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Bassmaster Classic angler Dean Rojas made first cast in San Diego
TULSA, Okla. Dean Rojas paid a visit recently to his fishing roots of Chollas Lake, and judging by the emotion in his eyes as he talked about it, the trip brought back a bike ride full of childhood memories.
"Chollas has really changed," he said, not as a knock, but more as a statement. "We went over there and wanted to see the lake. I have so many memories there. It's hard to believe that's where it all started and now I'm on bass fishing's biggest stage, the Bassmaster Classic."
Yes, the inner-city lake has changed, but so have our city neighborhoods and the diversity in them.
Rojas has changed, too, from his days when he snuck off on his bike to Chollas or Lake Murray or the San Diego River to catch a fish that hooked him about as well as he ever hooked one of them. It all started at that College Grove fishery that was first nurtured as a lake for kids by former San Diego City Lakes program manager Jim Brown. The tiny reservoir was turned into a Magic Mudhole for young anglers by the late Joe Bain and the San Diego Fly Fishers who volunteer hours of their time there to help city kids learn to fish.
Rojas never suffered from any such made-up malady as what some call "nature deficit disorder." He has taken what he learned fishing for bass in San Diego and turned it into a very successful pro fishing career. Rojas, 40, now of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., is one of the 53 anglers here for the 43rd Bassmaster Classic presented by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Fishing starts today and ends Sunday with weigh-ins daily at the BOK Center.
This is Rojas' 11th Classic in his 14 years as a pro. His best finish in the Classic is fourth at Lake Wylie in 2004. He has won four times on the BASS tour, but has 33 top 10s, 60 top-20s and 100 top-50s, showing how consistent he's been casting for cash. He has won over $1.5 million with BASS, along with thousands more on the FLW and other circuits.
But as consistent as he's been on the regular BASS tour, he's struggled to find success in the Classic. Part of the reason is the way he fishes. Rojas, like many anglers here, fish the Classic to win it or else. The way they look at it, just as no one remembers who lost the Super Bowl or finishes second in the Daytona 500, no one remembers who finished second to Kevin Van Dam or any other champion of the Bassmaster Classic.
Rojas said he plans to get off to a better start in his 11th Classic try. About four hours into Day One he was grinding and already trailing the leaders on the unofficial scoreboard.
"In the last couple of Classics I really botched the first day," he said. "Usually I have a poor day the first day and I pick myself out of it. I don't want to do that."
"I want it so bad," Rojas added. "A lot of times if I was a regular golfer or athlete I could overcome a lot of things. But in fishing you're trying to fool a creature into biting a bait. We're basing this whole thing on that. If you really want to get down to it, I work my butt off to get myself into position. I do everything right, but sometimes, it just doesn't happen. Sometimes, they just don't bite."
If Rojas wins this Bassmaster Classic, the timing will match the induction ceremony of Mike Folkestad, 71, of Villa Park into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame. Folkestad, as often described by California's bass laureate, George Kramer, is a Western bass fishing icon and legend. Like Rojas, Folkestad traces his bass fishing roots to San Diego, where he was a member of the legendary Pisces Bass Club, the first of its kind in California.
Folkestad, a three-time WON Bass U.S. Open winner at Lake Mead, was a pioneer in the sport and one of the first to venture out into Eastern waters as a pro fisherman. He fished in one Bassmaster Classic and has the dubious distinction of holding BASS's record for lowest winning weight of 14 pounds, 10 ounces, set in 1992 in the Bassmaster Invitational on Harris Chain of Lakes in Florida. But he also has Lake Havasu's all-time one-day record for heaviest weight at 26.63 for five bass.
It was men like Folkestad, Gary Klein, Jay Yelas and Dee Thomas who paved the way for other Westerners like Rojas, Skeet Reese, Aaron Martens, Ish Monroe, and Jared Lintner – all qualifiers with California ties -- to follow.


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With the seventh "The Unwritten" collection on sale, CBR spoke with Mike Carey & Peter Gross about the ever-expanding universe of their Vertigo hit, also teasing their "Fables" crossover and upcoming OGN.
Telltale Games, the studio behind "The Walking Dead" game, has revealed "The Wolf Among Us," the final title for its "Fables" game that focuses on Bigby Wolf.
Tim returns from Minnesota with tales of role-playing and camaraderie, stories of Mythic Fiction and the pleasures of good company. This is no mere convention report. This is Fabletown and Beyond.
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Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fables" #127 by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham. Prince Brandish continues his ruthless act while Beast is forced to seek out unusual help March 20.
Vertigo has released an early look at Bill Willingham and Barry Kitson's "Fairest" #14, a special one-shot tale of love in Fabletown. Romance blooms on April 3.
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Vertigo expands its "Fables" franchise in the form of the "Fables Encyclopedia," written by Jess Nevins with an Adam Hughes cover, and a hardcover OGN featuring short stories written by creator Bill WIllingham.
In a recent interview, Telltale Games co-founder and CEO Dan Connors discussed future plans for the second season of "The Walking Dead" game and gave a brief update on the status of the studio's "Fables" game.
Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fairest" #12, the final chapter of Lauren Beukes and Inaki Miranda's "Fables" spinoff storyline. Rapunzel learns the ramifications of bloody vengeance February 6.
A new image released by Vertigo and illustrated by Peter Gross and Mark Buckingham teases the upcoming crossover with Bill WIllingham's "Fables" in the pages of Mike Carey and Gross' "The Unwritten."
Creator Bill Willingham talks about the landmark 125th issue of his hit Vertigo featuring the start of a new arc, Snow White's secret origin and teases the possible death Bigby Wolf.
Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fairest" #11 by Lauren Beukes and Inaki Miranda, featuring cover art by Adam Hughes. Rapunzel's adventure in Japan continues January 9.
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With Vertigo Executive Editor Karen Berger departing her position and the cancellation of "Hellblazer," CBR looks at the history of the acclaimed DC Comics' imprint and presents our picks for its top ten series.
Vertigo Comics has released a preview of "Fairest" #10 by Lauren Beukes and Inaki Miranda, featuring cover art by Adam Hughes. The "Fables" spinoff series starring Rapunzel in Japan continues December 5.
Vertigo has released a preview of Bill Willingham's "Fables" #123, featuring guest artwork by Gene Ha. "The Destiny Game" conclusion starring Bigby Wolf goes on sale November 21.
This week, the Big Bad Wolf goes on the hunt, Wolverine goes claws out, Cyclops goes Old West, the X-Men go guns a-blazzin' and "Prophet" gets ethereal.
Writer/Creator Bill Willingham, writer Matthew Sturges, Vertigo Editor Shelley Bond and many other creators in the "Fables" universe gather at NYCC to celebrate a decade of the beloved Vertigo series.
With the sixth collection hitting stores in October, CBR spoke with Mike Carey and Peter Gross about the growth of "The Unwritten" and Tom Taylor, plus a quick tease of the upcoming arc featuring the cast of "Fables."
