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The potential for chaotic commutes around the Bay Area sharply escalated late Thursday when BART unions officially gave 72-hour notice of a strike starting Monday morning.
However, in another twist Friday morning, the BART union representing train operators, station agents and other workers called on Gov. Jerry Brown to use his powers to issue a 60-day cooling off period. That could avert a strike, though BART management is opposed, saying it would prefer a strike now during the summer months when traffic is lighter. A spokesman for Brown declined to comment Friday.
Regardless, both sides could still reach a deal by their Sunday night deadline to avoid a strike, and management and unions said they would strongly prefer to avert a shutdown. Unions and management leaders were back at the bargaining table Friday after making minor progress toward a deal Thursday, with disputes over wages, pension and health care contributions and safety provisions continuing to be the key sticking points.
Official confirmation of a strike is the last step necessary for the unions before pulling the trigger on a work stoppage following rank-and-file members' overwhelming vote on Tuesday to authorize a potential strike.
"We are not at impasse, and we believe that we could reach a fair agreement that recognizes the extraordinary work that our members perform to maintain BART's outstanding service record and high customer satisfaction ratings," says the letter from the local Service Employees International Union says, which joined the Amalgamated Transit Union in issuing the strike notice around 11 p.m. on Thursday. "However, BART's continued refusal to bargain in good faith leaves us with no option but to strike in protest."
The letter says that if a deal is not reached, the union will continue to work into the wee hours Monday morning to wrap up service that would begin on Sunday night but not show up to get the trains running for Monday's normal start time for service.
BART officials said they were eager to continue negotiating toward a settlement.
"We will pay attention to it but we certainly expect to be back at the table negotiating, as they said, to avoid this," BART spokesman Rick Rice said late Thursday night.
Both sides offered counter-proposals earlier on Thursday that were slightly closer to a middle ground, though they remained far apart on key issues such as wages.
The ATU, the smaller union, asked Brown for the 60-day delay while the SEIU and BART management both want to resolve their issues now. Still, SEIU local president John Arantes said Friday that if the governor issues a delay, his union would abide by it and show up to work to avert a shutdown.
"We will always respect what the governor says," Arantes said.
A 60-day delay could put the strike right in the cross hairs of Labor Day weekend, when the Bay Bridge is currently scheduled to close so the new east span can open.
Brown, a former Oakland mayor, has championed the bridge project and a BART shutdown coupled with a Bay Bridge closure would completely cut off Oakland and San Francisco by any means other than boat, marring the celebratory opening of the bridge. Transportation officials are set to decide by July 10 whether the new bridge, which has come under fire for safety concerns, will still open on Labor Day weekend.
BART workers joined employees of the city of Oakland at a news conference in Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on Friday morning as city workers announced a one-day strike set for Monday. Dozens of SEIU workers wore purple shirts that read "Will strike if provoked" and buttons that said "enough is enough," as they rallied in front of several news cameras and reporters.
Workers at AC Transit, the region's third-biggest transit operator, are also threatening a shutdown for Monday morning. Worker contracts at BART, AC Transit and the city of Oakland all expire at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
"We head back into negotiations on Friday afternoon, and I am bringing my toothbrush and a clean union T-shirt so I can stay all weekend," said Yvonne Williams, president of the local Amalgamated Transit Union representing AC Transit workers.
The BART board was set to discuss the labor talks in a closed session meeting Friday evening as staff negotiators continue to discuss a deal throughout the day.
If a strike is called, some BART riders plan to push through and drive alone, others intend to carpool, many will try other transit options -- and some are left wondering what they'll do.
"I don't know how I will get around," said Dan McClure, an unemployed Oakland resident without a car who rides BART several times per week. "How do you get around to look for a job if the trains aren't running?"
Dominic Campisi, a Walnut Creek attorney who regularly commutes to San Francisco, said he expects he would resort to taking a carpool with other friends, as he did during the 1997 BART strike.
"Traffic will be a mess, but there are other ways to get around. They will take longer, though," Campisi said Friday while waiting for a train at the Walnut Creek BART station. "It will not be the end of the world."
Shelley Sun of Danville, a daily BART commuter, said she is not looking forward to driving to her software job in San Francisco if the trains aren't running.
"It's going to take a long time to get across the Bay Bridge," she said. "It will be very disruptive."
The average BART employee made about $83,000 in gross pay in 2012. Including benefits and other perks, BART's average cost for each employee was about $116,000 last year. Virtually all of BART's 3,200-plus employees are scheduled to receive a 1 percent raise on Monday as part of their current four-year deal.
Staff writer Denis Cuff contributed to this report. Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.

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Steps to recreate GlassFish v3 gem v0.1.2
By pramodg on Mar 14, 2008
This blog details the steps to be followed if you plan to build the GlassFish V3 gem 0.1.2 gem.
Build Steps :
cd "SomeDirForGem" svn checkout --revision=18807 https://svn.dev.java.net/svn/glassfish-svn/trunk/v3 --username guest cd v3 mvn -U install cd distributions/gem mvn installTechnically one should be able to just get the v3 gem and build it and jruby stuff should work. But just to be on the safe side I am providing the revision number so that svn would checkout and build the same bits that I have used when publishing the gem.
At the end of the steps, mentioned above you would have the gem created and available at :
SomeDirForGem/v3/distributions/gem/target/dependency/glassfish/pkg/glassfish-0.1.2-universal-java-1.5.gemTo use this gem with your JRuby installation :
jruby -S gem install SomeDirForGem/v3/distributions/gem/target/dependency/glassfish/pkg/glassfish-0.1.2-universal-java-1.5.gem(to install the gem for the first time)
jruby -S gem update SomeDirForGem/v3/distributions/gem/target/dependency/glassfish/pkg/glassfish-0.1.2-universal-java-1.5.gem(to update an existing glassfish gem)
Code layout Information :In V3 land the code related to the JRuby interaction can be found under v3/extras/rails directory. This code layer is a wrapper and eventually delegates to the JRuby module, obtained from the Grizzly project. There have been questions asked on why the code is not in one place. The best way that I can answer this question is is by stating that the initial support for JRuby was provided as part of the Grizzly - JRuby module. This code predates the V3 activity. With the modular design of V3 it is easy to drop in a module and have V3 server support the new module. Hence to support JRuby in V3 the decision was made to use the JRuby module from Grizzly.
One task that was carried out before releasing the gem v0.1.2, was to move the jruby code from the module's area to the contribs area of Grizzly. The main reason to do this was to ensure that releases of the grizzly-jruby module could be done independent of grizzly releases. Also each release of the gem version would have a corresponding grizzly-jruby module released to the maven repository. This would make it easier to regenerate the code that was used to create and publish the gem at RubyForge.
For the gem v0.1.2 the V3 code gets the corresponding grizzly-jruby module as part of the build cycle and packages it into the gem.
For those of you who would like to checkout and build the grizzly-jruby module :
svn checkout https://grizzly.dev.java.net/svn/grizzly/trunk/contribs/jruby --username guest cd jruby mvn installAt this point of time after the successful execution of this steps you would have grizzly-jruby-0.1.2.jar, published to your local maven repository (~/.m2/repository). If you now build the v3 gem, it would use your newly created module.


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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- It looked nothing like a heavyweight fight on paper but turned out to be one down the stretch, with Kansas center Jeff Withey and San Jose State senior James Kinney throwing the biggest blows.
Unfortunately for the Spartans, Kinney's 30-point night was not enough to topple the triple-double from the Jayhawks' 7-footer, and No. 10 Kansas held off San Jose State 70-57 Monday night at historic Allen Fieldhouse.
