knocking down a layup after an offensive rebound and two threes in a matter of 1:36 to go on an 8-0 run by herself to pull the Islanders within five. Unfortunately, after Alissa Campanero cut it to a one-possession game with less than four minutes left to play, Shaw fouled out after appearing to get a clean steal that would have led to an easy layup.
With Shaw out of the game, UTA went on a 7-2 run to push the lead back to eight with 1:30 left on the clock. The Mavericks then went on to sink their free throws to secure the victory.
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Monday, Nov. 14 • 7 p.m. CT
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The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's basketball team will take part in its regular-season home opener on Monday night, playing host to the University of Denver at 7 p.m. at the American Bank Center. The Islanders are 0-1 after falling to Big 12 foe Oklahoma State on Friday night, while the Pioneers opened their season with a 69-62 win over Portland State in the Mile High City. This will be the first matchup between the two teams since the 2001-02 season.
Head Coach Willis Wilson is in his first season at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi after most recently serving as an assistant at Memphis for two season. He headed the Rice program for 16 years and is the all-time winningest coach in the school's history. The Islanders are playing with just 10 scholarship players this season and have 10 newcomers after graduation, injury and academic issues saw all but two regulars from last year depart the team. Denver is in its fifth year under Joe Scott, where the Princeton alum has instilled the regimented offense that bears the name of his former school.
Chris Hawkins-Mast led all scorers with 14 points, but the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's basketball team was unable to keep pace with Big 12 foe Oklahoma State in the season opener, falling 71-39 at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Freshman Nate Maxey had four blocks and eight rebounds in his debut, most of those in the first half, in the loss.
Le'Bryan Nash led the Cowboys with 13 points for Oklahoma State, while Jean-Paul Olukemi added 11 and Cezar Guerrero poured in 12. Philip Jurick grabbed 10 rebounds for the Cowboys.
Denver emerged victorious from its season opener, knocking off Portland State, 69-61 at Magness Arena. Brian Stafford was the man of the hour for the Pioneers, scoring 32 points on 9-of-15 shooting, 6-of-10 from beyond the arc. He also went 8-for-9 from the free-throw line in scoring 46 percent of his team's points. Chris Udofia added 15 points and six rebounds.
The Islanders and Pioneers are 1-1 all-time against each other, with both results coming in the 2001-02 season. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi took the matchup in the Coastal Bend, 81-79, but fell in the Mile High City, 78-68.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi has historically been very strong playing its home games at the American Bank Center. Entering their seventh season in the facility, the Islanders have a 65-26 record playing at the ABC, including four seasons with at least nine wins there.
After being a role player in his first season for the Islanders, senior Chris Hawkins-Mast has emerged as the team's go-to player on the offensive end. Hawkins-Mast led the Islanders with 23 points in the exhibition against UIW, then led all scorers in the game at Oklahoma State, netting 14. He also delivered the team's only three-pointer of the game, knocking it down with 1:32 to play.
Hawkins-Mast has been arguably the hardest worker on the team, spending a tremendous amount of time on his jump shot outside of practice. The result has been a significant improvement in that area while still possessing his ability to get to the rim.
The native of Washington, D.C., attended a pair of junior colleges before landing at the Island University prior to the 2010-11 season. He went by the name "Chris Mast" a year ago, but chose to use his full legal name to honor his mother, whose maiden name was Hawkins.
Freshman Nate Maxey has been identified as the player with possibly the highest ceiling on the Islanders team, and he showed why at Oklahoma State. In his regular-season debut, the San Diego native had four blocks and seven rebounds in the first half before being limited by foul trouble after the break.
He twice denied freshman phenom Le'Bryan Nash on trips to the hole, and also denied Keiton Page on a three-pointer and Markel Brown on a jumper. The athletic 6-foot-11 big man has a massive 7-foot-9 wingspan. He added four points on 2-of-3 shooting against the Cowboys.


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MIAMI -- Everything you need to know about the gene pool from which A's reliever Dan Otero comes can be gleaned from the fact that Dolores Otero just bought a new car.
Dolores Otero, Dan's grandmother, is 93.
"She wants to be able to get around," said Jorge Otero, Dan's father and Dolores' son. "She goes shopping. She goes to lunch. She goes to the gym."
One place Dolores Otero won't drive is Marlins Park, though it isn't far from the Miami area home she's lived in for half a century. She will go as a passenger as Otero's family descends in force this weekend on the home of the Miami Marlins with the A's making their first-ever visit to the 3-year-old stadium.
The kind of inner drive that gets Dolores Otero to the gym is common to the Oteros. Dolores' late husband, Alberto, was passionate about baseball in his native Cuba. Jorge and his two siblings -- brother Alberto Jr. and sister Nuria -- all went to Princeton as swimmers after helping Miami Springs High win the Florida state title.
So why isn't Otero, who at 6-feet-3, 215 pounds is built along the same lines as Michael Phelps (6-4, 195), an Olympic swimmer? Here's a hint: His nickname at home is "The Rock."
"He swam like a rock," Jorge Otero said. "He was never going to be a swimmer. Besides, he liked to do too many other sports."
Dan Otero particularly liked baseball. And golf, where he had close to a scratch game at one point. And tennis, where his mom, Patti, "always beat me, which I did not like," Dan Otero said. "It took me a long time to learn how to win."
As was the case for many Cuban citizens, Alberto and Dolores packed up their three kids in 1961 and moved to Florida, with the Castro regime taking hold. Alberto, who died in 2008, brought his love of baseball with him, and in Dan and his brother Ryan, now at the University of Miami, baseball took root.
"I think that my grandfather was happy that I chose baseball," Dan Otero said. "He wanted to have at least one baseball player in the family. It was his passion. He was the reason my dad was a baseball fan. They'd listen to Yankees games on the radio together."
And they'd put Dan in any baseball league they could find. Jorge did some coaching. Alberto, with his ever-present camcorder, got it all down on tapes that still have a special place in Dolores Otero's home.
"There are boxes of VCR tapes," Dan Otero said. "Sometimes at Christmas or whenever we all get together, they'll pull one out of me, or my brother or my sister (Christina) playing sports."
They were all good athletes. Christina, who just finished law school, was a collegiate rower. Ryan and Dan chose baseball.
The thing is, baseball didn't exactly choose him. He pitched for Duke rather than Princeton because "he wanted to be in the ACC," Jorge Otero said.
"I remember facing him in college," said fellow A's reliever Sean Doolittle, who pitched and played first base at Virginia. "It was always a tough time. He didn't throw as hard as some, but he could throw the sinker to both sides of the plate and a slider for a strike any time."