At New York Comic Con, editor Karen Berger led the Vertigo Panel where Scott Snyder, Bill Willingham and others discuss an "unwritten"/"Fables" crossover and announce new Vertigo miniseries from Snyder and Jeff Lemire.
Creator Bill Willingham discusses the grim tale he and Mark Buckingham just completed in "Fables" and also revealed the title and storyline of the next major arc of the multiple Eisner Award-winning series.
Vertigo has released a preview of "Fairest" #8 written by Lauren Beukes with art by Inaki Miranda, which kicks off a new storyline for the "Fables" spinoff. Rapunzel's new adventure begins October 3.
Creator Bill Willingham spoke with CBR TV about expanding the "Fables" universe with "Fairest," defending "Once Upon A Time," the rise of creator-owned comics, and the odds of someday returning to "Elementals."
Greg McElhatton gives "Fairest" #7 by Matthew Sturges and Shawn McManus 4 stars saying the issue "has a strong twist at the end that has lasting ramifications for a 'Fables' character."
"The Dark Knight Rises" drives August bookstore sales! John Wagner talks Judge Dredd! Nick Spencer talks "Morning Glories"! Bill Willingham on Fabletown & Beyond! A look back at Mandrake the Magician! Plus more!
Award-winning author and South African native, Lauren Beukes spoke with CBR News about her Rapunzel story for Vertigoâs "Fairest" and the many Japanese influences of her tale.
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Writer Bill Willingham and a host of "Fables" creators officially announced a "Fables" convention, teased the franchise's future, and reminisced about favorite moments from the last decade.
In a surprise announcement at its Friday panel at Comic-Con International, Vertigo revealed that Neil Gaiman announced will write a "Sandman" prequel, with art by J.H. Williams III. Click through for more from the panel.
Jorge Solis gives "Fables" #117 4 stars calling the issue by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham "a superbly engaging fantasy adventure" that is "absolutely difficult to put down."
Remembering "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sendak. IDW President Ted Adams talks digital sales, more! Alex Ross honored by American Academy of Art! Bill Willingham talks "Fables"! Plus more!
Vertigo's C2E2 panel was packed with a who's who of its top talent, with Scott Snyder to Bill Willingham and more discussing upcoming twists and turns, plus the announcement of new ongoing series, "Collider."
At Emerald City Comicon, Vertigo creators Bill Willingham, Mike Allred, Dustin Nguyen, and more discussed the end of "iZombie", "Fables'" 10th anniversary and upcoming projects including "Shooters."
DC Comicsâ visit to Emerald City Comicon found Bill Willingham, Chris Burnham, and Dustin Nguyen dishing about Grant Morrison density, the consequences of speed... and the importance of dental hygiene.
Greg McElhatton gives "Fables" #115 by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham 4 stars, saying, "If this current storyline is any indication, we're in for a strong ride."
Writer Scott Snyder and Vertigo Senior Editor Will Dennis lead the WonderCon panel debuting the latest titles and news coming out of Vertigo Comics.
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Mr. Biondi was born in Fano, Italy on Feb. 16, 1911, son of the late Angelo and Maria Biagiarelli Biondi. In November 1953, Jim founded the Oxford Oil Company, and the business flourished because of his inventiveness, honesty and unselfish commitment to the homeowner; samples of which include building an electric reel that boosted 15 home deliveries per day to as many as 50. Starting business with the Neptune meter, so that the customer paid only for what the meter printed and what they actually received, was one of the catalysts for his success. He was the very first in Connecticut to use a meter with a printed receipt. He was proud to have his family join him in the family business to continue to provide dedicated service to their valued clients.
Often times, Jim did things that no one else could do, and no one would believe it was even possible until he did it. Like a self-taught engineer, he built portable welders out of junk stuff prior to 1953. Made just like a manufacturer, the only thing new was the welder itself, the rest was car parts and fully automatic. He was a communicant of St. Thomas the Apostle Church and St. Augustine Church.
Mr. Biondi was a "lifelong" member of the Oxford Lions Club, a Melvin Jones Fellow recipient, a member of the Knights of Columbus Aurora Council No. 53 and the Oxford Senior Center. Jim created the Oxford Lions Memorial Day Parade floats, was president during 1979-1980, and ran a yearly glaucoma drive. He was named Knight of the Blind and Lion of the Year in 1972-1973 and 1979-1980. Mr. Biondi was a proud member of the National Guard, a Boy Scout Leader and a member of the Riverside Volunteer Fire Company.
Mr. Biondi is survived by his wife, Estelle Biondi; devoted sons, James F. Biondi and his wife, Jean, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Thomas P. Biondi and Kenneth J. Biondi, both of Oxford; beloved daughter, Carolyn Hannon of Orange; stepdaughter, Linda Desmaris and her husband, Paul, of Lebanon; and sisters, Laura Bengivengo and Elsie Valeski, both of Seymour. He is also survived by his cherished grandchildren, James R. Hannon of Virginia, Jillian Desmaris of New Jersey, Ryan Desmaris of Lebanon; and his great granddaughter, Carrington Hannon of Virginia. In addition to his first wife, Antoinette, he was predeceased by his son, Ronald J. Biondi, and brother, Mario Biondi.
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The Wolfpack is back in "The Hangover Part II," but what happened in Bangkok should have stayed in Bangkok. The sequel to the wildly successful first outing, which made more than $450 million worldwide at the box office, will probably rake in the cash this Memorial Day weekend, but this is a film best forgotten.
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Sequels are fun and worthwhile when something in the lineup changes -- a twist in the story, perhaps. But "The Hangover Part II" suffers from being a carbon copy imitator of its first incarnation, yet not nearly half as witty.
You remember the rundown of the first one. Four middle-aged friends plan on having a night of fun to celebrate one of the pack's next-day wedding (in the first one it was Doug, in this one it's Stu). They wake up in a hotel room with no recollection of the night before. Someone in the clan is missing and they spend the next 24 hours trying to retrace steps to find out what went down, while trying to locate the lost packman. Meanwhile, the wedding looms.
As a way to fake moviegoers into thinking they aren't seeing the same cookie-cutter film as the highly original 2009 outing, the sequel makes some slight changes: the fellas go to Thailand instead of Las Vegas. And this time, the missing isn't the groom, but the groom's future brother-in-law (Mason Lee, Ang Lee's son), who is a 16-year-old musical and medical prodigy.
So when you run out of ideas, what's next? Apparently, "The Hangover" crew decided to go for the sick and twisted. This isn't a fun night of frat boy bachelor shenanigans like stealing Mike Tyson's tiger or participating in a quickie wedding at a Las Vegas strip mall chapel.
"The Hangover 2" is darkly assaulting, vile and absolutely unlikeable. Forced and offensive, the filmmakers push the R-rated envelope and cross the line of what's appropriate with way too many scenes that may play fine to the college crowd, but will have mainstream audiences (warning: this is not a good date night movie) checking their watches and seriously pondering heading for the door.
