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Jasmine - Congrats on your PR!! Can't wait to hear from everyone else who is racing this weekend.
For all you heat wimps that are the jealous type, you may want to skip over the rest of my post . . . I completed my 6 mile run @ 9:30 this morning with clear, sunny & 63 degree weather! Since I turned off my alarm this morning, rolled over, and slept for another hour, I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped outside and it was in the high 50's. I'm starting to taper for my half marathon next Sunday. I'm doing 4 miles tomorrow, and then a couple easy 2 mile runs during the week. Something's going on with the left side of my back, so I did a little swimming & sat in the whirpool after my run.
I have to chuckle a little at the 'hill' discussions. I live outside of Boulder, CO, so the only way I wouldn't have hills throughout my workout is to go to a track. I can say that I no longer do the runners shuffle (or whatever you call the bouncy thing where you could really walk faster than your running pace, but mentally you want to be able to say that you ran the whole distance) going up the hills on my routes. Tonight, I'm going to fiddle with my iPod 'Half Marathon' playlist so that the faster songs play during the big uphill sections.
Happy running everyone!
Half Marathon:
Heart & Sole, Boulder, CO - 8/22/10 - 2:09:51
Denver Rock N Roll, Denver, CO - 10/17/10 - 2:11:01
Platte River, Littleton, CO - 4/10/11 - 2:01:31
Bolder Boulder, Boulder, CO - 5/30/11 - 58:00:00
Quicker Quaker, Lafayette, CO - 1/8/11 - 26:57
Checking in with my first race results: I placed 131 out of 226 runners. My time was 32.52. I was the only one running in the age 61 category. There was one woman older (61) who was faster. I was very disappointed with my time as I ran slower than usual and took several more walk breaks. It was extremely hot (90's) and humid (somewhere in the 80's to 90's) and I've never run in that kind of heat/humidity. Whenever I saw someone else walking, I took that as permission for me to take a break too. It was brutally hot and the last half I ran in the shade and walked through the sunny spots. It was downhill on the way out and uphill on the way back. My kids were at the finish and very proud and that made it all worthwhile. When I got home afterwards, I registered for a Special Olympics 5k in September! Hopefully it will be cooler. Now I have something new to work towards.
Your first race; you must be very proud & excited!! All of us can relate to this heat and humidity; with that said; doing what you did is just the begining; your on your way!!
Started Running August 2008
5 mile race/May 2010 59:00
5 mile race/July 2010 62:00
Half Marathon/September 2010 2:45
5 mile race/May 2011 63:00
Half Marathon 09/24/2011 2:53
5k 03/31/2012 43:00
5k 06/09/2012 41:39.5
If your tired of starting over; stop giving up!
Awesome time! and it is fun!
I did a 3.3 mile run today. I backed off from my 4 miles Friday and next weekend will do 4.5 hopefully. Trying to find a training program that works for me.
I haven't been posting much but I've been reading your posts daily for my morning inspiration before running!
Jo Ann- Congratulations on your race!! You continue to be an inspiration to me! I still hope to follow your footsteps into the sprint tri's!
Lauralink- way to go on your first race...it's an awful lot of fun isn't it!!
I have a 5k next weekend mostly because it benefits our retired k9 officers and I will pretty much run anything for dogs or children's charities!! I needed something to keep my inspiration up...I don't really have another training program out there until I return from vacation next month...then I think I will try another half marathon training that I believe Donna is working on...love that it goes beyond the 10 miles most programs do.
Good luck everyone and keep the inspirations coming!!
October 2009- Started Couch to 5k
November 2009- Folsom Turkey Trot 5k (W5D3 C25k)
December 28,2009- finished Couch to 5k
January 2010- Run for you Health 5k
April 2010- Zoo Zoom 10k
June 2010- San Diego Rock n Roll half Marathon
November 2010- Folsom Turkey Trot 5k
April 2011- 4 mile Legal Aide Society Run
upcoming: September 17th 5k Run to Break the Silence
I finished the AFC 5k at 37:32 which is my new PR. It's a little over a minute faster than I ran it last year. I'm thrilled about that, but a little disappointed because I was running under a 12 minute pace and sometimes at under 11 until about mile 2 when there's a hill (it's not even terribly steep) for about half a mile and I slowed way down to almost a 14 and couldn't push any harder. I didn't recover to my pre-hill pace before the end. It's obvious I need to add some hill work into my training so I have more endurance on them. I have 2 small hills that I have to run up to get home in my regular training route and they always whip my butt so I guess I'll be hitting them harder.
The weather was perfect...about mid 50's and overcast. The last 2 tenths of a mile a girl ran up to me and thanked me because it was her first race and she had been pacing me the whole race. It was very encouraging and pumped me up for the finish. Now for some rest. Between yoga on Friday and 2 hard running days yesterday and today, I am very sore and tired. No running or anything tomorrow!
Laurelink - I understand your disappointment, but you did awesome!!! You beat my time even with your walking breaks and you had the heat to contend with. Now you have a time to try to beat next time. Great job!
2010 Coronado Independence Day 5K - 40:12
2010 AFC 5K - August 15 - 37:32
2010 End of Summer Fire Run 4mi- August 29 - 49:55
2010 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Relay - October 2 - 57:12
2010 Shelter Island 5K - November 7 - 36:20 PR
2010 Silver Strand Half Marathon - November 14 - 3:14:05
2010 Las Vegas Rock & Roll Half Marathon - December 5 - 2:58:35
2010 Jingle Bell 5K for Arthritis - December 11 - 37:28
2011 Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker 10K - February 13 - 1:25:46
2011 Lost Dutchman 10K - February 20 - 1:19:11
2011 Saint Patrick's Day 10K - March 12 - 1:13:48 PR
2011 Carlsbad 5000 - April 3 - 34:30 PR
2011 Rock & Roll San Diego HM - June 5 - 2:51:54 PR
2011 Coronado Independence Day 5K - July 4 - 35:34
2011 America's Finest City 5 K- August 21 - 34:40
2011 Rock & Roll Los Angeles - October 30
2012 Disneyland Tinkerbell Half - January 29
Congratulations to Jasmine and P.J. for their new personal records!!
Laurelink, Don't be disappointed in your results. I hope the race was a good experience for you. Now you know what to expect and how to pace yourself in race conditions. It is a lot different than running on your own. Congratulations on finishing your first race!
D.J. Hope you had a good race today
I ran 8 miles this morning. That is 2 miles farther than I have ever run before. I ran very slowly but, I am proud of myslef for going the distance.
4/24/10: 5K Run for the Red Cross 44.9
6/26/10: 5K Runners North 36.00
* Broke 8 mile mark 8/15/10
9/11//10: 5K Apple Days 31:49
9/18/10: 5K Top of Utah 30.37
10/2/10: 5K Pumpkin Run 30.02 PR
10/9/10: Wasatch Woman 6K, 39.07
10/23/10: Run for the Ringers 5K, 30.02
Upcoming Goals:
TOU Half marathon 8/27/11
Laurel - Congrats, that is fantastic result for the weather conditions! I am a wuss - I would never even have tried. It can only get better for you from now on. Donna0325 - I can only dream of temps in the 50's and 60's right now. I swear I feel like flying somewhere, just to run cool. Enjoy your tapering now and good luck with your HM next weekend. Susan - With a HM at the end of Sept, I think I should be able to get up to 11 or 12 miles before then - if it cools down a little once in a while.
Donna914- Being in the Louisville area, think you can build up to a HM by the end of April and meet me in Nashville?? Anyone else here within a 3 hr drive of Nashville??
PJ- According to my "pace improvement/predictor strategy" (HA!), during my race yesterday I should have finished in 37:30, about your finish time. But the temps didn't let me push harder to do that, so I have to settle for the same time I did in May-three mins behind "schedule". Hurrmph! Probably more reasons than the heat though.