"Give a lot of credit to Kansas' defense," SJSU coach George Nessman said. "They were just phenomenal around the rim. On the sideline, I thought all those shots were about to go in and then, bang, they're going the other way. Some of those blocks were like outlet passes for their fast break."
Withey secured his triple-double -- 16 points, 12 rebounds, school-record 12 blocks -- with a block of Xavier Jones with 7:45 to play. At the time, San Jose State trailed by 14 and was trying to recover from an 18-0 run by the Jayhawks (5-1) that turned a 40-34 lead into a 58-34 runaway. But after the Spartans (2-3) fell behind by 24, Kinney caught fire.
"James can do that," Nessman said of the senior guard's second-half tear. "He sometimes comes out of system and is able to make a lot of things up, but our system wasn't getting it done, so we needed somebody to make some plays. At some point you have to let your main guy go. You have to give him a little freedom to attack."
With KU leading 60-36 with 11:42 to play, Kinney scored seven straight points and assisted on Louis Garrett's 3-pointer to cut the Jayhawks' lead to 60-46 with 9:37 remaining.
"I never doubt my abilities," Kinney said. "Give Kansas credit. They're a great team. They got size, athletes, everything. I wasn't gonna give up. I'm not gonna get embarrassed out here."
Added Nessman: "I just don't think we have any fold in us. It's just not who we are."
With Kinney's 11-of-26 shooting performance (including 4 of 12 from 3-point range) sparking the offense, the SJSU defense joined in, holding Kansas scoreless for 6:52 and without a field goal for 10:26 in the latter stages of the second half.
Kinney's fourth 3-pointer cut Kansas' lead to 64-57 with 2:47 remaining, but San Jose State didn't score again. Still, the Spartans walked away pleased with how they competed.
"This is as hard a place as there is to play in the country," Nessman said. "And I think we acquitted ourselves OK."
No other SJSU player joined Kinney in scoring in double figures, but Chris Cunningham chipped in 11 rebounds, and D.J. Brown added seven points.
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From the pages of the New York Times' Modern Love column comes one woman's moving and uproarious story of how love and laughter rescued her from life-threatening illness. Angela Balcita's cathartic memoir of finding love while wrestling with kidney failure will strike a chord with anyone yearning for a poignant, true-to-life romance…with a real fairy tale ending.
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At the age of eighteen, Angela Balcita had reached a point in her life when her health could not keep up with her optimistic personality. After suffering kidney failure and after her body's rejection of the kidney her brother donated to her, she was in desperate need of a transplant.
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I am a new runner, old athlete. I am 44 yo and in pretty good shape. I've always been athletic but not good at endurance. I was a sprinter in high school (200m) and did gymnastics up until my mid 20's. When I started running last year, I could hardly run the length of 3 houses before feeling like I was going to pass out and puke. I finally reached my goal of running 1 mile without stopping this spring but I having a hard time trying to get past that. I've been doing interval training and have been able to go 5k that way. I feel like I can do a whole 5k without stopping - my lungs feel good, my legs are strong, but I get SO HOT!!! I end up getting horrible headaches. I live in Florida and have been training all summer and while sometimes I'm ok, most of the time I'm not. I think the problem is I start to overheat. My head feels so hot and its like I'm breathing in hot air. I can't get cool. I sweat SO MUCH!! Its like someone is pouring warm water all over me and its running down my legs. I hydrate extra plenty with lots of water and Gatorade on the days I'm going to be working out. I've treid taking an ibuprphen before workig out but that didn't really help either. I have a towel to dry off and I bring a bottle of ice water that I am constantly pouring over my head to try to keep me cool. This is helpful when I'm in my class but not practical when I'm out on the road running. I've tried those cooling bandanas but they didn't really do much for me. I know its the humidity because when it was a little dryer last week (but still in the 90's), I didn't have any problems.
Hopefully fall is coming soon but in the meantime, is there anything else I can do or is that just my nature? Will it get better as time goes on? If there is any humidity out, I will drip sweat, even if I'm standing still. You'd think after living down here in the swamp for almost 30 years I'd get used to it.
Thanks from a transplanted Northerner -
Gainesville, Fl
Not a lot you can do, but here are a couple of things to think about: Headaches are the 1st sign of heat sickness and taking ibuprofen before you run in those conditions is a very bad idea! It is awful for your kidneys! As a new runner you don't need to be doing hard interval training if it's run/walk you are okay, but if it's speed stuff stop it for now! Slow down some that should help. Another thing would be to run earlier or later in the day! One other thing to remember is sweating is good if you stop you are in trouble. It's getting better every day now, your pace when it's hot needs to be slower! This winter you should be able to go a little faster, but when summer comes back around you will need to slow down again!
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Really good advice from BOS and Shipo.. I agree that you will get better as time goes on, because you were a different kind of athlete than the one you are gradually becoming. Consider your second question answered.
As to what you can do going forward, I have some additional advice. Shipo's experience with endurance training highlights one of the most important aspects of endurance running, which is proactive hydration. Think of all that water and tea, and how it is distributed around the clock. Running 5 kilometers or less, most of what you drink just before, or along the way, does not hit your system until you are done running. It takes about 20 minutes for your body to absorb that drink of water or Gatorade, and much longer for that H2O to find its way into the tissues of your muscles. The drink along the way helps more to satisfy your thirst and help you recover later, than it does to cool you off on these short runs.
With apologies to the folks down in the birthplace of sports drinks, where you train, the commercials sometimes depict an effect of immediate hydration that is misleading. Being well hydrated so your tissues can sweat effectively, starts 24 hours or more before exercise. The better prepared you are the day before, the better your performance will be when it counts. The minerals and nutrition you need for that workout need to be in place before you start. My advice, based on this fact and your athletic history, is to refrain from any sugared drinks during these hot runs. The extra carbs will only jack up your metabolism and produce more waste heat. Stick to water during these relatively brief workouts, and make sure your diet the rest of the day is rich in vital minerals (electrolytes).
Back in the day, you participated in fast-twitch sports that depended on a rapid conversion of stored sugar (glycogen) into energy. The key to success in endurance sports, on the other hand, is the gradual shift to fat-burning. There are two keys to transitioning from short-term bursts of energy to the type of slow-burn performance you need, and there is a time and a place for both. Intervals are still a helpful part of training the body to burn fat around the clock, but especially now, when it is hot outside, the long-slow-distance (LSD) training puts that process to work in a sustainable way.
As the others pointed out, now is the time to match your speed to your conditions. Gradually, your body will learn to run cooler with greater efficiency, when that's all you ask it to do. Starting out at a pace much slower than you are capable of, you will give your body the chance to shift from burning sugar to mostly fat. This can take a half hour or so, which means you will not really get to the place you want to be until you are ready to go longer distances. Make those first few miles as slow as you can go, with the realization that the real training is yet to come. Gradually tack on those extra miles over the next few months, and your body will oblige by beginning the transition from short-distance runner to endurance athlete.
Your account of the early experiments with running is like my own. I never thought distance was for me when I was younger, and started late with the same early disappointments. After a year or so, I was introduced to the Galloway method of distance training, the walk-run method, which is based on going much slower than potential. I was still capable of running fast, but my horizons for increased mileage expanded. Eventually I would compete in marathons, even qualifying for Boston, but it took years to get comfortable. My body had to change, and I am confident yours will, too.
I tend to get headaches after my long runs. I found that if I take Dioralyte (or any rehydration saches) before I set out for a run and keep hydrating as normal during and after my run, I don't get the headaches anymore.
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Hitting the road to Vietnam, I didn't know what to expect; the journey began in Southern Vietnam in Ho Chi Min City, formerly known as Saigon. We started off exploring the city, with our pro globalization cyclo driver kept saying "Got mouth to eat, Got no mouth to speak".