A smoking monkey (his actual smoking is computer generated, filmmakers say) who has also been trained to locate male genitalia (there's a lot of full frontal male nudity in this film) is Alan's playmate instead of Carlos the baby from the first one. And Heather Graham's chipper stripper is replaced by a Thai transvestite that is given freak show status.
The characters, while somewhat likeable in their naivete in the first go-around, are such absolute blazing idiots in the second film that they don't even deserve to make it back to safer ground.
Bradley Cooper, whose character, Phil, was slickly written as the pack leader in the first film, is reduced to a "CSI: Bangkok" detective, sniffing out clues and taking names. Perhaps the most character damage, however, has been done to offbeat Alan (Zach Galifianakis), which made the first "Hangover" so fun.
In another, "Ha! We fooled you!" moment by the scriptwriters, the original Alan surfaces in the beginning of the movie dressed in tennis whites and using an intercom in his parent's house to order food from his mom. "I'm a stay-at-home son," he wryly says. Now, that's the Alan we know and love. Yet shortly after he wakes up in Bangkok with a shaven head, his hair and his quirky personality have all but disappeared. Sure, the Jonas Brother fanboy who idolizes "Rainman" was a total pain in the keester in the original, but the sequel turns him into borderline mentally challenged.
Ed Helms as Stu tries his darndest to make something more than sticky rice out of the one-dimensional character he's given, but can't escape and delivers a uni-level performance made up of screaming at the top of his lungs. Doug (Justin Bartha) pops up now and again to talk to the lost boys on the telephone. He's totally dispensable. High-voiced gangster Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) returns with more manic hyperactivity than ever. A chubby Paul Giamatti as a crime lord, and Nick Cassavetes (who replaced Mel Gibson) as a tattoo artist are the only new characters and not very memorable. In fact, Tyson's follow-up cameo is one of the very few highlights.
While everyone was hoping for a "Hangover" knockout, this retread is delivered like bad leftovers -- days old Thai food that's lost all of its spice leaving some mysterious meat that only tastes like chicken.


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This is a story we will never forget. One summer day a few years ago, a couple arrived at WhisperingPines carrying a very large clay pot with a plant of enormous leaves. We were a bit confused and curious as to why someone would bring a plant on a getaway. Well, this is the rest of the story.
There is a plant called 'night blooming cirrus'. It blooms only one time a year and lasts only during the night. By morning the plant is shriveled up. Really, it's true. They had this plant for several years and it never developed a bud for a bloom. Well, this particular year it did. You guessed it – this was probably the night it was going to open – and they were absolutely correct. Our lovely couple did not want to miss it. We understood completely and had them place the pot in a prominent spot in the great room for everyone to witness. They went out for dinner and returned just in the nick of time. Indeed, the flower opened in front of our eyes. It was amazing to see the bud open and expand to this incredibly beautiful and very large flower. All of us were in awe and sat by the flower for at least three hours. In the morning it was gone, with only a memory of how nature works its wonder.
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Soul Khansenses wrote: Soul Khansenses says, "Fuck J-Zone!"
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I just take issue with cats who articulate themselves so poorly that their point is lost to me. Then again, eloquence doesn't seem to be particularly "fun" to anyone, so I guess it's moot.
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Lawmakers: Jobless-Benefits Fight Won't Derail Budget Deal
WASHINGTON–Democrats' push to extend emergency benefits for unemployed workers won't derail bipartisan budget talks that could produce a deal this week, lawmakers said Sunday.
Democrats have been pressing to continue benefits for the long-term unemployed beyond the program's Dec. 28 expiration, but won't demand its extension as part of the effort to reach a fiscal agreement, Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
"I don't think we've reached that point where we've said this is it; take it or leave it," said Mr. Durbin.
Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D., Wash.) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) haven't yet "closed the deal" on an agreement to keep the government running beyond Jan. 15, but are "moving in the right direction," Mr. Durbin said.
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Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio), a member of the broader group negotiating the budget deal, said the GOP's concern over extending the unemployment benefits was its $25 billion price tag.
"It's an additional cost within this budget agreement. I think the thought always that would be handled separately," Mr. Portman said Sunday on ABC. Several Democrats are pushing to vote on an extension this week in the Senate, though how to pay for it remains an issue. Congress has opted at times in the past to renew the 2008 benefits without offsetting their cost through tax increases or spending cuts.
On the budget front, officials close to the talks have said Ms. Murray and Mr. Ryan are closing in on a deal that would allow spending of roughly $1 trillion in each of the next two years. The mid-October agreement to end the partial government shutdown tasked the budget group with coming up with a budget plan for the rest of the 2014 fiscal year by Friday.
Mr. Portman said he expected a budget deal could be accomplished "over the next couple days."
Lawmakers have been working to craft a compromise that would ease across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect in January, known as the sequester, and replace them with a mix of increased fees and cuts in mandatory spending programs.
Even with a modest budget deal appearing more likely, lawmakers remained at odds over other policies, including whether to raise the federal minimum wage above its current level of $7.25 per hour. Mr. Obama pushed for raising the wage last week in a speech last week, vowing to focus his final three years in office on income inequality.
But Republicans have argued increasing the minimum wage could limit companies' ability to hire new workers.
"Republicans as a whole agree there ought to be a minimum wage, and it ought to be fair. But we're very concerned about jobs," Mr. Portman said, noting that he had recently been to a fast-food restaurant that employed a digital display to take his order, rather than a cashier. "If you raise the minimum wage too high, you're going to have not more jobs but fewer jobs."
The issue of increased automation in fast-food was summed up colorfully earlier this year in a newspaper ad from the Employment Policies Institute, a right-leaning think tank, which argued that robots could bump out human workers if the minimum wage is raised.
Mr. Durbin said research has undercut the argument that bumping up the minimum wage would destroy jobs. "The facts and statistics do not back it up," he said, noting that Congress used to routinely increase the wage on a bipartisan basis "to protect those hardworking Americans who couldn't keep up with the expenses of life."
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The Oak Ridge citywide brush pickup program enters the third week.
Tree limbs and bagged yard clippings/leaves will be picked up. City collection efforts will follow the accompanying schedule as closely as possible, according to a city news release. The proposed schedule is a general guide and can vary considerably from the actual schedule due to weather conditions and/or the amount of participation by residents.
Residents have always been very cooperative and we ask for their continued cooperation this year by following a few guidelines:
• All limbs should be placed near, but not beyond the curb, with the butt end near the street. Keep all materials off sidewalks, parking areas and out of gutters. Residents are asked to not place any brush at the curb more than one week prior to the scheduled pickup day in order to maintain the cleanliness of our city.
• Limb diameter should be no larger than three inches at any point.
• Yard clippings and leaves must be in plastic bags. It should be noted that yard waste will be collected with the regularly scheduled refuse collection throughout the year.
• There is a limit of one truckload of material per residence. A truckload is defined as one pickup truck or approximately 3 foot high x 4 foot wide x 8 foot long, or approximately 100 cubic feet maximum.
• Crews will not pick up piles that have brush or limbs mixed with rubbish or trash.