Jo Ann C
Started Walking 7/15/09 Weight = 265#; C25K Grad 11/6/09
6/27/10 IronGirl, Atlanta Tri S 1/3m/B 18m/R 3m (2:42:10) 207#; 5/15/11 - (2:34:08 200)#
9/25/10 Women's HM, Nashville (3:27:10) 209#, 11/13/10 Huntsville HM (3:17:27) 203#
2/13/11 Mercedes HM, B'ham (3:02:02) 203#; 3/19/11 Rocket 10mi (2:13:37) PR
4/30/11 RnR HM Nashville (3:10:12); 5/15/11 5/30/11 Cotton Row 10K (84:36) ;
6/11/11 Mt. Mania 15K (2:17:12); 7/16/11 Wet Dog Tri (98:56);
8/13/11 Mtn Lakes Tri; (2:13:32); 8/28 Rocketman Oly Tri; 9/10 Frantic Frog Tri (1:52:35)
9/24/11 Womens HM (2:54:28) 195# PR; 10/1 Toray 5K (35:35 PR);
10/15/11 Liz Hurley 5K (36:24); 10/22 Book-it 10K (74:51 PR) 197#;
11/12/11 Huntsville HM - Target 2:50
I gave myself 6 weeks after my successful (well, I ran all the whole distance) 5K in July, to be able to tackle a 5K hill run. But this was the 4th week and I'm still not able to take on a mile and a half of hard hills. I started taking Tai Chi, and I think that has helped my form some, but I think I'm just not strong enough. I end up running hunched over, collapsed, mentally yelling at myself to straighten up and get back in form, then slumping down again. Of course running downhill doesn't present the same problems, I just focus on not hurting my knees on the downhill.I think I just didn't train right for the hills.
Thanks to everyone for your support. It really does help! I look forward to your posts and now I'm looking forward to my next race. (I almost signed up for one this a.m. since the heat finally broke.) Now I know I need to do more to get in better shape. I'm just not sure what I should do. Any advice for cross training???
Glad to read about so many successes this weekend, even if it's not what you really wanted. Laura I definitely couldn't tackle it in that heat. I pushed myself to go out and walk 2 miles this afternoon in a hill area on some trails but it was 90 and humid and kicked my butt. I'll be so glad when the weather cools down because I do so lousy in the heat. I did go to the gym earlier and tried to run but only got half a mile in. Did almost 4 miles with the reast of it at about 15 mile pace with a slight incline. It's really p***ing me off (sorry) that I can't do what I was doing before the weather turned hot but I'm counting on my body getting going again as it cools. I've tried b-complex vitamins and RIbose-D, which helped me a little before with fatigue last year, and I've had blood work to make sure my thyroid is okay, my potassium, which I've had drop before was okay, I'm well hydrated, cortisol was good, and everything else came out okay. So, it just must be my body reacting to this weather and I'm going to keep pushing my best till I break through. I did the 2 mile walk this afternoon after the other workout because I was angry at this situation and I just wanted to go out and push myself a little. Not to the point of making myself sick though. The two miles were at an average of about 17.5 minute miles which on the hills and in the heat wasn't too bad for the hiking but I want so badly to do what I hear everyone else doing. And yet, I also have to look at how far I've come in the last year. A year ago the end of July I started trying to work on myself. I was 225lb and a total couch potatoe. Walking for 20 minutes was a big deal for me and shopping for groceries was exhausting and made my back hurt. I had to rest before I could put things away. Now I'm 160 and can do so much more, even if the summer slows me down and I can't do the half marathon I walked on May 1st at this time but I will be able too again. There is a 5k that I plan to do the end of September, and I hope to be able to run it all by then but if not I'll walk and run it. I'm going to do it.
My hip is still hurting me too but the funny thing is once I get moving it doesn't hurt anymore until I stop. SItting really aggravates it. For the past 2 weeks I had done mostly water exercises and today was the first time I pushed the walking or tried to run because I've been babying it but it isn't making much difference. So I decided if it doesn't make it worse, and it actually helps it while I'm doing it, I'm going to go back to walking and trying to run. I'll still do my water exercises too for cross training, which I love. And I do some stretching every day. Now if I could just find time and energy to go work on riding the bike I bought last fall and have only ridden 3 times . . . . . I guess I can't do it all. I'll rotate around to the bike riding eventually as I like to change routines periodically.
Congratulations to those who set a PR this weekend. And to the others, you're still moving so much faster than those watching from the sidelines or sitting at home on their couches. That's what I always try to keep in mind.
Onward and Forward!!
Whole Enchilada 5k, Las Cruces NM 9-26-10 43:32
All Souls Trail Race, Silver City NM 10-30-10 45:55
Global Health 5k Run/Walk, Albuquerque NM 11-6-10 40:11
Ultimate Fitness 8th Annual Turkey Trot 5k, Deming NM 11-25-10 38:35
New Beginnings 5k Jan 23, 2011 Las Cruces, NM 40:20
Cupid's Chase 5k Feb 12, 2011 Las Cruces, NM 39:54
Bataan Death March Memorial 15 miles March 27, 2011 White Sands Missil Range, NM 4hrs, 48 min 45 sec
Fort Bayard Wilderness 5k Trail Race May 28, 2011 40:52
Ultimate Fitness 9th Annual Turkey Trot, Deming NM 11-24-11 35:14
Cupid's Chase 5k Feb 11, 2012 Las Cruces NM 38:29
Congratulations to all who raced, ran, and broke their personal best.
To those struggling, stay at it we are all here for you!
Onward and Forward !
Congratulations to all! And some of the miles that are being logged in!! I'm going to start training for the St. Jude Half the second week of September. Surely it will be cooler by then. I can't even think about distance right now. It was hot as a firecracker in Memphis on Saturday. I just tried not to freak out about it. There were so many people that it took me about a half mile to get through the crowd. Ran the first mile in just under 9 minutes - Garmin died! Of all things to not check to make sure it was charged!!!!! Decided I wasn't going to freak out about that either. Was kinda disappointed in myself because i walked 3 different times between mile 2 & 3. Each time, counted to 60 and took off again but I was probably within 3/4 & 1/2 mile from the finish! Still made it in 30:28 and I was pretty happy about that. It could have been so much worse.
Jasmine - If nothing happens, I'll be in Nashville the end of April - would love to meet!
Hooray!! For "our" event runners this past weekend!! And bravo to our gang that worked out, whether facing injury, weather conditions, track conditions, whatever!
It is awesome what you accomplish; and it does make some of us (me too!) feel a bit competitive about trying to equal your achievements, cut our time or increase our distance!
Thanks for all the race reports, it's so motivating to read them, and also helps us feel like "we are there!"
C25K Training begun (Treadmill) 6/1/10); restarted 7/11/12
First run OUTDOORS - Club Fun Run 1.75 mile circuit time 26:06:72 on 7/29/10
Proud C25K Grad, 8/7/10
College Park Cares 5K Sponsored by Vecna Technologies, Inc. 9/25/10 44:04.4
Fell off of the regular running routine, experienced the DC Derecho Disaster, and now aiming to get back on track!
Jug Bay Run for Wildlife 5K 11/3/12
I'm happy to find this discussion thread of other people like me, 50+ and fairly new to running. I'm 53 and started running 3 years ago as part of a weight lost program. I'm now totally hooked on running. Everyone else I know either hates exercise or are young people in terrific shape and running marathons. I have done several local 5k runs and my best time was 27:17. My new chanllenge is to run a 10k next October. So far my longest distance is 5 miles.
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What's better than the biggest rummage sale in the valley? Half-price weekend at that very sale.
The Eagle Valley Community Fund Rummage Sale in Maloit Park continues this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25-26, with everything at half price.
The doors will open at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with 16 rooms filled to the brim with bargains galore. Shoppers will find rooms full of toys, house wares, electronics, clothing for the entire family, new items, ski and snowboard equipment and clothing, and a giant tent filled with furniture. The sale continues until 5 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
All proceeds of the sale benefit more than 65 local, non-profits. For more information, call (926) 0577, 827-9426 or check the website atwww.eaglevalleyrummagesale.com.
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado will mark Colorado Land Conservation Week with a trail restoration project at Sylvan Lake State Park this weekend
A group of 40-50 volunteers will work together to construct 3/4 mile of new trail to connect Sylvan Lake State Park's Visitor Center to the 42-acre Sylvan Lake itself. Once completed, the new trail will be a family-friendly pedestrian and equestrian route for park visitors who seek an alternative to steeper, more intense hiking trails. The trail project includes stream crossings, bridge construction and interesting route sections.
To learn more, visit www.voc.org.
Western Eagle Valley Rotary Club is hosting its first annual Trap Shooting Classic fund-raiser Sunday, Sept. 9, at the Gypsum Shooting Sports Club. The event is planned from 3 to 9 p.m.
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The Eagle County Historical Society will host a presentation and social hour with Colorado historian and best-selling author Sandra Dallas at the Brush Creek Pavilion in Eagle on Thursday, Sept. 27. The event starts at 6 p.m. and includes a cash bar.
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The 2012 Vail Automotive Classic is gearing up to be the biggest and best yet.
The event hopes to attract more than 250 premium cars, airplanes and motorcycles for the show on Saturday, Sept. 8.
