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Throughout a hardscrabble youth and a storied career as a trailblazing television journalist, Belva Davis seems to have risen to every challenge. But as she prepares to retire this week at age 80, there might be one she just can't meet.
"I don't know if I can make it through that last telecast without shedding any tears," she says.
She's referring to her final appearance as host of the popular KQED public-affairs series "This Week in Northern California." On Friday -- three days after anchoring the station's election coverage -- Davis will leave the program she has hosted for nearly two decades. The installment will feature a taped interview with her longtime confidant, the acclaimed author and poet Maya Angelou.
Davis figures it's the perfect way to go out.
"I wanted my last show to be about friendship because, without friends, none of the successes I've experienced could have happened," Davis said after a recent taping of "This Week" at the KQED studios. "Yes, I was persistent and determined on my own, but along the way a lot of people stepped up to the plate to help out."
She clearly put that assistance to use. In 1966, KPIX hired Davis as a reporter, making her the first black female TV journalist on the West Coast. She went on to cover some of the biggest stories of her time: the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley, the birth of the Black Panthers, the mass suicides at Jonestown, the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the onset of the AIDS crisis, and the terrorist attacks on the U.S. embassy in Tanzania that first put Osama bin Laden on the FBI's Most Wanted List.
Through it all, Davis, who also spent 18 years at KRON, gained a reputation for dogged reporting on politics and racial and gender issues, and built a career that made others take notice.
In his foreword to her 2010 memoir, Bill Cosby spoke of her importance as a role model for the black community.
"(She) was someone who sustained us, who made us proud," he wrote. "We looked forward to seeing her prove the stereotypical ugliness of those days to be wrong."
In order to do so, the 5-foot-1 Davis had to be tough and tenacious, something her childhood prepared her for. Born to a 14-year-old laundress in Monroe, La., Davis spent her early years being farmed out by her parents to various relatives in different cities and states until she rejoined the family for a move to Oakland.
"I learned to survive," she says. "And, as I moved from place to place, I learned to adapt. When I got older, I just figured I could become whatever it was that I needed to become."
It was during the raucous 1964 Republican Convention at the Cow Palace that Davis decided she needed to become a reporter. Then a disc jockey for the soul-gospel radio station KDIA, she accompanied newsman Louis Freeman to the event where they became the target of extremists, who pelted them with bottles and racist slurs.
"I witnessed their anger at us, and at the media in general," Davis says. "I thought, 'Why would you be so angry unless you didn't want your actions exposed to the light of journalistic review?' I realized then (the media) was the team I wanted to be on."
The transition was hardly easy. Davis occasionally got kicked out of news conferences because she didn't look like a "real" reporter, and she was spit on while covering a civil rights march in Georgia. She also found herself constantly struggling to suppress the self-doubt she experienced because she didn't have a college degree.
In 1999, Davis stepped away from full-time work at KRON but continued to host "This Week," in which she leads round-table discussions on politics, culture and topical issues. With her calm demeanor and balanced approach, the show stands in stark contrast to the bombastic shouting matches that now dominate the cable news channels.
It's an approach her audience appreciates, says John Boland, president and chief executive officer of KQED.
"When I ask people what they watch on our station, they'll rattle off titles like 'Antiques Roadshow' and 'Masterpiece,'" he says. "Then they'll say, 'And on Fridays, we watch Belva.' She just has that personal connection with them."
Over the years, Davis has seen dramatic changes in her industry. She's constantly amazed, for example, at how modern technology enables journalists to access information in an instant. But she's not so enamored with some contemporary female journalists.
"I was in the women's lib era and we fought for a lot of things that mean nothing to women today," she says. "We wanted to be accepted for what we knew, not how we looked. These days, there are an awful lot of cutie-pies on the air. ... You've got women sitting in a director's chair in such a way that the camera captures their hemlines."
On the other hand, Davis says, "you have women who are reporting in Iraq and Libya -- smart, brave, driven women who have changed the standards of foreign correspondence. Those women make me so proud."
After Davis departs "This Week," KQED will rely on a series of guest hosts through at least the end of the year, according to Boland, who says the station is in no rush to find a permanent replacement.
Meanwhile, Davis has no firm post-retirement plans. She'd like to travel, maybe take some art history courses and spend more time with her 5-year-old granddaughter.
She's also looking forward to leisurely mornings, reading the newspapers alongside former TV cameraman Willie Moore, her husband of 50 years.
"It would seem that we're running out of time to just kind of mellow out together and not worry about a deadline," Davis says. "I like the idea of reading just to read."
Read Chuck Barney's TV blog at http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/tv. Follow him at Twitter.com/chuckbarney.
belva davis
Age: 80
Occupation: TV journalist
Residence: San Francisco
Education: Graduate of Berkeley High School
Awards: She has garnered eight regional Emmy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women's Media Foundation, among many other honors.
Quote: "I want to keep learning and stay curious (after retirement). I always tell kids thinking about going into journalism that, if you're not curious, go find another business."


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- Aug 27:
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- Wilner: Top five Heisman contenders
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- Cal football preview: Bears eager to start Sonny Dykes era
Welcome to the final year of the Bowl Championship Series.
(Pause for celebration.)
The season hasn't started, yet a controversial ending is already easy to spot:
Let's say Alabama or Ohio State runs the table and is a clear choice to play for the national championship.
Would an undefeated Louisville, the dominant team in the second-rate American Athletic Conference, warrant the second spot in the title game ahead of a one-loss team from the SEC, Pac-12 or Big Ten?
That scenario would be a fitting conclusion for the BCS, which -- for all its faults -- has helped make college football the second-most-popular sport in the country.
While reading the projections below, and watching the season unfold, remember:
(In the event two non-AQ teams are in the top 12, the higher-ranked team would receive the guaranteed berth and the other would be moved into the at-large pool).
Here we go ...
National Championship Game
Jan. 6 in Pasadena.
Matchup: Alabama vs. Ohio State
The Buckeyes aren't one of the top-two teams, but an undefeated record — thanks to playing in the soft Big Ten — will vault them into the title game.
Rose Bowl
Jan. 1 in Pasadena
Matchup: Nebraska vs. Stanford
The Rose Bowl will replace title game-bound Ohio State with the second-best team from the Big Ten. (If the Pac-12 champ ends up playing for the title, the Rose would scoop up that league's No. 2, as well.)
Fiesta Bowl
Jan. 1 in Glendale
Matchup: Oklahoma State vs. Louisville
Fiesta officials are happy to have Oklahoma State but, with the last pick in rotation, are left with ratings-killer Louisville.
Sugar Bowl
Jan. 2 in New Orleans
Matchup: Georgia vs. Oregon
The Sugar replaces title game-bound Alabama with the high-scoring Bulldogs, then grabs the higher-scoring Ducks to create a rare SEC-Pac-12 matchup.
Orange Bowl
Jan. 3 in Miami
Matchup: Clemson vs. Texas
With the No. 1 pick, the Orange would jump at the chance to get Texas (for ticket sales and TV ratings). Clemson heads to Miami as the ACC champ.
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1. Full day!: 01:22
Anyway, it was such a nice chat that I didn't mind being late to the clothing show held at Exhibition Place. Quinn and I eventually made it there at around 12, and we browsed for an hour or so. I bought a bracelet and two necklaces, all made of shell. I thought they might go nicely with my ethnic stuff. I didn't really find anything else that particularly struck my fancy, as tiered skirts are getting a _little_ too popular for my tastes. I might shift back to nicely colored skirts, and of course I like wearing stuff from home. I wore the red malong as a skirt today, matching it with a colorful abaniko fan. (Thanks, Mom!)