• All materials must be in place no later than 7:30 a.m. on the scheduled pickup day to ensure pickup. Any materials put out after 7:30 a.m. on the scheduled pickup day may not be picked up.
For more information contact: Waste Connections of Tennessee at (865) 482-3656.
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• Monday, May 12 Vermont Avenue and side streets, North Tulane Avenue;
• Tuesday, May 13: Pennsylvania Avenue and side streets, Outer Drive and side streets from Pennsylvania Avenue to New York Avenue;
• Wednesday, May 14: New York Avenue and side streets, Utah Avenue and side streets, Outer Drive from New York Avenue to Michigan Avenue, Orchard Lane and Circle, Orkney Road;
• Thursday, May 15: West Tennessee Avenue, Michigan Avenue and side streets, Kentucky Avenue and side streets;
• Friday, May 16: Georgia Avenue and side streets, Florida Avenue and side streets, Outer Drive and side streets from Michigan Avenue to Florida Avenue, East Tennessee Avenue and side streets.
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The movies are a complicated affair. Many movies tell stories – but with pictures as well as (or more than) language. Viewers typically know what they've seen and how they think and feel about what they've seen (and heard), but not quite how they've seen it or heard it. Film 101 is a gentle introduction to how movies work. It's about noticing, about becoming aware of just what makes up the incredibly rich experience of seeing a movie. What are the basic elements of cinema? How have they come about? How do language and image work together? What makes good film? The idea is to provoke more questions than the group can answer. Taught by Professor Howie Movshovitz
Class 1: Monday, Sept. 23, 6:30-9:00pm
The beginnings. How film came to be. A look at the sequential photographs of Etienne-Jules Marey and Eadweard Muybridge. The first films – the "documentaries" of the Lumière brothers and the "fantasies" of Georges Melies.
Class 2: Monday, Sept. 30, 6:30-9:00pm
What is a shot? How does a shot make meaning? What changes when shots are put in sequence – meaning editing?
Short: "The Great Train Robbery" (Edwin S. Porter, 1903)
Clip: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
Feature: Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
Class 3: Monday Oct. 7, 6:30-9:00pm
The story. How are stories put together? What makes them coherent and meaningful? The narrative genius of D.W. Griffith, and a film made from what's considered one of the greatest of screenplays.
Short by Griffith: "The Girl and Her Trust" (1912)
Feature: Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
Class 4: Monday Oct. 14, 6:30-9:00pm
Complexity and ambiguity. Two of the characteristics that the best movies share.
Clips: Le Havre (Aki Kaurismaki, 2011) and The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
Feature: Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir 1937)
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BALTIMORE -- An exhibition opener shouldn't mean much for a 12th-year veteran. But these are special circumstances for Anquan Boldin.
Closure is on Boldin's mind as he begins another potential Super Bowl run. He wants to thank Baltimore Ravens fans, a year and a half after his stunning trade to the 49ers, a team he helped the Ravens beat only 37 days earlier in Super Bowl XLVII.
"It'll be a chance to say goodbye to the fans in a proper way," Boldin said. "I wasn't afforded that opportunity. I got traded while I was away."
When Boldin returned from a March 2013 relief mission to Africa, he took his distinguished career to the 49ers. He became Colin Kaepernick's leading target (almost by default) and had the Ravens second-guessing their swap for a sixth-round draft pick.
"He kicked (butt) after the trade," said one opposing defensive coordinator, speaking on the condition of anonymity this week in a phone interview. "Baltimore had to be thinking, 'Why'd we trade him?' "
The Ravens, with financial needs elsewhere, wouldn't pay Boldin's $6 million salary. The 49ers gladly picked up that check, and they re-signed Boldin (two years, $12 million) before he hit free agency this past offseason.
The Boldin deal still has ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer stunned, calling it one of the franchise's biggest coups in years.
"Without going too hyperbole, this group can go to back-to-back Super Bowls, and if he can stay healthy and at this level three or four more years, he'll be one of the most valuable Niners ever," Dilfer said in a recent phone interview.
Last season's production (85 catches, 1,179 yards, seven touchdowns) wasn't a fluke. Dilfer calls Boldin the NFL's best slot receiver, from both a receiving and run-blocking standpoint.
Boldin anticipates his 2014 role to change with a deeper, healthier receiving corps, though that assumes Michael Crabtree and Brandon Lloyd aren't too hobbled by leg injuries that kept them from practice this week.
Don't bet on a pass-first revolution, however. "I definitely don't think we're going to go away from the way we run the football, because we've done a great job the past couple years," Boldin said. "That's important, especially when you come down to December and January football, when you have to run the football and run it effectively."
Boldin has heard critics question his worth since his 2010 trade from Arizona to Baltimore. But he dismisses such talk, focusing instead on his prescribed role and to "work my butt off."
That work ethic is part of what makes Boldin a consummate pro with 11 years of experience.
"He may not be as fast as he used to be, but he knows football," cornerback Perrish Cox said. "All around, he's a beast."
The beast roared last Friday, when Boldin got kicked out of practice by coach Jim Harbaugh for fighting cornerback Darryl Morris after a short catch. The aforementioned defensive coordinator said he would love to have Boldin's fighting spirit on his side.
"He caught a ball one game in front of me and was yelling angrily. I said, 'I wish that dude was on my team.' He never stops," the coach said.
Harbaugh trumpeted Boldin's passion a few days after that practice fight, going so far as to say, "There's no more special practice player in all of football that I've ever seen. Special (in) the way he loves making the tough catch and competing at practice."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.
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SAN DIEGO (WOMENSENEWS)--If you were looking for Wonder Woman at this year's fantasy-world convention, you had to look pretty hard.
San Diego Comic-Con 2013, from July 17 to 20, attracted 140,000 participants.
Many were hard to distinguish from their favorite characters from movies, television and comics.
Among the hundreds of fans in full steampunk regalia and various superhero costumes there was barely a glimpse of the warrior princess of the Amazons. By contrast, actors dressed as Batman, Superman, Iron Man, Princess Leia and The Baroness abounded, parading around the exhibition floor and having their photos taken with fans.
The "Con," as it is known to enthusiasts, has evolved from a convention about comics that was first held in 1970 and was driven by a core group of followers. Now it attracts such A-list celebs as Sandra Bullock and Hugh Jackman touting their latest films.
This year fans lined up for hours to get into the hallowed Hall H to see previews of upcoming films, like "X-Men: Days of Future Past," "Thor: The Dark World" and "Guardians of the Galaxy," and to be the first of the acolytes to hear the major news from the movie studios.
In smaller sessions, authors, artists and academics discussed hand-drawn panels of old and digitally-mastered panels of new comic art, with the artists behind Archie, Superman, Batman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles among the featured guests.
But that iconic female super heroine, Wonder Woman--with her Lasso of Truth, her superior combat skills, promoting justice, love, peace and sexual equality, who first appeared in DC's "All Star Comics" in January 1941--was pretty much overlooked.
To find her center of attention meant leaving the San Diego Convention Center and heading to the nearby California Women's Museum. There an exhibit entitled "Wonder Women: On Paper and Off," which runs through Sept. 1, puts on view illustrations from various artists and collectors that emphasize the portrayal of women in comics and graphic art.