Otero's lack of velocity made him just a 21st-round draft pick. But if Otero's first two seasons with the A's have proven anything, he's the glue in a good Oakland bullpen, with a combined 8-1 record and 1.79 ERA.
"There's no role he's not suited for," manager Bob Melvin said. "When you need a ground ball, he's the guy."
That comes from grandpa.
"I remember one time in the first inning of a Little League game, I struck out the side and he was mad at me," Dan Otero said. "He said 'You can't pitch a complete game if you are striking out too many. Get ground balls. I remember that very clearly. And lo and behold, I try to get ground balls still."
This weekend, for the first time as a major-leaguer, he gets the chance to do it where he grew up.
"I'll enjoy the off-day, but come Friday, it will be just like another series," he said.
Then he reconsidered.
"There will be a decent-sized crowd there for the Otero cheering section," Otero said. "Hopefully they won't be too loud and obnoxious. But sometimes that Miami-ness comes out."
The Rock returns.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Insider at www.ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.


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- What should 49ers have to pay for Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park?
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SANTA CLARA -- After the San Francisco 49ers rallied support for their new stadium by promising to pay for new youth soccer fields, the NFL team isn't following through with its part of the deal -- and taxpayers will be left footing the multimillion dollar bill.
The unlikely turf war between the Niners and Santa Clara's youth soccer parents has been quickly buzzing around the normally quiet city and centers on the 49ers' new $1.3 billion Levi's Stadium and the city's adjacent state-of-the-art Youth Soccer Park.
The soccer fields are so renowned that they draw teams from as far away as Southern California. But stadium traffic will be so bad that they will be extremely difficult to use during 49ers home games and other big events, conflicting with one-fourth of the Youth Soccer League's fall season.
Jed York, owner of the 49ers, told the soccer league in a letter two years ago that the team would fund replacement fields. But the team's front office shocked the soccer league last week by telling them the Niners had abandoned those plans.
"You feel betrayed or lied to," said Matt Heintz, president of the 1,500-member Santa Clara Youth Soccer League, which had supported the new stadium that voters approved public financing for in 2010. "It sounds like they got what they wanted, they got the stadium built -- and pushed us aside, brushed us under the rug."
The Santa Clara City Council is set to discuss the issue Tuesday night and said the city is now looking into spending $2 million to develop plans for three replacement fields at existing park sites. More money would be needed later to actually build the fields, much to the dismay of soccer parents who long thought the 49ers would fund the fields at no taxpayer cost.
But the city says the new plan doesn't use general-fund money, which pays for services such as police officers and firefighters. And it will ensure most kids are not displaced when 49ers games and big events temporarily hinder access to the soccer park, which has three turf fields and lights.
"What this means is we will have doubled the number of available soccer fields on nongame or event days," Mayor Jamie Matthews said in a statement. "It's an exciting opportunity to rebuild our reputation as 'the Youth Sports Capitol.' "
The 49ers wrote back to the soccer group Friday, saying they supported the city's new effort to find replacement fields and reiterated their longtime promise that soccer leagues would be able to use the fields on game days if they could stomach the traffic. They requested to use the soccer park for parking 20 days a year, which includes 49ers games and other big events.
When confronted with the complaints that the team had broken its promise, the 49ers would only issue a brief statement: "Throughout our partnership with the City of Santa Clara, we have established a track record for developing creative plans that are respectful of our neighbors," the team said. "We are confident that will once again be the case with these matters."
The soccer league, which is made up of mostly Santa Clara residents, says taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for the team's broken promise. The money for the initial $2 million study will come from city land sale revenues, and it's not yet known how the actual construction will be funded, or how much it will cost.
The soccer park fields support 2,500 kids in various organized leagues, and the leagues must pay to use them just like it does at other fields.
The January 2012 letter from York followed private conversations the soccer league said it had with the 49ers owner to help get support for a 2010 ballot measure that authorized public funding for the stadium, which opens in August.
But last week one of York's vice presidents in the front office said in a letter to the soccer league that the local school fields they had looked into upgrading are "no longer available." It said now the 49ers would only fund replacement fields if the soccer league was willing to give up its prized soccer park to the Niners to use for VIP stadium parking.
It's not clear how quickly the city replacement fields would be available, what the quality of the surface would be or where they would be located. Other City Council members declined to comment, saying they had been discussing the situation in closed session because it involved real estate negotiations.
The soccer league fears it could be more difficult to draw out-of-town opponents without the lure of the soccer park's reputation.
"It's not fair to the kids," said the soccer league's vice president, Steve Robertson, who played for the undefeated Santa Clara University team that won a share of the national title in 1989.
The city, meanwhile, is trying to calm down the soccer community.
"We have a great partnership with the 49ers," Matthews said. "We are working together on the event operations plan, which will take into consideration the needs of the entire community as we move toward opening Levi's Stadium."
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at Twitter.com/rosenbergmerc.


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A man hired by the Spirit Lake Sioux last summer to manage the North Dakota tribe's beleaguered child protection program faces charges in an alleged domestic disturbance at a Grand Forks apartment last August.
Thirty-four-year-old Mark Little Owl is accused of hitting the mother of his two boys with his fist, taking her cell phone and throwing one of the boys from a bedroom where the alleged incident took place.
He's charged with theft, simple assault and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His attorney, Patrick Rosenquist, tells the Grand Forks Herald (http://bit.ly/11QZOFJ) Little Owl intends to plead not guilty. An arraignment is scheduled for March 5.
Little Owl last fall took charge of a tribal social services program that was under fire for allegedly putting children at risk.
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Five recipes for easy-to-make and refreshing brewski-based mixers.
Seattle is a drink-lover's paradise. Not only is it in a state that has some of the best wine outside of Italy and France, but it's also a guiding beacon in the modern cocktail revolution. If that wasn't enough, the city was and is a major force in the craft beer brewing movement and not only produces great beer but also has an incredible amount of beer aficionados. Much like the wine movement, though, sometime these beer-focused folks are afraid to step outside of their hoppy comfort zones (not all of course—many are like my pal Drew, the beer genius who writes Drew's Brews for Spiked Punch and who's up for trying all kinds of imbibables, even if he likes beer best).
Which brings us to cocktails made with beer. I know, I know, it sounds a bit odd and there haven't been a bunch of beer cocktail readily on menus (outside of the rare Shandy) or made at home. But this lack of creativity is on the mend.
The expansion in cocktailing is leading more folks to utilize the wide array of beer flavors, styles, and personalities in mixed drinks. And the people leading this charge are Howard and Ashley Stelzer, the authors of the charming, tasty, and helpful new book Beer Cocktails: 50 Superbly Crafter Cocktail that Liven Up Your Lagers and Ales.