That's why I was late to the Ruby meeting. =) That was cool, too! As soon as he saw me, Austin said, "You know Steve Perelgut!" (He's one of my mentors from IBM, and a totally totally cool person. The fact that he reads me blog (Hi Stephen!) has nothing to do with the gushiness of the previous statement. =) ) Austin shared what he'd learned from the Ruby code jam (lesson 1: be better prepared!), particularly the effectiveness and _fun_ of pair programming. It worked out really well because Ruby novices were paired up with Ruby veterans, but the Ruby novices were also good at other aspects that the Ruby geeks might not have learned about. In this case, they were porting an archiving library to Ruby. =) Good stuff.
We also had a fun chat about how people can learn to read and write code. Apparently, I _am_ really weird in that I rather enjoy reading code... =)
Jed and Quinn were there too, although they dropped in and out of the conversation, as I fangirled a bit about Ruby and got some interesting tips. Should check out the Water framework for testing web applications, although that might need Windows. Also, Austin suggested SVG + PDF for my graph outputs. Whee!
Jed mentioned a samba jam at an art gallery on Queen Street West. In keeping with my plan to get to know a wide variety of people and experience more than what I'd ordinarily get just hanging out with computer geeks and talking about computers, I decided to go. It was tons and tons of fun! I told them I had no sense of rhythm and that I'd be perfectly happy just listening and taking pictures, but Jed wouldn't take no for an answer. Heck, he didn't even ask if I wanted to join. Instead, he held up two instruments and asked which one I'd like to play. <laugh> I opted for a small drum, and I found myself picking up the rhythm thanks to the coaching of people around me.
A photographer wandered in, too, so I adopted her. Marie had just joined a camera club and was thrilled to stumble across such a cool event. I gave her the tips my dad shared with me about using long exposures and lower ISO speeds to capture dramatic action, and she had a lot of fun exploring that, too. =)
I made it back for coffee time at Graduate House. I had so much fun catching up with Sam. She wants to do really cool things with accessibility, and she's in a terrific position to do so! I'm also really excited about her application to be an RA for the dorm. I think she'd be a terrific one. I told her about what's cool in my life: the Delta Kappa Gamma fellowship, my research up at IBM, the thrill of introducing people to other people... She nodded and told me how much she enjoyed that too. When I learned that she hadn't yet read Tipping Point, I ran upstairs to grab my copy. I lent it to her, pointing out the section on Connectors and adding a note about context. I'm also going to have to get myself a hardcover (if I can find it!) of Love is the Killer App, which is another thing that she will _so_ be able to identify with. (Thank you, Maoi, for introducing me to that book!)
Afterwards, I had a wonderfully geeky chat about computer science and assorted things with Mike and Joe. In particular, Joe's overlapping clustering algorithms _might_ be fun to run against tag clouds, social networks, and other cool things. I need to show Mark a sample and see how we can ask for suitably anonymized data...
Happy girl. Full day. Great fun. =) Lots of interesting people!
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2. Connecting people: 01:40
*explodes with glee*
Thanks Ate! That just made my day. I can't wait to get to learn from real geeks (I've been missing out on so much...*sigh*).
("Ate" = older sister, also used as a term of respect)
He then went on to describe the .NET coding he's doing as part of his internship. Winston mentioned the rapid start training program that his company does so that new grads can be brought up to speed on open source. =) That sounds like a great way to get into fun and interesting work! winston.karma++.
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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will present a play reading of Sophocles' "Ajax" at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the Thomas Theatre. The reading is directed by Tom Ridgely, 2014 Phil Killian Directing Fellow.
More than 2,400 years old, "Ajax" is the earliest surviving play by one of the greatest dramatists of ancient Greece.
"Ajax is one of the first and most powerful documents we have of the effects of war on the soldier's psyche," Ridgely said in a press release. "With startling candor and insight, Sophocles strips combat of its heroism and glamour and reveals it as an omnivorous beast that consumes both victor and vanquished."
The reading combines major translations from three different centuries — the 19th, 20th and 21st, Ridgely said.
The cast includes Omoze Idehenre as Athena, Ron Menzel as Odysseus, Danforth Comins as Ajax, Brent Hinkley as Chorus, Jennie Greenberry as Techmessa, Benjamin Pelteson as Messenger, Mark Bedard as Teucer, Robert Vincent Frank as Menelaus and David Kelly as Agamemnon.
Tickets are $12 for the general public, $10 for OSF members and $8 for youth (6-17). Find tickets and information at http://www.osfashland.org/productions/2014-activities-and-events/reading.aspx.
The four-month Phil Killian Directing Fellowship was developed for early career directors interested in large-scale classical theater and Shakespeare in particular.
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SUNNYVALE -- The 129-yard seventh hole at Sunnyvale Municipal Golf Course is no match for 90-year-old George Carapiet.
In June, the Cupertino resident got his first hole in one.
Seven weeks later, he got another one.
"I'm almost blind in my right eye, so I didn't see it go in," Carapiet, a 25 handicap, said of his first ace. "I started looking for it on the rough. The guys looked in the hole and said, 'George, it's in the hole.' I just didn't believe it. Now they're all teasing me, calling me, 'Ace.'''
Carapiet, who used a driver for both aces, has spent a lot of time on his golf game since retiring 10 years ago as a marketer for a mushroom business.
"Attitude has a lot to do with it and a good sense of humor," Carapiet said. "That keeps a person in the right frame of mind. I play golf three times a week and work out with a personal trainer twice a week.''
Gary Griffith, Carapiet's frequent golf partner, witnessed both holes in one. He called his friend a model for other senior citizens.
"He's got a drive to succeed and to help other people," Griffith said. "I see so many people give up. What more inspiration do you need for people who turn 75 and think they're done?''
Carapiet certainly isn't done. He almost aced the 161-yard 13th hole at Sunnyvale last week.
"I missed by six inches," Carapiet said.
Carapiet shot 92 when he recorded his first ace June 6.
He didn't have the scorecard for the round in which he shot the second ace July 25 because it was being framed.
Carapiet, who is of Armenian ancestry, was born in Calcutta, India in 1924. He lived in India until joining the Norwegian merchant mariners during World War II and later served in the U.S. merchant mariners.
Now, word is starting to spread about the man who did not take up golf until he was 60.
"I know of him,'' said Mark Petersen, golf operations manager for the City of Sunnyvale. "He's a legend."


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Stillman beats Kentucky State with last-minute touchdown
Published: Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 11:43 p.m.
FRANKFORT, Ky. | Down two touchdowns after 30 minutes of play, the Stillman College football team rallied to defeat the Kentucky State Thorobreds 26-21 on Saturday night at Alumni Stadium.
The Tigers (3-1, 2-0 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) found themselves trailing 14-7 after three quarters before scoring 19 points in the final period behind a strong passing attack.
Stillman quarterback Josh Straughan threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to receiver Octavian Ford with 37 seconds left to give Stillman the come-from-behind victory and push the Tigers toward the top of the SIAC's Western Division.
Straughan completed 19 of 32 passes for 326 yards and four touchdowns.
The teams combined for 734 yards of offense on a day that saw two very different offensive game plans. The Thorobreds relied heavily on the run game ,with junior running back Jacquise Lockett rushing 22 times for 140 yards and three touchdowns.