Warped By 'Male Gaze'
To kick things off, a panel featuring Trina Robbins, Ramona Fradon and Mary Fleener gathered on the first evening of Comic-Con for a lively give and take on the state of women in comics, derived from their years in the male-dominated industry.
In discussing the way their field is warped by the "male gaze," Robbins pointed to the term "women in refrigerators," coined by Gail Simone, the popular writer of DC's Batgirl, to denote the terrible things that happen to women in superhero comics, from being killed and maimed to disposed of in gruesome manners.
Simone, who has been fired from Batgirl and rehired partially due to her consistent interaction with her large fan base, is one of the few high-profile women working in superhero comics.
Another high-profile woman is Diane Nelson, who since 2009 has been president of the New York-based DC Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, formerly DC Comics, that has created comics featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and The Justice League.
Although Nelson was not on the panel, she has commented recently on Wonder Woman's slippage from current popularity, saying it had to do with her own flaws. "She doesn't have the single, clear, compelling story that everyone knows and recognizes," Nelson said.
At the panel, Robbins, who in the late 1980s and early 1990s contributed to several Wonder Woman issues at DC, disagreed with Nelson, saying the superheroine's "origin story" fulfilled the requirements of mythic heroism. (Wonder Woman is raised upon a secluded island within a tribe of women named the Amazons. Upon finding the plane crash of Captain Steve Trevor, she feels the call to heal. After nursing him back to health she goes with him to Man's Land in its blight of war and performs heroic acts mostly against Nazi foes during World War II.)
1950s Beginnings
Robbins began working as an artist/writer in underground comics in the 1950s. She co-created the buxom bloodsucker Vampirella and went on to work at Marvel, where she wrote and drew Misty, a comic series for the very young. At DC she also created a graphic novel that featured spousal abuse.
Panelist Fradon--who in 1989 illustrated the Wonder Woman Annual--joined Robbins in supporting Wonder Woman.
Fradon, who has been working in mainstream comics for both Marvel and DC since 1951, is best known for co-creating the shape-shifting Metamorpho and illustrating Aquaman and Brenda Starr. Fradon defended her character Metamorpho's super powers as being more of a feminine take on the ability to transform. Having spent 30 years studying hermeticism, the belief of influencing the world by heavenly means, alchemy and tantra yoga, an Asian spiritual practice, she said she believes that the superheroes magnify themselves through the passion of love.
Unlike the other two panelists, Fleener came of age in the 1960s and began her work in underground comics, not the mainstream media. With the encouragement of cartoonists including Robert Crumb--the famous creator of Mr. Natural--she has produced books and a comic book series in a richly hued style she calls cubismo. Her first publication was "Hoodoo," about African American author Zora Neale Hurston. Fleener considers herself to be more of a political cartoonist in the style of Thomas Nast, the political cartoonist who skewed Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.
During the panel both Robbins and Fradon discussed the difficulties of working in an industry geared to the "male gaze." Both declared the obligatory five pages of fight scenes . . . boring!
Comics Shift
Robbins, a historian of women in comics, said that in her research she found that women had an easier time getting work in the early period of comics at the turn of the 20th century. The women were often celebrities such as Rose O'Neil, Grace Drayton and Nell Brinkley and were respected and paid equally.
She said after World War II comics reflected the gung ho muscularity of a nation at war and it became harder for women in all fields to break into the work force. The industry also embraced the notion that girls don't read comics, although in 1946 female readers outnumbered males due to the teen and romance comics.
In a bright note, Robbins said that there was progress at this year's prestigious Eisner Awards, the Oscars of the comic book industry, where statues in 30 categories were awarded July 19 with at least nine women represented on the awards podium.
"There were more women up on that stage then ever before, and they were getting Eisner Awards," Robbins told Women's eNews in an interview following the panel. "And the artwork shown on the screen was beautiful! So I think the status quo is over. Sure, as long as there is an unending line of 12-year-old boys to read them, there will always be superhero comics, but the superhero is no longer king. So there's lots of room for women to draw their comics, and that's what they're doing."
Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson is a freelance writer based in Berkeley, Calif.
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- Aug 18:
- Reports that Jahi McMath is coming home are false
- Jun 18:
- Jahi McMath being kept at New Jersey hospital
- Jun 12:
- Jahi McMath getting diploma for eighth grade, family says
- Mar 13:
- Jahi McMath: Family calls state report 'B.S.'; new medical record details emerge
- Mar 12:
- Jahi McMath: State releases report on Children's Hospital Oakland's handling of patients
- Feb 20:
- Jahi McMath: Complete text of letter from brain-dead girl's mother
- Feb 19:
- Jahi McMath 'much better,' her mother says
- Feb 1:
- Jahi McMath: Is it safe to have tonsil surgery at Children's Hospital Oakland?
- Jan 27:
- Jahi McMath video claims to show her feet and toes move
- Jan 25:
- Jahi McMath: five similar brain death legal cases
- Jahi McMath: Could her case change how California determines death?
- Jan 9:
- Jahi McMath: Medical experts say organ failure inevitable
- Jan 8:
- Jahi McMath: Girl given breathing, feeding tubes, attorney says
- Jan 7:
- Jahi McMath: Streetfighting lawyer takes heat, death threats for brain-dead Oakland girl's family
- Jan 6:
- Jahi McMath: Family says brain-dead teen's body may be too deteriorated to save
- Document: Medical analysis of Jahi McMath's deteriorating condition
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead girl moved to undisclosed care facility
- Jan 5:
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead teen's family moves her from Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Timeline of events in case of brain-dead Oakland teen
- Jan 3:
- Jahi McMath: Mom can remove brain-dead daughter from hospital, judge rules
- Dec 31:
- Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts
- Jahi McMath: Hospital fights in court to remove brain-dead girl from ventilator
- Dec 29:
- Jahi McMath: Statement of Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Mom and lawyer say only remaining option for brain-dead girl is a New York care facility
- Dec 28:
- Jahi McMath: Family, attorney release letter addressing critics
- Jahi McMath: Family trying to raise money to get 13-year-old airlifted out of state
- Dec 27:
- Jahi McMath: Children's Hospital Oakland agrees to release brain-dead girl to long-term care
- Dec 26:
- Jahi McMath: 2 years ago, a girl wound up severely brain damaged following similar surgery
- Herhold: At bottom, the Jahi McMath story is a tale of a mother's guilt
- Dec 24:
- Jahi McMath: A mother's undeniable love is lost in divisive battle
- Jahi McMath: Judge denies petition to keep girl on ventilator past Dec. 30
- Dec 21:
- Jahi McMath: Medicine's ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death is perceived
- Oakland: Emotional letter from Jahi McMath's mom to keep daughter 'warm'
- Judge grants restraining order keeping brain dead Oakland girl on ventilator through Monday
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- Family of Oakland girl on ventilator furious after meeting with hospital officials
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- Jahi McMath prayer vigil: 'God knows we want a miracle'
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- Oakland: Girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery may be taken off life support Tuesday
- Oakland girl, 13, declared brain-dead after tonsil surgery
OAKLAND -- As blood poured from her daughter's mouth, filling up cups and spilling onto her clothing, Nailah Winkfield began to cry. The Oakland mother said nurses reassured her this was "normal" for the type of tonsil and throat surgery Jahi McMath had just finished to treat her sleep apnea, but she could not bear watching the 13-year-old struggle to breathe.
