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The Ellie Caulkins Opera House is located at the Denver Performing Arts Complex in downtown Denver, at the corner of 14th and Curtis Streets. (It used to be called the Auditorium Theatre and is right next to the Buell Theatre.)
Driving Directions to the Denver Performing Arts Complex: From I-25: Take I-25 toward downtown Denver. Take the Speer Boulevard South exit. Follow Speer Boulevard to Arapahoe Street (past Elitch's and the Pepsi Center). Turn left on Arapahoe Street. The Denver Performing Arts Complex is located on your right, between 13th and 14th Streets off Arapahoe Street.
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Please allow plenty of time for parking. Shows begin promptly. Check your tickets for show times. If you arrive late, you will be locked out of the show until intermission!
Visit www.downtowndenver.com for a complete guide to visiting downtown including parking and transportation information.
The Denver Performing Arts Complex Garage: ARRIVE EARLY!
The garage is often full by 7:00 p.m. Please note: an early arrival will afford you plenty of time for parking and finding your seats. Allow extra time in case the garage is full of patrons attending other shows at the Complex. All evening shows start promptly at 7:30 pm. All matinees begin at 2:00 pm.
Don't forget the new parking garage at the Colorado Convention Center offers 1,000 additional parking spaces conveniently adjacent to the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The garage is linked to the Denver Performing Arts Complex via an uncovered bridge. Enter the new garage off of Speer at Champa Street. Parking is the same price as at the DPAC garage, but much less crowded.
Light Rail
RTD Denver's Light Rail system is an easy and convenient system of transportation to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Patrons can take the D, F or H lines and exit the Convention Center/Performing Arts station. These three lines run at 15-minute frequencies from approximately 5:00am to 11:30pm. Patrons boarding the existing C line or the new E line should transfer to the D, F, or H lines at the I-25 & Broadway station. Upon exiting the train, walk to 14th Street and continue northwest toward Curtis Street to the Denver Performing Arts Center.
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Most country groups of the '80s favored a commercial pop-oriented approach that alienated many traditional listeners but captured the ear of the mainstream. Shenandoah was one of the first groups to rebel against the urban cowboy image of the '80s and lead the way to the new traditionalism of the '90s. Initially formed in 1985 as a house band in Muscle Shoals, AL, it comprised vocalist Marty Raybon, guitarist Jim Seales, keyboard player Stan Thorn, bassist Ralph Ezell, and drummer Mike McGuire. One night, McGuire invited his friend, songwriter Robert Byrne, to come and watch the MGM band. He was impressed enough to record the band and offer the tapes to CBS, who christened and signed Shenandoah.
The group's self-titled album, released in 1987, leaned a little close to the pop-schmaltz they later rebelled against, though they reached the country Top 30 early in 1988 with "Stop the Rain." The following year, Road Not Taken outlined the group's approach to traditional country and became their most successful album; six singles reached the country Top Ten, led by the number ones "The Church on Cumberland Road," "Sunday in the South," and "Two Dozen Roses." Road Not Taken reached gold status by 1991 and earned Shenandoah the Favorite Newcomer award from Music City News.
The first single from third album Extra Mile (1990) continued — and even topped — Shenandoah's success. "Next to You, Next to Me" became Shenandoah's biggest hit, topping the country charts for three weeks. It was followed into the Top Ten during 1990-1991 by "Ghost in This House," "I Got You," and "The Moon Over Georgia." The group's streak of hit singles ended with the mere Top 40 "When You Were Mine" in September 1991.
Despite the success, trouble was brewing. Three other bands came forward in 1991 claiming the Shenandoah name, and the resulting court costs and legal fees bankrupted the group by the end of the year. To make it even worse, CBS — who had named Shenandoah in the first place — dropped the group from its roster. The band settled the differences by 1992 and returned to country music with a contract from RCA and the number two hit "Rock My Baby" in April of that year. Shenandoah's fourth album, Long Time Comin', also featured the Top 15 "Leavin's Been a Long Time Comin'."
Fifth album Under the Kudzu (1993) continued Shenandoah's popularity, with the Top Five single "I Want to Be Loved Like That" and the group's fifth country chart-topper in early 1994, "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)." Shenandoah moved to Liberty/Capitol in late 1994 for their sixth album, In the Vicinity of the Heart. The album was released in January 1995 and featured the Top Tens "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (with Alison Krauss) and "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)." Shenandoah returned to its roots in 1996 for Now and Then, which combined re-recorded versions of CBS singles with four new songs. Four years later, 2000 was released.
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'80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

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It was a long season for the girls basketball team from the point of view of the won-loss record, as the team finished 4-20.
The three seniors of Devon Flohrs, Aryn Eckstrom and Emily Hurley had solid seasons. Emily almost averaged in double figures for rebounds per game, as she averaged 9.5 RPG.
The future looks promising, as the Saints will return many players who were stats leaders and who also gained valuable playing time this season.
SJA returns their number one and number three scorers next year. Freshman Julia Beckius was the only Saint who averaged in double figures for the year. She averaged 11.4 points per game. Emily Hurley averaged 9.0 PPG and sophomore Brenda Cervantes was third averaging 5.6 PPG.
Freshman Allison Brandts and Sophomore Emily Bottem were among the scoring leaders for the Saints. These two players were also the teams top assists leaders. They were the only players averaging more than one assist per game.
The top three steals leaders are returning next year. Beckius averaged 2.4 SPG, Cervantes averaged 2.1 SPG and Brandts averaged 1.4 SPG.
Rebounds per game is the big hole in the stats for next year. No one comes close to Emily's 9.5 RPG. Brenda was second on the team with 4.6.