Registrants may enter by completing the auto online registration form or the aircraft online registration form, or by printing it and mailing or faxing to offices. The form can be found at www.vailautoshow.com.
The complete show schedule includes a barbecue and car auction Friday night at the Vail Valley Jet Center, Wheels and Wings show Saturday at the Vail Valley Jet Center, Saturday night cocktails and concert at Beaver Creek and the Vail Automotive Classic Show in Vail Village Sunday including People's Choice Award.
Early registration runs through Sept. 5. Vehicle fees are $50 for the first vehicle and $15 for each additional vehicle. Cars and motorcycles may also register the day of the Wheels and Wings show at the Vail Valley Jet Center on Saturday. Registrants should make checks payable to Vail Valley Concours, LLC. Online payment for registration is encouraged.
New for 2012 is the 1st annual Vail Automotive Classic Car Auction taking place Friday evening, Sept. 7, in Hanger 1 at the Vail Valley Jet Center.
The car auction will feature approximately 12 cars being sold at both reserve and non-reserve prices. The special feature of the evening is a non-reserve 1995 Jaguar, which has been donated specifically to benefit Jack's Place at the Shaw Regional Cancer Center.
Each of the cars up for auction are being hand selected from various car collectors and automobile enthusiasts.
People from throughout the Eagle Valley and surrounding areas are invited to join the Out of the Darkness Community Walk Sept. 15.
The fund-raising walk supports the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) by helping to support local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs.
The Eagle Valley Out of the Darkness Walk is one of nearly 250 Out of the Darkness Community Walks (www.outofthedarkness.org) being held this fall nationwide. The walks are expected to unite more than 100,000 walkers nationally and raise more than $7.5 million for suicide prevention efforts.
"Much more needs to be done to prevent suicide. Yet, suicide and the underlying mental disorders that can sometimes lead to suicide continue to be surrounded by misinformation and stigma," said Erin Ivie. "This walk is about reducing that stigma, raising awareness and raising needed funds for research and local prevention programs."
The Eagle Valley community walk will begin at the Eagle Town Park at 9 a.m. and end at the same location at approximately 11 a.m. There will also be a Heartbeat Balloon Launch at 8:30 a.m.
It is estimated that close to 1 million Americans make a suicide attempt, more than 36,000 die by suicide, and more than 20 million suffer from depression each year.
"Every 15 minutes someone dies by suicide in the U.S," said Robert Gebbia, Executive Director for AFSP. "This fall, thousands will be walking to raise money for prevention and awareness, and offer hope to the millions of people who have lost a loved one to suicide or who battle personally with depression, bipolar illness, addiction and other mental illnesses".
Local sponsors for the Eagle Valley Out of the Darkness Community Walk include: Peaks of Excellence, Samaritan Counseling Center, US Bank, First Bank of Vail, Eagle Ranch Association, Eagle Sinclair, Archibeque Land Consulting Ltd. and Mountain Pedaler of Vail
• An Oktoberfest celebration is planned at the Lundgren Theater Park in Gypsum Saturday, Sept. 29, from 11 to 6 p.m. Festivities will include a 5K fun run/walk, games, vendors and live music with libations by Bonfire Brewing. Mark your calendars.
• Colorado State Patrol Women's Resource Network has partnered with Food Bank of the Rockies for a regional food drive that runs through Sept. 2. Items of need include paper towels, bath tissue, toiletries, canned goods and monetary donations. To make a donation in person, drop off items at a Colorado State Patrol Troop office. In Eagle, the office is located at 714 Castle Drive. To find other troop offices, visit www.csp.state.co.us and click on the tab labeled "Contact Us."
• With the start of the school year, fund-raising efforts are under way at various buildings and for various programs. As a shout-out to the Eagle Valley High School football program, Devils discount cards are available from any player and the $20 cost gives the buyer lots of discounts to local businesses and eateries.


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OAKLAND -- Warriors coach Mark Jackson gave his team the day off Sunday. No doubt, he's hoping it doesn't cool off point guard Stephen Curry.
He's had at least 20 points and 10 assists in consecutive games for the first time in his NBA career. He hadn't had double-digit assists in back-to-back games since his rookie season.
Over his last three games, Curry is averaging 20 points, nine assists and 2.3 steals.
"Give our ownership and our front office a lot of credit because there were some people that were saying, 'We know he's a good player, but let's hold off on signing him,' " Jackson said. "We knew exactly who he was as a basketball player, person and face of this franchise. He's playing on a level that we thought he would play at. Leading his team, making plays down the stretch, defending -- it's great to see."
Curry, who's in his fourth season, signed a four-year, $44 million contract extension in October.
The odd/encouraging part about his hot streak is that he isn't exactly hot. During the three-game stretch, he's shooting just 42 percent with 3.3 turnovers. And he's totaled seven rebounds the last three games. He'd been averaging 4.2 before.
How has he been so productive, then? Attack. Attack. Attack.
"I think it's just trying to be aggressive," Curry said. "Picking up the tempo has been a big emphasis for us. In training camp, that was a point of emphasis. But we started off kind of out of rhythm offensively, playing a lot in the half court. If we get up-tempo and make plays in transition, that kinds of gets the defense on their heels."
Whether he's playing point guard or shooting guard -- Jackson likes to play Curry and backup point guard Jarrett Jack together -- Curry has been diligent about putting pressure on the defense.
At the point, he's getting the ball up the court quickly and looking for quick strikes from guard Klay Thompson and forward David Lee. In the half-court setting, he's living off the high pick-and-roll, getting into the lane and finding his teammates. Of late, the dump-off pass to forward Carl Landry has been a primary target.
With Curry at shooting guard, Golden State takes advantage of his shot. Curry has made 12 of his last 22 from 3-point range (55 percent).
"You just have to be aggressive," Curry said. "Each play, you're trying to make the right play -- whether it's getting open for a shot or making the right play to get it to somebody else that's open to make a shot. We've had good offensive rhythm the last couple games so we've got to keep that going."
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With music by two Georges (Gershwin and Antheil) and one Lenny (Bernstein), the San Francisco Symphony returned on Tuesday to Davies Symphony Hall for its opening night Gala. Bookended by Antheil's rarely heard "A Jazz Symphony" and Gershwin's perennial "An American in Paris," it was a nifty All-American program, led by Michael Tilson Thomas to launch the orchestra's 102nd season.
The classiest part of the annual black-tie event came in the middle: actress-singer Audra McDonald, inhabiting five songs by Bernstein, then five more Broadway numbers, including two by Jule Styne. It's hard not to gush over McDonald. Even when overamplified (it happened Tuesday, too often), she enchants with her presence, her love and knowledge of song and lyric -- and that voice. It's elegant, earthy and almost absurdly plush, while sailing across its canyon-wide range.
How to resist her delivery of Bernstein's "A Little Bit in Love," from "Wonderful Town"? Here, McDonald -- she hasn't won all those Tony Awards for nothing -- became the starry-eyed ingenue, channeling herself through the lyrics of Betty Comden and Adolph Green:
Mm--mmm! / It's so nice to be alive / When you find someone who bewitches you. / Will he be my all, / Or did I just fall / A little bit, / A little bit in love?
Switching to the proto-feminist "A Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man," again by Bernstein, Comden and Green (from "Wonderful Town," as well), she brought to life the gal who knows more about auto mechanics and baseball than any guy she dates. "First You Dream" by John Kander and Fred Ebb (from "Steel Pier") was both a statement of life's possibilities and a tribute to her father, who died in 2007 in an aviation accident:
Close your eyes / And see how your spirit climbs. / You can fly.
McDonald joked that the songs she sang on stage at age 10, while growing up in Fresno, mean so much more to her now that she is 43. "Make Someone Happy," by Styne, Comden and Green (from "Do Re Mi") carried deep counsel about setting priorities straight:
Fame, if you win it, / Comes and goes in a minute. / Where's the real stuff in life to cling to?
Tilson Thomas -- McDonald's friend, mentor and fan -- bantered with her from the podium and joined in her sing-along to "I Could Have Danced All Night" by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (from "My Fair Lady").
At the start of Tuesday's concert, the conductor described Antheil as a brash and "card-carrying avant-gardist" who spent the 1920s in Europe, becoming pals with Dali and Picasso. "A Jazz Symphony," composed in Paris in 1925, is "an avant-garde scramble of elements of jazz" and other ingredients, including Stravinsky, Tilson Thomas explained.