As tears rolled down her cheek, Winkfield said her daughter mouthed the words: "Don't cry mom."
"It was like she was still worried about me even though blood was coming out of her mouth," a tearful Winkfield said in her first extensive interview since her daughter made national headlines when Children's Hospital Oakland doctors declared her brain-dead Dec. 11 after tonsil surgery complications caused cardiac arrest.
It was the last time Jahi's brown eyes would open.
Her doctors insist she is brain dead and have asked a judge to remove her from life support. Her mother, through an emotional letter, a court declaration and an extensive interview with this newspaper Saturday, pleaded for prayers, time and public understanding of how the Oakland hospital won't let her baby stay "warm." She also wanted the world to know about the shy teen who was less worried about her serious case of sleep apnea than her doctors or parents were, and more concerned with caring for her three siblings.
A judge has given the family a respite until Monday, when an independent doctor will examine Jahi for brain activity.
What can't be argued is the mother's pain.
"My daughter sits on life support. I feel like she is on Death Row," Winkfield wrote in a letter to the public Saturday. "The clock is ticking -- ticking down. Children's Hospital Oakland says she is dead ... I put her in their hands, now they want to wash their hands of her."
While hospital officials have said they are limited in what they can discuss due to patient confidentiality rules, court documents filed by hospital attorneys say the surgery was "complicated" and included procedures to remove tissue elsewhere in the throat and nose. They acknowledge the outcome was tragic, but say it's futile to treat a "dead" patient.
"Our hearts go out to Nailah, her family and the community," Dr. David Durand, chief of pediatrics at the hospital, said in a statement Saturday. "We understand the intense grief of a mother who has lost a child. We are committed to fully investigating what caused this catastrophic outcome from this complicated surgery. As medical professionals, it is our responsibility to ensure that we don't create hope where there is none. When one's brain ceases to function, it never restarts."
Sleep troubles
Winkfield described her daughter as shy, preferring to avoid confrontation.
"If she knew about all this attention she would blush," Winkfield said.
The eightth-grader acted older than her age, setting the table and washing dishes for her family's meals, ironing her sibling's school uniforms and hanging out with friends on their front porch in Oakland. Her mother just started letting her take the bus with friends to her favorite spot, the ice cream shop Cream on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, where she would order her favorite snickerdoodle cookie sandwich with vanilla ice cream.
Jahi had always snored, but about a year ago it became louder. She told her mom at one point: "Mom, I've never had a dream."
Her interrupted sleep started affecting her grades in school, which is common with severe sleep apnea cases, and that's when her mother became concerned.
"It really didn't bother her. She was so used to it, but as her mother it bothered me because I knew the effects," Winkfield said.
A pediatrician visit led to an ear, nose and throat expert, which led to an evaluation that determined she had a "very severe case" of sleep apnea.
Winkfield's research led her to the Oakland children's hospital, where the surgery was performed.
Room 10
The family arrived Dec. 9 for the noon surgery and Jahi told her mom: "I am scared Mommy."
"I said, 'Why Jahi?'" Winkfield wrote in her letter. "She said, 'I am afraid I won't wake up.' I told her it was going to be fine, it was a simple procedure. I should have listened to her."
The surgery was uneventful, the family thought, and a relieved Jahi awoke from sedation and asked for a Popsicle.
Nurses took her to the ICU where she was supposed to spend the night, but staff would not let Winkfield in, Winkfield said.
After about 45 minutes of asking what was happening, Winkfield said she was brought to the ICU, where Jahi was sitting up in bed bleeding from her mouth.
Winkfield said nurses told her it was "normal," but the bleeding increased and the nurses gave her a cup and paper towels to contain it. Soon blood spilled from Jahi's nose, Winkfield said, and she tried to contain it with a small bucket, napkins and a suction device.
Unable to speak and drowsy on morphine, Jahi wrote her notes, Winkfield said, asking "Is this blood?" "Why am I bleeding so much?"
Winkfield's mother, a nurse, replaced her in the ICU, but when Winkfield heard an alert called for Room 10 -- Jahi's room -- she said she rushed back to find staff attempting to restart her daughter's heart. Then Winkfield blacked out, she said, and was admitted herself.
She found out her daughter was in a coma from her own first floor hospital bed, she said.
'I won't stop'
Winkfield said since Jahi slipped into a coma the hospital has been trying to "pull the plug."
In court documents, she explained her families difficulties with Durand and other staff.
At a meeting, Durand said he would not authorize a feeding tube, telling her no life support can be given because she is "dead, dead, dead, dead," according to her court statement. The family also battled Durand for medical records.
"He was condescending and almost angry as if I were stupid. I am not stupid. I know my daughter and she is still here," Winkfield said in her court declaration.
Meanwhile, the hospital, in its court filing, listed bullet points of different ways the hospital has bent rules and found ways to accommodate the family. They argued five doctors declared Jahi brain dead and "to be blunt, Children's is currently merely preserving Ms. McMath's body from the natural post-mortem course of events."
"The only thing I can do is pray," Winkfield said. "I'm just one woman fighting a whole corporation. This is just a business to them. I won't stop."
Her attorney, Christopher Dolan, said even if the doctor next week rules Jahi brain dead, the family will file an appeal and stay with the California Court of Appeals and will take it to the California Supreme Court, if necessary.
"I will not stop until I have done everything in my power legally to stop this injustice," he said.
On Saturday, Winkfield painted Jahi's fingernails and toenails pink with silver sparkles.
"She always liked to match," her mom said with a smile. The family have placed prayer beads around Jahi's wrist, diamond earrings in her ears and they pump a steady dose of Chris Brown and Beyoncé into her earbuds from her iPod.
"Her blood pressure goes up with the fast songs," her mother said. Winkfield said her daughter twitches when she runs her finger along her feet and other areas.
"I can touch her, she is warm," Winkfield wrote. "She responds to my touch. I can love her -- I can feel her love. When she was in my belly I fell in love with her. Her heartbeat from the beginning of her life was my heartbeat until God, through a miracle, sparked her heart into existence. Given time I know he will spark her brain awake."
It's unclear how much time Jahi may get, but for now Winkfield baths her with only Dove soap and Victoria's Secret lotion, "just like she likes it." Bible scriptures surround the walls, given to her from another mother who told her she pinned the same to her son's wall and he awoke from three weeks in a coma.
Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.


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'Conversations' Round-Up
Helping Aging Patients Remain Healthy Must Be a Centerpiece of U.S. Health Care Policy
07.09.13 | By John Castellani
Every day, our industry works to develop new medicines that extend and improve the quality of life for patients. As the Baby Boom generation enters retirement age, one critical health care issue that we must address is how to keep our nation's seniors healthy. It's a topic that I come across regularly in my role at PhRMA.