So that's the big question mark for the team next year. For the most part the most experienced returning players next year are backcourt players.
Underclassmen will be counted on to take over the rebounding and scoring on the Saints frontline. Those players look to be Morgan Sandmeyer, Elizabeth Reckow and Aubrey Eckstrom.
The Saints graduate three seniors and given the current roster, there will be no seniors on the team next year.
On one hand the team will be younger, while at the same time being much more experienced.
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No doubt Martha was an active sort of person. On one occasion (see Luke 10:38-42) she prepares the meal for Jesus and possibly his fellow guests and forthrightly states the obvious: All hands should pitch in to help with the dinner.
Yet, as biblical scholar Father John McKenzie points out, she need not be rated as an "unrecollected activist." The evangelist is emphasizing what our Lord said on several occasions about the primacy of the spiritual: "...[D]o not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear…. But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness" (Matthew 6:25b, 33a); "One does not live by bread alone" (Luke 4:4b); "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness…" (Matthew 5:6a).
Martha's great glory is her simple and strong statement of faith in Jesus after her brother's death. "Jesus told her, 'I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?' She said to him, 'Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world'" (John 11:25-27).


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Saturday, 06/19/2010
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Soundcheck: Jam, Sleep Again x2, Let Me Lie x3, Burn That Bridge [Unconfirmed and Possibly Incomplete]
Set 1: TweepriseTweezer Reprise, CDTChalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch > Runaway Jim, Ya Mar, SampleSample in a Jar, Axilla > Fluffhead, GinBathtub Gin, SuzySuzy Greenberg
Set 2: R&RRock and Roll > Free, BDTNLBackwards Down the Number Line, Halfway to the Moon[1] > CaspianPrince Caspian > Joy, BowieDavid Bowie, Show of Life
Encore: CoilThe Squirming Coil, Character Zero > TweepriseTweezer Reprise
[1] Debut.
Average Song Gap: 5
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This gig featured the first Tweezer Reprise opener since November 9, 1995 (483 shows) and the debut of Halfway to the Moon. Tweezer Reprise was teased by Trey after Sample in a Jar and closed both this show and the previous night's show in Hartford as well, making this the first time since July 16, 1993 (691 shows), that two consecutive Phish shows had each closed with the same song (Free Bird closed both the July 15 and July 16, 1993 shows).
LivePhish Download
Song Distribution:
3 Billy Breathes
2 Joy
2 A Picture of Nectar
2 Lawn Boy
2 Junta
1 Fuego
1 Stash
1 Hoist
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "2010 Early Summer Tour."
But, you're totally right. Next year (if they go back there...hear rumors they're switching to Bethel) I'm definitely buying Pavilion tickets.
1st set was an Arena Rock Assault that never let up...
Great flow the entire set.
2nd set was a Lava Lamp for your ears.
If I had to give the 2nd set a color... It would be purple for sure ?
Really enjoyed Coil & Zero as an encore...
A perfect end to a really solid show.
Tweezer Reprise ended the night, which makes it the 4th time it has been played over the last two shows.
The first notes sent the crowd into a frenzy, and that mutual energy back and forth from the band to the audience sustained itself through a FIRST SET that was in my opinion, nothing short of spectacular. There were no "cookie cutter standard versions" of any song in this set. It felt like each song was pushed to the edge of it's musical framework, or beyond. Fluffhead was performed superbly, Bathtub Gin was extremely tight and jammy, and Suzy as a closer capped off an incredible set that left us all 5 pounds lighter and dying for water.
The second set couldn't help but be a bit of a let down, but the Rock-n-Roll jam and Free, along with an inspired Bowie were highlights for me.
Now lets consider this encore that started off innocently enough with a nice Squirming Coil. Where we were sitting in the pavilion, a lot of people left during Coil, leaving large empty spaces for the rest of us to dance. This space was very well used when the band launched into a blistering Character Zero that would have been a great enough ending on it's own, but the rip into Tweezer Reprise AGAIN completely blew everyone's mind! The energy level at that moment can only be measured by the soul. The crowd went absolutely apeshit insane, and the band reciprocated by hammering the music to the edge of the known universe.
This Band continues to get better and better. I can't wait to see what transpires tonight and beyond.
If you can get in the pavillion it's actually quite nice and sounds great...there are a couple of spots where you can jump in and I always spend the first few minutes there doing just that...they also have their own bathrooms and vendors so the lines aren't so bad. I won't watch a show there if in the lawn, agreed it is sucky!
6/19/10 - the day that changed my life forever. This show was f'in excellent.
Also gotta give them a hand on "Joy". This song normally made me cringe when listening to the album, but I think they really did a good job of working with it, jamming it out to a fairly awesome apex, and I'll happily give it another shot. Textbook example of how live Phish re-contextualizes album Phish.
Important point of contention having nothing to do with the brilliant Phish show: SPAC is easily the worst venue I've ever been to. Sightlines are terrible, and the lawn is a complete unorganized clusterf*ck. (Anyone else see that dude hanging from the pavilion ramp!?!) The beer situation was an immediate non-starter. Am I really going to spend 40 minutes of the show I just paid for waiting for a beer? Bathroom situation was deplorable. Overall the show was just ridiculously over-sold and the concessions/bathrooms were miserably laid out. Didn't help that the Will-Call line was slower than the entrance line (i'm partially to blame for Will Call in general...but, jesus). Solid F for everyone who works at and is responsible for organizing shows at SPAC. Seriously, you guys suck at Venue and need to visit any other venue in America to realize that. Positive note: the landscape is gorgerous!