Kentucky State struck first when Lockett scored with just more than nine minutes left in the second quarter. From there, Kentucky State held the lead until the Straughan-to-Ford touchdown late in the game.
Kentucky State junior quarterback Adam Robinson went 17 for 26 with 140 yards. SIAC preseason first-team running back Justin Williams rushed 13 times for 60 yards.
Stillman's Dondre Purnell was the top receiver in the game with seven catches for 154 yards and a touchdown. Kentucky State receiver Clayton Patton had a team-high seven catches for 72 yards.
Defensively, Stillman's Robert Crosby had a game-high 12 tackles, while Marcus Matthews added seven tackles.
Stillman will return home to host Lane College next Saturday.
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State Sen. Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown, has been chosen to head the Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources in the Missouri Senate. The announcement was made Thursday by Senate Leader Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles.
He has served as chairman of that committee for the past two years.
In addition, he will sit on the Gubernatorial Appointments Committee; the Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee; and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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Landscape with a tomb
Shortly after failing to win the Prix de Rome, Géricault set off for Italy in October 1816. No sooner had he arrived in Rome than he visited the Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo's frescos. But it was in the streets in particular that the young painter found his inspiration.
The young Géricault was critical of the routine of the Rome School and kept his distance from the French artistic community. He returned to Paris in the autumn of 1817 and began work on his monumental painting, The Raft of the Medusa (1819, Paris, Louvre Museum).
Landscape with a tomb, whose genesis and intended destination remain a mystery, was undoubtedly painted with two other large landscapes in 1818 when Géricault returned to France. The vast vista punctuated with architectural elements conforms with the rules of landscape painting inherited from Poussin. However, it gives off an air of anxiety and strangeness signifying a new sensitivity that heralded Romanticism.
The mountains visible in the distance conjure up the barrier of the Alps which travellers must cross to reach Italy. The cloudy sky adds a dramatic touch to the craggy site dominated by ruined architecture and the building perched on a rocky spur harks back to the ancient circular tomb of Cecilia Metella. The small boat towards which the frightened couple are moving recalls Charon's boat, which received the souls of the dead in mythology and carried them over the river Acheron. At the centre of the composition are stocks on which human limbs are displayed, referring with morbid realism to the torture inflicted on bandits who demanded ransom money on the roads of southern Italy.
Tackling a landscape on this one occasion, Géricault was already demonstrating the profound originality of his art, which was much admired by the Romantic generation.


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- TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) refers to teacher training programs for non-native speakers of English. It's often used as a generic term to include all types of English language classes, including TESL and TEFL.
Where to get certification in Victoria:
- UVic Linguistics offers an Applied Linguistics Diploma. This one-year program is for students who already have a bachelor's degree and want to specialize in teaching English or another language as a second language.
- UVic Continuing Studies offers a 120-hour TEFL training course, TEFL for Native Speakers of English.
- Private companies in Victoria may also offer local TESL training. Search "Victoria TESL/TEFL/TESOL" for alternatives.
Résumés and interviews
Your résumé for an ESL teaching position should be straightforward, without abbreviations or acronyms. Emphasize your teaching experience, education, knowledge of other languages, international experience and general people skills.
When you email your application to a potential employer, copy and paste your résumé into the message instead of submitting it as an attachment. In an interview, you'll need to speak clear, standard English (no slang or jargon). You should also dress semiformal, as many countries have stricter dress and behaviour standards than Canada.
Where can you work?
You can secure an ESL teaching job before you go, or find one once you're abroad. Both options have benefits and drawbacks. Do your research and contact your Co-op and Career office for guidance once you've chosen a country.
- Europe: Southern Europe, including Spain, Portugal, and Italy, needs qualified ESL instructors. Eastern Europe is also an ESL hotspot, especially in Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. Remember to factor in the cost of living—Europe can be expensive.
- Asia: Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are the most popular countries for ESL teachers, and offer the highest salaries (and higher living expenses). Other in-demand regions are China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Indonesia.
- South and Central America: Growing economies and more disposable income mean more teaching opportunities in South and Central American countries like Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru. However, salaries in general are not high (although living expenses may be much lower!).
- Africa: Many African countries appreciate volunteer ESL teachers, but paid positions are rare. As a volunteer, your food and lodging will likely be covered but you'll need to pay other costs yourself.
- Middle East: Public institutions and private schools hire ESL teachers in places like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and Lebanon. They offer higher wages if you have professional credentials.
Resources for ESL teachers
- Canadian International Development Agency
- English Program in Korea (EPIK)
- ESL Café
- European Council of International Schools
- Geos Language Academies
- GoTeachAbroad
- Hess Educational Organization
- Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme
- Julice's Korean Jobs (South Korea)
- Ohayo Sensei Newsletter (Japan)
- Reach to Teach Recruiting
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Work in Australia after graduation (Engineering students)
Graduates of UVic's Engineering programs may qualify for a unique Australian visa program that allows you to work in Australia for up to 18 months. You can find details here.
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You'll need a work permit to work outside Canada. Find out how to apply at International Experience Canada. You may also find information through the Student Work Abroad Program (SWAP).
Canada has mobility agreements with various countries to help students secure work permits. You can apply for work permits online—just click on the country youre interested in to be directed to the foreign consulate in Canada. You can also go through the Student Work Abroad Program (SWAP), which can help you secure a work permit through these mobility agreements.
Working in the USA
To work in the USA, you'll need a J-1 visa. To apply, contact CDS International. SWAP can also provide J-1 authorizations for work terms between May and October. To learn more, read our fact sheet about J-1 visas.
Working in Australia
To work in Australia, you'll need an an occupational trainee visa. First, your employer must apply, get approval for sponsoring the visa, and send you the approval number. You'll use this to apply for your Austrailian visa.
Working in the United Kingdom
To work in the UK, you must apply for a work permit through the Youth Mobility Scheme. For tips, read this fact sheet written by a student who applied for a UK work permit through this scheme.
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Take an international orientation course
Before you leave, you should complete one of these international orientation courses:
- A pre-departure orientation session offered by International and Exchange Student Services each March
- A travel safety course offered by the Canadian University Reciprocal Insurance Exchange (CURIE)—to take this test, contact our international coordinator
UVic funding
UVic Co-op and Career provides several funding opportunities for students seeking work abroad. Many UVic offices also provide funding support for students seeking to work or study abroad, including:
- Office of International Affairs: Student International Activities Fund and Irving K. Barber British Columbia International Scholarship Program.
- Student Awards and Financial Aid: They can help you look into funding options offered by UVic, including grants, prizes, scholarships and bursaries. They can also point you in the right direction to find external sources of financial aid.
External funding databases
- Community of Science Funding Database: COS Funding Opportunities lists over 400,000 funding opportunities worth over $33 billion. Students at UVic can access this subscription service through any computer on campus.
- International Scholarships database: A database of grants, scholarships, loan programs and other resources to help you work and study abroad.
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Two-time Olympic medalist Kelly Clark, the Vermont native who took home a gold for halfpipe at the age of 18, scored four golds at the Winter X Games and nine World Cup podiums among other feats in her storied career, returns to Breckenridge to defend her Dew Tour title. Here, Clark speaks about her season and the state of women's snowboarding today:
How does women's halfpipe riding now compare to a couple years ago?
Snowboarding is a great sport because it's always progressing and you have to progress with it. The tricks are getting more technical and the runs are getting more complex, so it is fun to be a part of it.