Earlier, I'd heard composer John Zorn interviewed by Terry Gross on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air." Zorn is a master of the hard splice; he will compose 40 bars of music, jumping from genre to genre with each bar. "A Jazz Symphony" seemed very much the prototype for this mad-machine approach, jump-cutting from crackling rumba to sappy waltz, from hard textures to soft, from fast tempos to slow. Tuesday's performance featured two superb soloists: pianist Robin Sutherland (seamlessly navigating Antheil's jazz splashes and fulgent dissonances) and trumpeter Mark Inouye (growling through his mute, like Ellington's Bubber Miley in '25).
Gershwin's "An American in Paris" never loses its soft-shoe soulfulness. But this performance, in the end, felt by the book. One could sense that the orchestra is ready to dive into the meat of its 102nd season.
Contact Richard Scheinin at 408-920-5069, read his stories at www.mercurynews.com/richard-scheinin and follow at Twitter.com/richardscheinin.
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Michael Tilson Thomas, music director
Next program: 8 p.m., Sept. 6-7; works by Ives, Antheil, Gershwin, Barber (violinist James Ehnes performs Barber's Violin Concerto)
Where: Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
Tickets: $15-$156; 415-864-6000, www.sfsymphony.org


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Letters: More North Letters, March 16, 2013
OPD is the best
On Feb. 27, I did a really stupid thing and paid a cheap price for a very valuable lesson. I left my car unlocked with the keys inside. So I don't why I was surprised when I walked out of my yoga class only to find my car gone.
However, this letter is not about my stupidity, but about how fortunate I am to live in Oceanside and to be served by the Oceanside Police Department.
An officer responded within five minutes of my calling 911. He drove me home and patiently instructed me on all the things I would need to do, including a lot of safety issues I never would have thought of on my own.
My car was recovered by the Oceanside police within 18 hours of when it went missing. Two other officers returned my car to me with everything in it, including my wallet and all my money. The best part was they didn't even make me feel stupid. Ok, they rolled their eyes a little.
Apparently, an older woman was confused, saw the keys inside and just took it home. I can't thank the Oceanside PD enough. They are the best!
Leslie Davies
Dog owners must abide by leash laws
This is a comment about dog owners who do not abide by the leash law. My little cocker spaniel dog (who was on a leash) was viciously attacked by a huge dog recently. This dog probably weighed near 80 pounds while my little dog weighs 25 pounds. The owners of the other dog were walking way behind their dog, allowing it to roam free without a leash. In fact, those owners never apologized to me or even asked if my dog was OK. It would not have happened if the owners had leashed their dog.
People: Use a leash for your dog unless, it's in a dog park or area specifically designed for dogs to roam free. My little dog has two large puncture wounds in her neck from this attack. We went to the animal hospital and spent $150 to have the wound cleaned and for medicines to prevent infection. The veterinarian said the loose skin on my dog's neck is what saved her from possibly dying. This attack was senseless and the other dog should be put down. The owners of that dog ... surely must have known their dog was not a friendly one to other dogs, but they chose to allow their dog to be off leash.
Jenifer Vidra
No love for Hawaiian Falls water park
I was disgusted when greeted by the headline, "City eyes 'Hawaiian Falls' at Kit Carson," March 3. I can't imagine how Escondido city officials could even consider such a ridiculous plan.
Kit Carson Park is a beautiful, free destination for families in North County with precious features too numerous to mention. The open land and trails on the west side of the park provide homes for thousands of species of birds and animals.
This tranquil place would be forever changed by a large commercial water park — not to mention the thousands of homes in the area that would be devalued permanently.
Why don't we build a Six Flags next to Daley Ranch? Plenty of open land there, and that would really put Escondido on the map.
Why don't we build a freeway through San Pasqual Valley? Traffic from Ramona and Valley Center would bring new life to the south end of town.
Just because something can be done — though against all fiscal logic — doesn't mean it should be done. The citizens of Escondido will rail against this absurd idea, and rightly so.
Renee Broadwell
Ban the Solana Beach plastic bag ban
Thanks to the U-T San Diego North County for the spot on editorial regarding the Solana Beach plastic bag ban ("Time to bag Solana Beach's bag ban," March 7).
As a resident of Solana Beach, I strongly opposed the ban for the same reasons that were stated regarding the negative impact of paper bags on the environment.
I personally know residents who are shopping outside of Solana Beach due to the bag ban and many who lament not having the plastic bags to pick up after Fido — including me.
Thanks very much to the mayor for his thoughtless ideals, but I am an adult and don't need to be told not to throw my plastic bag trash into our beautiful Pacific Ocean.
Please leave me and my bags alone.
Ginger Robyn
Solana Beach
Three cheers for Oceanside library
People may not be aware of the many services of our Oceanside library. One is a homebound book program that is run by an exceptional man named Brad Penner. He goes out of his way to make sure people who cannot get to the library are able to enjoy books, magazines, music CDs and audio books.
Three volunteer angels I have met, Ann, Ruth and Teresa, gather books and wing them to homebound readers in our fair city. When a person is unable to get out, it can often be a lonely and depressing situation, but these wonderful people bring a smile and literature to make the time much more enjoyable.
Three cheers to a few of the unsung heroes who help make Oceanside the gem of a city we love.
Debbie Mastro
Oceanside's entry should be welcoming
About the revision of the parking on Mission Avenue from Coast Highway to Horne Street: There are several sidewalk restaurants along this portion of Mission. I can't think of anything more disagreeable than to be sitting at a sidewalk table, enjoying my lunch or dinner, when some humongous RV backs into the space with all of the noise and emissions coming straight into my face and destroying my sense of safety and the joy of eating in such a scenic place.
As for changing Mission into a two-lane street, I think of Santa Barbara. They have the most traffic-constricted main street I have ever had to transit. It is a nightmare unrivaled. This is poor planning and will have a negative effect on anyone who comes to this wonderful city of ours. I would not drive this entry into our city more than once when it turns out to be a bottleneck.
This entry to Oceanside should be one of grace and beauty.
There should be a welcoming gate into the City Arts District.
There should be no parking along the blocks that are targeted to be backed into.
There should be green space and wide sidewalks that welcome visitors and beckon them to stay, eat and stroll throughout the city with its many attractions and fall in love with beauty, not be confronted with traffic patterns that are foreign to the way we drive and live.
Ruth Jameson


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Look closely into one of those white, zephyr-swirled clouds that sharply contrast with the Sierra Nevada's famously cobalt blue sky and it's easy to imagine Mark Twain with his frizzled hair and furry mustache and eyebrows. He's gazing down at Lake Tahoe, smiling.
Four outstanding books about Tahoe have been published 100 years after the death of the great American author who during his time around the lake transformed himself from Samuel Clemens into Mark Twain.
"Tahoe Beneath The Surface" by Scott Lankford was released by Heyday Books in late 2010, and the first part of 2011 had the publications of "A Short History of Lake Tahoe" by Michael Makley, "Fairest Picture: Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe" by David Antonucci, and "Fallen Leaf: A Lake and its People," by Janet Beales Kaidanzis and the Lake Tahoe Historical Society.
The timing is a coincidence considering the years it takes to publish a book. Lankford's, for example, took a decade to compile.
"I didn't know that those other books were going to be published this year," said Makley, a retired history teacher from South Shore. "Those are well done and we all hit it from different angles."
The books have received plenty of rave reviews.
"(Makley's) book should be required reading for every high school senior, make that every adult, living within 200 miles of Lake Tahoe," said McAvoy Layne, who for 24 years has made his living as a Twain impersonator. And Booklist wrote: "Makley's work could serve as a blueprint for writing relevant and engaging regional history."
Antonucci's book, South Lake Tahoe history buff David Borges wrote in a review for Amazon, "is destined to be the best Tahoe history book written. ... (It has) science literature scrutiny standards without the science jargon."
Lankford's interest in Tahoe came about through happenstance when he wound up at Stanford's Sierra Camp at Fallen Leaf Lake. A similar circumstance occurred in 1928 when John Steinbeck penned his first novel.
"I was on my way out to Stanford from the East Coast for graduate school and was offered a summer job," Lankford said. "I ended up most of the next 10 years at Tahoe instead of Palo Alto. Eventually, I got my graduate school degree but it took forever, partly because I was always running back to Tahoe in any kind of ski-bum way that I could.
"I stumbled blindly into this place where John Muir and John Steinbeck and one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century (Bertrand Russell) had all been during pivotal times of their careers."
Makley didn't stumble into Tahoe; he moved here in 1959 with his family. A 1966 graduate of South Tahoe High School, he taught history at his alma mater and one other school for 36 years.