The book is full of delicious recipes like the first four in this list, recipes that use a range of beers from Belgian ales to stouts. There's also a handy and helpful Beer Basics section, some tool suggestions, and lots of variations on specific recipes. While the recipes are the tops, the book rises about the foam of most volumes due to the friendly and conversational style of the authors (and the lovely photos). The Stelzers just seem like people you'd be happy to have a beer cocktail with, as well as learn about mixing cocktails from.
Oh, one last bubble: beer cocktails are good year round. But perhaps best in summer, as many are very refreshing, and not too tough to make. Besides making them at home with the help of the book, try the last recipe, the Bello Diavlo, at friendly Capitol Hill spot Saint John's Bar and Eatery.
Beer Cocktail Recipes
One Sunset
Muddle 6 grapes and 10 fresh mint leaves in a mixing glass. Fill the glass halfway full with ice cubes, then add 2 ounces vodka, 3/4 ounce Aperol, 3/4 ounce simple syrup, and 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice and stir. Strain into a Collins glass and top with 1-1/2 ounces amber lager. Garnish with a mint sprig and a red grape, and serve.
Maru (serves 4)
Muddle 12 fresh blackberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker halfway full with ice cubes, add 4 ounces freshly squeezed mandarin orange juice, 2 ounces Chambord, and 3 ounces St-Germain, and shake vigorously. Strain into four goblets or wine glasses, top each with 3 ounces Sapporo, and serve.
The Backward Crawl
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway full with ice cubes. Add 1 egg, 1-1/2 ounces coconut syrup, and 1 ounce Scarlet Ibis rum (or other Trinidadian rum) and shake vigorously to aerate the egg. Keep shaking. Strain into a coupe glass, top with 2-1/2 ounces porter, and drink while thinking about the beach.
Sloe Work Day
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway full with ice cubes. Add 2 ounce blackberry puree, 1-1/2 ounces sloe gin, 3/4 ounces St-Germain, and 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice. Shake well. Strain into a Collins glass. Top with 4 ounces IPA, garnish with a mint sprig, and serve. To make the blackberry puree, whir 1 cup fresh blackberries in your blender to yield 2 ounces puree. If fresh blackberries aren't in season, either frozen berries or frozen puree will work nicely here.
Bello Diavlo
I'm not sure of the exact proportions, which is why you'll have to head to Saint John's (719 E. Pike Street) to get it, but this beer cocktail beauty mingles Italian stalwart Campari, pineapple, fresh lime juice, and lager. Sounds like a summer daydream to me.
First four recipes copyright 2012 Harvard Common Press. Photos copyright 2012 Jerry Errico.


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1. Meet area authors and learn about the writing craft at the Blue Ridge Bookfest today and Saturday at Blue Ridge Community college. This year's Bookfest honoree, Wiley Cash, will speak at 6:30 tonight in the Blue Ridge Conference Hall, and more than 40 authors will be signing books from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the technology building. For a detailed schedule of events, visit www.blueridgebookfest.org.
2. Celebrate the arrival of the first train in Hendersonville — and the ways in which the coming of the iron horse changed the community — at opening festivities Saturday for a new exhibit, "The Golden Age: The Coming of the Railroad," at the Henderson County Heritage Museum. The fun begins at 10 a.m., and admission is free. The Heritage Museum is housed in the Historic Courthouse on Main Street. For details, call 694-1619 or visit www.hendersoncountymuseum.com.
3. See the work of more than 90 artists and craftsmen and enjoy music, food and demonstrations at the 10th annual Saluda Arts Festival on historic Main Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Sponsored by the Saluda Business Association, the event is dedicated to the late Johnny Waddill, whose artwork branded the very first festival. Visit www.saluda.com for more information.
4. This is the final weekend to see "Cotton Patch Gospel" at the Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville. The bluegrass musical was composed by the late Harry Chapin, and it re-imagines the Gospel story with Jesus coming to Earth in 20th-century Georgia. Performances are at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $35. Call 693-0731 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org for details.
5. Tap your toes to some pop and patriotic music at 3 p.m. Sunday when the 75-member Hendersonville Community Band presents its final concert of the season in Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall. The band, conducted by Winford Franklin, will perform music from two Broadway musicals, "Cats" and "West Side Story," plus arrangements of a number of patriotic tunes. Admission is $10 for adults and free for students. Tickets are available from band members and at Laurel Park Wine Market, Hendersonville Visitors' Information Center and the door. For more information, call 696-2118 or visit www.hcbmusic.com.
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Without a new kidney, Jesus Navarro will die.
The Oakland man has a willing donor and private insurance to pay for the transplant. But he faces what may be an insurmountable hurdle in the race to save his life: He is an illegal immigrant.
Administrators at UC San Francisco Medical Center are refusing to transplant a kidney from Navarro's wife, saying there is no guarantee he will receive adequate follow-up care, given his uncertain status.
Their decision is a stark illustration of the tension between health care and immigration policies in the state and underscores the difficult role medical professionals play in trying to save the lives of undocumented residents.
Though no data are available, anecdotal evidence suggests clinics sometimes perform organ transplants on illegal immigrants, especially when the patients are young. In one high-profile case, UCLA Medical Center gave an undocumented woman three liver transplants before she turned 21.
But health administrators also reject patients because of their immigration status, though that usually happens when the patients lack insurance. Bellevue Hospital in New York attracted attention last year when it refused to transplant a kidney between brothers because they could not pay for the operation.
It is the kind of ethical gray area that hospitals hate, said University of Pennsylvania bioethics professor Arthur Caplan.
"It puts the doctors in a very awkward and torn position," he said. "You come into this trying to do good and find yourself stuck in the middle of a fight about immigration."
Immigrant advocates and some scholars say it is wrong for hospitals to withhold health care from the seriously ill, no matter their legal status.
But proponents of tougher border enforcement -- and those fighting to contain ballooning health care costs -- fear that providing such services could lure more undocumented immigrants.
Navarro, 35, never thought his survival would hinge on his immigration status. He has had private insurance through Berkeley's Pacific Steel foundry for 14 years.
When his kidneys began to shut down eight years ago, he continued to work full time. Each evening, he would cleanse his blood of lethal toxins using a home dialysis machine.
But the soft-spoken metalworker has been growing sicker. Life expectancy for dialysis patients hovers around six years.
This spring, the family got a call from UCSF's transplant center: Navarro was nearing the top of the waitlist.
"We were so happy," recalled his wife, who went with him for the final work-up.
But in their final consultation before the surgery, Navarro said doctors discovered his immigration status and decided he was ineligible for a transplant.
"I started crying and crying and crying," said his wife, who asked that her name be withheld because she is also in the country illegally. She offered her own kidney -- and was a match -- but administrators again said no.