What are some of the coolest tricks women are doing now?
Elena Hight landed a double backside rodeo last year in the pipe and that was impressive. Torah Bright has a good switch back 7 and I always like Kaitlyn Farrington's alley-oop 5. Those are some of my favorites.
Amplitude seems to be what sets people - and you - apart. Would you agree?
Yes, amplitude is a big part of it. A lot of the girls can do similar tricks but it comes down to who can execute them with more amplitude.
Where is the average amplitude for women in the halfpipe right now?
Every halfpipe is different but the top women are doing between 7- and 10-foot airs.
And your amplitude?
I try to keep it over 10 feet. I don't always but if I can stay above the 10-foot mark I'm pretty happy.
What's the highest you've gotten?
There is a height meter at X Games that measures how high and I was between the 15 to 20-foot range.
How does that compare to the guys?
That is about average for the men as far as amplitude goes, but you have people like Shaun White who is doing a 25-foot 'back sider' - and that is the top tier for the men.
Can you tell us anything about your plans for the Dew Tour?
This time of year a lot of people are starting to get back into pipe riding, as it is our first event of the season. I try not to compare myself to where I finished last year but where I was at this time last year. I'm feeling strong and confident and hoping to pull out some of my bigger tricks.
Where have you been training?
I started the season in Mammoth. We've had over 115 inches this season already and it was nice to start off with a few pow days. I spent a few days riding the pipe in Copper and started Dew Tour practice (Dec. 10) in Breckenridge.
What's the season outlook?
This year I will be doing the Grand Prix tour, a few of the Burton Open events and both the X Games in Aspen and the European X Games. Those are the events I'm looking to do well at. Perhaps the event I'm looking forward to the most is our test event in Sochi.
I understand you come from a family of skiers. Do you still ski?
My whole family skis. I'm kind of the odd man out and I am the only one who started snowboarding. My dad had me on skis at the age of 2 and I started snowboarding at the age of 7. I haven't skied in a very long time.
It seems like you have a supportive family. Would you like to comment on that?
My dad told me when I was little I could be anything I want to be. It took a little while for him to get comfortable with the idea of me being a professional snowboarder, but he eventually came around.
Anything you'd like to add?
My family has always been supportive and has sacrificed a lot for me to pursue my dreams. I started the Kelly Clark foundation so other kids would have the opportunity to pursue their dreams in snowboarding. I started my foundation to make sure that the snowboarding industry was a better place because I was a part of it. It's fun to pour my efforts in something that is going to have a bigger impact than me just being a successful competitor.


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1. FLOORPLAN: Trace a building (or wall, shape, or pattern) on a piece of extra-large construction paper and ask the child to lay blocks on top of the paper to fill it in.
BEGINNER TIP: Use a basic square block to trace out each unit, one by one, to give the child the simplest template to follow. Add to the challenge by creating more square spaces than there are square blocks—forcing the child to look for equivalencies and make substitutions.
EXPERT TIP: Create a shape out of multiple blocks and trace only the outer edge to create a more open-ended puzzle.
CREATIVE EXTENSION: Ask the child to build on the foundation she's made by stacking blocks on top to make a building.
2. ELEVATION: Create a building elevation (side view) on a piece of paper by tracing Unit Blocks. Then ask the child to copy the flat picture on the page by stacking blocks to make an upright building in the same shape.
BEGINNER TIP: Start with a very simple shape—such as a triangle on top of a rectangle—to help the child grasp the concept of transforming a 2-D image into a solid building.
EXPERT TIP: Create two separate plans—a front elevation and a side elevation—and ask the child to copy both in her building.
CREATIVE EXTENSION: Ask the child to imagine what type of building the drawing represents (a school or a house, for example) and add more blocks to create the kind of trees or vehicles that might be seen there.
3. SCALE: Sketch a building plan on a smaller piece of construction paper and on a smaller scale, and ask the child to create the building with Unit Blocks.
BEGINNER TIP: Recreate the look of Unit Blocks on a smaller scale by tracing dominoes, dice, or other small, rectangular objects. Keep the proportions consistent with the Unit Blocks (rectangles: 1x1x2, 1x2x2, 1x2x4, 1x2x8) so the finished product looks like the plan!
EXPERT TIP: Sketch the mini building plan with only a basic outline so the child is challenged to figure out which block will work best.
CREATIVE EXTENSION: Instead of drawing a building plan, look for a picture in a magazine to serve as inspiration. It can be a building, a sculpture, a detergent bottle—whatever looks like fun! Cut out a few and let the child choose the challenge.
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Frederick A. Snyder, Jr., age 76, of Bath, NY passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, NY, surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 11, 1938 in Bath, NY. He was the son of Harold and Kerry Mae (Brewer) Wilhelm. Fred was retired from the Taylor Wine Company of Hammondsport, NY. He was an Air Force Veteran and in his younger years he was a Nascar fan and an avid bowler. He loved spending time with his dog Smokey and later on Taz, and watching the New York Yankees. Fred was a devoted father and grandfather. He is survived by his fiancé Lillian St. Pierre of Bath, son Terry (Teresa) Snyder of Bath and their children Kyle and Gina of Bath, NY, son Jody (Carol) Snyder of Bath, daughter Debbie (Frank) Capparillo of Bath and son Doug (Lisa) Snyder of Bath; grandchildren, Heather Snyder, Mark and Matt McCormick and Amber Snyder, sister Cora Hancock of Bath and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents and siblings, Frank and Charles Snyder and Mary Brownell and brother-in-law, John Hancock. Friends are invited to call on Friday May 23, 2014 from 2-4pm and 6-8pm at Fagan's Funeral Home in Bath. Funeral services will be held on Saturday May 24th at 10:00am at the funeral home. Burial will be in Nondaga Cemetery with military honors. Online condolences may be made at www.fagansfuneralhome.com
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Gray is usually such an unattractive color.
The safe, uninspiring choice in fashion and design. The gloomy, unwanted harbinger of storms and aging.
It is the definition of blah-ness. An easy metaphor for deep sadness.
But at least in matters of politics and policy, gray happens to be a most beautiful color.
Indeed, gray is the color of the lens through which I view almost everything in this complicated, crazy world of ours. To me, it signifies empathy and thoughtfulness. And when followed, it often leads to necessary compromise, or – at a minimum – mutual understanding.
It is a mystery why people so often see this world in black and white, why they hew to rigid ideologies as if the very idea of keeping an open mind, of seeing multiple sides to key issues is an anathema, a sign of terrible weakness to be avoided at all costs.
Don't get me wrong: Seeing things in shades of gray doesn't mean you just straddle the fence and refuse to pick sides. That is hardly helpful and rarely appropriate. No, you still take stances, and you fight for them. And there may be, on rare occasions, controversial issues which you view in black and white – gay rights being one that comes quickly to mind – where compromise isn't possible. But in general, when you see things in gray, you allow yourself to appreciate the logic that usually exists in the opposing view and you strive for middle ground where most of the workable solutions will be found.
Give me almost any controversial subject on the political landscape today – Abortion? Taxes and deficit reduction? Universal health care? Oil drilling? – and I can likely offer up a very reasonable argument for either side.