"A Short History of Lake Tahoe" was Makley's fourth with University of Nevada Press, which recently had its second press run for the book. It is the third in a series of "Short History" books. A year earlier he wrote along with his son, Matthew Makley, "Cave Rock: Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place."
"We knew he would be a natural to write the book," said Barbara Berlin, a spokeswoman for the publisher. "He's an engaging writer and he brought it right around. He is amazing."
Makley said it took a year to write the book and another to get it edited and published.
"My interest is in regional history and I had most of the regional history," Makley said. "I spent most of the time looking at old editions of newspapers, the Tahoe Tribune, so it was relatively easy to do. I grew up with a lot of the history and the research is pretty easy."
Antonucci praised his peers' books.
"I highly recommend both," he said. "Makly's book does a real good job on Tahoe history and he condensed it down to what's important and that makes it very readable. Scott's book is very entertaining and he's an excellent storyteller and is able to weave the history Lake Tahoe."
For Antonucci, it was his second book. He wrote "Snowball's Chance: The Story of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games" after he discovered the Games' long-forgotten nordic ski course near his Tahoma home.
He was motivated to write about Twain's time at Tahoe after a Nevada agency lobbied the federal government to designate an area south of Incline Village as "Clemens Cove." Led by a pair of retired Nevada state workers and championed by Layne, the co-proprietor of the Mark Twain Cultural Center at Incline Village, the area to be called Clemens Cove, they said, was the site described by Twain in his book "Roughing It." Twain wrote he accidentally started a wildland fire there.
Antonucci argued at a Nevada State Board on Geographic Names meeting at the Thunderbird Lodge that Clemens had instead camped in an area on the California side of the lake. But the board sided with Robert Stewart, a retired chief of Nevada public affairs, who said the fire occurred in Nevada. Nearly eight months later, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names denied Nevada's recommendation in a 5-4 vote, not because of Antonucci's argument, but because of Clemens' carelessness with a fire.
"We were shot down by Smokey Bear," said Stewart, who will debate Antonucci June 21, 2012 at the Gatekeeper's Museum in Tahoe City.
"I had the book in back of my mind but it was a low priority, but it moved right to the top after the Clemens Cove controversy," Antonucci said. "I felt a book needed to be out there to provide a factual basis because it had just been in my estimation a lot of misinformation about the whole issue."
Antonucci researched all known accounts of Twain's Tahoe visits to justify his theories. An afterthought and perhaps far larger benefit to readers, however, is for geotourism. People in Tahoe can use Antonucci's book to literally walk in Twain's footsteps. All but one of the places Twain visited here are on public land.
Paddle-boarders and kayakers doubtless for years to come will use Antonucci's book as a guide to recreate Twain's "balloon voyages" described in "Roughing It." While Tahoe's water is not nearly as clear as it was in the early 1860s, it is still translucent enough to see, Antonucci said, "giant boulders the size of houses underneath the waters" and to search for the infamous campsite.
The subject of each of the 15 chapters in "Beneath the Surface," could be the topic of an entire book, said Lankford, who in No. 7 titled "Samuel Clemens: Tahoe Twain."
"I think Antonucci's written a brilliant book," Lankford said. "I think that whole debate is really fun. It puts a lot of attention on Mark Twain but I don't have a dog in that fight. My deal is what does Mark Twain's presence there tell us about who he was as he's becoming a writer?
"He's there literally in the middle of the Civil War, and I ask what is the very uncomfortable question, What was Mark Twain's position on the war? And I come up with some pretty creepy answers. I think that early in his career he still has Southern sympathies, which is pretty shocking when 25 years later he's the guy who writes one of the greatest anti racist novels in world history."
While the timing of the four books publications about Lake Tahoe was a coincidence, the December article in Lake Tahoe Action was purposeful. Look closely into one of those fuzzy Sierra clouds and imagine the flowing white beard of ... Santa Claus.
Next week: Learn about a children's book by a Tahoe musician and instructor, check out Lake Tahoe Action's reader's choice national review and find out this publication's selection for Book of the Year.


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Minka Lavery 1816-84 Brushed Nickel 2 Light Semi-Flush Ceiling Fixture from the Agilis Collection
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|Base Color
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|Bulb Included
|Bulb Type
|Compact Fluorescent, Incandescent
|Canopy Height
|Canopy Width
|Energy Star
|Finish Application
|Light Direction
|Down Lighting
|Location Rating
|Dry Location
|Number of Bulbs
|Product Weight
|Shade Color
|Shade Height
|Shade Material
|Shade Shape
|Shade Width
|Suggested Room Fit
|Dining Room
|Title 24
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|Watts Per Bulb
Two Light Semi-Flush Ceiling Fixture from the Agilis Collection
- Lamina Blanca glass pyramid shade
- Designed to cast light in a downward direction
- Suitable for dry locations
Lamping Technologies:
- 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.
- Compatible Bulb Types: Nearly all bulb types can be found for the E26 Medium Base, options include Incandescent, Fluorescent, LED, Halogen, and Xenon / Krypton.
- Bulb Base: Medium (E26)
- Bulb Included: No
- Bulb Type: Compact Fluorescent, Incandescent
- Canopy Height: 1.13"
- Canopy Width: 4.75"
- Dimmable: No
- Energy Star: No
- Height: 12.5" (measured from ceiling to bottom most point of fixture)
- Location Rating: Dry Location
- Number of Bulbs: 2
- Product Weight: 10.98 lbs
- Shade Height: 5.5"
- Shade Material: Glass
- Shade Width: 15.13"
- Title 24: No
- UL Rating: Dry Location
- Wattage: 200
- Watts Per Bulb: 100
- Width: 15.5" (measured from furthest point left to furthest point right on fixture)
- UL Listed - Indicates whether a product meets standards and compliance guidelines set by Underwriters Laboratories. This listing determines what types of rooms or environments a product can be used in safely.
About Minka Lavery:
As part of the Minka Group, Minka Lavery has created a reputation of being a trendsetter in developing creative, innovative, and decorative lighting for the discerning designer or homeowner. Pleasing collections of modern, traditional, and transitional lights that will provide inspiration and options in creating your idea of the perfect living space throughout the home. Find the style and size of Minka Lavery indoor ceiling fixture, as a flush mount or a semi-flush mount, that will give your home the best combination of form and function possible.
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The Minka Lavery ML 1816 cannot be hung from a sloped celing.
Can this fixture be installed on a sloped ceiling?
A. The Minka Lavery ML 1816 cannot be hung from a sloped celing.
The Minka Lavery ML 1816 is mounted to the ceiling with screw and the backplate covers any electrical wires from the junction box.
How do you install it?
A. The Minka Lavery ML 1816 is mounted to the ceiling with screw and the backplate covers any electrical wires from the junction box.
The Minka Lavery ML 1816 is rated for a dining room, so it may not be suited for a damp environment.
Can this be used in a bathroom
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The canopy measures 4.75"w x 4.75"l
What are the dimensions of the square at the ceiling?
A. The canopy measures 4.75"w x 4.75"l
The overall dimensions of the Minka Lavery ML 1816 semi-flush fixture are 15-1/2" W x 12-1/2" H
What are the dimensions of this fixture?
A. The overall dimensions of the Minka Lavery ML 1816 semi-flush fixture are 15-1/2" W x 12-1/2" H
The Minka Lavery ML 1816 accepts incandescent or cfl bulbs only.
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STANFORD -- Junior Dwight Powell had no time think on his final play Wednesday night in Stanford's heartbreaking 65-63 defeat to Colorado in a Pac-12 game at Maples Pavilion.
The lanky forward grabbed the ball with 2.2 seconds left, then tried to beat the clock to the basket with a thundering dunk.
He got there a click too late in front of an announced crowd of 4,395 as Stanford (16-13, 7-9 Pac-12) lost its third consecutive home game.
Coach Johnny Dawkins knew it was late, saying Powell "should have laid the ball up."
But the coach couldn't quibble with the shot on a night his team played the Buffaloes to the finish line after losing by 21 points Jan 24 in Boulder, Colo.
"It was the right play for us, playing for overtime," Dawkins said. "That was the best play that we had."
It also was unexpected after the Buffaloes (19-8, 9-6) took a five-point lead with 15.1 seconds left on Andre Roberson's two free throws.
But senior Andy Brown made a 3-pointer with seven seconds remaining, and Colorado's Spencer Dinwiddie missed a free throw to set up the final, heart-pounding play that began with an inbounds pass.
"Any time you lose at the buzzer it hurts," said Brown, who tied his career-best with 17 points.