UCSF declined to comment on Navarro's case, but Executive Director of Transplantation Reece Fawley said in a statement that the clinic evaluates all patients for socioeconomic stability.
"UCSF's policy for financial clearance requires candidates to present evidence of adequate and stable insurance coverage or other financial sources necessary to sustain follow-up care long after transplant surgery," he said. "Immigration status is among many factors taken into consideration."
Navarro was caught up in an immigration audit and lost his foundry job earlier this month. His private insurance continues for now, and he is trying to extend it. But he may well end up on the state's Medi-Cal program.
That would deepen Navarro's dilemma. While Medi-Cal will cover his daily dialysis -- which now costs $17,000 a month -- because of his illegal status, it will not pay for the immunosuppressive drugs that ward off organ rejection. The drugs cost $20,000 annually. Medi-Cal also won't pay for organ transplants for illegal immigrants.
The hospital won't perform the transplant without a guarantee that the drugs and accompanying treatment will be paid for.
Some bioethicists say the hospital should have performed the surgery because Navarro would not be taking resources away from other patients or putting his wife at serious risk.
After all, many legal residents fail to follow their post-surgical plan.
"Why was this patient denied the opportunity to comply?" asked Santa Clara University bioethics professor Margaret McLean.
Other experts suggest that the possibility of saving a life should outweigh concerns about follow-up care.
"He has the organ -- the critical resource -- if he can get it transplanted," said University of Southern California bioethics professor Michael Shapiro. "That's a serious chance at life."
But critics say that providing any long-term care to illegal immigrants is irresponsible and discourages home countries from investing in an adequate health system.
"You just cannot provide care for illegal aliens without getting into uncompensated care," said Bob Dane of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
Navarro says his chief concern is finding a new job, not the quest to save his life. But he also worries for his family and takes anti-anxiety pills to sleep.
If transplant doctors working with illegal immigrants are in a bind, so are the Navarros.
"We don't know what to do," said Navarro's wife, watching her husband chase after their 3-year-old daughter. "It's like we're on a ledge -- we can't go here or there."
Contact Hannah Dreier at 510-262-2787. Follow her at Twitter.com/hannahdreier
Increased regulation on the horizon
The nonprofit group that manages the nation's organ transplant system is considering increasing its oversight of transplants to noncitizens.
The United Network for Organ Sharing currently does not limit the percentage of organs that clinics can transplant to immigrants. That is partly because nonresidents donate more organs than they receive.
Over a 20-year period, illegal immigrants donated 2.5 percent of organs and received fewer than 1 percent, according to a 2008 study published by the American Medical Association.
The network reserves the right to audit the rare clinic that gives more than 5 percent of organs to nonresident patients. The concern is that a transplant center might start bringing in wealthy "transplant tourists" from other countries to make money.
"Regardless of our policy, it is always the decision of any transplant center," said network spokesman Joel Newman.
The organization is considering a new rule that would require clinics to provide detailed accounts of the immigrants they serve and allow the organization to review all nonresident transplants.
The goal would be to distinguish patients traveling to the United States for a transplant from those noncitizens who live in the country and thus are more likely to donate organs to U.S. citizens.
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It's well known that college students often have poor eating habits, but research shows the more they learn about proper nutrition the more likely they are to develop healthy eating patterns. And, as WCU's own nutritionist knows, the key to developing effective programming around nutrition is student input.
Now in her 12th year at the University, Karen Fiorenza has what she calls her staple of nutrition-related programs, including weight loss classes, eating disorder groups, and the diabetes education support group. But, she notes, it's the questions students pose about nutrition that help guide her decisions about what programming to offer. Currently, in fact, she and members of the Student Dietetic Association are working on a campus-wide nutrition needs assessment, which will help Fiorenza plan for additional programming.
"The students majoring in nutrition and I work together on a number of projects," says Fiorenza, "and I rely on them to spread the word among their peers about our programs."
Fiorenza also works closely with the University's food service, Aramark, which recently put together a demonstration on healthy options at exam time. Recipes and samples of such snacks as baked kale chips, hummus, peanut butter and veggie dips were arranged at the entrance to the main dining hall for students to sample.
"We're trying to help students not fall into the sugar and caffeine trap that can happen when they're stressing about final exams," explains Fiorenza."Baked kale chips are a delicious alternative to potato chips and easy to prepare," she adds.
In the spring semester, Fiorenza and one of Aramark's chefs will prepare a new dish every week at lunchtime in the middle of the dining room. "To encourage students to try these different recipes, we plan to have prizes for students who try these new dishes throughout the 16 weeks of the semester."
One of the challenges most college nutritionists face, says Fiorenza, is the "all-you-can-eat" scenario in the dining hall where so much food and so many options are available.
"College dining halls are not just where students eat, but where they socialize," notes Fiorenza. "Even if they're not necessarily hungry, they may continue to eat while they hang out with their friends."
Besides advising students in person, Fiorenza provides dozens of healthy tips on the nutrition web site, from foods to keep on hand in the dorm to explanations about the risks and benefits of carbohydrates, different types of fats, sodium and calcium.
The nutrition site also includes information on sports nutrition, coping with or preventing diabetes, eating disorders, a "food of the week," a link to Fiorenza herself, entitled, "Ask the Nutritionist," and a nutrition Facebook page.
"The only way to keep in touch with students is to keep up with the times," says Fiorenza. "When I started here, we weren't as internet-based as we are today. Now I have my own web page, Facebook page, and Twitter account." Soon, she claims, she will be creating informational videos with the help of the Digital Media Center.
"If I'm to be effective, I have to constantly find new ways to reach out to students," she says.
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Music education would be going flat at some high-poverty Bay Area school systems, but some people just won't let that happen.
Through programs in South Bay, Peninsula and East Bay schools, they've found ways to ensure that students don't miss out on music education that their districts might otherwise have cut.
"Look at what schools in the affluent areas get," said Bill Nicolosi, director emeritus of the award-winning Alum Rock Jazz Program in East San Jose. "That's what we want."
A day before Nicolosi spoke, music teacher Michel Hardbarger packed a load of music for kindergartners at Willow Oaks School in Menlo Park -- singing, rhyming exercises and American and Mexican folk dancing.
"She's actually teaching them the concept of rhythm," said Kay Kleinerman, managing director of the Music in Schools program, "but they think it's all fun and games. First comes the beat and then rhythm. The two concepts will lead them to the progression of melody."
On the face of it, Nicolosi's jazz program and Kleinerman's basics seem light years apart, but they share the same mission: closing the music gap between rich and poor students, and maybe even the academic gap at the same time.