Take abortion, for instance. You will find perhaps no issue that polarizes people more than this one, and the intensity on both sides can be rather frightening. But all of the ethical, logistical, moral, medical and political debates concerning abortion are astoundingly complex, and for the life of me, I cannot fathom how pro-life and pro-choice activists refuse to respect and appreciate the other side's point of view.**
Now I didn't always disdain ideology; I used to be a pretty hard-core liberal, president of the Young Democrats club in high school, and even within the last five years a co-founder of one of the most liberal blogs on the Web. I still lean left politically, I suppose, especially when it comes to social issues, but in general now believe effective answers don't often fit into easy slots and that rigid ideology leads people to overly simplistic group-think.
It may seem a bit hypocritical, but if I had the time, skills, and/or motivation, I would love to start a new political organization in this country: The Gray Party. The Grays would stress open-mindedness and freedom of thought. We would consider each issue separately and place great value on scientific data and research in determining policy. We would encourage healthy and respectful debate. We would embrace compromise and seek the middle ground as much as possible. If we even had a platform, it would be fluid and flexible, and party members would be free to take or leave whatever portions of it they wanted, without fear of reprisal. We would nominate the wisest, most qualified people in this country and demand of them only that they use their intelligence and vote their conscience while in office.
Yeah, I know: Totally unrealistic. Apparently, I dream in gray as well.
**Abortion is in fact an issue utterly surrounded by 'gray' areas, including a well-known, oft-discussed one surrounding the viability of the fetus, a key factor in the crucial Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision. The Supreme Court argued that a woman's right to privacy – and thus her right to do what she wished with her pregnancy – was paramount up until the fetus reached a point of viability outside the womb. Alas, a 'gray area' in viability exists between the 21st week of pregnancy (before which no fetus is viable) and the 27th week (after which almost all fetuses are viable). The initial decision pointed to the end of the second trimester (week 28) as the cutoff date, but that has since been repealed as medical advances have moved up viability. But viability will likely always remain an imprecise 'gray area', one more reason why the abortion debate is such a complex one that it bewilders my mind when I listen to rabid activists on both sides.
When does life begin? What about personhood? Surely at some point, abortion becomes a form of murder. And should fetal dependency/viability really be the decisive factor regarding abortion's legality when even after a full-term birth, a baby would quickly die without proper nourishment and care; yet in our society we view infanticide as one of the most horrific crimes imaginable.
On the other hand, the fact is, very few abortions happen after the point of viability, and are then often only done to protect the life of the mother. Even if you insist that life and/or personhood begins at conception, you'd have to admit that an early-stage fetus bears little resemblance to a healthy baby. For the first several weeks, there's no heartbeat and no separate blood supply. Vital organs are non-existent or barely formed. A great number of fetuses will miscarry during early pregnancy without any intervention. So how is it not preferable that a woman who cannot or doesn't want to spend all the necessary time, effort, love, money and care into gestating, delivering and raising a happy, healthy baby make the decision to terminate the pregnancy at an early stage.
Personally, I think many (but not all) abortions are selfish, awful events, and greatly admire women who choose to go through an unwanted pregnancy and pursue adoption instead. But I've done my share of selfish, awful things in my life, so who I am to judge. And while I believe it's a million times better to see a pregnancy terminated early than an unwanted baby raised in a hostile, unloving environment, it's frankly none of my business, or society's business for that matter, what a woman does with her body. I agree the situation becomes much more complex after fetal viability, and generally have little problem with states' restrictions on such later-term abortions, as long as the health of the mother isn't threatened.
In short, it's complicated. Shades of gray everywhere! And it seems as a nation we've stumbled upon a very workable, if fragile, solution, where abortions up to a certain point are legal and must be allowed, while states in more conservative parts of the country have a certain amount of flexibility, through various mechanisms, in restricting the number or type of abortions performed. The situation may not please everyone, and certainly doesn't please the extremists on both sides, but that's kind of the point.


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All four 'big jam' songs - Reba, Tweezer, SOAMelt, and YEM - are absolutely destroyed, with the incredible 15-minute shapeshifting light/dark flow of Tweezer and the 'Davy Crocket'-infused YEM as clear highlights. Reba has a tightness and focus to the jam that left my jaw hanging open.
These are bookended by many technically complex pieces like Foam, ATR, and Guelah, all flawlessly executed in typical '92 fashion. Fans of the late '90s might find themselves flabbergasted by how fast Trey's fingers seem to move around the fretboard.
You know how people talk about Fall '96 as the proto-funk period, where you can hear the prenatal sounds and instincts and atmosphere of 1997 start to creep into the music? Well, this show is proto-'93. You get a whiff the zany energy that would later realize itself in shows like the Murat and Tinley Park the following year.
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In the decade since Ronald Reagan's death, appraisals of the U.S.'s 40th president have focused on his policies' bold colorings. To help end the Cold War, he first demonstrated to Soviet leaders the folly of trying to keep up with a technologically advanced American military. Reagan's economic policies also unapologetically advanced the interests of American workers and businesses when he saw foreign competitors had the advantage of an unlevel playing field.
Daniel D. Faoro has joined the Aerospace Industries Association as Vice President for Membership Services and Business Development, bringing extensive association experience in membership outreach, marketing and revenue generation.
Washington, D.C. – Team Rocket Power, an all-girl team from Maryland that competed in the 2014 Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), exhibited their rockets for President Obama at the White House Science Fair this morning. The three-girl team was invited to join the White House's celebration of a range of national programs that encourage students to engage and excel in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).


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Stop me if you've heard this one before.
Son of immigrants in Silicon Valley. Dumpster dives for parts and builds his own first computer. Starts his first company while in middle school. Goes to college to study computer science and becomes -- a Jesuit priest.
OK, didn't see that coming. But somewhere on the path to his quintessential valley success story, the Rev. Robert Ballecer got the idea that tech was awesome and all, but that maybe there was something else. Not something instead, but something in addition.
He says all that thinking began when he started to get to know the Catholic priests at Bellarmine College Preparatory and Santa Clara University.
"There was something there," Ballecer, 38, says. "I saw in the people something that was satisfied. They were happy. They had purpose. They liked what they were doing."
Yeah, but what about that love of gadgets and gizmos and the digital world that is miraculous in its own blessed way? Was this guy really going to spend his days scribbling with a quill pen and growing grapes to stomp into sacred wine?
Wait. Wrong priests. Wrong century, for that matter.
"We're not what you think we are," Ballecer says, and by "you" he means those who haven't given a lot of thought to what priests do today and how they do it. "We're not an ancient religion. We're a religion that is trying to make a difference in today's culture."
And if you're going to do anything in today's culture, technology is key. I mean, if it doesn't happen on Facebook and Twitter, does it really happen at all?
All of which is how Ballecer came to be the Digital Jesuit. (One fan named him Friar Tech, a way better name, but one Ballecer says is more appropriate for a Franciscan priest.) See, he never gave up his love for all things digital. Ballecer, who grew up in Fremont and served at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Jose, is a regular on TWiT.tv, an Internet channel devoted to tech talk and reviews. He's all over YouTube. (Even made a game attempt at Gangnam Style, because, how can you be on YouTube without joining the dance craze?) He's on Facebook (of course). And Twitter (see Facebook). And Google+.
His work is eclectic -- video reports from Interop and the Consumer Electronics Show; a review of a high-tech toilet; tweets joking about the Brazilian government's campaign to encourage citizens to save water by urinating in the shower. (His take: Go for it.)
And while some might find it unconventional for a man in clerical collar to be talking toilets or bathroom habits or imitating a South Korean rap sensation, Ballecer is hardly subversive. In fact, those above Ballecer encourage his digital outreach. (OK, no direct word from the highest of the higher authorities, but his earthly bosses seem to be down with it.)