But no one was pointing to Powell's final play as the reason Stanford dropped its fourth of five games in February as a season of promise imploded.
The Cardinal led by 10 with 14:43 left on Chasson Randall's 3-point basket before boneheaded play allowed Colorado to regroup as it had in the first half after trailing by 10.
"As fast as we were able to gain that margin, they were able to erase it," Dawkins said.
The Buffaloes scored eight consecutive points to close to 43-41 with 11:59 left. Dinwiddie stole the ball and raced down court for an uncontested layup before Dawkins called a timeout to try to stop the fall.
Then Colorado scored seven in a row from 9:31 to 8:30 behind Roberson's hot hand to take a lead it would not lose.
The Cardinal couldn't contain Roberson, who led the Buffaloes with a career-best 24 points. Dinwiddie added 19 as Colorado shot 42.9 percent despite making only 4 of 18 from beyond the arc.
Sophomore guard Randall added 16 for Stanford and Powell scored 12.
Stanford, the reigning NIT champion, entered the season hoping to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time in Dawkins' five-year tenure.
Now the school's only chance of reversing course will come in two weeks at the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas, where the team must win four games in four days to earn the league's automatic berth.


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RICHMOND -- As his 70th birthday nears, Ubirajara Acordeon feels the pressure of time now more than ever.
He could be content to spend the next phase of his life relaxing and reviewing his life's accomplishments. But getting on a bike and riding 14,000 miles from here to Brazil is more this man's speed.
Acordeon, who has taught capoeira, the Brazilian art form that combines self-defense, music, and philosophy in Berkeley for 35 years, is using the yearlong bike ride to raise money for an organization he runs in Salvador da Bahia called Projeto Kirimure that helps poor children live a better life.
"At this stage in life, there is an urgency," the charismatic Mestre, or master, Acordeon said to a gathering of his students at United Capoeira Association Berkeley. "I have this fear that I will suddenly collapse and not be able to help these kids anymore."
He leaves Sept. 1 from his studio at the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Hearst Street, where he plans a block party send off.
Acordeon, who turns 70 on Aug. 30, said many of the kids his organization helps come from families where six or seven live in homes no larger than 8 feet by 8 feet. Crack use is rampant in the neighborhood and many of the children are doomed.
"You go to where they live and you are shocked," he said. "We have a nice life in the United States compared to that. We lost a 10 year old girl who already had a job carrying bricks for construction. She just disappeared."
Along the way to Brazil, Acordeon plans to make a documentary film about how capoeira has influenced people in Brazil, and he will hold capoeira workshops in towns on the road.
"I want to take capoeira to people who have never seen it before," Acordeon said about the workshops. "I always tell people nobody can know everything about capoeira. It transforms us. In it, there are universal elements of group dynamics and the desire to know oneself. And that's also what I want to capture in the film."
Coming with him on two wheels are his wife, Suellen Einarsen, who is also a capoeira teacher and the first American woman to attain the Mestre designation, five other riders and a support truck.
Diego Arana, a Berkeley capoeira student who is going on the yearlong ride, said when he first heard about it he thought it was a bad idea.
"That's just crazy,'" Arana said. "Then I started thinking that could be cool. The idea grew on me about all the experience I'll be getting. I told my boss I was going to quit and my boss said, 'How about taking a sabbatical?' So it's going to be great."
Acordeon concedes that riding from Berkeley to Brazil "will be a big adventure" and it will be hard on him.
He's not worried about riding a certain number of miles each day.
"I will have to listen to the body and respond to the needs of the people with me," he said. "I don't feel too tired. As they say, 'to get a banana, you have to plant a banana tree.' And I want to give these kids a better life that they don't have."
The block party to launch his ride on Sept. 1 starts at 11 a.m. on Hearst Street near the corner of San Pablo Avenue. For more information on the ride and how to donate, visit http://igg.me/at/b2b.
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408. Follow him on Twitter @douglasoakley.


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TRACY - The Tracy Police Department arrested a man Wednesday night who used an object to beat the mother of his children so severely she is hospitalized with "significant trauma," authorities said.
Officers were called to the 100 block of East Manzanita Lane on reports of a disturbance about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday. They arrested Matthew Stewart, 28, on suspicion of false imprisonment by violence, battery with serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon and force likely to produce great bodily injury, and child endangerment, authorities said.
He is being held at the San Joaquin County Jail in lieu of $600,000 bail.
Officers notified Child Protective Services, which placed three or four children in protective custody, police said.
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LOS GATOS -- A Santa Clara County forensic toxicologist has been charged with 18 counts of child molestation, forcing prosecutors to retest samples in 26 criminal cases he handled.
Steven Joseph Joyner, 44, of Los Gatos, was recently arrested after Child Protective Services and police were contacted by officials at the child's school when concerns were raised. Most of the counts allege he committed lewd and lascivious acts upon the same child over the course of a decade.
According to a Los Gatos/Monte Sereno police report, Joyner told investigators that he had made inappropriate contact with the child but it was unintentional. It also states that Joyner repeatedly said he has no explanation of why the child would make the allegations.
Asked if he had any child pornography, "he admitted to having gone to websites depicting photos of what appeared to be 'exploited children,'" according to the report.
Because of his job with Santa Clara County, the state Attorney General's Office is prosecuting the case.
Joyner's duties involved testing blood for the presence of alcohol or drugs, according to James Gibbons-Shapiro of the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Joyner would testify in court as to his findings.
Because of the charges, Gibbons-Shapiro said Joyner's work needs to be redone, and he will not be asked to take the stand in any future cases.
"We're not going to call him as a witness for any cases going forward and for all cases that are pending that haven't been filed," Gibbons-Shapiro said.
Most of the retesting has been completed.
The retesting was crucial because Joyner would not be able to testify to the results without the possibility of being cross-examined and have his credibility questioned because of the acts he is accused of committing.
He may even have to plead the fifth, and all his testimony would be stricken, Gibbons-Shapiro said.
"We're not going to bring in a witness, transported in from jail, when we can have a better witness if we retest," he said.
Gibbons-Shapiro said they also sent notice of the charges to defense attorneys in prior cases in which Joyner testified.
He said that he didn't believe any verdicts would be compromised because it is unlikely that the charges could be connected to the outcome of any particular case, and that while it wasn't required of them to tell defense attorneys about the new developments, "it is something we think is the right and fair thing to do."
Joyner also served as a merit badge counselor in the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, which permanently barred him from participating in the program when the allegations came to light.
Margaret Caldwell, a director with the Scout's Silicon Valley chapter, said all parents have been notified and advised to report any inappropriate encounters with Joyner.
"We have not heard anything," she said. "As far as we know, none of this activity happened in the scouting program."
Joyner's attorney Ron Rayes said he couldn't offer much comment on Thursday.
"My client pleaded not guilty, and at this point in time I can say we are vigorously defending the allegations," he said.
Joyner remains in custody. His next court date is March 27.
Robert Salonga contributed to this report. Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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Amanda Berry, right, with her sister in a Cleveland hospital Monday, May 6, 2013. (Credit: WOIO/CBS)
The voice of the long-missing woman was frantic and breathless, choking back tears. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told a 911 dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."
Those words led police to a house near downtown Cleveland where Berry and two other women who went missing a decade ago were found on Monday, elating family members and friends who'd longed to see them again.
Authorities later arrested three brothers: main suspect Ariel Castro, aged 52, a former Cleveland Metropolitan Schools bus driver who owned the home where the women were found; O'Neil Castro 50; and Pedro Castro, 54.
Police Chief Michael McGrath said he thinks Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were tied up at the house and held there since they were in their teens or early 20s.
"To find these three girls recovered well, it just gives us a boost," McGratch said Tuesday morning. "These leads came in over the years and were investigated time and again. Thankfully, due to Amanda's brave actions, these three women are alive today."
A 6-year-old also was found in the home, and police said they believe she is the daughter of Berry.
The women appeared to be in good health and were taken to a hospital to be evaluated and be reunited with relatives after being discovered. All three were released from the hospital as of Tuesday morning, reports CBS Cleveland afiliate WOIO-TV.
The women's escape and rescue began with a frenzied cry for help. WOIO-TV broadcast neighbor Charles Ramsey, the man who helped Berry escape, telling reporters he "didn't know who she was. She said her last name was Berry."
Neighbor Anna Tejeda was sitting on her porch with friends when they heard someone across the street kicking a door and yelling.
Tejeda, 50, said one of her friends went over and told Berry how to kick the screen out of the bottom of the door, which enabled her to get out.