In the East Bay, the nonprofit Oakland Fund for the Arts is following a similar mandate, providing traditional and innovative music education since 1996. Recent offerings included an after-school bilingual, English-Spanish choir and therapeutic percussion classes for troubled or traumatized youngsters.
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Education reported that more than 90 percent of public elementary and secondary school offered some degree of music education -- but it also found extreme disparities between high-poverty and low-poverty schools. As Nicolosi said, some schools are more equal than others when it comes to the availability of music teaching.
After directing the San Jose State band for a few years, native Midwesterner Nicolosi joined the music staff at the Alum Rock Union School District in 1970. Three years later, he and few other music teachers started the after-school jazz program.
"I saw all of these students, all of this talent, but they didn't have anywhere else to take it," he said. The teachers rounded up a room and instruments for a big-band-style jazz orchestra. "Let's see if anything happens."
What happened was a remarkable turnout that hasn't stopped. The jazz band sent hundreds of alumni to high school and college bands and launched some into professional careers as performers or music teachers.
"From here, a lot of opportunity followed," said Amy Dabalos, a San Jose jazz and R&B singer and 2000-03 jazz band alumna. She now coaches the band's singers. "Yes, you can say I found my voice here."
While wealthier districts have been able to save music education through private funding, poorer districts generally coped with budget cuts by eliminating or downsizing theirs.
Alum Rock is one of the few that bucked the trend, and it did so with a unique budgeting maneuver. In 1980, the district's teachers union and board of trustees agreed to guarantee one music teacher's position to the after-school jazz program. The money is divided between the band director and instrument coaches, most them jazz band alumni like Dabalos. Also, Alum Rock Unified remains one of the few in the state that offers substantial music instruction to all fourth- and fifth-grade students.
Essentially, the "institutionalized" jazz band gives younger music learners something to shoot for.
That's certainly the experience of Juan Carlos Rodriguez, 13, and Cat Nguyen, 14, who discussed the program as they took a break from rehearsal outside the band's studio at Mathson Middle School. Both are musically inclined, but they are from families that could not afford the advanced instruction they're receiving in the jazz band.
"I want to learn new forms of music and new instruments," said Juan Carlos, a trumpet player whose father works as a tree-trimmer. "I want to stay in music for a long time."
Cat's mother is a school aide, her father a construction worker.
"They were friends with a talented piano player, and he agreed to charge a little less to teach me," Cat said. In time, she moved into singing and the trombone, which she plays in the jazz band. "I'm thinking about a career in music."
Still, it takes donations to pay for student transportation to performances and repair of instruments. Fundraising netted only about $25,000 this year. Growing the band would cost more. Jazz band director Tim Spacek repeated what everyone trying to save music in poorer schools seems to know: The competition for philanthropic dollars is fierce.
"It's a thing you have to scratch at," he said, "and then you have so many other people picking at it, too!"
One save-the-music group that has succeeded in tapping philanthropy is the Music in the Schools Foundation on the Peninsula.
Initially a volunteer effort, the program in 1995 became the nonprofit Kleinerman runs today. A $100,000 donation from the Peery Foundation funds her position for two years.
A former "triple threat" who danced, sang and acted in Broadway musicals, Kleinerman went on to earn a doctorate in educational leadership from Mills College.
What distinguishes her program is that it teaches basic music to almost 1,500 young children in pre-kindergarten to fifth grade, at no cost to the school district or parents. Donations small and large pay most of the bill for instruction.
On a recent busy day at Willow Oaks school, Hardbarger began with a ukulele class for third-graders. She teaches on the fly, carting a large box filled with ukuleles from one class to another. Hardbarger and Kleinerman believe music should be taught early in childhood, before the fourth grade whenever possible.
"It's almost too late by then, the way their brains work," Hardbarger said. "In kindergarten, that's when they get the 'aha' moment."
Greek philosopher Plato said music gives "wings to the mind."
Kleinerman elaborated, saying that "learning music engages the whole brain."
"The brain is hard-wired to learn through music," she said, "and the complexity of music stimulates and helps to develop different cognitive functions. Hence the holistic educational value of music."
Or as Nicolosi put it, "Music builds better people!"
Contact Joe Rodriguez at 408-920-5767. Follow him at Twitter.com/JoeRodMercury.


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Published: Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:55 a.m.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS is feeding the addiction of "Downton Abbey" fans with an online trivia graphic.
Among the tidbits: Jim Carter, who plays dignified butler Carson, takes part in charity bike rides worldwide, and Elizabeth McGovern, who is the show's Lady Cora, is in a band called Sadie & the Hotheads.
The PBS graphic doesn't address the fate of star-crossed lovers Lady Mary and Matthew (Michelle Dockery, Dan Stevens).
"Downton Abbey" is about an English estate's family and servants in the early 20th century. It has proved a hit for PBS.
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Letters: North County, Feb. 5, 2013
We owe a livable planet to our grandchildren
After a year like 2012 where, in spite of some extreme weather disasters, each costing over $1 billion in damages, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report documenting 2012 as the hottest ever on record for the U.S. and a total absence of the topic of climate change in the election cycle, it was indeed refreshing to hear President Obama make a commitment to finally deal with this.
Comprehensive legislation is unlikely, so Obama could and will use the tools at his disposal — regulating CO2 emissions via the Environmental Protection Agency and government incentives for clean energy and energy-efficiency improvements. Such moves would certainly reduce emissions and hasten the transition to renewable energy.
But there is also a more market-based solution our legislators should find easy to get behind that could mitigate the need for more regulations: a revenue-neutral carbon tax that puts a steadily rising fee on each ton of carbon emitted, while returning the money to households as offsets, or using the revenue to offset debt or some combination.
This respects free-market principles and is much simpler to monitor and administer than California's cap-and-trade scenario, which I consider "second best."
We owe a livable planet to our grandchildren. ...
Peg Mitchell
San Marcos
Gun control hypocrisy
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for a proposal for 7,000 NATO-style "personal defense weapons," which are really "assault weapons," as opposed to the semi-automatic rifles the administration refers to, like the AR-15 type rifle.
The RFP asks for 7,000 "select-fire firearms" because they are suitable for personal defense use in close quarters. These weapons can be both semi-automatic, like an AR-15, or fully automatic.
Civilians are prohibited from having fully automatic weapons. At the same time, they are pushing for a national weapons registry and for the banning of almost every type of rifle, shotgun and pistol made today.
If the administration desires fully automatic weapons for "use in close quarters," yet pushes for abolishing guns used by law-abiding people for hunting and personal protection, isn't that the height of hypocrisy, as well as a violation of our Second Amendment rights?