"St. Ignatius Loyola, our founder, his big thing was seeking God in all things, finding God in all things," says the Rev. Thomas Smolich, president of the Jesuit Conference of the United States. "He really believed that we find God in the world we live in. Our world is now digital."
It's why Ballecer was named director of the Center for Apostolic Technology and why for the past three years he's served in Washington, D.C., as the director of national vocation promotion, which you can think of as the Jesuits' chief headhunter. In his vocation role, Ballecer oversees the Jesuits' efforts to encourage young men to consider the priesthood.
"Robert has this kind of combination of tech savvy and geek willingness to learn anything new and be up there in front of people," Smolich says, "which I think engages people to say, 'Oh, if he can be doing this, maybe I can do it too.' "
And yes, when seeking to connect with young men, who are fixated on screens 24/7, it doesn't hurt to be where they will at least see you.
Ballecer says the idea behind his digital work is not to preach (which must be odd for a preacher), but instead to be who he is -- a real person with many interests. As social networking matures, everyone from Fortune 500 companies to the cupcake shop down the street has learned that new networks can't be used simply as another channel to deliver sales pitches.
"If people know that your Twitter account is just an advertising tool for you," Ballecer says, "they will ignore it."
But if you allow yourself to be a real human, if you talk about peeing in the shower, which in fairness was a while ago now, viewers and followers will relate. Maybe that, in turn, gets some young men thinking differently about what it means to be a priest.
And from there, in a few cases, Ballecer says, that might lead to a deeper conversation between someone who hears a calling and a Jesuit who answered one.
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The Rev. Robert Ballecer has earned the nickname the Digital Jesuit because of his deep knowledge of technology and his high profile on social networks and the Internet.
Here are a few place to find Ballecer on the Web:
Twitter: @padresj
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/robertballecer
TWiT.tv: http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-enterprise-tech/19
YouTube toilet review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOiux8B4iqo
YouTube Gangnam Style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5TfPMg6ug


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19.02.2013 - Three researchers – one from the UK and two from Germany – have been awarded the Louis-Jeantet prize for Medicine.
Michael Stratton, Chief of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, UK, and the two German biochemists Peter Hegemann, Berlin, and Georg Nagel, Würzburg (photo), will receive a prize money of CHF700,000. Stratton got the prize, of which CHF75,000 is for personal use, for his work aimed at understanding the genetic causes of human cancer. He discovered the roles of the BRCA2 and BRAF genes in breast and skin cancers. Hegemann and Nagel, who share the prize, pioneered the field of optogenetics, a technique to control gene expression by switching light on and off. Namely, they discovered ion channels that can be activated by light.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/people/bio-people/2013-01/georg-nagel.html


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Cracking down on the wayward spending of its board president, Santa Clara County supervisors voted Tuesday to tighten all officials' use of taxpayer-funded credit cards and expenses -- with one member even vowing to turn in his card for good.
"Our number one priority must be to restore the public trust in our county's elected officials, and we also need to let the public know that the type of misuse we've seen will never be repeated," said Supervisor Ken Yeager, who takes over the board presidency next month. "I hope the policies we are adopting will achieve both of those things."
Effective immediately, county rules described in 252 pages prohibit the way Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. has used some public funds throughout his four years in office, a spending spree that included using his county procurement card at casinos, golf courses and numerous local eateries. The District 2 supervisor billed 174 meals to constituents when his colleagues charged for no more than a handful, and then reported he simply lost the required itemized receipts. In some cases, he reimbursed the county, but only after many months had passed.
Now, all supervisors, top county officials and employees will face misdemeanor or felony charges for such misuse of public funds, and Chief Operating Officer Gary Graves is newly empowered to immediately suspend any county-issued credit cards being abused by elected officials and county appointees. All elected officials will have to report their charges four times a year at public meetings, and sign a statement that they have reviewed and agree to the rules.
County Counsel Lori Pegg emphasized at Tuesday's board meeting that there will be no liberties for personal use of taxpayer funds -- "in any situation" -- even if reimbursements are forthcoming. "We made that really clear and highlighted it throughout the document," Pegg said of her newly drafted missives.
The county's new rules go beyond credit-card use, tightening up other policies stretched by Shirakawa: Travel receipts must now be filed within 14 days; federal per diem meal rates must be adhered to, and there will be no allowance for feeding staff members, particularly for social events or employee celebrations.
A tense-looking Shirakawa sat silently during Tuesday's discussion, offering none of the impassioned pleas he has issued at two earlier meetings focusing on the clampdown he inspired. In those meetings, the 50-year-old supervisor described illumination of his spending as "a political lynching" and later as a media-inspired personal attack.
But in a Monday email to his constituents, Shirakawa wrote, "I've taken full responsibility for the expenses I shouldn't have incurred, and I've reimbursed the county for charges not allowed by county policy. I'm committed to ensuring these mistakes never happen again."
Nonetheless, the Shirakawa debacle has embarrassed other supervisors and prompted one, Dave Cortese, to turn in his credit card for shredding.
"I have no need for it at all," Cortese said after the board meeting. He said he does not use the card for business meals and has confirmed with the county executive that there are other methods for purchasing office supplies. As his chief of staff finished up a memo formalizing the return of his card, Cortese told her, "Good, get the scissors out."
Cortese, who has inspired buzz that he's eyeing a future run for San Jose mayor, said he's been an elected official for 20 years and never had a procurement card before serving as supervisor. "There's no benefit, and certainly the public perception is a strong disinterest in having elected officials carrying government Visa cards," Cortese said. "There's really no plus."
All Santa Clara County supervisors moved quickly to action, following media reports in recent months of Shirakawa's failure to file campaign finance reports in 2008 and his office's misuse of two taxpayer-funded credit cards. That misuse is now documented in two county audits released this month and is the subject of an ongoing examination by the District Attorney's Office. The state's political watchdog agency, the Fair Political Practices Commission, is simultaneously investigating the supervisor over his failure to disclose campaign donors.
Next month, Shirakawa could face sanctions by his colleagues, if they choose to reprimand him for his behavior, that includes at least $26,071 in unauthorized charges identified by the county finance agency. They also may fight back if he continues to resist paying back some of the reimbursements auditors have recommended, including thousands of dollars in donations his office made to local charities.
While praising the county for its action Tuesday, resident Ross Signorino, a retired salesman and local gadfly, noted some irony. "How do you tighten the rules on trust? That's what is at stake here," Signorino said. "I have to sit at doughnut shops, most of the time, defending you."
Contact Karen de Sá at 408-920-5781.


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- Jun 15:
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- Jun 13:
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Victor Bernardez hadn't really told the whole story about what it took to escape gang violence to become one of Honduras' top soccer players.
Until recently.
"A lot of people just don't know where I come from and how difficult it has been to get here," the Earthquakes defender said last week in Spanish through a translator.
Soccer's best players have converged on Brazil this month to showcase their dazzling talents in the World Cup. But for the Earthquakes' defender known as "Muma," playing on the grandest stage also provides an opportunity to cast the spotlight on a tiny Central American country that has the world's highest murder rate.
When Bernardez and teammates open the tournament Sunday against France, they carry the responsibility to ease the suffering for a moment.
It's the least Bernardez, 32, can do. The central defender credits soccer with saving his life after growing up in the Caribbean city of La Ceiba.