This show may not have been the tightest musically, but I was in a pure state of bliss the entire time and that was a direct result of how much fun the band was having.
The highlight of the show was probably the encore. When we all thought the show was over, the boys busted into a really dope Character zero, leaving me fully satisfied yet at the same time very hungry for another night of SPAC magic!


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In Their Own Words – The Gift That Keeps on Giving
One never knows when one is going to be bestowed with a special gift. Though I didn't know it at the time, on May 30, 1969, one such gift was given to me. We brought our beautiful baby boy, with his golden hair and sapphire eyes, home from the hospital three days later. He was definitely a gem, but we had no idea just how special this baby was, or how our lives would change because of him.
Since I was nervous about being left alone with the baby, my husband had arranged to take a week off from work so he could help me. Funny thing, though. He never heard the baby cry during the night, and we only had a three-room apartment. My husband would give the baby his 10:00 p.m. feeding so I could go to bed early. I was then on duty at 2, 6, and 10 a.m. Finally, Daddy would meander out of bed at about 11:00 a.m.
"I appreciate your feeding the baby at ten o'clock at night," I told my husband, "but I need more help. Why did you take this week off, anyway?"
His reply: "I just had a baby. I'm tired."
"Guess what?" I answered. "I'm tired, too! Tomorrow night you're on duty!"
Well, two o'clock rolled around and my husband rolled over in bed so I gave the baby his bottle. However, I would not take "no" for an answer at 6 a.m.
My husband stumbled out of bed and wheeled the bassinet into the living room. Ten minutes later, the baby was still crying so I got out of bed to see what the problem was. There was my husband, sitting at the dinette table, eating a bowl of cereal.
"What are you doing?" I gasped. "I thought you were going to help me! Why aren't you feeding the baby?"
His answer: "He has to learn patience."
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I think I did both. Then we had a little talk. By the time our second son came along, dad was somewhat more attentive.
When we brought Ronnie for his one month check-up, the doctor noticed that his head tilted to one side and he could not turn it to the right, so he sent us to an orthopedist. The orthopedist said that Ronnie had a tight muscle in his neck. I would have to exercise his neck until the muscle loosened up and he could turn his head to the right and hold it up straight. Otherwise, he would need surgery. I can't imagine the torture my baby must have felt. Every time I had to turn his head and hold it in that position, I think I cried more than he did. For the next 12 months, I did this exercise with my precious baby seven times a day, for five minutes each time. By the time Ronnie was 13 months old, the orthopedist told me I had done such a wonderful job with the exercises that surgery would not be necessary. Years later I would wonder if these heart rending exercises could cause a child to retreat into his own world.
Out of the first 13 months of Ronnie's life, only the first month was one of total joy. From 13 months to age two-and-a-half, we had another 17 months of joy as our baby learned to walk, talk and do the things babies do. He was, truly, one of the most beautiful babies I had ever seen. His eyes became bluer and his hair looked like spun gold; a halo around my little angel's head. He had a decent vocabulary but did not seem to be able to converse like other children his age. He was able to count from one to 10; he knew the alphabet, and some colors, and some shapes, but he did not interact with other children. He remained a solitary figure, engrossed in his own private world. The gnawing in my stomach would not subside. I remembered the feeling I had had the day Ronnie was born. I was so overcome with joy with my new little miracle, I was afraid it would turn out to be only a dream, and my precious baby boy would be taken away from me. He was too good to be true, and we all know what is said about things that seem too good to be true.
By age three, things had not improved very much. Ronnie was able to count to 20, knew a few more shapes and colors, and was finally able to pedal a tricycle. Prior to this, he would not sit on a riding toy, as he had a problem with depth perception, and could not propel himself with his feet. He still was not interacting with other children, and when spoken to or asked a question, Ronnie would repeat what was said to him rather than engage in conversation. The term for this is echolalia, I would soon learn. He also began spinning objects and flapping his hands, all behaviors that are typical of autism.
By now I was expecting again and was very concerned about Ronnie and my unborn child. We took Ronnie to a child psychologist who assured us Ronnie did not have autism and diagnosed him with Minimal Brain Dysfunction, or MBD, today known as ADD or ADHD. I didn't know it at the time, but this was my first helping of what I call "alphabet soup."
I joined the LDA, or Learning Disabilities Association, and went to their monthly meetings. While I was getting ready to attend one meeting, Ronnie, age four at the time, asked if he could come with me. When I told him the meeting was just for mommies, he answered, "No, not just mommies, people, too!"
To this day, no one has ever been able to put me in my place so effectively.
He was so smart and we were so confused. The puzzle pieces did not fit. As each parent at the meeting described his or her child's learning problems I became more and more uncomfortable. They were not describing my child. Their children did not have all the "isms." "Isms" refers to behaviorisms typically associated with autism such as isolation, spinning objects, flapping hands, echolalia, rocking back and forth, and head banging (which, fortunately, Ronnie did not do). In our heart of hearts we knew what the problem was. We took Ronnie to another child psychologist who confirmed our worst suspicions and diagnosed our little boy with autism.
We were totally at a loss as to where to proceed from there. There was no early intervention back then and the behaviors continued to escalate. I cried myself to sleep most nights and was worried that my second child would also be possessed by the same demon that had stolen my first-born child from me. I had a flashback to the day Ronnie was born, when I thought someone was going to take him away from me. Chills ran down my spine. Did I have some sort of premonition?
We enrolled Ronnie in a private nursery school and kindergarten where he did very well. He then went to a private, special education school where he remained until his graduation at the age of 21. He is now employed at a workshop for people with special needs. He feels he is a productive member of society and is very proud of his accomplishments.