This past week's 'Conversations' question (Every day, thousands of Americans turn 65. How do we help ensure that the U.S. system is ready to meet their needs?) addressed the issue head on. In response, we heard from Pfizer, the Healthcare Leadership Council and the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) on potential near-term solutions, which all centered around a common theme: as we live longer, it's critical that we find ways to help patients stay healthier and address chronic, long-term care issues effectively.
Consider the following: Alzheimer's alone will cost Medicare and Medicaid close to $300 billion annually by 2030, but finding a treatment that delays the onset of symptoms or slows its progression could result in significant savings. Similarly, discovering a cancer treatment that reduces deaths by 10 percent would yield significant savings. According to a University of Chicago study, it would be worth approximately $4.4 trillion in economic value to current and future generations.
Identifying ways to help patients adhere to their medications will also help people live longer, healthier lives – and produce significant cost savings. For example, recent research shows that every additional dollar spent on medications for adherent patients with congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol generates $3 to $10 dollars in savings on emergency room visits and inpatient hospitalizations.
This dynamic – the potential for medicines to reduce spending in our health care system – is being increasingly recognized. Last year, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office indicated for the first time that prescription medications help achieve overall Medicare cost savings. For every one percent increase in the total number of prescriptions filled, there is a .02 percent decrease in spending on other medical services. This may seem small, but it represents a sea of change in government thinking.
We can all build a health care system that provides high-quality, accessible care for the influx of aging Americans. Keeping Americans healthier for longer periods of time is essential, and our industry is a key member of the broader ecosystem that will continue to confront these challenges to improve the lives of patients.
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- Jul 19:
- Girl who survived Asiana plane crash killed by firetruck
- Jul 13:
- SFO crash: If you were on Asiana Flight 214, would you help others or yourself?
- Jul 9:
- SFO crash: NTSB reveals chaotic details of pilots' confusion; two flight attendants ejected
- SFO crash: Doctor finds unusual pattern of spine injuries
- Jul 8:
- SFO crash: Flight attendant details last moments
- Pilot actions in Asiana crash scrutinized by investigators
- Rescuers recount first moments after Asiana 214's crash at SFO
- Jet crash TV coverage: KTVU claims victory
- Investigation continues into whether plane crash victim was hit by rescue vehicle
- San Jose, Oakland airports expect normal operations Tuesday
- Mercury News editorial: Asiana crash at SFO inspired heroism
- Herhold: What made an Asiana flight attendant a hero in SFO crash?
- Asiana Flight 214 crash: First responders describe surreal scene at SFO
- Jul 7:
- San Francisco: Survivors of Asiana plane crash at SFO tell tales of flying cinnamon buns, iPods and gaping exit holes
- SFO crash: Official probes whether rescuers ran over, killed crash victim
- SFO Crash: Southern California school in shock after students killed, injured in crash
- Two girls killed in San Francisco plane crash were students headed to summer camps in U.S.
- NTSB: Asiana flight tried to abort landing at SFO just seconds before crash
- SFO 'glide slope' inoperable during Saturday's crash
- Air travelers should brace for more delays on Monday
- Live Coverage: Investigation of Asiana Flight 214 crash at SFO
- SFO Crash: Victim may have been hit by rescue truck after plane crash
- Jul 6:
- SFO crash: Terror inside plane that slammed into runway, began to burn
- SFO crash causes chaos in California skies
- SFO Crash: Asiana Airline statement
- Obama grateful to first responders at jet crash
- SFO Crash Raw Video: Coverage of Asiana Flight 214 crash at San Francisco International Airport
- A look back at previous airport approach crashes
- Asiana Airlines connects major technology markets
- Boeing 777 that crashed in SFO has a stellar reputation among pilots
- NTSB launches team to investigate airline crash at SFO
- Asiana Airlines at a glance
- Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg nearly on plane that crashed at SFO
- SFO Crash: 2 girls dead, almost 200 other people injured after Asiana flight 214 slams runway
SAN FRANCISCO -- Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was flying significantly slower than it should have been in its final descent, and the pilots scrambled to abort the landing just moments before it crash-landed, federal investigators said Sunday, the first concrete details about the final moments of the doomed flight to emerge.
And in a horrific revelation, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said his office is investigating the awful possibility that one of the two Chinese schoolgirls who died in the crash Saturday at San Francisco International Airport might have been run over by an emergency vehicle racing to the scene.
As federal investigators sift through wreckage and data to determine what went so tragically wrong for the Boeing 777 jetliner in those final seconds, the initial analysis of the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder showed the plane was "significantly below" the intended landing speed, said National Transportation Safety Board head Deborah Hersman on Sunday. That was just before the aircraft, guided by a pilot who was making his first landing in a Boeing 777 at SFO, clipped the edge of a seawall in front of the runway, leaving two 16-year-olds dead and others critically injured.
But while those are clues about the possible cause of the crash, Hersman emphasized that investigators are drawing no conclusions so soon into what will be a lengthy probe.
"It's too early to rule anything out," Hersman said at a press conference.
But one certainty already had come into focus: This could have been much worse.
Survivors were being treated Sunday for injuries ranging from paralysis to fractured sternums to severe "road rash." But officials expressed amazement that more people didn't die.
"I don't want to discount that lives were lost, that people were critically injured," said San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White. "But it is nothing short of a miracle that we had literally 123 people walk away from this."
Emergency personnel began arriving at the site just three minutes after impact, even as flames were beginning to flicker from the fuselage, Hayes-White said. Foucrault said he hopes an autopsy conducted Sunday will determine if one of the schoolgirls died from injuries sustained in the crash or from being struck by a rescue vehicle.
Of the 307 people onboard, 182 were transported to hospitals by rescue workers. Dr. Margaret Knudson, the chief of surgery at San Francisco General Hospital, said that 17 people remained hospitalized there Sunday, including six in critical condition.
A spokeswoman for Stanford Hospital, which treated 55 patients, said Sunday that two people still are in critical condition. Seven children who were admitted to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, which is part of Stanford, were in good condition.
The events before impact took center stage Sunday.
It appears the plane was just seven seconds away from touching down when the crew realized that a disaster was unfolding. A crew member issued a call to increase speed.
When the pilots tried to accelerate, a stall warning sounded, four seconds before impact. The crew requested a "go-round" -- or aborted landing -- just 1.5 seconds before the crash. But it was too late.
The plane slammed down on the airport's runway 28L with what witnesses described as a loud thud at 11:27 a.m. The tail was sheared off by the sea wall and the plane veered off the runway.
Before the approach, Hersman said, there was no indication on either of the two "black box" recorders that the plane was having trouble.
The agency also will be looking into the fact that the ground-based navigational "glide slope" system on 28L had been inoperable since June due to construction to lengthen the runway.
But Hersman said planes were cleared Saturday for a visual approach, which means "you do not need instruments to get into the airport. It was a clear day with good visibility."