We then traveled to Cao Dai temple, in which the temple was like going through some mad alice in wonderland dream. The architecture was like nothing I have ever seen before, it was modern with lots of exquisite art and detail everywhere. The religion is a combination of teachings from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam and other religions with the intention to promote peace.
Another highlight was visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels, which is an ingenious invention of seeing how resilience the Vietnamese during the American war. The Vietcong controlled under the grounds while Americans controlled the sky and land. The tunnels were tiny and it was amazing to realize that people lived there, cooked, slept, used the bathroom and even had children. The visit was quite emotional because our tour guide was quite the opposite of our cyclo driver, he was a Vietcong fighter during the war. As we watched movies of how Vietcong rewarded brave soldiers that fought the evil Americans, it took me back to realize how symbolic nationalism was during that time.
We were then transferred to a parallel world to have a dinner in a completely different world of westernize vietnamese food before dancing the night away to fusion of the francophone culture.
Next destination to the midlands, in which we hoped on an internal flight to Danang, which was quite an adventure sort of like being on a busy public bus in a rural towns. The only thing missing from people's luggage were the chickens, they had their things huge plastic bags. The flight was noisy and for three girls who got less than three hours of sleep it was quite the nightmare.
Our next destination was taking a cab to Hoi Ann, which was a 45 minute drive. We negotiated with our cab and after five minutes of driving, the cabbie stopped opened the trunk and there was a black car behind us. Once we realize what happened, Vimal tried to open her door, and it was locked. My immediate reaction is like I am not going to have my things robbed from me. It wasnt going to happen to me so I jumped to the passenger seat of the car, rushed to the trunk and pushed the driver aside, not sure what I was yelling. We all took our bags and walked back to the airport. The driver kept saying it was cheaper to take a private car but after hearing the horror stories of backpackers in Vietnam we werent going to find out.
An hour later, we eventually made it to Hoi Ann, which is a UNESCO Heritage Site where we spent the day cycling the city indulging in Vietnamese coffee, tea and cuisine while the city poured around us. The city was magical, it made me realize how this haven had so many settlers. It was protected and because it was hard to get, spared the horrors of the Vietnamese war, the pagados, the old houses, and the atmosphere. We had loads of fun singing at the top of our lungs while cycling the rice paddies. We also go to experience the fabulous world of tailored clothes.
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OAKLAND -- There really was no other logical way for things to play out Wednesday night at the Oakland Coliseum.
The A's were down to their last gasp in the ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers, only to stage a comeback that has typified this joy ride of a season.
Seth Smith delivered a game-tying, two-run double and Coco Crisp singled him home, and the A's pulled out a 4-3 victory in Game 4 of the American League Division Series before a sellout crowd of 36,385.
They were three outs away from their season ending. Instead, the A's forced a deciding Game 5 with Detroit on Thursday, with the winner advancing to the A.L. Championship Series.
"We have to keep everybody on edge to pull off something magical," Crisp explained.
After a regular season that produced 14 walk-off victories, the A's found a way to top themselves. And it was no surprise Crisp was at the center of it.
He was at bat for three of those previous walk-off moments -- one on a base hit and two on sacrifice flies. He knew what he had coming during his postgame interview -- a whipped cream pie in the face from Josh Reddick, followed by a Gatorade shower.
It was the A's first postseason walk-off victory since Ramon Hernandez's bunt in Game 1 of the 2003 ALDS against Boston. It also marked just the second time the A's have erased a two-run, ninth-inning deficit to win a postseason game.
The first time? Game 5 of the 1929 World Series.
"That's just how we've been playing all year," Josh Donaldson said over blaring music in the clubhouse. "We're not gonna stop until they tell us we have to. I guarantee we could probably go play another nine right now."
The A's had mustered just four hits in the first eight innings and trailed 3-1 entering the ninth.
Reddick led off with a single off Tigers closer Jose Valverde, then Donaldson doubled off the left-field wall. Smith doubled them home with a gapper to right-center off Tigers closer Jose Valverde.
Smith was asked to describe his at-bat.
"It was really loud," he said. "My ears were hurting."
After pinch hitter George Kottaras popped up and Cliff Pennington struck out, Crisp hit the first pitch into right field.
Smith rounded third, and when Avisail Garcia couldn't field the ball cleanly, Smith scored without a throw and a party ensued on the A's infield.
The A's won the A.L. West title on the final day of the regular season, and they've set up another enticing showdown for Game 5. They send rookie Jarrod Parker to the mound to oppose defending A.L. Cy Young winner Justin Verlander, who silenced them in Game 1.
The A's have snatched momentum after dropping the first two games of this best-of-five series in Detroit.
"It's baseball," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "That's why this is the greatest game of all. It looked like we were going to get it. We didn't do it."
A's players were crediting closer Grant Balfour for lighting a fire in the dugout. In the eighth inning, Balfour was yelling at the top of his lungs that the A's were going to make a comeback. Then pitching coach Curt Young reminded him that he would be entering the game if the A's tied it.
"I said, 'Don't worry about it. I'm gonna be ready, but we're gonna walk it off,' " Balfour said.
A crucial baserunning mistake in the sixth seemed like it might seal the A's fate.
With Oakland trailing 2-0, Stephen Drew delivered an RBI double with nobody out but was thrown out easily at third base to squelch a rally. Replays showed that third base coach Mike Gallego was waving him all along.
But Drew's double managed to chase Tigers starter Max Scherzer, who went 51/3 innings and allowed just one unearned run on three hits. He struck out eight and walked one.
A's rookie A.J. Griffin was pulled after five-plus innings. He gave up a run in the third on Austin Jackson's RBI single, and Prince Fielder's homer in the fourth made it 2-0.
For more on the A's, go to Joe Stiglich's blog at ibabuzz.com/athletics and follow him at twitter.com/joestiglich.


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After Hours of Bordeaux, There's Nothing Like Champagne
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The team split up for our second night in Bordeaux—a few folks stayed back at the hotel to get work done, one group went to Chateau Kirwan for dinner, while we set out for Chateau Prieure-Lichine in Margaux for the evening. Following an afternoon of tasting 75+ wines, with no lunch, on about 3.5 hours of sleep, we were understandably dragging. Settling into the living room, the evening was led by Prieure-Lichine's Commercial Director Lise Latrille, who immediately started us off with the new vintage of Prieure-Lichine.
While the wine was wonderful and elegant in a way that the great cabernets from Margaux are, we were fading and in no shape to truly appreciate it. I could see people fidgeting in an attempt to stay focused and knew this was going to be a long evening. And then came the Bollinger! When your palate is fried from hours and hours of tasting barrel samples of tannic reds, there is simply nothing in the world that can compare to a glass of champagne. It's hard to overstate this. Lunches often start with a glass of bubbly (as mornings are filled with tasting multiple wines), and marathon tastings are often interrupted by a glass of champagne, which reinvigorates the palate and helps assess the wines that follow more accurately. Lest we forget the sheer joy of Champagne… It's medicine for the palate and brings joy to the soul.
In less than 48 hours, we had already been served Krug, Bollinger and Roederer. On this particular evening, the crispness and acidity of the bubbles brought us back to life, and the room noticeably lifted. Conversation became less of a struggle, and once the hors d'oeuvres were passed around, the fog was gone. Champagne…is there anything it can't do?
Another amazing meal followed, highlighted by a steak cooked to absolute perfection over a fire built from cut vines. We were treated to multiple vintages of Prieure-Lichine, 2000 Clinet (oh man, what a treat!) and a stunning 2005 Climens Sauternes with dessert. With 10 of us seated around a beautiful table in the downstairs of the chateau, we touched on virtually every topic you're not supposed to—politics, French vs. American, Bordeaux pricing, wine industry problems—with enough tawdry language and inappropriate comments from both us and our hosts to easily fill several hours of dining.