He learned soccer playing barefoot on the streets in front of his house or at the beach. Bernardez describes it now as "a beautiful life" with the neighborhood boys.
But his memories also are filled with sadness. Those boys, he says, chose a dangerous path, something far too many Honduran youth experience to this day.
While Bernardez lives comfortably in the Bay Area having forged a successful career, many of his childhood friends are dead. Or in prison.
"Some of them were great players," he said. "Some could have had a better career than I had had they not chosen the path they did."
The issue gained traction this week when United Nations officials described a surge of children fleeing gang recruitment in Central America to seek asylum in the United States a "humanitarian crisis."
Honduras has turned violent partially because 90 percent of the cocaine and marijuana headed north from Colombia flows through its borders.
For those who remain behind, life can seem hopeless. According to the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime, Honduras suffered an average of 90.4 homicides per 100,000 people in 2012. Or put it this way: On average, 20 people a day are murdered in the country sandwiched between El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
By comparison, the United States had 4.7 murders per 100,000 in 2012 -- higher than almost every other developed country.
The figures are more distressing in Honduras' second-largest city, San Pedro Sula. It has a murder rate of 169 per 100,000 people. "In San Pedro Sula, people are mowed down on soccer fields, in shoe factories and at the airport," the Los Angeles Times wrote in December.
Soccer stars such as Bernardez have had enough. He wants to call attention to the depressing and grim situation to help children make better choices. The Hondurans collaborated with the U.S. Agency for International Development last month when the team played a friendly in Washington, D.C. USAID officials hope to work with the team to support programs for children.
Paul Teeple of the nonprofit Partners of the Americas said many of the Honduran players see soccer as their salvation.
"I thank soccer for helping me be able to get away from this path," Bernardez said, with Teeple serving as a translator.
Bernardez agreed to speak by phone last week in Florida just before he left for Brazil.
The burly 6-foot-2, 190-pound defender never had to choose between two roads. He loved soccer so much that the big money of drug trafficking never got a hook into him.
Bernardez idolized a local club player by the name of Rene "Pupa" Martinez. He tagged along with the Vida star whenever he could. They spent so much time together that Vida teammates gave Bernardez the nickname "Muma."
The name has no significance, Muma now says.
But Bernardez packed it with him when he left La Ceiba at 17 to join Honduran club Motagua in the capital, Tegucigalpa. He stayed four seasons before moving to Europe in a career that included representing Honduras in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
As Bernardez's career soared in Tegucigalpa, his friends from the barrio began dying. He knew they were proud of him. But Bernardez couldn't return for their funerals, return to his past.
"Soccer was my life," he said. "It was everything for me."
But he never forgot what might have been had he made different choices. In 2003, some of his friends died in a fire at El Porvenir prison. It was a particularly painful episode for Bernardez, who worked with folks from La Ceiba to donate money and clothes to the victims' families.
Bernardez could not escape one thought: "Had it not been for soccer I could have been there," he said of the prison.
The cumulation of his experiences has led Bernardez down a new road. In Spanish, they like to say "aportar mi grano de arena." It means contribute a grain of sand to a cause.
Make a small difference.
"I've always wanted to be a model for children," Bernardez said. "To be an ambassador for my country and to help young people to make the right choices."
The player lives in Honduras in the offseason of November and December with his wife, Wendy Salgado, a former Miss Honduras.
Their long-term vision is to stay in Central America after Bernardez retires, and try to make a difference.
"There are a lot of young people who are really good players who just need an opportunity to get out," he said.
Just as Muma did.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865.
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MARIETTA - The route of a seismic mapping project originally planned to go through Marietta's West Side and Putnam Street has been changed to follow Ohio 7 through town, according to city officials.
"We've been listening and have heard people's concerns about the proposed route, so the mayor and safety-service director have talked to the contractor and they were able to change the route," city council president Walt Brothers said Wednesday.
"The trucks won't pass through the historic Harmar district or along Putnam Street at all," said safety-service director Jonathan Hupp.
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Traffic moves along Marietta's Third Street Wednesday. The area is part of the route that will be used by seismic mapping trucks from Precision Geophysical Inc. of Millersburg July 1-3.
He said the new route will follow the Ohio 7 north truck route across the Washington Street Bridge to Third Street, then right on Third to Greene Street and left on Greene Street to Pike Street where the trucks will proceed out of town along Ohio 7.
"This route is bound to work out better, and it will be a lot less intrusive," said Mayor Joe Matthews.
The work is to be done between July 1 and 3, depending on weather conditions.
Steve McCrossin, president of Precision Geophysical Inc., the Millersburg-based company that has contracted with oil and gas companies to do the seismic mapping project, said taking the new route won't affect the underground mapping data being collected.
"I think this will also be an easier route to maintain local traffic flow," he said. "Technically it won't matter. We'll still be able to get good data."
McCrossin said the company and city officials took a hard look at the proposed route that would have moved the two seismic vibration-generating trucks onto Lord Street, then along Barber Avenue, Elm Street and Harmar Street on the West Side before traveling across the Putnam Bridge to Putnam and Seventh streets and continuing north on Pike Street to Ohio 7.
"We're a local company and want to make sure this project is operated in a safe manner so there's not a lot of disturbance," he said.
The seismic vibration vehicles are driven about 1 mph along local streets, and at regular intervals a large vibrating metal disk is lowered to the road surface from the trucks' undercarriages. The disk creates vertical underground seismic waves that are used to develop 2- and 3-dimensional maps exploring rock and shale formations for oil and gas companies.
A similar seismic mapping process in July 2012 by Tidelands Geological Company (TGC) of Plano, Texas, was reportedly felt in homes and businesses along the route. But McCrossin said the mapping that will occur July 1-3 will not use the high force vibrations TGC generated, and will be a much gentler process.
The 2012 project was recalled by Washington Street resident Barbara Stewart during last week's meeting of Marietta City Council.
"It felt like an earthquake at our house," she said, noting the seismic vibrations caused a cup to fall off a table inside her 210 Washington St. home.
"I'm opposing these seismic mapping trucks coming into Marietta again," she said. "And I do not understand how a private company can come to town and use our streets for this purpose."
Stewart said the project puts city water lines and other antiquated infrastructure at risk.
Hupp said the city administration could have refused to allow Precision Geophysical to conduct the seismic mapping in town, but he was assured by McCrossin that the process would be using much less intrusive equipment than TGC used a year ago.
"They wanted to obtain a good picture of the underground formations in Marietta, and we did not want to cause interference with their business as the city has been accused in the past of not being business-friendly," he said.
Karen Prigge, who lives along the newly planned seismic mapping route at 519 Third St., said she has no concerns, adding that she found last year's mapping by TGC entertaining.
"We enjoyed watching it," she said. "I sat with some tea out on the front porch and watched for it. It was something we'd never seen before."
Prigge said there was no shaking of her home, nor of the house the Prigges own next door.
Neighbor Jeff Cordell, at 533 Third St., said vibrations from heavy trucks moving along the roadway can sometimes be felt inside his home.
"Sometimes they wake us up when we're sleeping," he said. "I was probably not home last year when the seismic trucks came through, but there was nothing damaged in our house."
Charles Wedekamm who lives at 200 Washington St. expressed some concern about the seismic mapping trucks passing his home.
"It's just a theory, but I believe the rock in the ground beneath this house could have a small fault line in it," he said, noting vibrations from trucks coming off the nearby Washington Street Bridge can be felt inside his double-brick-walled home.