The system, said retired United Airlines co-pilot Fluge Schoendienst, of Pleasanton, "is just another backup that can help you determine how high you are. ... There should have been no problem whatsoever."
Asiana Airlines President Yoon Young-doo apologized to victims and their families and defended the South Korean pilots as "skilled" veterans. But a spokeswoman for the airlines said later that while pilot Lee Kang-kook had nearly 10,000 hours of flying experience, he had only 43 hours with the Boeing 777 and still was in training for the long-range plane.
"He was assisted by another pilot who has more experience with the 777," the spokeswoman told Reuters.
In China, government officials identified the two people who died as Ye Mengtuan and Wang Linjia, both 16-year-old students who were part of a youth group of 29 students and five teachers bound for the San Fernando Valley-based West Valley Christian Church and School camp.
Of the 291 passengers onboard, 141 were Chinese. The flight originated in Shanghai and stopped in Seoul before heading to San Francisco on the nearly 11-hour journey.
Hayes-White said about 225 emergency personnel were at a crash site where passengers were forced to make a dramatic escape, sliding down emergency inflatable ramps as flames spread through the fuselage.
"The passengers deserve a lot of credit," Hayes-White added. "We'll be hearing some amazing, heroic stories in the days following."
Hersman said investigators will be at the site for at least a week.
Heather Somerville, David DeBolt, Eric Kurhi and Katie Nelson contributed to this report.


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Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:24 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 10:24 a.m.
SARASOTA COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies are searching for a man who shot and wounded an acquaintance.
Shortly before midnight, deputies responded to a reported shooting at a home in the 2100 block of Banneker Way. Paramedics took a man with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to Blake Medical Center in Bradenton.
The wounded man said he had been shot by an acquaintance he described as a black male in his 20s who wore all black clothing.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call investigators at (941) 861-4900 or Crime Stoppers at (941) 366-8477.
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- Oct 5:
- A's Sonny Gray puts on legendary performance
- Kawakami: Oakland A's, Detroit Tigers deliver drama
- Oakland A's top Detroit Tigers on ninth-inning single
- Oakland A's finally get revenge -- sort of -- against Tigers ace Justin Verlander
- Tigers reliever Joaquin Benoit apologizes for comments about World Series
- A's third baseman Josh Donaldson says Tigers' Prince Fielder has got some wheels
- Oakland A's won't hesitate to test wounded Tiger Miguel Cabrera
- A's manager Bob Melvin not watching baseball after a loss
- A's shuffle starting lineup for Game 2 against Detroit Tigers
OAKLAND -- Stephen Vogt got the pie in the face and the Gatorade bath, but in the wake of his greatest baseball moment ever, he was quick to remind who the real hero was.
"Tonight was Sonny Gray Night -- that's flat-out," said the 28-year-old rookie catcher. "That's flat-out. Matching Justin Verlander pitch for pitch and zero for zero. He didn't rattle, he kept his composure the whole game. It was just outstanding."
But as a second feature, Vogt was pretty outstanding himself. He called nine shutout innings, eight of them by Gray. He made a critical strikeout/throw out play that ended a Detroit scoring threat in the fifth inning. He had an epic 10-pitch duel with Verlander in the seventh, and even though he struck out, it helped get the Detroit right-hander out of the game at the end of that inning.
Oh, and there was that bases-loaded hit in the bottom of the ninth that won the game for the A's 1-0, a shot to left-center on a 1-1 pitch that turned the Coliseum into pure bedlam.
Vogt couldn't remember what kind of pitch it was or its location.
"I was just looking for something over the plate and try to hit it back up the middle," he said.
What was going through his mind as he was running up the first baseline?
"Everything," he said. "It's the moment every kid dreams of. I remember playing in my front yard with nobody else, imagining getting a walk-off hit in a playoff game or a World Series. It's just everything you can dream of and more. I'm so happy right now."
Vogt said he couldn't even feel his body as he rounded the bag and was mobbed by his teammate between first and second base.
"I didn't feel anything," he said. "There was so much emotion and so much feeling, I kind of blacked out for a second."
The A's, to a man, will tell you the outcome couldn't happen to a better guy.
"What a great story -- a 28-year-old rookie, more than put in his time and paid his dues," said reliever Sean Doolittle. "For him to have that night on both sides -- offensively and defensively -- that was awesome."
Working in tandem with Gray may have been the most crucial part, if not as dramatic as his Verlander at-bat or his game-winner.
"We came to Sacramento together and threw all year there, so it was nice to have him back there tonight," said Gray. "Stephen just knows my strengths and those are the fingers he puts down."
They teamed up beautifully in the fifth to escape the toughest jam they faced all night -- first and third with one out and Austin Jackson at the plate. Jose Iglesias, the runner at first, took off on a 3-2 pitch to Austin Jackson. Jackson swung and missed, and Vogt fired a missile to second to easily nail Iglesias to end the inning.
"Sonny's always quick to the plate," Vogt said. "That's just another thing I love about him as a pitcher. He's going to give you a chance to throw a guy out. I had a good feeling (Iglesias) was running there 3-2, and fortunately he made such a great pitch. That was such a huge momentum swing for us just to get us out of that first-and-third one-out jam."
And then there was the confrontation in the seventh with Verlander, one for the ages that almost was separate from the game.
Vogt fouled off the first pitches he saw, took a ball, fouled off another, took a second ball, then fouled one more time before finally taking a mighty swing and striking out.
"It was awesome," Vogt said. "It was a great at-bat. He made such good pitches and I fouled off a few pitches. I expanded the zone a little bit at times, but I wasn't going to go down looking."
Verlander seemed to enjoy it, too, and said so afterward.
"It was one heck of a battle," said the Detroit standout, who threw the last 10 of his 117 pitches to Vogt. "I felt I like I was giving him everything I had and he was putting good swings on everything."
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Another big month in sales for Neal
Published: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 9:18 p.m.
LAKEWOOD RANCH - Regional builder Neal Communities continued to break sales records in February, registering 81 new home sales throughout several communities in the region.
Last month's mark sailed over the 71 sales in January, and it also broke the record for the most sales per month in the company's 40-year history.
This year, Neal has set a sales pace that exceeds the builder's record year in 2012 by 50 percent.
"Prices are low, mortgage rates are still low, and we have a huge variety of inventory to suit almost every need in the market right now," David Hunihan, Neal's director of sales, said in a statement. "The pent up demand of people who had been sitting on the sidelines for years continues to fuel our sales numbers."
That has allowed Neal to do something that would have been unheard of until the last year or so: raise its prices.
"We have been steadily raising prices across several of our communities in order to control supply and demand," Hunihan said.
The February sales were spread out over 13 communities, spanning from Parrish to Englewood.
Grand Palm, Neal's new master-planned community in Venice, had its biggest month to date -- 22 sales -- since opening last fall.
Other notable communities this month included Woodbrook with 14 sales, Forest Creek with nine sales, Fairfield with six sales, and River's Reach with five sales.
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