As we retired to the living room once again to conclude the evening with cognac and aged rum (rum in Bordeaux? why not…), it was hard to imagine that a few hours earlier we felt exhausted and wondering how we'd make it through the evening. Without the champagne, we might not have!


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By Wade Bourne
He was a grizzled old Arkansas guide with a double-barrel attitude. On this morning, he'd had a couple of clients in his party who wanted to help with the calling. "We'd have shot more ducks if they had left their calls in their pockets," the guide grumbled. "There are duck callers, and then there are duck call blowers." He undoubtedly felt that these two men belonged in the latter category.
Sprinkled throughout North America, however, are hunters who truly have the gift of gab with waterfowl. They are genuine calling experts who know which sounds to make, and when to make them, to consistently pull ducks and geese into close range.
The following calling tips from 10 such authorities will help you bag more waterfowl and experience the special fulfillment that results from talking these birds down into the decoys.
Jim Ronquest of Holly Grove, Arkansas, was the 2006 world champion duck caller and is a full-time producer of RNT Game Calls' television shows and videos. Ronquest has guided hunters on the duck-rich Arkansas Grand Prairie since boyhood.
"Late in the season, when ducks are educated by hunting pressure, they sometimes get shy of the traditional comeback call. They've heard this call over and over, and I think they get leery of it," Ronquest says.
"So, when ducks are swinging and are at the point where it would be appropriate to blow a comeback call, I'll use an aggressive feeding call instead," he says. "This is a fairly loud, rapid series of kuks with a lot of growling into the call. This is louder and more demanding than regular feeding chatter. I tend to think of it as an assembly call. I push it pretty hard, and I vary the air pressure to break the sounds up."
Ronquest says ducks aren't used to hearing this call, so they're more likely to respond to it. "It's all about inflection and insistence. It's another way of saying 'get in here right now,'" he explains.
Kelly Haydel of Bossier City, Louisiana, is promotions manager for Haydel Game Calls, the company founded by his father, Eli. Kelly has also guided in the Louisiana marshes for 22 years. His favorite bird is the specklebelly (white-fronted goose), and he's a master at calling these cagey birds into his decoys.
"When calling specks, you have to develop a dialogue with an individual goose," Haydel advises. "When he makes his two-note yodel, blow it right back at him. He calls, and then you call. You have to develop a rhythm and a dialogue that goes back and forth."
Haydel says if the goose quits calling, the hunter should continue calling with the same rhythm. "Just call as though the goose is still responding to you," Haydel says. "Sometimes he'll skip two or three sequences, but if you maintain the rhythm, he'll join back in."
What if the specks circle just out of range and won't finish? "Try ground-clucking to get them to come on in," Haydel advises. "Just say hut-hut-hut into your call. Cluck rapidly five to 10 times, take a breath, and do it again. If the geese turn in, keep calling until you reach for your gun."
Tony Vandemore of Kirksville, Missouri, starts hunting snow geese in the fall and chases them throughout the spring season. An Avery pro-staffer and Zink Calls Z-Unit member, Vandemore is known for his innovation with decoys and different hunting styles.
But when it comes to calling snow geese, he says most hunters are better off sticking with the basics. "They should concentrate on making one clear, good-sounding call instead of trying to make too much noise," he says. "Hunters should imitate just one bird making the high-pitched bark that snows make naturally. This is a single note spaced two to three seconds apart.
Sometimes you might alternate from this with two quick notes in succession. But basically, you just make that high single note. Juveniles, especially, will home right in on that."
When snows are gliding and coming in, Vandemore scales back on the volume and frequency of his calls. But if the birds begin to flap their wings again, he calls louder and faster to try to lock them back up.
"You don't need the loudest call on the market," he adds. "You just need a good, clear call that will hold the birds' attention and pull them down to the decoys."
Mike Boyd of Tunica, Mississippi, hunts on Beaver Dam Lake and has lured thousands of mallards, gadwalls, and other ducks into his cypress tree-lined hole over the last 40 years. He has done this mostly with a quiet, subtle calling style that produces very little echo off the standing timber.
Boyd's secret calling weapon is an excited chatter that he calls the rau-rau call. "I've heard mallards make this call at other ducks that are passing by," he explains. "It's different from any other call ducks make. It's four to five fast single notes that ascend the scale in volume, over and over. It's a type of chuckle, but it's more persuasive than a standard monotone feed call."
Boyd says when ducks circle close, he tones down the rau-rau call. But when they swing away, he ratchets the volume back up. "I test every day for what the birds like best," he says. "Generally, though, I try not to overcall and just let the ducks work themselves if they will."
Curt Wilson of Oroville, California, is a territory manager for Avery Outdoors and a lifelong duck hunter. Wilson grew up in west Tennessee, and he took calling methods he learned there with him when he moved to the West Coast. Once there, he also learned a few new things about calling Pacific Flyway mallards.
"Back home in Tennessee, the best days for calling ducks were cold and clear with a moderate wind," Wilson says. "But out here, the best calling days are windy and rainy. This is when you need to be aggressive with your calling—more frequency and louder volume. It's as if the ducks have trouble hearing you in the wind. So on days like this, I'll usually call right up until it's time to shoot. If you let up on the birds, they'll start sliding away."
Wilson believes storms stir up ducks, and this is why they respond enthusiastically to his aggressive calling. "It's as if the storm excites them, and a loud, compulsive calling style is the best match to their mood," he says.
Barnie Calef of Palo, Iowa, is a three-time world champion duck caller and the founder of Calef Calls, makers of fine duck and goose calls. He has years of guiding experience in the upper Midwest. Calef believes that ducks are warier now than ever, so he's gone to a more natural calling style.
"When ducks are within calling range, blow some type of call at them—a hail call, greeting call, feeding call, whatever—and watch their reaction," he advises. "If they turn toward your decoys, ease off on the calling. Then, when they start to leave, hit them again with the call they reacted positively to before. This is the call you should stick with to get them to come in.
"I find myself calling less and making it mean more," Calef adds. "I think if you blow at the right time and with a call the birds like, you're better off with a lot less calling. Personally, I use a five-note greeting call just about all the time now."
Jason Connellee of Port Deposit, Maryland, is an Avery and Zink Calls pro-staffer and an avid, longtime Canada goose hunter. In years past, he has pursued honkers in Canada, the upper Midwest, and around Chesapeake Bay.
Sometimes Connellee hunts places where several groups of hunters may be calling to the same flock of geese. He says this kind of pressure educates the birds, and they soon learn to ignore standard calling styles.
But he has an ace up his sleeve. "When a flock is coming over the field, I don't call to them. Instead, I let them fly by, and when they get about 200 yards past me, I blow a sudden, loud series of comeback calls," Connellee explains. "Basically, these are three strings of fast double-clucks that sound like two geese clucking back and forth to each other."
Connellee says double-clucks are calls of excitement or aggression. "Put these strings of double-clucks together, and it sounds like birds on the ground are excited or protective of a food source. Many times this will cause the passing geese to believe the decoys are real, and they'll cut back to them," he says.
J. R. Adkins of Rogersville, Tennessee, is a member of the Knight and Hale Game Calls pro staff, and he's an avid Canada goose hunter and competition caller. He won the Tennessee state goose calling championship in 2006.
Adkins says it's common for geese to be coming to decoys and then land short by a couple of hundred yards. When most callers see this happening, they give up. "It's as if they resign themselves to the fact that the geese are about to land out of range, and they continue making the same clucks and moans (laydown calls) they were blowing when the geese were approaching."