Fast forward to May 9, 2004. It's Mother's Day. I have been a mother for 35 years and have come to appreciate and delight in the special gift God gave me all those years ago. The special soul that was entrusted to my care is the sweetest, gentlest, most caring human being to walk the face of the earth.
Whenever I wasn't feeling well, which, unfortunately, was a little too often due to my chronic sinusitis and migraines, it was my special son who brought me an ice pack to put on my head. When we were walking down the street and we saw an elderly lady fall, it was he who ran over and tried to pick her up. He was five years old at the time. When I broke my toe, it was he who wrapped blankets around me when I started shivering. He was 10.
And when my best friend passed away, it was he who tried to console me. It wasn't until the following morning, when I saw how red and swollen his eyes were, that I found out he had been up all night, crying.
"Why didn't you come to us?" I asked him. "You don't have to cry alone."
"You were already upset," Ronnie said. "I didn't want to make you more upset."
Back to Mother's Day. My husband gave me flowers, which he normally does. My younger son, Kevin, gave me a book on diet and exercise, which I desperately need. He knew that if my husband had given it to me, he would have been in serious trouble. I don't know whether or not it was a conspiracy but as Kevin said to me, "I know you want to eat healthy and lose weight and I know you would never put your son in the 'dog house." True enough!
And Ronnie? What did he give me? What he always gives me. A tear in each eye, a smile on my face and bittersweet joy, this time on a piece of paper that read,
Dear Mom,
I'm sorry that I couldn't think of anything better to give you for mother's day. That's because I'm out of money. Happy Mother's Day anyway. I love you.
It took many years to turn my world somewhat right side up again. And the years have taken their toll. I am definitely not the same person I would have been had I not been entrusted with this special person to nurture. Each day still brings new challenges and with it, more opportunities to grow. I have met many wonderful people that I otherwise, would not have been privileged to meet and I have experienced many miracles that otherwise would have gone unnoticed.
I am very quick to say that if I had the power to change things, I would certainly have chosen a different path for my son and myself. But, knowing now what I didn't know when my world was first turned upside-down, can I really be sure?
This "In Their Own Words" essay is written by Judy Gruenfeld of N.J.
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Topic: Happy Father's Day Teddy, You are still doing it your way!
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Brought tears to my eyes. I hope Teddy is entertaining all of our dads today. Hugs.
You betcha he is! Calamari Marinara for everyone! Listen to this....I emailed Gavin to do me this favor for Teddy last night for Father's Day as this truly was his theme song. Then about 1100AM I was picking up my daughter to go for lunch today and on the radio came, "I Did It My Way". Just say'in! This video was done 11 months before he Passed.
How sweet, Lainy. Teddy came to visit on Father's Day. What a guy!!
Aww Lainey - I could only watch part of Teddy singing - and thought "Gosh he looks so much like Tom" and could not watch it anymore. And the tears started. I'm happy that you have that video for yourself!
I have a few video's of Tom when we did our fishing trips to Canada and I have watched bits and pieces of them, but again, start crying so I'll save them for a later time.
Love and hugs,
Thanks, Margaret. There are times even now, I just watch bits and pieces. He was always so serious when he sang. So many good Memories, yes? Teddy's Sister is coming in this morning for a 10 day visit and I am sure we will talk about him until we turn blue. SHe is so funny. She is our little Sicilian drama queen, like the one you hire to mourn for something! But she has called me daily without fail!
Margaret, I think the boys are really proud of us!
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There are many who consider the De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League to be the toughest public school football league in the Central Coast Section, and in that league the big four--Palo Alto, Los Gatos, Milpitas and Wilcox--are among the best football teams around.
Tim Lugo doesn't agree.
Oh, the Saratoga coach certainly knows the power of the SCVAL's De Anza Division, and the strength of the big four. He just believes that this year the big four has grown to become the big five--with his own Falcons rounding out that quintet.
"On any given day, we can be as good as any team in this league," said Lugo, "because we can score points."
The Falcons proved that last year by scoring 54 touchdowns in 11 games, and they proved they belonged among the league's best when they upset Milpitas 44-37 late in the season.
Lugo expects more of that to occur this fall.
"This league is really balanced this year," he said. "The top five are interchangeable."
So there it is--the big five, not the big four as in years past ... at least as far as Lugo is concerned.
And the sixth-year Saratoga head coach has good reason to be optimistic--he greets a solid cast of returning players this year, led by last year's De Anza Division outstanding quarterback J.J. Walters along with comeback all-leaguers Grant Faylor at wide receiver, Clark Rothenberg at center and Davis Berryhill and Christian Lee at linebacker.
Walters (6-foot, 175 pounds) is the key returner for the Falcons. The senior quarterback starred in Saratoga's attempt at the spread offense, completing 295 of 451 passes for 3,503 yards and 39 touchdowns last fall. And according to Lugo, he's only going to get better.
"You look at those stats and wonder how's he going to top that. But he's going to have a better year this year than he did last year," predicted Lugo. "The kid's special.
"He's at the point in this offense where he sees windows I don't see," he added. "He doesn't have to anticipate when a guy is going to be open, he knows by seeing the defender drop.
"The offense is going to revolve around him--I know who butters our bread. And he might be the most unselfish player I've ever coached."
Walters had seven games where he threw for more than 300 yards last season, including an incredible 447-yard night in the win over Milpitas.
"He's phenomenal," said Lugo.
Sharing in Walters' success is Faylor (5-foot-10, 155). The senior wide receiver returns after pulling down 65 passes for 789 yards and seven TDs, including an 85-yarder against Mountain View.
"He's improved a lot with his speed and footwork, and his field awareness is off the charts," said Lugo of Faylor.