"I've done a lot of work on this house, and I don't like it that I wasn't given a choice in this project," Wedekamm added.


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Topic: Thought for the day!
Someone near and dear gave this poem to me and I thought I would share:
My Life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me;
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.
Oft times He weaveth sorrow
And I, in foolish pride,
Forget He sees the upper,
And I the under side.
Not til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly,
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver's skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.
He knows, He loves, He cares,
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives His very best to those
Who leave the choice with Him.


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In Come a Little Bit Closer, the new book in Bella Andre's New York Times and USA Today best-selling series about the Sullivan family, movie star Smith Sullivan can't afford any distractions. He's staking his entire reputation on his new film...but he can't stop thinking about Valentina Landon and the fire he sees smoldering just beneath the surface.
Valentina isn't averse to sensual pleasure, or even to the idea of finding true love, but as a Hollywood business manager she's watched too many smart women fall for actors...only to be torn apart when the fairytale comes to its inevitable end.
But when intense weeks together on set turn their heated attraction into red-hot flames of passion, Smith knows he has to find a way to convince Valentina to let him get a little bit closer. Close enough to completely steal her heart...the way she's stolen his from the start.
The first 6 books in the Sullivan series are also available: The Look of Love (Chase), From This Moment On (Marcus, Can't Help Falling in Love (Gabe), I Only Have Eyes For You (Sophie), If You Were Mine (Zach), and Let Me Be the One (Ryan).
©2012 Oak Press, LLC (P)2013 Oak Press, LLC
"I am so glad I found this series and if you haven't read Andre yet, you are seriously missing out! Andre will make you laugh, turn you on with her incredibly seductive heroes and of course, make you fall in love with each book! Definitely an auto-buy author for me!" (Under the Covers Book Reviews)
"Each book is so remarkable and you really come to love the characters. This series is incredible. It's one of my favorites. If you haven't started them yet, you are missing out!" (Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews)
"I am in love with the Sullivans. Each novel in the companion series is unique, just like the siblings. However, there is one thing that all of the novels have in common: THEY ARE ALL AMAZING!" (Reading, Eating & Dreaming Book Reviews)
"So sensual"
amazing book, I listen to it while training in the gym. gives me that energy boost, with all the emotions in the story, the weights feel lighter in the gym.
"A truly beautiful love story."
Bella Andre has the magic touch with this series. So touching, and so well written! I can't wait to hear Lori's story.
"Like fingernails down the blackboard!"
I usually enjoy listening to Sullivan books but I was really disappointed with this one. The plot was great and the characters were well developed but something about this book just made me cringe. The storyline was slow and shallow - I think Smith deserved better.
I would not recommend this book simply because I did not enjoy it.
The narration was awful - not a precise or descriptive word but the best I can come up with. Eva's narration was breathy and overly smooth - very little substance to it.
I tried really hard to finish this book because I think Smith deserved it - but alas it was not to be. I have this book on my kindle and I will try and finish it using the written copy.
I wish I had taken time to read all the book reviews - though I probably would still have given the book the benefit of the doubt - after all it was Smith's book.
Tina Reiter
"Love this narrator, Love this family!"
Come a Little Bit Closer is the 7th book in The Sullivans series by Bella Andre. Anyone that follows my reviews knows I absolutely love this series and this book did not disappoint. I listen to this story in audio format and really enjoy Eva Kaminsky's interpretation of this family.
Valentina Landon has spent her life protecting her sister. It came naturally to her as a child and has carried over into their adult life. Their mother was around, but always seemed to be looking for love in every movie star that she could find. Therefore, her girls weren't always a priority. Now, that her sister is a movie star Val is always there to protect her and help out in any way. Good thing she is immune to movie stars or she could find herself swept away by these handsome, superficial co-stars. She's found herself on the set of the new Smith Sullivan movie and is prepared to behave the way she does on every set - professional, friendly, yet distant. That is until Smith takes an interest in her and she finds herself unable to fight the spark. Could Smith really be different than the rest?
Smith Sullivan is the movie star of the family. Yet, he's so much more. He has never let fame and stardom get in the way of his values and upbringing, even though it pulls at him every chance he gets. Now, he's trying his hand at directing his very own movie and his reputation is resting on it. So, why is it that Valentina is on his mind more often than this movie? She is so different than any other woman he has ever met and she doesn't like movie stars. Can he convince her that he is interested in more than a partner for the length of the movie and that putting up with his very public life is worth it all?
Who would've guessed that Smith Sullivan is the mushy one of all the Sullivans? His romantic side was so sweet. Poor Valentina didn't stand a chance. Valentina was strong, yet not bitchy. I loved how she loved and protected her sister, but never resented her. Thank you Ms. Andre for yet another great Sullivan story.
"A complete story and romance"
This was a great story. More detail than. You feel the passion of the characters.
I enjoy historical, paranormal, and contemporary romance. Also steampunk, sci-fi, fantasy, suspense, and fiction. I'm open to about anything
"Movie stars and women who avoid them"
Setting: San Francisco, contemporary
Genre: Romance
Narration: Eva Kaminsky provides her usual performance. Average vocal range, not great with male voices.
Now for the story. This is third person, from Smith and Valentina's points of view. Smith Sullivan is a famous, hunky movie star. All those Sullivan men are gorgeous, but he is probably the best-looking of the lot. He is in SF to produce, direct, and act in a movie. Valentina Landon is the older sister and watchdog for her little sister, Tatiana, who is playing the female lead in the movie. Tatiana is 21, and not an air-head. Anyway, Smith is very attracted to Valentina, more based on her personality because she downplays her looks, wanting to appear professional. She is attracted to Smith because he turns out to be down to earth, and he actually has a personality of his own rather than one based on the character he portrays in the movie. However, she will not date anyone in the film industry. But he works his charms, she goes out with him anyway, then etc. It's a lovely little love story.
What bothered me about it? It's the movie they are filming. When have you, while watching a movie, known what the characters were thinking and feeling? Every time, because it is shown to you by action and dialogue (if it's a good film). In this case, the author doesn't show the dialogue and action so much as tell it. She tells you what the characters being played by Smith and Tatiana are thinking and feeling. I believe the "real" people should experience internal thoughts and feelings based on the action and dialogue being filmed.
Worth the credit if you are listening to the series.
This is my last review of The Sullivans. I read #8, Lori's story, on my iPad. I found it less compelling than the others, as though Ms Andre was getting tired.
I also read #9, the beginning of the Seattle Sullivans. I liked it a lot. I don't know how much interaction there is between the two families, so you may be able to read those as a different series. There are only 4 or 5 of the Seattle family. Apparently, #10 is the story of the parents of the 8 SF Sullivans. I believe all of them are on audio, but if I get them, it will be a while.
I am a busy sports mom listening to romance only. If the narrator is good and it has a decent plot, I will find it enjoyable.
"Still Love The Sullivans"
Its just a sweet story. This is one of my favorites.
When he met the babies in the hospital.
Very enjoyable.
Hot romance/Sci Fi we're so lucky to have Audible to feed our book addictions. I love walking my precious dog Sydney & listening to my books
"Smith's story"
I have listened to all the Sullivan books and this is another sticky sweet loving story. Smith is another hot Sullivan sibling. He's a huge movie star, He falls hard for Valentina and she for him, they just can't keep there hands of each other. There is no big dram's in this book just a lot of sex and should i - shouldn't i let myself fall in love stuff. Another easy and pleasant listen with Eva Kaminsky great narration.
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