But Adkins doesn't give up. When incoming honkers are about to land short, he "pours the coal to them," switching to very loud, fast, excited calling to pull the birds those last few yards. "What I blow is wild-sounding. It's really off the wall, but it's unreal how well the geese respond to it," he says. "Then once they pick back up and keep coming, I change back to regular laydown calls. It's as if the geese are thinking, 'Something's going on over there, and we'd better go take a look.' And they usually do."
Jeff Coats of Bel Air, Maryland, has guided waterfowlers on Chesapeake Bay for 15 years. He specializes in hunting divers from boats over big, open-water decoy spreads. His clients typically take canvasbacks, redheads, scaup, buffleheads, and other species over his spread of more than a hundred decoys.
Coats "calls" divers with a flag instead of a duck call. "I use a black cotton flag that's 24 by 24 inches," he says. "I rig it on a 36-inch pole. When ducks are passing at a distance, I stand up tall in the boat and wave the flag over my head. It's just a big left-to-right, a slow wave. It's like saying, 'Hey, over here!' When the birds see me and turn my way, I put the flag down and let them come on to the decoys."
Coats says flagging is especially effective when divers are skimming along barely above the water's surface. "When the birds are low, they can't see my decoys from as far," he says. "So I flag to them to get them to flare up off the water. It's a lot easier for them to see my decoys if they're 50 feet high than if they're two feet high."
Brian "Bubba" McPhearson of Madison, Mississippi, supervises the waterfowl calling division of Primos Hunting Calls. During duck season, if he's not making calls, he's using them, mostly on mallards in this state's duck-rich Mississippi Delta.
"By the time ducks get this far down the flyway, they've heard a lot of calling, and they're hard to finish," McPhearson says. "So when they get tough, I blow a quiet little 'hiccup call' because it's a call that's rarely used in the field."
McPhearson describes this call as a series of five to six notes with an extra half-note separating the long notes. "It sounds like 'wank-a, wank-a, wank-a. . . .' You make the half-note with your tongue, pushing air up against your teeth. It's almost like a stutter note or a little squeal at the end of each long note."
McPhearson uses this call when ducks have circled his spread a couple of times and have turned back for one more look. "It's a convincer," he explains. "I don't know why it works, but it does, especially with ducks on public areas that have been called to a lot. They like it, and they come to it."


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The greatest travel innovation since the wheelie bag! Trunki allows children to scoot along on their luggage through the airport or train station. This lightweight, sturdy, carry-on sized suitcase serves as luggage, riding toy, and transport for kids on the go! At home, Trunki may be used as a convenient kid-friendly storage bin too! Features include a tow strap, carry handles, secure catches, integrated wheels and stabilizers to prevent toppling over. Holds up to 100 lbs.
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SAN JOSE -- Former Shark Teemu Selanne has made it clear this is his final season in the NHL and he acknowledged Thursday morning that this is a unique stop on his farewell tour with the Anaheim Ducks.
Selanne, 43, is one of the NHL's most popular players and will get another video tribute Thursday night when the Ducks play the Sharks at the SAP Center. But Selanne will also get something he doesn't get anywhere else: Booing.
"I know," he said of the reception he's heard since leaving the Sharks after the 2002-03 season. Does he scratch his head about that? "I don't really think about it," he said.
The boos come in part because Selanne chose not to exercise his option to stay with San Jose after the one year in the past 14 the Sharks did not make the playoffs. There was also the case of a missed wraparound goal against the Colorado Avalanche in the seventh game of the 2002 Western Conference semifinals. San Jose lost that game, 1-0.
Despite the booing, Selanne had nothing but good things to say about Sharks fans and his time in San Jose.
"They have unbelievable fans here and I give a lot of credit to those guys. They have a lot of passion and that's what it's all about," said Selanne, who had 131 points in 176 games as a Shark. "I had a great time here. Too bad we couldn't pull it out, but I thought we had the team to do it."
Selanne is still a threat on the ice, though his production (21 points in 54 games) and ice time (13:59 average) are both down. And that hasn't diminished his enjoyment of his long goodbye to a career that will reach 1,442 games Thursday night.
"It's been awesome," Selanne said, who also won a bronze medal with Team Finland in the Sochi Olympics. "Knowing that it's the last one, somehow you enjoy it more and I've been enjoying it every day. A lot of good things happening. We have a good team here and now that we're close to the playoffs, it's even more fun."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.


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After several reports of kidnappings around the country - and a few cases of men luring children to their cars in mid-Michigan - experts say there are a few warning signs people should notice that could stop a kidnapper before it's too late.
Michigan State University professor and psychologist, Gary Stollak, said people who are chronically or easily mad and those who succumb to road rage when they are driving could become dangerous.
Eaton Rapids police chief, Carl Watkins, said someone who has a low self-esteem might feel the need to kidnap a child in order to have power and control over someone.
Stollack said it is important for parents to watch out for warning signs in their children as well. He said kids who injure animals or get into unprovoked fights with their siblings or adults could become dangerous when they grow older. Those children, he said, should have therapy.
Eaton Rapids is currently looking out for a man who may have lured a child to his car on July 31.
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Welcome to ClayCountyCruzers.com! We are a Classic Car club in Clay County, Florida. We were formed early 2008 by our founder and first president, Elisabeth Palmer. Our first show was held in April 2008 in Middleburg.
Our goal is to keep classic car interest & culture alive - 'Don't junk 'em - rebuild 'em!' This club was founded to connect with others who share our hobby and have fun while doing good things for our community. We look forward to meeting anyone in the north Florida area interested in classic cars. The proceeds from our activities are used to establish scholarships for Clay County High school students who seek post-secondary education and training in the automotive related industries. We also support other charities such as Quigley House, Wounded Warrior Project, the Safe Animal Shelter and several others.
Thanks for visiting our site and please help spread the word about our car club throughout our community!Norb Logsdon - President


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There were 77 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday. At that time, there were 1,407 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Robbery: A 28-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint about 5 p.m. Thursday in the 400 block of East Acacia Street, police reported. The man told officers he was approached by someone who pushed a brown revolver against his chest and said, "Give me everything." The victim handed over his cash, and the robber fled on foot. The victim told authorities he knows the robber as "50-cal." The robber was described as a black man about 30 years old standing 6 feet 3 inches tall with a skinny build, a gray baseball hat, a black do-rag, a black T-shirt and blue jeans.
The California Highway Patrol did not submit an incident report Friday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 97 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday, including two vehicle accidents, 77 medical calls and two structure fires.
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VICTOR — Women on the east side of Rochester have a new option for breast care services and cancer screening, just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Fishers Landing, a property of the Rochester-based DiMarco Group, welcomed Elizabeth Wende Breast Care LLC to the Route 96 plaza this week. EWBC will offer digital mammography with same-day results and bone densitometry at this new location.
Community leaders, cancer advocates and representatives from The DiMarco Group joined a ribbon-cutting event this past week, welcoming EWBC to Victor. Victor Town Supervisor Jack Marren, as well as representatives from the American Cancer Society and the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester, joined Dr. Stamatia Destounis on behalf of the EWBC practice to christen the new 2,500-square-foot facility.
DiMarco Constructors, part of the DiMarco Group family of companies, has done recent renovations to create an updated Fishers Landing property. The EWBC space was originally built as a post office, which has been converted into the state-of-the-art medical office building. The Fishers Landing Plaza has also been growing steadily, adding new tenants such as Doodle Bugs! day care.