Speaking Spanish, which was translated by one of her friends, Tejeda said Berry was nervous and crying. She was dressed in pajamas and old sandals.
At first, Tejeda said she didn't want to believe who the young woman was. "You're not Amanda Berry," she insisted. "Amanda Berry is dead."
But when Berry told her she'd been kidnapped and held captive, Tejeda said she gave her the telephone to call police, who arrived within minutes and then took the other women from the house.
On a recorded 911 call Monday, Berry declared, "I'm Amanda Berry. I've been on the news for the last 10 years."
She said she had been taken by someone and begged for police officers to arrive at the home on Cleveland's west side before the man returned.
"I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years," she told the dispatcher. "And I'm here. I'm free now."
Berry disappeared at age 16 on April 21, 2003, when she called her sister to say she was getting a ride home from her job at a Burger King. DeJesus went missing at age 14 on her way home from school about a year later. They were found just a few miles from where they had gone missing.
Police said Knight went missing in 2002 and is 32 now. They didn't provide current ages for Berry or DeJesus.
Ramsey, the neighbor, said he'd barbecued with the home's owner and never suspected anything was amiss.
"There was nothing exciting about him -- well, until today," he said.
Cleveland Deputy Chief Ed Tomba confirmed that none of the neighbors were under suspicion.
In January 2004, shortly after the women were kidnapped, police did arrive at Ariel Castro's home and attempt to contact him after a complaint was filed regarding his job as a bus driver, Tomba said. Castro was not home at the time, so police left.
Apparently Castro had left a child on his bus when he returned to the depot, but after an "extensive" interview which was not conducted at his home, police determined it was an accident. According to officials, that was the only time law enforcement approached the home, which never had any violations or complaints until now.
The women's loved ones said they hadn't given up hope of seeing them again.
A childhood friend of DeJesus, Kayla Rogers, said she couldn't wait to hug her.
"I've been praying, never forgot about her, ever," Rogers told The Plain Dealer newspaper.
Berry's cousin, Tasheena Mitchell, told the newspaper she couldn't wait to have Berry in her arms.
"I'm going to hold her, and I'm going to squeeze her and I probably won't let her go," she said.
Berry's mother, Louwana Miller, who had been hospitalized for months with pancreatitis and other ailments, died in March 2006. She had spent the previous three years looking for her daughter, whose disappearance took a toll as her health steadily deteriorated, family and friends said.
Councilwoman Dona Brady said she had spent many hours with Miller, who never gave up hope that her daughter was alive.
"She literally died of a broken heart," Brady said.
Mayor Frank Jackson expressed gratitude that the three women were found alive. He said there are many unanswered questions in the ongoing investigation.
At Metro Health Medical Center, Dr. Gerald Maloney wouldn't discuss the women's conditions in detail but said they were being evaluated by appropriate specialists.
"This is really good, because this isn't the ending we usually hear in these stories," he said. "So, we're very happy."
In January, a prison inmate was sentenced to 4-1/2 years after admitting he provided a false burial tip in the disappearance of Berry. A judge in Cleveland sentenced Robert Wolford on his guilty plea to obstruction of justice, making a false report and making a false alarm.
Last summer, Wolford tipped authorities to look for Berry's remains in a Cleveland lot. He was taken to the location, which was dug up with backhoes.
Two men arrested for questioning in DeJesus' 2004 disappearance were released from the city jail in 2006 after officers didn't find her body during a search of the men's house.
One of the men was transferred to the Cuyahoga County Jail on unrelated charges, while the other was allowed to go free, police said.
In September 2006, police acting on a tip tore up the concrete floor of the garage and used a cadaver dog to search unsuccessfully for DeJesus' body. Investigators confiscated 19 pieces of evidence during their search but declined to comment on the significance of the items at the time.


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A Minnesota man who killed two teenagers in his home on Thanksgiving Day was charged with murder Monday after he told investigators he shot the two at close range before "finishing" them with shots to the head.
Byron David Smith, 64, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder without premeditation in Morrison County District Court in the deaths of Nicholas Brady, 17, and Haile Kifer, 18. The pair were cousins.
Smith claims Brady and Kifer broke into his home in Little Falls, about 90 miles northwest of Minneapolis, and that he was "fearful" they had weapons, according to the criminal complaint.
A person can use deadly force to stop a felony inside their home, but it "has to be reasonable," Morrison County Sheriff Michel Wetzel said at a press conference Monday afternoon.
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"I've never seen anything like this," said County Attorney Brian Middendorf.
In one of the more bizarre elements of the shooting, Smith told police he did not reach out to authorities for an entire day because "he didn't want to trouble us on a holiday," Wetzel said.
Wetzel declined to comment on Smith's state of mind.
According to the criminal complaint:
While sitting in his basement, Smith heard footsteps upstairs in his house and a window breaking. He then saw Brady walking down the stairs into the basement, and he shot the boy with a Mini 14 rifle. Smith said he then shot Brady in the face and, as Brady lay on the floor looking up at him, Smith shot him again. Smith told investigators, "I want him dead."
Smith put Brady's body in a tarp, dragged it into his basement workshop and then "sat back down in his chair," the criminal complaint said.
A few minutes later, Smith again heard footsteps above him -- and, just as Brady did, Kifer came down the stairs. Smith shot her, sending her tumbling. As he attempted to shoot her again, Smith's gun jammed, and the young woman, though wounded, laughed at him, he told authorities. Upset, Smith shot her "more times than I needed to" in the chest with a .22-caliber revolver, he said.
Smith dragged Kifer, who was gasping for her life, and placed her next to Brady's body, Smith told officers. Then Smith positioned the revolver's barrel under her chin and pulled the trigger in what he described as a "good, clean finishing shot" meant to end her suffering, he said.
The next day, Smith asked a neighbor if he or she knew any lawyers and then asked the neighbor to contact authorities.
When investigators arrived, Smith invited them in, showed them the bodies and was arrested.
Kifer was a senior at Little Falls High School, where she competed in swimming and gymnastics.


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LOS ANGELES -- There were no national networks here, and you couldn't find any playoff streamers or an auxiliary press box. But this was a playoff game, unofficially. The atmosphere at Dodger Stadium was electric and the stakes mattered.
Manager Bruce Bochy said he managed the Giants' 4-3 victory over the Dodgers Tuesday night much the way he would manage a playoff game, and afterward he put his feet on his desk and talked about a big win for his boys, led by Barry Zito.
But will Bochy be doing the same a week from now? He wouldn't commit to Zito for the postseason rotation, even though he already has committed to Zito for the postseason roster. Zito was 4-0 with a 3.03 ERA in September and was sharp in his lone October start.
The Giants haven't lost a Zito start since August 2. Still, Bochy won't publicly commit. He said he would get with his staff on Thursday and make final decisions, but he is very pleased with Zito.
"What a great job he did," Bochy said. "We've got to get together, but he's done just a terrific job. This is going to be a very difficult decision. He certainly has pitched great and I'm happy for him and proud of him."
Zito finished the season with a 15-8 record and 4.15 ERA. He's been consistent, he's been brilliant at times, and he's been sharp down the stretch. As good as Zito has been, it's going to very difficult for Bochy to sit down this week and put together a postseason rotation that doesn't include No. 75.
Zito has found success this year by pitching one day at a time, so he wasn't going to worry about his NLDS fate.
"Listen, what's going to happen is going to happen," Zito said. "Bochy makes the decisions around here and we all trust him. Whatever happens, happens."
That's why Tuesday became such a big night for those two: Mota gave up a homer, triple and double, and would have given up the lead if not for a crazy decision by Mark Ellis.
Kontos entered with the tying run on third and Matt Kemp due up. Bochy wanted to see what he had. The answer: A TON. Kontos got Kemp swinging.
"Huge, huge at-bat," Bochy said. "Kontos, I mean, he really made some great pitches to get us out of that jam. I wanted to see how he handled it and he did a terrific job."
Kontos has a 2.53 ERA and has held opponents scoreless in 13 of his last 16 outings. Is it possible he pitched his way on to the playoff roster?
"The way he handled himself, sure," Bochy said. "I think he helped himself. With a young pitcher, you don't know how he's going to react and he really kept his poise against one of the best hitters in the game and got him out."
Kontos said that was the most adrenaline he has ever felt on a baseball field and called it his biggest moment. He fell behind 2-0 and wanted to stick with his slider, his go-to pitch, but Hector Sanchez called for a sinking fastball. Then another. Now 2-2 on Kemp, Sanchez and Kontos went back to the slider and Kemp was toast.
Kemp threw his bat as Kontos went nuts.