But Faylor is just one weapon in Saratoga's powerful offensive arsenal. Seniors Travis Stokes (5-foot-10, 165), Tony Capek (6-foot, 185) and Davis Berryhill (5-foot-10, 175) and junior Joey Medeiros (5-foot-8, 170) are other threats for the Falcons.
Stokes, who grabbed nine passes for 151 yards and four scores a year ago, is the fastest of the Saratoga receivers.
"He's a burner," said Lugo. "He had a pretty solid summer, and he's very explosive."
Medeiros returns after a sensational sophomore season when he caught 29 tosses for 294 yards and five TDs.
"He runs good routes," said Lugo of the talented junior. "We're going to find a way to put the ball in Joey's hands as much as we can."
Capek caught only a couple of passes last year, but he's sure to put up bigger numbers in 2013.
"He has great hands," said the coach. "When we get the ball to him, we know he's going to catch it." Senior Eric Ringsrud (6-foot-1, 160) joins Capek at that receiver spot.
Berryhill returns as a three-year varsity starter, and while he snagged 14 tosses for 145 yards a year ago, he's taking on a new role this fall.
"The biggest thing we're excited about this year is moving Berryhill back to running back," said Lugo. "With him in the backfield, we'll run the ball more than we did last year."
But don't get the idea that Berryhill will no longer be chasing down passes from Walters.
"Our running back is like a fifth receiver for us," said Lugo.
Joining Berryhill in the backfield will be senior returner Jacob Marr (5-foot-10, 165), who Lugo says "could be the fastest guy on the team."
Up front, it's third-year starter Rothenberg (5-foot-9, 205) leading the charge.
"Everything on the offensive line runs through line," said Lugo. "He's got to get everyone on the same page."
Senior Wilson Kung (6-foot, 185) moves from tackle to guard this year and the coach expects sophomore Adam Camp (6-foot-1, 235) to "have a good year" at the other guard spot. Senior Kyle McCroskey (6-foot-1, 200) and junior Austin Bakke (6-foot-2, 185) are starting tackles who got a lot of playing time last season.
"We're undersized again, and we're not going to beat anybody up up there, but I feel those five guys are pretty confident in our system and they do a good job of pass blocking," said Lugo, who will be assisted this season by Ron Demonner, Daniel Goñi, John Faylor, Eric Wang, Ray Burney, Steve Mattos and Bret Yielding.
Also contributing on offense will be kickers Komdean Masoumi (5-foot-10, 155) and Robby Gragnola (5-foot-9, 150).
While offense is the focus for the Falcons, Lugo is also pleased with the defensive unit at Saratoga this fall. Seven starters return to the "D," so experience as well as speed will be strengths for Falcons who are making the switch to a 3-5-3 defense.
Lee (5-foot-7, 185) will move to middle linebacker and "he's going to be huge for us," said Lugo of the returning all-leaguer.
Marr and Camp will start as inside linebackers with Berryhill and senior John Moyles (5-foot-10, 165) on the outside. Juniors Addison Polcyn (5-foot-9, 170) and Alex Hansen (5-foot-7, 145) are also expected to contribute as 'backers.
Medeiros will be a leader in the secondary at free safety.
"It's impressive how he recognizes formations," said Lugo. "He sees things much faster this year."
Ken Wu (5-foot-9, 155) will start at one corner with senior Jason Tatman (5-foot-8, 155), junior Jordan Vogel (5-foot-7, 145) and sophomore Vince Kung (5-foot-9, 145) fighting for the job on the other side.
"We feel pretty good about those four guys," said Lugo of his cornerbacks.
Senior letterman Mike Fitzsimmons (5-foot-8, 185), who the coach calls the "strongest kid on the team in the weight room," will lead the effort up front at noseguard.
Junior Jonathan Vita (5-foot-9, 205) and senior returner Nick Gummow (6-foot-2, 215) will start in the defensive front and give Saratoga some experience there.
Saratoga may be without back-up quarterback and returning receiver Thomas Alexander (6-foot, 160) for the season. The senior is out with an elbow injury. Junior Evan Lindeman (5-foot-11, 150) will play the back-up role at quarterback for the Falcons.
Senior Ian Strawn (6-foot-2, 230) is Saratoga's long snapper and will also see playing time in the defensive line along with seniors Rio Harada (5-foot-9, 190) and Michael Ng (5-foot-9, 195). Senior Darst King (5-foot-10, 180) and Austin Du (5-foot-10, 165) are back-up linebackers and junior Alec Furlong (5-foot-9, 140) and senior Adrian Fong (5-foot-7, 145) will lend depth in the secondary.
Junior Jonathan Tran (5-foot-10, 150) is a reserve wide receiver and senior Brian Lydon (6-foot-1, 165) is the back-up center and will play on special teams. Junior Ted Rothschild (5-foot-8, 190) and seniors Rick Roy (5-foot-8, 165) and Nikil Ramanathan (5-foot-7, 190) will contribute in the offensive and defensive lines.
The Falcons will get their first test on Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m., when they open the season at home in a non-league game against Sacred Heart Cathedral. After hosting Salinas and visiting Willow Glen, Saratoga will entertain Mountain View on Oct. 14 in the De Anza Division opener.
"The team to beat is going to be Wilcox," Lugo predicted, "but anybody in the top four can win this league."
Or does he mean anybody in the top five?