"To see this property go from delivering mail to potentially saving lives is really amazing," said DiMarco Group Vice President Paul Colucci. "Bringing Elizabeth Wende Breast Care to Victor is a great accomplishment, and we're happy to be a part of the team that made it happen. They're going to be a wonderful addition to Fishers Landing. "
Elizabeth Wende Breast Care LLC is recognized as a leader in the field of breast imaging and breast-cancer diagnosis. It is one of the largest freestanding breast imaging centers in the U.S. and is the largest single-site breast imaging center in New York state. Since its inception in 1975, the goal of EWBC has been to provide the highest-quality imaging and patient care. This location joins the main EWBC center in Brighton, along with satellite offices in Geneseo and Greece.
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Gender modifiers: the other side of the coin
Alright, I think we're all pretty familiar with the idea that females in D&D should receive modifiers to differentiate them from males, usually in a way that makes playing them a pain in the ass.
I'm not going to argue that there are no differences between the sexes in real life, but I would like to point out that for gender modifiers make little sense in a fantasy world. PCs by definition are extraordinary individuals, and to have a female who is as strong as/stronger than her male counterpart seems appropriate in that regard.
Biology might not support it, but this is a world where you can be descended from a dragon, demon, devil, angel, or god; where deities routinely bless their champions with magical powers, and where it is entirely possible to fall into a cauldron full of strength potion as a child. In short, there are so many science defying things floating around in the average D&D campaign that female PCs having great strength really seems like an odd thing to get hung up on.
As for the human population in general, they were likely created by gods instead of arisen through evolution. In real life it seems that humans evolved and developed a bit of sexual dimorphism; a race designed by a maker, on the other hand, would not necessarily have that feature if the creator did not desire it.
So yeah.
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Don't know what spurred you to start a new thread on the topic, but nice artwork! Is that Red Sonja?
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I've had a few people implement gender modifiers or other cases relating to the sexes of characters be it bonuses or negatives.
I always found it as a deterrent for some people wanting to build characters they like in lieu of a better character build optimization just due to a gender.
Seen alot of players take advantage of such or switched just so they weren't like the others with a disadvantage. Which to me, not only takes the creativity out of it, it separates the gender line even more so. Since... what if a girl wanted to play a woman that was strong, charismatic and strong in constitution like any man, but instead was better done as a guy?
Seems unfair.
But that's just me. Some may prefer the contrast in capabilities.
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Ironic that you argue against gender-specific modifiers (a supposedly sexual-equality idea), then post some cheesecake of an alleged warrior.
Real women fighters wear armour. Proper armour, not that silly chainmail bikini stuff.
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Here's my gamer guy take on adding gender-based stat mods to RPGs that don't have them, developed over my personal decades of gaming experience:
1) the GMs who do so almost always are male
2) they rarely take into account both known disadvantages AND advantages for particular genders. For example, females get a negative STR mod, but rarely do they get bonuses to ranged accuracy or to endure certain kinds of environmental stressors. Nor do males receive their share of disadvantages- 33% more likely to die before age 16, higher suicide rates, and common (as in 1 in 1000) male-only genetic disorders.*
* Yeah, I know none of those are necessarily related to being an "adventurer", but those are ones I know off the top of my head at 2:45AM.
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Now if we were to give women any modifiers...
Disclaimer: I do not recommend using these in any actual game.
-2 Strength. It is known that women have a lower potential strength due to the effects of sex hormones.
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The only modifier I would ever use is a +2 charisma only applicable to a straight member of the opposite gender or a homosexual member of the same gender. And only when wearing appropriate clothing.
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With warm weather and family events, the Fourth of July can be a fun time with great memories. But before your family celebrates, make sure everyone knows about fireworks safety.
If not handled properly, fireworks can cause burn and eye injuries in kids and adults. Also, lighting fireworks at home isn't even legal in many areas, so if you still want to use them, be sure to check with your local police department first.
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Jelly Bread returns to Ashland with its rollicking Americana, churchy gospel, swampy blues and "deep-fried funk."
The band, which hails from Reno, Nev., plays at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at Alex's Plaza Restaurant and Bar, 35 N. Main St., Ashland.
Jelly Bread owes its twang to vocalist and lap-steel guitarist Dave Berry and its groove to drummer Cliff Porter and bassist Brady Carthen. Eric Matlock fills out the Southern sound on keys.
Last year, the band's album "No Dress Code" was voted Best Album of 2012 by Reno News & Review.
Cover to the show at Alex's is $5. Call 541-482-8818 or see www.jellybread.net.
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Forward Rick Chernomaz had great hands, quick speed and a deft ability to put the puck in the net. The one thing he did not have was size, and that worried some NHL teams. The Colorado Rockies used their second-round pick, 26th overall, to select Chernomaz in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft after he posted a 113-point season, on 49 goals and 64 assists in 72 games, as a member of the WHL's Victoria Cougars. In his final year of junior in 1982-83, Chernomaz scored an impressive 71 goals and 124 points.
By now, the Colorado Rockies franchise had moved to New Jersey and were renamed the Devils. Chernomaz got his shot with the Devils in 1983-84, suiting up for seven games, scoring two goals and an assist. He got his first real look in 1986-87, when he played in 25 games, scoring six goals and ten points.
In 1987-88, Chernomaz joined the Calgary Flames, where he played 14 games over three years. He continued to play professional hockey in the minors before jumping to Europe where he starred in the German Elite League for four years with the Schwenningen Wild Wings.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Nobody believed Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill when he called his crew the underdogs before the America's Cup finals began. And no one believed him when, down 8-1 against New Zealand, he said they were going to make the greatest comeback in sailing history.
But in a dramatic final showdown Wednesday that one commentator called the "race of the century," the team owned by software billionaire Larry Ellison proved everybody wrong. In an intense, come-from-behind victory, Oracle Team USA beat Emirates Team New Zealand by 44 seconds for the oldest trophy in international sports.
Triumphant, Spithill and his crew pumped their fists and hugged each other as they flew by the shoreline, then in a heartening symbol of sportsmanship, applauded their competitors and gave them the thumbs up as they sailed past.
"This is one hell of a day," Spithill said on board after the race. "I'm just so proud of the boys, to be facing the barrel of the gun and win. What these guys do -- they don't even flinch."
Ellison, who has kept a low profile through the regatta, hugged the crew as he boarded the high-tech 72-foot, hydrofoiling catamaran that had forever changed the image of the America's Cup from a stodgy blue-blood event to a heart-pounding, extreme sport.
Thousands of flag-waving American fans, who have been largely absent from the summer-long event and turned off by the expense and an embarrassing cheating scandal, turned out Wednesday to be part of history. They cheered on every tack, jibe and nail-biting lead change along the racecourse.
So many spectators streamed into the park at Pier 27/29 along The Embarcadero just before the 1:15 p.m. race time that the fire marshal had to turn people away. They strained on the sidewalk to get a glimpse of big screens broadcasting the race live or ran down to open vantage points along the shore.
"We started this regatta slower than the other team, but we ended this regatta faster," Spithill said. "That was an incredible team effort. That's really what won us the Cup."
With the teams tied 8-8, the 72-foot catamarans set out for the final race. The Kiwis were on the defensive, having lost the previous seven races. The Americans had momentum on their side.
The race started close, with both teams crossing the starting line side-by-side. In something not seen for several races, New Zealand led at the first mark as Oracle Team USA nose-dived nearby in the gusty winds but quickly recovered.
"We wanted to keep it exciting for you guys," Spithill told commentators.
New Zealand continued to lead downwind, at times by only a boat length, and was first to the leeward mark. But Oracle Team USA rounded the opposite gate and split the course, a strategic move that made the difference farther along the upwind leg, part of the racecourse that repeatedly proved the undoing of Oracle.
"This is it! This is it!" Oracle tactician Ben Ainslie shouted to his crew, his voice picked up by microphones onboard. "Work your asses off!"