And, finally, why are we shipping F-16 jet fighters and top-of-the-line tanks to the Muslim Brotherhood in Eygpt, a group closely aligned with various terrorist organizations that are destroying democracy and people's rights around the world?
Richard Taylor
The president's war against citizens
For the first four years of President Obama's presidency, one million babies have died each year from abortion. If their policies kill babies, this is about 3,000 per day that die. Not even close to those killed every year with guns by deranged criminals.
What does this make our president, with four years and four million babies dead? Dead babies are more important than the economy and jobs. It shows where the president's priorities are.
Then there's Operation Fast and Furious and more dead. Then Benghazi, again, more dead.
This president is in a war against the America citizens. Where will it stop?
Buddie Gran
Troika's just desserts
I had to chuckle at Diane Fencl's letter ("SANDAG disses Oceanside," Jan. 27) about her frustration with the "dis" by the San Diego Association of Governments on appointments to significant committees for representatives of the city of Oceanside.
Even if she had not stated she was a newer resident, I would have known. She obviously is not aware that the right-wing troika of Jack Feller, Gary Felien and Jerry Kern (FFK) decided to upend the process of appointments to SANDAG.
Each city's mayor makes the appointments with concurrence of council. However, FFK decided they'd take power that away. Their bully-boy Kern lost big in the mayor's race by an embarrassing amount of votes; Mayor Wood soundly slapped Kern by winning 54 percent of the vote.
So what did FFK do? They stripped Oceanside's Mayor Wood of this power and gave it to themselves. Did they really think the other mayors in the region would support their jackboot, oppressive tactic and appoint any of their choices to significant SANDAG committees?
I'm still laughing at this pitiful miscalculation by FKK, but also gloomy because Oceanside has to try harder now to get anything from SANDAG. How foolish also to try to subvert the vote of the people who support Mayor Wood.
Mandy Barre
Obama, a friend of Israel?
If President Obama is a friend of Israel, he has a funny way of showing it.
This week, he is planning to send to our "dear friends," Egypt's Islamic Brotherhood, who have sworn to obliterate Israel, nothing less than a group of F-16 sophisticated fighter planes. If one ponders why the Islamic Brotherhood needs them, you will come up with the answer that they will be over Israel in a very short time.
By his actions, Mr. Obama does not give whit about Israel.
On the home front, I hope that we will be able to weather the next four years and survive this man whose legacy is that he will go down as the worst president this country has ever had.
Phil Epstein
Abortion bias
David Leingang ("Bias seeped through," Jan. 28) accuses Elizabeth Aguilera of bias in her article about efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade because, in referring to people opposed to abortion, she used the term "anti-abortion" instead of "pro-life," which, he says, is their preferred term.
I wonder if he also senses bias when he sees those on the other side of the abortion issue described as "pro-abortion" instead of "pro-choice," which is their preferred term.
David Dick
San Marcos
GOP foot-shooting continues
Is getting Americans back to work government's most pressing immediate problem? Paul Ryan doesn't think so.
Ryan is being groomed for a 2016 presidential run. What is his current number one priority? It's co-sponsoring House Resolution 23, which proposes that from conception on, a potential human being should have all the rights of a person under the law. Its purpose is to do an end-run around Roe v. Wade.
This is exactly what has been proposed by several "egg as person" state initiatives. They have been resoundingly defeated in every state where they have been proposed: comparable bills initiated in state legislatures have died there. In California, the initiative didn't even get enough signatures to get it on the ballot.
Even if Ryan manages to flog HR 23 through the House, it'll die in the Senate, his time wasted and our money squandered on a GOP/fundamentalist dream.
John Terrell
Margie Nolan is happy to say "adios" to all the whining multimillionaires ("Adios," Feb. 1).
But has Margie figured out who is going to make up for the all of the lost revenue paid by these "whiners"? The top 1 percent of California wage-earners pay over 40 percent of the state income taxes (utsd.us/11dNzEe). ...
Denis Lougeay
The immigration issue no one will touch
This whole debate about immigration reform has become a joke. There is one issue that must be addressed, but no one will touch it, and that is, getting rid of the law that allows illegal immigrants to sneak into this country and give birth so that their offspring automatically become U.S. citizens.
It is not only Mexico, but China and many other countries whose citizens come here for this very purpose. Until the law is changed, women will always be surreptitiously crossing our borders.
Joseph Kraatz


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Soundcheck: Nellie Kane [Unconfirmed and Possibly Incomplete]
Set 1: Sparkle, Ha Ha Ha, BagAC/DC Bag > DividedDivided Sky, Dog Log, Undermind > Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Cities -> Ya Mar, Bold As Love > Julius
Set 2: R&RRock and Roll > Tweezer > Free > Guyute, BOAFBirds of a Feather, HoodHarry Hood[1] -> WTU?What's the Use? > Velvet SeaWading in the Velvet Sea > Possum
Encore: Sleeping Monkey > TweepriseTweezer Reprise
[1] Unfinished.
· Sleeping Monkey quote in Tweezer Reprise
· Theme from Star Wars tease
Noteworthy Jams: What's the Use?
Average Song Gap: 16.63
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Trey introduced Dog Log with "There's enough of those damn signs out there." Dog Log was last played on August 2, 2003 (172 shows). Hood was unfinished. Prior to Sleeping Monkey, Trey teased the Star Wars theme and said "Fish, when you get to the end of this beautiful song, one last time for all of us. One final tuck." Trey added that "it's been a beautiful two days, but it wouldn't be complete without seeing Fish tuck his dress into his underwear one last time" and "I'm singing this one right to you Fish, because I am your father." Trey proceeded to sing to Fish using Mike's mic. Tweezer Reprise contained Sleeping Monkey quotes from Fish.
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Song Distribution:
3 The Story of the Ghost
3 The White Tape
2 A Picture of Nectar
2 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 Undermind
1 The Siket Disc
1 Billy Breathes
1 Hoist
1 Rift
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I have the ps3 media server running on a WHS server which is attached to a bridged router over wifi. The ps3 and 360 is attached to the other router in the other room.
When I play hd mkv to the 360, it stutters about once every few seconds, on the ps3, it stutters constantly and is far worse speed than 360.
Why is it doing this? Theyre both attached to same router. The PSM is using the ps3 renderer. Ive been trying to get 1080 videos to play over my N speed wifi. I have a feeling the router is throttling but as far as I can tell all those options are off. Im using DD-WRT on the routers (Dlink DIR-615).
Setting bandwidth on the PSM doesnt make any difference.
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SAN LEANDRO -- A sexual relationship between a San Leandro High School teacher and an underage student took place during the latter half of 2013, according to court documents obtained Friday.