Key Players
J.J. Walters (6-0, 175), Sr., QB
Grant Faylor (5-10, 155), Sr., WR
Joey Medeiros (5-8, 170), Jr., WR/DB
Tony Capek (6-0, 185), Sr., WR
Travis Stokes (5-10, 165), Sr., WR/DB
Jacob Marr (5-10, 165), Sr., RB/LB
Davis Berryhill (5-10, 175), Sr., RB/LB
Clark Rothenberg (5-9, 205), Sr., OL
Christian Lee (5-7, 185), Sr., RB/LB
John Moyles (5-10, 165), Sr., WR/LB
Mike Fitzsimmons (5-8, 185), Sr., DL
Sept. 6, Sacred Heart Cathedral, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 13, Salinas, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 20, at Willow Glen, 7 p.m.
Oct. 4, Mountain View, 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 11, at Milpitas, 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 18, Palo Alto, 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 25, at Los Gatos, 7:30 p.m.*
Nov. 1, Santa Clara, 7:30 p.m.*
Nov. 8, at Fremont, 7 p.m.*
Nov. 15, at Wilcox, 7:30 p.m.*
* Denotes SCVAL De Anza Division game


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H-P Using Its Analytics Software to Grow Sales
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has ordered a revamp of the company's strategy, and its technology chief, John Hinshaw, is spearheading a series of moves intended to support this transformation. As the CIO Journal reported Friday, H-P is also moving much of its IT infrastructure, as well as support for its business processes, to cloud-based services. Mr. Hinshaw, executive vice president of technology and operations, also told CIO Journal his work includes using the company's predictive analytics applications to improve sales of its computing products, including servers, laptops and printers.
For the last six months, H-P has used its Vertica database management product to analyze every Web page click on HP.com. The application provides hundreds of metrics about products users are researching, including how much time they spend looking at products. Recently, the software noted spikes in traffic on Web pages for H-P's new Envy laptops. Vertica sent this information to H-P's supply chain, which cranked up production of those computers. H-P also uses click-through data to improve the way it displays product information. As a result of these changes, H-P has seen product sales spike – both online and offline — for some products, said Mr. Hinshaw, who declined to provide sales growth percentages. "It's given us great information about what people are doing on the Web," he said.
H-P is also using its Autonomy analytics software. At the end of each quarter, workers in H-P's global business services unit use Autonomy to manually process certain large orders that cannot be processed manually. Using criteria such as margin and unit size, Autonomy alerts the processing team about orders of highest value. "We make sure those get in first, which improves customer satisfaction," Mr. Hinshaw tells CIO Journal. He hopes these kinds of improvements will also find their way to the bottom line, which is right where Ms. Whitman expects them.
With these efforts, H-P joins other companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Gilt Groupe and GameStop, in parsing large amounts of data for insight into their businesses. IDC said Tuesday Big Data technology and services will grow at a 31.7% compound annual growth rate, reaching $23.8 billion in 2016.
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A news conference slated for Tuesday afternoon will address the city's performance during Super Bowl XLVII.
New Orleans earned rave reviews from members of the national media all week long. However, some are concerned people will remember a power outage during the game's third quarter more than the week as a whole.
The outage Sunday night lasted for around 35 minutes and impacted the television broadcast of the game.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will join members of the Super Bowl host committee at the news conference. It will take place at City Hall at 2:30 p.m.


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BERKELEY -- You might find Madeline Stanionis with dog parts in her briefcase but rest assured, she's carrying around spare limbs and button noses for a good cause.
The fruits of Stanionis' labor go beyond the briefcase to Lanesplitter pizza in Berkeley, where colorful stuffed dogs, rabbits, squirrels and even the occasional goat, line the walls and wait for a good home. Dubbed Scrapyard Dogs, the consulting and services agency CEO began crafting the pets with Lanesplitter employee Alice Worland in 2009 on a whim; they have since raised thousands of dollars for local animal-focused charities.
"I wanted to adopt a billion dogs but I can't take home a billion dogs, so it was our way of giving back," Worland, an Oakland resident, said of her pet project. "We didn't want to impact more of the world by adding more stuff so we used scraps, people's leftovers."
Both lifelong animal lovers, Worland and Stanionis met at Lanesplitter and took their first sewing class together at Stone Mountain & Daughter in Berkeley eight years ago. As one pursued a career in fashion and the other delved deeper into crafts, each produced a bounty of scraps they couldn't bring themselves to throw away and decided to put to good use.
Using a pattern they found online, the two made nearly 150 stuffed dogs from scrap fabric and called their creation Army of Dogs. The army -- which are delicate and not made for pets or children, Stanionis noted -- were displayed at Lanesplitter, an advocate for local artists. At $25 each (now $35), the one-of-a-kind stuffed animals sold out quickly and all proceeds were donated to the Berkeley Humane Society. Scrapyard Dogs have since benefitted Greyhound Friends for Life, Berkeley Animal Control and Berkeley Humane. Worland and Stanionis just completed a yearly tradition of making these stuffed animals and are looking forward to helping actual animals. "It brings a nice feel that we use all of these scraps, all of these leftovers to help dogs that are left over," said Stanionis, who lives in Berkeley. "We raised prices over the years partially because there was so much demand. I think that we have raised somewhere in vicinity of $10,000 between all of the animals in all the organizations."
Once a months-long operation done between day jobs, Worland and Stanionis have split the task with a handful of volunteers and re-focused their energy on adding special touches to the animals they make. This year's crop features rabbits, squirrels and pigs, in addition to the original dogs. One volunteer from the southwest made six Javelinas, a pig-like animal indigenous to Central America.
"Now people come to Lanesplitter on Jan. 2 because they want the first pick," Stanionis said, adding that regulars have bought whole "families of animals."