New Zealand led at two crossing points on the leg before Oracle finally passed New Zealand. From then on, Oracle widened the lead. The American team rounded the windward mark 26 seconds ahead, and after the last mark, Oracle raced to the finish, winning by 44 seconds.
"We knew we had a fight on our hands," New Zealand skipper Dean Barker said. "It's really frustrating. The gains that they made were just phenomenal. They did just an amazing job of sorting out their boat. It's a good thing for us they didn't do it earlier. I am incredibly proud of our team and what we achieved. But we didn't get that last one we needed to take the cup back to New Zealand. It's just very hard to swallow."
Oracle, whose boat was slower and its crew sloppy in the first week of the regatta, showed the value of a shore crew that made changes to the boat every night and a crew that never gave up day after day.
The loss for Emirates Team New Zealand is as devastating for the crew as the island nation of 4.4 million. Team manager Grant Dalton, who at age 56 crewed on the physically demanding catamaran during most of the races and again on Wednesday, had said repeatedly that if his team didn't bring the trophy home this time, he wouldn't be able to find the sponsors to support them for the next campaign.
No fans have proved more loyal than the Kiwis. Before Wednesday's race, Kiwi fans at America's Cup Park had staged a "haka," chest-pounding battle cry to inspire the team. Many extended their vacations to stick with the team to the end.
The American fans came late but by Wednesday were enthusiastic, packing onto America's Cup Park and Marina Green.
"It took a while for San Francisco to show up, with the upfront cynicism related to Larry Ellison and the tragedy with the death. But now it seems like it's come together on a final day," said Brian Daly, 43, who lives in San Francisco and works across the street from the park. "What a climax, eh? It's amazing."
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Rasa Veliute, a 23-year-old volunteer at the zoo in Klaipeda, a Baltic Sea port town, says she took the cubs home four months ago after their mother began neglecting them.
The pumas—also known as mountain lions or cougars—are named Kipsas, Gipse and Kinde. Veliute says they eat a lot of chicken and get along well with her East European shepherd dog.
There is no Lithuanian law barring keeping the animals at home, and the zoo did not object to Veliute's actions. But Veliute told reporters Friday that the pumas have grown fast and will likely return to the zoo this summer.


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On Sunday, friends, family and community members mourned the loss of Christopher Panitzke. On Tuesday, a crowd of 600 filled Granite Falls Lutheran Church to celebrate the life of Kara Monson. Today, the search for the individual responsible for the shooting deaths of both victims continues.
In the wake of memorial and funeral services, the community is still coming to terms with the double homicide of Monson, 26, and Panitzke, 28, formerly of Redwood Falls.
"Our family is grieving the loss of Kara,'' said her mother, Patrice Monson in a statement issued by the family. "I would like to thank the public for their concern and outpouring of support."
The first murder in Granite Falls in more than a decade years resulted a mixture of grief and fear the past week. Rumors and hearsay have been rampant with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension slow to release information and those taking to social media seemingly all too willing to propagate any possibility as fact.
Monson was found dead of apparent gunshot wounds last Monday, and Panitzke, friend of Monson's, was critically injured but managed to phone for help prior to being taken to the Granite Falls Hospital. Later he was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
Both Monson and Panitzke were parents to young daughters who were not in the home at the time of the incident.
Authorities are still searching for Andrew Joseph Dikken, 28, of Granite Falls, in connection with the homicides. Dikken was last photographed at Casey's General Store shortly after the murder. His pickup has been found south of the Minnesota river valley just east of County Road 7. A tip that suggested he was hiding out in a hotel in Glenwood turned up empty.
"We just continue to search and continue to follow leads, and so far we're coming up empty," said Granite Falls Police Chief Russ Blue. We're basically following up on anything that has a shred of hope in it.
Amidst the backdrop of Granite Falls Lutheran, the fear and grief so predominant a few days earlier seemed to make way for the celebration of Monson's life, in particular her vibrant spirit and the ability to see the good in people.
A memorial fund has been established in Kara and her daughter, Poppy's, name at Granite Falls Bank.
It is asked that any individuals with information on Dikken's whereabouts contact Granite Falls Police, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff, or dial 911.
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This fun and educational activity is brought to you by Melissa & Doug, written by our Blog Ambassador, Amy Mascott. Learning can be fun!
With Maddy in second grade, Owen in Kindergarten, and Cora in pre-K, I'm finding more and more that our time together after school is one of my favorite times of the day. And rather than having my kids who don't have homework sit in front of the television while the kids who do have homework plug away, I've always found it important that we all sit down together and make our 'homework time' as fun as possible.
And that could mean that while one kiddo is completing school work, another is painting or doing a puzzle, and another is finishing a word search or playing a game.
Last week, during homework time, Cora was playing with our See & Spell while Maddy was completing her math worksheet and while Owen was writing in his reading journal.
I was sitting between Owen and Cora, and as she was very carefully placing each letter into the correct spot, she and I were saying the letters together. It was very simple: H, E, N. Hen! You spelled 'hen'! Or Cora might say, B, b, b, b, where's the little 'b'? Here it is! B! Now I need the 'u'. U, u, u, u, there's the 'u'! Now I need an 's'. Come on, 's', where are you? Here's my 's'! Bus! I spelled 'bus'!
She was incredibly proud of the fact that she was recognizing the lowercase letters and that she was reading the words on the tiles.
Owen finally looked over and said, Mommy, I don't think Cora's actually reading. She's just using the pictures, and that's not reading.
Though I wanted to say a whole lot more to my big 6-year-old for his unkind comment towards his little sister, I took a deep breath and said, Owen, I know you may think that Cora's not reading, because the pictures are right there on the puzzle, but reading is a whole lot more than just knowing what sounds the letters make when they're put together.
Cora's deflated face perked up. Yeah, Owen, I AM reading and so there!
I went on: Especially for newer readers, my friend, reading–and really understanding what you're reading–is work. It's active, which I think is the really cool part about it.
You may not realize this, but as you're reading a book or a poster or the words on the cereal box, you're putting a lot of things together. You're looking at the letters and using what you know about the sounds those letters make when they're stuck together, and you're looking at the pictures and using the clues from the pictures to understand how the words you read fit together. And you're also using what you already know in order have it all make sense.
And that's reading–how you–the reader, the text–the words on the page–and everything around it all work together to make sense.
So you know what? Cora is reading. And her puzzle is helping her. Because all early readers are learning to be smart readers–they're learning to use the pictures to help them figure out the words, just like you did when you were four. They'd be silly not to use the pictures because the pictures are huge clues, right?
Cora said, That's right, Owen. Here's a bear, and I know these letters say, 'bear'.
Cora's been busy over here–looking for the letters and then reading the word. Just like you've been busy doing your work and Maddy's been busy doing hers. Comprende?
From Owen: Yeah, I got it, Mom. And after a long pause: Sorry Cora. I guess you really are reading. I just didn't know.
Ahhhh, a happy homework afternoon it was, and just like that, we were all on the same reading page.
Amy is the creator of teachmama.com, where her focus is to share the tools and resources parents need to be the best teachers for their children. She's not a full-fledged homeschooling mom; rather, she capitalizes on learning opportunities in the every day and uses games and play to get her own children prepared for school and excited about the world around them. Amy is paving the way for a more modern 'lifestyle of learning', empowering all parents to take a stronger role in supporting their children's education. In February 2010, Amy created 'we teach' as a forum for parents and teachers to connect, share ideas, and grow into better educators—no matter the classroom. 'we teach' has grown quickly into one of the most successful and highly-trafficked educational forums on the web, recently partnering with the incredible educational toy company, Melissa & Doug.


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City's 10th Rainiest Day Causes Flooding
Wednesday's downpours flooded homes, submerged streets and led to the 10th highest daily total ever recorded at Central Park, according to the National Weather Service.