San Leandro High School teacher Leon Chang turned himself in Thursday after being charged with engaging in an ongoing sexual relationship with a teenage student, police said.
Chang, 27, was charged Tuesday by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office with one count of statutory rape and arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes, San Leandro police said in a statement.
According to court documents, the sexual relationship with a female student took place between June and December 2013. Authorities did not offer any information about how the relationship began or how it came to their attention, saying only that school administrators were notified several months ago, and they notified police.
Officials did not release the student's age or say whether she had classes with Chang.
In a statement, San Leandro Unified School District Superintendent Mike McLaughlin said the district was "deeply concerned" about the situation and that Chang has been placed on unpaid administrative leave, effective immediately. McLaughlin said Chang had previously been on paid administrative leave but did not make clear when he was removed from the classroom.
"The district is also investigating this matter and is committed to taking any and all necessary steps to appropriately address the situation," McLaughlin said in a statement.
School district board member Mike Katz-Lacabe said the news of Chang's alleged relationship was "surprising" and that it hit close to home, noting that the concern he has for his own daughters is mirrored in his concern for the safety of all students.
"The district is working to figure out what we could have done better to either detect this early or prevent it in the first place," Katz-Lacabe said. "As parents and school board members, our utmost concern first is safety of students. Before any teaching takes place, we need to make sure they are safe."
Authorities did not release information about Chang's custody status -- whether he was in jail or out on bail -- and did not say when he was scheduled to appear in court.
Anyone with information about this case is asked call the San Leandro Police Department at 510-577-3230, the Anonymous Tip Line at 510-577-3278 or the superintendent's office at 510-895-4199.
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[quote="AO"]is in really rough condition. Around the baskets and some fairways are brutally muddy. Try your best to walk off the paths and on the leaves.[/quote/]
Get a hold of the parks dept. AO. They have in the past dumped wood chips off by 13's basket then we distributed.
I used to talk to Dave Smith, don't know if he has retired or not.


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Designers Fountain 1751-RT Rustique 1 Light Outdoor 7" Onion Wall Lantern from the Nantucket Collection
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- Bulb Base - Medium (E26): The E26 (Edison 26mm), Medium Edison Screw, is the standard bulb used in 120-Volt applications in North America. E26 is the most common bulb type and is generally interchangeable with E27 bulbs.
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Can you purchase just the globe for this fixture? If so , how much? Thank you
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what is the dimension from the center of the wall mounting plate to the top of the hoop
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The Designers Fountain 1751-RT is made from steel.
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The Designers Fountain 1751-RT must be hardwired. There is not switch on the unit.
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How easy it is to change the bulb? I had a similar one and I couldn't get my hand in to take out/put in a new bulb.
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About the Book
Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze of the 1890s, through the Nazi occupation, to the bike-centric culture adored by the world today
Pete never planned to stay long in Amsterdam, just a semester. But he quickly falls in love with the city and soon his wife, Amy Joy, joins him. Together they explore every inch of their new home on two wheels, their rides a respite from the struggles that come with starting a new life in a new country.
Weaving together personal anecdotes and details of the role that cycling has played throughout Dutch history, Pete Jordan's In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist is a poignant and entertaining read.
When Pete Jordan arrives in Amsterdam to study how to make America's cities more bicycle-friendly, he immediately falls in love with the city that already lives life on two wheels. His new bride, Amy Joy, joins Pete, and despite their financial hardships and instability, she eventually finds her own new calling as a bicycle mechanic as Pete discovers the untold history of cycling in Amsterdam.
From its beginnings as an elitis t pastime in the 1890s to the street-consuming craze of the 1920s, from the bicycle's role in a citywide resistance to the Nazi occupation to the White Bikes of the 1960s and the bike fishermen of today, Jordan chronicles the evolution of Amsterdam's cycling.
Part personal memoir, part history of cycling, part fascinating street-level tour of Amsterdam, In the City of Bikes is the story of a man who loves bikes—in a city that loves bikes.
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Critical Praise
"A funny, engaging, and exhaustively researched tribute to Amsterdam's unique biking history….Jordan is an honest, self-effacing narrator, and there's much that's lovably comic about his inauguration into Amsterdam cyclo-culture." — Los Angeles Times
"A charming and quirky book....Jordan's portrait of bicycle culture in Amsterdam gives a fascinating account of a viable alternative to dependence on cars." — Christian Science Monitor
"This highly readable book illuminates the bicycle's integral role in shaping both the psyche and the actual city of Amsterdam." — Houston Chronicle
"For anyone contemplating visiting or living in The Netherlands, In the City of Bikes is a must read." — New York Journal of Books
"Full of personal anecdote, self-deprecating humor, local lore and a history of cycling that positively bursts with enthusiasm, In the City of Bikes is both a memoir and an ode to bicycles — Shelf Awareness
"[W]hat could have been a straightforward history [is] something more special: history that doesn't feel like history--just an enjoyable story from start to finish….An excellent choice for bikers and those who appreciate how a city's history can be changed by the simplest of passions." — Kirkus Reviews
"Jordan brings depth and color to a niche subject, delivering an engaging cultural history. By the end, readers will understand that the bike is to Amsterdam what the car is to America. Both are more than modes of transportation: they're a substantial part of their riders' identities." — Publishers Weekly
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Ashley Kujawski has been at the Boston Marathon every year for nearly a decade.
Even after she relocated to Summit County, she always returned home for Patriots Day to be a part of the event that she says has always been a positive symbol of the city. The marathon is always held on Patriots Day, which falls on third Monday in April.
"It's just such an iconic and recognized event throughout the city," she said.
But with plans to go back to Boston later this spring, she decided to remain in Colorado on Marathon Monday this year, when two bombings near the finish line would change the meaning of the event.
The blasts, in quick succession, tore through a high-spirited scene at the end of the marathon route just before 3 p.m. EDT Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 170 others.
Kujawski had friends who crossed the finish line moments before the explosions. Her boyfriend was among the crowd of spectators watching the race from less than a mile away.
"He just texted me, 'something happened, there was an explosion,'" she said. "He couldn't get through to me because all the cell service was down. ... It was terrifying."
In Summit County, a place where most people come from somewhere else, the bombings hit close to home for many, who began making calls and searching social media for news of loved ones on the East Coast.
"It's kind of crazy how when something like that happens you almost have to do a rundown of everyone that's important to you, where they are and what they could possibly be doing," Kujawski said. "There are a lot of unlucky people, but I'm happy to say that those I love and are in my life are all safe."
Former Breckenridge town councilman and local TV personality Jeffrey Bergeron also had family, a niece and nephew-in-law, at the race. They initially thought the explosions might have been from a confetti cannon.