"I was pretty geeked up and I saw (Kemp's reaction) and it fired me up even more," Kontos said. "It was a great moment."
"It was like a playoff game," Bochy said. "That was a good game for us to play in. These guys have continued to play the brand of baseball you need to play. This is a great game for them as they get ready for the playoffs."
Bochy said he'll play most of his regulars tomorrow and the Dodgers claim Clayton Kershaw is starting. But it won't mean anything. Running away with the division AND personally eliminating the Dodgers -- it's been a hell of a stretch for the Giants.
They wouldn't gloat afterward, but there were a lot of high fives in the clubhouse. A lot. Angel Pagan, who appeared to make a throat-slash gesture after the final out, put it best.
"Beat L.A., that's what they say. We want to knock them out."
And they did.
The Dodgers likely will keep spending and keep trying to find the right mix, and they'll likely be pretty good next year. There's a ton of talent here.


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Microsoft Windows 8 alpha is released and downloadable. But no, I am not recommending it. Nor am I denouncing it in favor of GNU/Linux (well, not in this article anyway). What you should be aware of and concerned about as a consumer is those machines labeled as "Designed for Windows 8". Much more so if you care about the environmental and humanitarian problems caused by e-wastes, for these machines do end up much earlier as e-wastes than the ordinary machines manufactured now.
Machines labeled as "Designed for Windows 8" have to support UEFI。 UEFI is said to have many nice features, which I am not knowledgeable about and will not discuss. But I can assure you that one of those features is a downright hoax, scam, and lie. The "secure boot" feature in UEFI is claimed to make your computer more secure by disallowing intrusions from untrusted sources. This and certain other features in UEFI are important elements of Trusted Computing, a mechanism advocated by Microsoft and other big IT companies. The claim is that booting a computer from an untrusted source (such as a tux usb key which has applications in tourism, education, environment preservation, LOHAS, and ethics) is a security threat and should be avoided.
There is just one tiny problem: it's not you, the consumer, who gets to decide who is to trust. The propaganda claims that the consumers are too dumb (well, ok, actually phrased in a much more polite way.) to make their own decisions about whom to trust. ("Microsoft or Chao-Kuei?") Software booting from an untrusted source may contain rootkit, for example, which would gain absolute control of your computer. The real, unsaid intention, however, is to prevent consumers from using alternative players and readers on alternative operating systems to circumvent the human-right infringing and infamous Digital Rights Management. If the big IT companies let you decide whom to trust, then they cannot trust you as a DRM-abiding consumer. With the secure booting mechanism in UEFI, the IT companies finally can trust that you will not be able to ask your computer to do what is best in your interest, for example exercising your fair use right and other rights requested in the digital consumer bill of right.
Ironically, history shows that one of the most famous rootkit invasions was not performed by individual bloggers and GNU/Linux lovers like me who have to build reader trust by behaving well and telling truth, but rather by big companies who can repeatedly abuse consumers and yet successfully keep them buying. In 2005, Sony BMG invaded consumer computers. The lovely music CD that consumers buy play nicely in CD players or DVD players. But it hijacks your Windows if you play it on a Windows computer. This creepy behavior was exposed on the Internet and caused protests. Sony BMG's Global Digital Business President responded, "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" But the most interesting part is the reactions of Microsoft and Anti-virus companies. What would you do if you were Microsoft and if Sony invaded your customers' computer? I would definitely provide security update and then also advise against buying these CD's or even sue Sony, depending on how nice I wanted to be with Sony. But Microsoft did nothing for several months. Nor did most big-name anti-virus companies. These are the companies who take your money, vouch to "make your computer more secure", and assure you that you can "trust" them.
Even more ironical is the ensuing fairuse4wm event in 2006, in which Microsoft behaved exactly the opposite. The newly upgraded windows media player employed DRM measures and suddenly deprived users of their backup right. Someone with the ID of viodentia wrote and shared on the Internet a piece of software called fairuse4wm to restore the users fair use rights. This time Microsoft swiftly produced "security updates" to disable fairuse4wm within 10 days. Viodentia updated fairuse4wm to circumvent Microsoft's updates, and Microsoft produced further security updates to disable it, ... and so on. Whom do Microsoft's "security updates" serve and which of viodentia and Microsoft is more trust-worthy?
History has shown that some of the big IT companies unitedly decided not to trust you. So who would you, consumer, trust? Oh, I am sorry. I should not address this question to you, for it is not you who get to choose whom to trust. I should ask computer manufacturers who enforce trusted computing for you. And for sure we all know that Microsoft is the only party for any consumer to place trust in -- according to the manufacturers. "We decide for you whom to trust." That's the real meaning of trusted computing. And the "secure boot" feature of UEFI, which is "Designed for Windows 8", is one of its pieces. To learn more about trusted computing, you can read the EFF article. My article "DRM and Other Forces Overriding the Three Laws of Robotics" ( English, French, Spanish), my paper "1984 in the Making: Stealthy Invasion of Consumer Rights and Privacy by ICT Corporations" and my novelette in Chinese explain the relationship among DRM, Trusted Computing, and DMCA. It's also summarized in the picture to the right. Search for "windows 8 linux" for recent controversy about Microsoft enforcing UEFI on manufacturers.
To be more precise, it is not true that secure boot precludes other operating systems in principle. If the hardware manufacturer is willing to certify some minor OS, this lucky minor OS can also boot from a "designed for windows 8" computer. Still, the decision is for the hardware manufacture, not you, to make. Finally, some manufacturers may decide to allow the buyers to optionally disable the secure boot feature of UEFI. It is this last category of future computers that we will recommend everyone to buy -- not only because you would want to be a wise consumer but also because it prevents worsening of the environmental and humanitarian problems caused by e-wastes.
As explained in the e-waste part of the censored 4-part iPhone game "phone story", the discarded electronics either end up in landfills or exported to developing countries for "recycling", which in fact employ methods that are harmful to both human health and the environment. Unfortunately the business strategy of planned obsolescence meant to increase the profits of the big IT companies further intensifies this process at the extra cost of the planet and its inhabitants. It's bad enough when phone companies pursue their profits with little regard to the planet, but it adds insults to injury when the computer manufacturers do this without even really increasing their own profits.
You see, you may not care about GNU/Linux, but people like Helios devoted to refurbishing recycled computers for the disadvantaged choose GNU/Linux over outdated or pirated Windows for good reasons -- it makes the recycled computers greener, cleaner, more Ethical, and more educational. With manufacturer-enforced secure boot, these computers would go to the landfills or "recycling" centers instead of going to the disadvantaged because Helios and other people who care would not be allowed to install GNU/Linux for them. And the hardware manufacturers don't even make more money because of these extra, unnecessary harms done to the disadvantaged and to the planet, if profit-making is ever a justifiable excuse for irresponsible manufacturing behaviors! These disadvantaged people are not going to buy new computers because they cannot get refurbished computers.
What can you do to help? Grab (perhaps with the help of you Linux friend) some live Linux CD from distrowatch, and maybe additionally create a live usb from it. Demand to boot the live CD or live usb before purchasing your next computer. Make sure that it is some minor Linux distribution, not just the store-suggested Linux distribution, that successfully boots. It's not about denouncing big brand Linux versions. It's about making sure that you get to decide whom to trust your computer security to. Show the computer guys in the store this article if necessary and insist on buying a computer that allow the buyers to disable the secure boot feature of UEFI. You don't need to love or use or even learn GNU/Linux if software freedom do not appeal to you. You can simply use it as a tool for testing the computer and discard it afterwards (though it would be a pity). Please do this for the planet, for the disadvantaged, for the society, if not for yourself as a wise consumer who knows to claim his/her full ownership of the purchased computer and basic user rights.


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HENDERSONVILLE— Harold Erkson, 46, of Hendersonville died Dec. 7. No services are planned. South Park Funeral and Cremation Service assisted the family.
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Elevated carbon monoxide levels at a St. Cloud State sorority house sent nine people to the hospital this week.
The St. Cloud Times (http://on.sctimes.com/XaIlV6) reports the house had to be evacuated until the problem was fixed.
Police and firefighters were called after a doctor at St. Cloud Hospital detected elevated carbon monoxide levels in a tenant who went to the emergency room.
St. Cloud Fire Marshal Mike Post says rescuers went to the house early Wednesday and found potentially dangerous carbon monoxide levels.
Post says the fire department was called to the same house about a week earlier on a report of a gas smell but couldn't find anything.
A clogged vent line in a water heater may have been the source. The house owner replaced the water heater Thursday.
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