With names like PigConito -- Stanionis' favorite, a pig with glasses and a big nose -- and She Wanted a Cup of Coffee, each animal has a story in line with its pattern or the mood of the person who created it. Worland is particularly attached to a dog sewn from the pink satin of an award-winning dress she designed and recently made Pi-Rat, a chubby rat with a pirate logo and pie symbol for its eye.
"I like all the designs I do because they mean something," Worland said, adding that she'll often take Scrapyard parts to parties and sew. "I feel like life happens when you keep putting life into it. It takes time, but that's what charm is, it's time."


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- Matthew Ouimet blood drive takes aim at record
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- Matthew Ouimet finally experiences a real Christmas
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- How families of Matthew Ouimet and his organ donor connected
- Jun 27:
- Antioch toddler Matthew Ouimet's transplant recovery turns scary
- Jun 12:
- Matthew Ouimet has successful follow-up surgery
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- Matthew Ouimet has follow-up surgery 7 days after transplant
- Jun 7:
- Matthew Ouimet has good night, breathes on his own
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- Matthew Ouimet's surgery was even more demanding than the norm.
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- Donor organs a match for Matthew Ouimet
ANTIOCH -- Kristi Ouimet was cooking dinner, her phone within arm's reach. With every buzzing text notification, she would peek at the incoming message. One caused her to do a double take.
It was from a woman named Maggie, asking Kristi to check her Facebook inbox. Kristi did. The message she found there caused tears to roll down her cheeks. Dinner quickly became an afterthought.
"What are you saying, Maggie?" Kristi wrote back. "Did my son receive your son's organs?"
A few feet away sat Matthew Ouimet, Kristi's 2-year-old son who in June received a life-sustaining liver and kidney transplant from a deceased donor.
"Why is mommy sad?" he asked.
"Mommy's happy," Kristi told him. "We have new friends."
The Ouimets have made a lot of new friends since Matthew was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure when he was 5 months old, and placed on six-days-a-week dialysis while he awaited a transplant. Some have offered support, both emotional and financial. Many have donated blood in Matthew's honor. A few, inspired by Matthew's story, have decided to donate a deceased loved one's organs.
Meeting Matthew's donor family was something Kristi Ouimet had prayed for. She had the perfect shirt for the occasion, one that read: "The greatest hero I never knew was the organ donor who saved my son's life."
On Friday morning, three days after the revelatory email exchange, Maggie knocked on the front door of the Antioch home of Kristi and Kelly Ouimet. Kristi opened the door, and without a word being spoken, the two women, one whose son had been lost, the other whose son had been saved, held each other in a long, tearful embrace.
After hugging Kelly, Maggie met Matthew. Knowing the toddler's affinity for Mickey Mouse, she wore a Disneyland jacket and Mickey Mouse slippers. He wore a T-shirt that read, "I'm awesome."
"You are awesome, sweetheart," Maggie told him.
Maggie's son Brandon -- she asked that their last names and hometown not be published -- was 22 when he was critically injured May 30 in a single-car accident. An Army vet and college student, Brandon was described by his mother as free-spirited, fun-loving and someone who wanted to help people on a global scale.
Maggie has a husband, four other children and four stepchildren. After the accident, the family set up a vigil in the intensive care unit.
"Our whole crew was there," she said. "One minute we were crying, the next minute we're cracking up. The nurses liked seeing that, the way we came together as a family."
When Brandon died June 2, his family decided to have his organs donated, only to find out he already had registered himself as an organ and tissue donor. His organs saved the lives of five people.
"He served our country," Kelly Ouimet said. "And even in passing he continues to serve."
Maggie and her family were told the age and gender of the five recipients. On June 6, a friend of Maggie's sister-in-law recalled seeing a news report about Matthew's surgery. She sent the link to Maggie, who quickly understood that Matthew was one of the recipients.
"We've prayed for you guys ever since," she told Kristi and Kelly.
It took almost five months for the families to connect. One reason was because Maggie spent the first month after Brandon's death "in a fog."
Even when donor families or recipients are emotionally ready to reach out, they must follow a strict protocol. Recipients wishing to contact donor families must send correspondence to a transplant center (there are four in the Bay Area) which forwards the correspondence to an Organ Procurement Organization (there are two in Northern California). The OPO delivers the correspondence. The recipient decides whether or not to respond. The process is reversed for donor families wishing to contact recipients.
The process can be lengthy. That Maggie knew of Matthew and of Kristi's Facebook page helped her expedite the process. When they finally met, it was clear they had more in common than transplanted organs: extended, supportive families, strong faith and the desire for people to help one another.
"We're so glad you're the family that you are," Kristi told Maggie. "You're a lot like us."
"Had we met under other circumstances, we'd still be friends," Maggie said. "This is going to be an addition to my family."
Kristi Ouimet has nearly 1,900 Facebook friends and followers. The messages they send her are uplifting and supportive. In five cases they have been heart-rending, people contacting her to say that Matthew's story inspired them to donate the organs of a deceased loved one.
Bay Area resident Sabrina Vasquez and her mother followed Matthew's story on Facebook. On Sept. 13, Vasquez's mother, Rebecca Noia Tillery, 48, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm. Shortly after her passing, Vasquez and her two brothers were asked if they wanted to donate their mother's organs for transplantation.
"We all had a meeting and decided that's what we were going to do," Vasquez said. "The thing that made me decide is we all followed Matthew's story. When the time came, I thought of that and it helped. And actually, she saved four people's lives."
Vasquez already has heard from a 35-year-old Bay Area woman, married with kids, who got one of her mother's kidneys.
"She told me about herself and how happy she was," said Vasquez, whose daughter turned 1 three weeks after her mom's passing, and who has taken in her 12-year-old sister. It brings her comfort, she said, to know her mom lives on in others.