"We were so excited as we finished," Bergeron's niece Liz Goodwin, a runner, told his brother Chris Bergeron, who is a writer in Boston. "People were cheering. It was so cool. In an instant it turned to shock and deflation and just hoping everybody was OK."
In Summit County and across the country, flags have been lowered to half-staff. Local law-enforcement agencies are now discussing safety plans for upcoming events like the USA Pro Cycle Challenge bicycle race, which will roll through Breckenridge in August. And churches across the community are organizing prayers and offering space for reflection.
"A lot of Summit County in general, but also Breckenridge, has people from all over," Breckenridge's Father Dyer pastor Loren Boyce said. "I'm sure there will be lots of connecting points of folks within the congregation to folks in the Massachusetts area."
Lord of the Mountains Lutheran Church in Dillon has added the people of Boston to an emailed prayer chain that goes to 600 or 700 individuals in the community. Worship services there this weekend will likely address the events as well.
"The whole congregation is saddened and horrified by what's been going on," church administrator Katie Romanoski said.
Details on the bombings are still emerging, but recent reports suggest the explosives were built from pressure cookers packed with metal shards and nails.
The devices detonated approximately four hours into the race, when "the masses," the amateur runners and those racing for charity, were crossing the finish line.
But for Kujawski, the incident won't change the city.
"Boston is a proud, resilient, hardcore city," she said. "We have heart, we have soul and we'll get through it."


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BELPRE - The Belpre Garden Club will celebrate a milestone anniversary next month with a luncheon, officials said.
Members of the garden club are expected to gather with city officials at 1 p.m. on March 11 at the Belpre Senior Center to mark 75 years since the organization began.
"We thought 75 years was worth a little celebration," said club president Janet Robinson.
The club currently has 16 members who meet once a month on the second Monday at one of the homes of one selected member.
"We like that our group is smaller so we can meet somewhere different every time," Robinson said.
Last year the club donated plants and time to maintain flower planters at the Belpre Public Library as well as Depot Park along with donating to civic projects and partnering with Belpre in Bloom.
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"We decided to work in conjunction with the Belpre in Bloom project, which has been a big boost for us," Robinson said. "The Belpre in Bloom project has allowed us to do things on a larger scale with more flowers and better enhancements."
Belpre in Bloom organizer Leslie Pittenger said having the garden club's members working with the city-wide beautification project has been helpful.
"I have learned a lot from them about plants and gardening," she said. "We look forward to celebrating this huge anniversary with them."
The Belpre Garden Club's official flower is the iris with club colors of purple, pink and blue and a club motto of "make our community beautiful."


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Herb Medley Seed Paper Matchbook
Give a friend one of these edible Herb Medley Seed Paper Matchbooks and you're giving them the gift of fresh herbs. Just plant the 20 sticks of seed paper in soil and you'll grow a pot of yummy basil, parsley and oregano. Can be planted indoors or outside in a sunny location.
Size: 3 x 2 inches folded
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Narcolepsy is a nervous system problem that causes extreme sleepiness and attacks of daytime sleep.
Daytime sleep disorder; Cataplexy
Experts aren't sure of the exact cause of narcolepsy. It may have more than one cause.
Many people with narcolepsy have low levels of hypocretin (also known as orexin). This is a chemical made in the brain that helps you stay awake. In some people with narcolepsy, there are fewer of the cells that make this chemical. This may be due to an autoimmune reaction. An auto immune reaction is when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue.
Narcolepsy can run in families. Researchers have found certain genes linked to narcolepsy.
Narcolepsy symptoms usually first occur during ages 15 - 30. Below are the most common symptoms.
Extreme daytime sleepiness
Sleep paralysis
Most people with narcolepsy have daytime sleepiness and cataplexy. Not everyone has all these symptoms. Surprisingly, despite being very tired, many people with narcolepsy don't sleep well at night.
Your health care provider will do a physical exam.
You may have a blood test to rule out other conditions that can cause similar symptoms. These include:
You may have other tests, including:
There is no cure for narcolepsy. However, treatment can help control symptoms.
Certain changes can help improve your sleep at night and ease daytime sleepiness:
These tips can help you do better at work and in social situations.
If you have narcolepsy, you may have driving restrictions. Restrictions vary from state to state.
These drugs may have side effects. Work with your doctor to find the treatment plan that works for you.
Narcolepsy is lifelong condition.
It may be dangerous if episodes occur while driving, operating machinery, or doing similar activities.
Narcolepsy can usually be controlled with treatment. Treating other underlying sleep disorders can improve narcolepsy symptoms.
Call your health care provider if:
You can't prevent narcolepsy. Treatment may reduce the number of attacks. Avoid situations that trigger the condition if you are prone to attacks of narcolepsy.
Borkan JM. Narcolepsy. In: Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor. 1st ed. Philadephia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2014: section 1.
Cao M. Advances in Narcolepsy. Medical Clinics of North America. 2010; 94(3): 541-55.
Chokroverty S, Avidan AY. Sleep and its disorders. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, eds. In: Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 68.
Mahowald MW. Disorders of sleep. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 412.
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By Governor Samuel V. Stewart
3N FURTHERANCE of the idea that impelled the framers of our Statutes in this regard, and to more firmly fix that idea in the
Slife of our State, I, S. V. Stewart, as Governor of the State of Montana, do hereby designate and set apart Tuesday, the ninth day of May, 1916, as Arbor Day. Of itself a tree, a shrub, a vine or a flower may be an insignificant thing, and yet it is a part of the great scheme of Nature�something given by an all-wise Creator to man for his use and enjoyment and the enrichment of his life. Without these things to minister to the finer side of man, existence would be a drab affair indeed, and it is well for us as a people to devote at least one day in each year to serious contemplation of the Arbor Day idea and its full significance.
Let each of us on this day perform some act that will not only give us large returns in satisfaction during our lives, but will be a joy to those of future generations. And I do further recommend that in all of our public schools, exercises appropriate to the occasion be held, to the end that the pupils may be made to know and appreciate the full value of tree-planting in the beautifying of hofcie, public grounds and highways. Let all Montana's citizens make of this an Arbor Day indeed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed.
Done at Helena, the Capital, this, the thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred fortieth.
By the Governor,
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"Frozen" (8 p.m., Starz): It's a good night to chill out as the box-office blockbuster from Disney gets a cable TV airing just so we can hear Idina Menzel sing "Let It Go" for the millionth time.
"Crossbones" (10:01 p.m., NBC): The pirate drama continues to shiver our timbers as Lowe (Richard Coyle) tries to report back to Jagger (Julian Sands) after discovering Blackbeard's (John Malkovich) scheme. But Lowe soon realizes that Jagger may be more sinister than even Blackbeard.
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