The service recorded 4.97 inches of rain at Central Park Wednesday, but areas outside of Manhattan seemed to bear the brunt of the rainstorm. The Bronx and Hackensack rivers were among those that flooded. Areas of Queens, including Howard Beach, saw streets under water, and La Guardia Airport reported 5.26 inches of rainfall on Wednesday, the service said. Some parts of the city remained under flood warnings Thursday morning.
The problems extended outside of New York City, with flooding in parts of New Jersey and a mudslide near Yonkers. According to Metro-North, Hudson Line Service was delayed up to 30 minutes Thursday morning due to the mudslide.
The NYPD's 106th precinct, which covers Howard Beach, tweeted early Thursday morning, "We're hip deep in it!"


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Sleepy Eye Medical Center Board will meet at 7 a.m. in the basement board room.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) will meet at Sleepy Eye Medical Center in the basement, small dining room. Weigh-in at 6 p.m., meeting to follow at 6:30 p.m. For information contact Jane Fischer, 794-7625.
American Legion B.A. Remmele Post No. 7 will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Servicemen's Club. For more information contact Jeremy Reinarts 207-276-5438.
Sleepy Eye Public School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the high school conference room, room 102.
Sleepy Eye Jaycees will meet at Jaycee Hall at 8 p.m. below the police station.
Sunday, Feb 17
Cards will be played at the Community Center at 1:30 p.m. Sheephead, 500, Pinochle and many other card games.
Gamblers Anonymous meets at 7 p.m., at the Redwood Al-Anon Club, 1006 S Ramsay, Redwood Falls.
Monday, Feb. 18
Sleepy Eye Food Shelf is OPEN, 4-6 p.m. in the basement of the Sleepy Eye Police Station, 130 2nd Ave NW.
Sleepy Eye Serenity Seekers Al-Anon meets at 5:30 p.m. in the Sleepy Eye Medical Center basement meeting room.
Alcoholics Anonymous will conduct a closed meeting at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 217 Brackenridge SW, use south entrance. Call 794-7766 or 794-7283 for information.
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Brown County Triad, 10:30 a.m. For more information, contact Opal Dewanz, 359-9808 or Leah Krenz at the Law Enforcement Center.
Chamber Board will meet at 12 noon at the Sleepy Eye Area Chamber of Commerce office.
The Sleepy Eye Caregiver Support Group meets at 1:30 p.m., at Countryside Retirement Community, 1100 1st Avenue S., in the Family Room, located on the second level, accessible by elevator. For more information contact Julie Terrell at 507-354-5370.
Gamblers Anonymous meets at 7 p.m., at the Woniyakini Treatment Center, Lower Sioux Community. Contact Lori N. for more information at 507-430-4939.
Wednesday, Feb. 20
DAV and DAV Auxiliary Clothing Collection Program drop-off, 1522 South Valley, New Ulm, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Fairfax AA Serenity Group meeting at 7 p.m. 119 1st Ave. SW. Contact Chris at 320-217-1161.
Thursday, Feb. 21
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) will meet at Sleepy Eye Medical Center in the basement, small dining room. Weigh-in at 6 p.m., meeting to follow at 6:30 p.m. For information contact Jane Fischer, 794-7625.
Sleepy Eye Sportsman's Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the trap range.
For changes or additions to the Community Calendar, call the Herald-Dispatch at 794-3511.
Note: Community Calendar events are only listed within one week prior to event. Thursday-Thursday for the Herald-Dispatch and Monday-Monday for the Brown County Reminder.
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2.4-7 Defendant's Testimony
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In this case, the defendant testified. An accused person, having testified, stands before you just like any other witness. (He/she) is entitled to the same considerations and must have (his/her) testimony tested and measured by you by the same factors and standards as you would judge the testimony of any other witness. You have no right to disregard the defendant's testimony or to disbelieve the defendant's testimony merely because (he/she) is accused of a crime. Consider my earlier instructions on the general subject matter of credibility and apply them to the defendant's testimony.
Our Supreme Court, in State v. Medrano, 308 Conn. 604 (2013), directed trial courts "to refrain from instructing jurors, when a defendant testifies, that they may specifically consider the defendant's interest in the outcome of the case and the importance to him of the outcome of the trial. Instead, we instruct the trial courts to use the general credibility instruction to apply to a criminal defendant who testifies." Id., 631. The Court then cited the above instruction as proper.


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If you are like many people, your holiday plans will include some
form of travel. Increasingly, travelers are opting to include their
companion animal on their journeys. According to Road and Travel
Magazine, 78% of pet owners are hitting the road and soaring
through the skies with their furry friends, and this percentage keeps
growing! If you are thinking about taking your companion animal along
for the ride, keep in mind that traveling with pets usually involves
more than just putting them in the backseat and driving off, especially
if you are traveling long distances.
If you are traveling by plane, there are many things to consider,
including proper documentation, regulations and services, and a special
carrier. If by car, consider booking hotels that accept animals well in
advance of your travels. International travel represents a whole new set
of challenges, including quarantine periods, a different set of laws and
regulations, and special fees and documents.
Unfortunately, some pets become separated from their pet parents
during travel – it is important to protect your pet with proper ID.
Also, for any kind of traveling, there are certain things you should
pack (like food and medication) and other things best left at home. If
you aren't prepared, you may be adding to the stress of the season for
both you and your companion animal. The best bet to a safe and
hassle-free trip is proper planning and preparation: what you don't need
in the middle of a trip is one more thing to worry about.
In this video, Dr. Sarah details suggested preparations for traveling
with your companion animal. From necessary travel documents and how to
keep your pet safe, to ideas for easy clean-up so your pet doesn't wear
out their welcome, this video is a must-see for merry holiday travel
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In addition to the suggestions on this video, all traveling pets should wear a collar and identification tag. For cats' safety, a 'break away' collar is essential. This basic precaution will help identify a lost pet easily and quickly, and hopefully even before the pet ends up at a shelter where a micro-chip can be scanned.
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December 4. 2009 02:01
Ya travel with our pet is really very difficult.But I am very thankful to Dr. Sarah for giving suggestion.
December 12. 2009 20:39
These is very helpful, so many people are now traveling with their pet's. Many hotels now accommodate pets as well.
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Police say underage college students are taking binge drinking to a new extreme.
News 12 is on your side with the dangers of the college party atmosphere.
Freshman Darcey Olsen got arrested for having alcohol in a freshman dorm.
"You live in a building with like a thousand of your peers...so there's no way not to have fun," she said.
But the party went horribly wrong back in January for her neighbor Lewis Fish. He took a deadly combination of drugs and alcohol.
"Right after that happened there was a whole different feeling...people were all shook up," Olsen said.
Campus police chief Jimmy Williamson says overdoing it is a growing trend. Binge drinking means about five in a night, and he says the average for students in Athens is 13.
"If you drink so much so fast...it's a depressant and it will shut your body down," said Williamson.
Underage drinking is a risk over four hundred students took in the past several years, and those are just the ones who got caught.
In Athens, the downtown scene is a popular hangout for many students. But some bar owners we talked to say things can get out of hand.
Wild Wing manager Kim Wallace says younger students tend to get more out of control.
"Someone says something and the next thing you know punches are flying, bartenders jump over the bar...and security throws people out," Wallace said.
Here's some other bad behavior Williamson sees: "Screaming, throwing rocks and bottles into the road, breaking parking gates off, stealing signs."
"It's a big change to have a lot of freedom, it's easy to mess up," Olsen said.
Away at college...new freedom, new parties, and consequences that can kill.
UGA police responded to roughly a thousand drug and alcohol related calls in three years. They say the majority of those are underage students.


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