"She was awesome," Vasquez said. "She was one of the strongest people I know. She worked at the school cafeteria, so she was really good with children. She was about us kids and my daughter, her grandbaby, and her family. She was the type who would give the shirt off her back if somebody needed it."
For Kristi and Kelly Ouimet, these stories affirm their decision to go public with Matthew's journey and put a face on organ donation.
"It's remarkable," Kristi said, "and it's a little addicting. Because now that I've had so many people contact me, I want more. And I know that it can happen."
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, from January to July there were 16,670 transplant surgeries in the United States. As of Monday, there were 77,166 active transplant candidates. So awareness remains a work in progress.
As does Mathew's medical care. He has been readmitted to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital several times, and was admitted again Tuesday, as doctors continue to adjust his anti-rejection medication and try to improve blood flow to his liver. Matthew is still fed through a tube in his stomach because he has to learn how to chew and swallow. Two weeks ago he fell and broke his left arm.
It didn't stop him from romping around the house during Maggie's visit.
"I can see Brandon running right there with him," she said, smiling. "He was just a big kid."
Contact Gary Peterson at 925-952-5053. Follow him at Twitter.com/garyscribe.
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GOP blocks Obama nominees, Dems weigh response
In this May 1, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama's nominee for the Federal Housing Finance Authority director Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., waves during the announcement of his nomination in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) by Alan Fram Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked President Barack Obama's picks for a powerful federal court and a housing regulatory agency, prompting Democrats to threaten curtailing the GOP's ability to derail nominations. "Something has to change, and I hope we can make the changes necessary through cooperation," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said after the votes.


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Occupants escape Edneyville house fire
Published: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 9:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 9:41 a.m.
Four adults escaped an early morning fire Monday in an Edneyville home that did not have a working smoke detector, Chief Robert Griffin with Edneyville Fire and Rescue said.
"There were smoke detectors present, but they were not in operating condition," Griffin said in an email. "Had the occupants had working smoke detectors, the fire would have been noticed sooner and also given the occupants a better chance of escaping the fire without any other injury."
People inside the home broke through glass windows in the bedroom when they noticed the fire at about 3:30 a.m. at 187 Neely Drive. Edneyville firefighters arrived to douse the blaze, and paramedics took two patients, including one who suffered lacerations, to the hospital.
The fire started after the occupants used an oven to heat the home, Griffin said. The heat source caught the kitchen cabinets on fire, and the flames spread into the living room.
The blaze was contained in about 10 minutes.
Dana Fire and Rescue, Mountain Home Fire and Rescue, Henderson County EMS, Henderson County Rescue Squad and Henderson County Sheriff's Office also responded.
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This television season, police dramas seemed restless. Maybe it's the competition from reality TV or the desire to try something new but I would argue that all the crazy narrative twists - time travel, autobiographical memory, dueling realities, fairytale characters - have done little to turn viewers away from dancers and singers and bachelors. Perhaps it's time to return to what works: the salt-of-the-Earth senior officers who need a shave, the lieutenants beat down by bureaucracy, the detectives teetering on the edge of right and wrong. Audiences don't seem to be responding to gimmicky narrative additions or nothing at stake stories that detract from what should be challenging and gritty crime drama. "Alcatraz," "Unforgettable," "NYC 22," and "Awake" were all canceled. Is it a sign that audiences want to go old school with their cops and robbers?
I gave "Alcatraz" a good review at the start of the season, but I can admit that the chemistry between its main characters never got off the ground. If you don't care about their relationships, you're not going to care that they're fighting time jumping criminals. "Unforgettable" had a detective character whose super memory creates a sort of out of body experience she uses to find clues. Maybe viewers had an out of body experience where they were watching another, more interesting show? I know I did.
"Awake" had an unusual premise where a detective lives in two realities. In one, his wife survives a car crash. In the other, his son lives. This took away the possibility of grief and left us with the possibility of crazy but it wasn't enough to elevate the show. While working on his cases in each reality, the detective would discover strange overlapping clues. But two versions of a crime did not equal twice the intrigue and his sessions with psychiatrists in each world turned into dull exposition. The doctors usually said "how interesting" at least once an episode. It quickly became clear that it actually wasn't.
"NYC 22" was a show about rookie cops learning lessons on the job. No gimmicks here but little to make you care about who they were or who they were supposed to become.
The shows that are returning this fall are "Grimm" and "Person of Interest." Maybe "Grimm" is benefiting from the fairytale goodwill of "Once Upon a Time." The crimes on Grimm are definitely dark and the chemistry between the main characters is enjoyable but I wonder how far its 'fairytale creatures as criminals' plot will take it before viewers want reality over fantasy.
"Person of Interest's" technological premise of a machine that predicts crime has done a good job of tapping into our cultural preoccupation with privacy and security. With its odd couple dynamic, it overcomes what would otherwise be rather unlikeable main characters. Its version of crime drama is perhaps the closest to traditional police shows.
Page 2 of 2 - Still, I can't help but wish for the days of series like "Hill Street Blues" and "Homicide: Life on the Street." Where's the 2012 version of "The Wire"? These crime dramas relied on complex characters and cases with moral gray areas that challenged the audience. Realism is not a bad word. Is it too late to bring back the guys from "NYPD Blue?"
Melissa Crawley is the author of "Mr. Sorkin Goes to Washington: Shaping the President on Television's 'The West Wing.'" She has a PhD in media studies and is a member of the Television Critics Association. To comment on Stay Tuned, email her at email@example.com or follow her on Twitter at @MelissaCrawley.
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