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- Nov 6:
- Mercury News editorial: Court's integrity was at stake in Ritchie race
- Nov 5:
- Santa Clara County Judge Ritchie loses seat to prosecutor Matt Harris
- Oct 6:
- Herhold: Diane Ritchie's strange statement
- Oct 3:
- Beleaguered Santa Clara County judge stops campaigning
- May 4:
- Transcript of Judge Diane Ritchie's campaign video
- Santa Clara County judge slammed with ethics complaint over re-election video
- May 3:
- Herhold: Don't connect the arrow on your ballot for Diane Ritchie
- Apr 18:
- Mercury News editorial: Reject Judge Ritchie, elect Matt Harris
- Mar 25:
- Bar association gives judge cold shoulder
- Mar 17:
- Prosecutor challenges incumbent judge's ballot statement
- Feb 11:
- Field set for three Santa Clara County Superior Court races
- Feb 4:
- Santa Clara County: First sitting judge to face competition in re-election
Diane Ritchie campaigned for judge as an experienced hand in 2008, stressing her breadth of experience, including her stint as a prosecutor handling what she called "important cases."
Five years after her upset victory propelled her to the bench, she appears to be parked in a career cul-de-sac, still overseeing minor cases after what seems to have been an unusually difficult transition from lawyer to judge. Despite extensive training and mentoring, her first term has been marked by a string of odd incidents as she seeks to adjust. In one case, Ritchie asked a landlord to serve as a translator for a tenant who was complaining about substandard conditions; in another, she publicly asked a former client appearing before her on petty theft charges for his phone number so they could meet socially.
Few in legal circles dare openly criticize a sitting judge who might hear their cases, but many say privately that Ritchie seems out of her depth and think she may draw a re-election challenger before Wednesday's deadline. No one has run against a sitting judge in Santa Clara County for 15 years -- unlike in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, where sometimes-successful challenges have been mounted.
Ritchie insists she's done a fine job.
"I told voters I would make it so they could get expedient, fair resolutions in their cases, that everyone would be respected and treated with dignity and that I would protect the community," she said in an interview, adding that she has delivered. "I'm going to be on the bench for a long time."
But in interviews with nearly 100 legal sources over the past five years, including lawyers who have appeared in her court, courthouse staff and fellow judges, she was singled out repeatedly for her struggles to master the job. Local lawyers say lagging performance on California's fifth-largest and otherwise widely respected Superior Court potentially undermines confidence in the handling of even small cases. The court presides over matters ranging from small claims to capital murder.
Ritchie was a deputy district attorney for more than three years, from 1984 through early 1988, but her experience was limited to misdemeanors, juvenile dependency and child support cases. She then ran her own civil law practice and most recently worked as the staff attorney for the California School Employees Association.
Ritchie campaigned as an outsider -- and was the sole woman running -- against three prosecutors and a Superior Court commissioner in the hotly contested 2008 race. She won the $178,789-a-year job handily, even though her opponent in the runoff, then-prosecutor Lane Liroff, was endorsed by the district attorney, sheriff and more than 60 local judges.
The rookie jurist spent her first four years -- far longer than most judges -- handling mostly misdemeanors, minor crimes ranging from shoplifting to drunken driving, before being moved a year ago to civil court.
Two respected jurists have coached Ritchie -- Edward Lee and her official mentor, Erica R. Yew. Ritchie made repeated efforts to grasp the fundamentals, undergoing judicial "boot camp" training for judges twice. She also allowed her performance to be videotaped and critiqued in an effort to improve. Her efforts to learn the ropes were interrupted by a four-month medical leave that sparked rumors she was under stress, which she said was untrue.
Ritchie said she stayed in a misdemeanor assignment by choice, with an eye toward her current assignment handling civil matters, her specialty. She also defended her misdemeanor work, noting she was the impetus behind bringing San Francisco's prostitution diversion program to the local courts. The court's presiding judges said they are prohibited from discussing her performance. And she has her supporters, including judges Socrates Peter Manoukian and Franklin Bondonno.
"Judge Ritchie has done an excellent job and deserves re-election," fellow Judge Derek Woodhouse said. "She is intelligent and has a good judicial temperament."
Yet lawyers who have appeared in her court and some courthouse staff say she has struggled with the basics. After her first three years on the bench, other lawyers gave Ritchie some of the very lowest marks among her peers for knowledge of the law and procedures, according to the county bar association's judicial survey in 2011, the last year the poll was taken.
Some lawyers who appeared before her when she was in Department 51 handling misdemeanors even referred to it as "Area 51," the mysterious Nevada test site that has become synonymous in popular culture for encounters with space aliens.
Like most judges, Ritchie spent her first year in civil court handling mostly small claims, probate and other relatively low-level cases. Her skill as a mediator and employment lawyer has served the public well in settling a large percentage of civil cases quickly, she said. But according to numerous lawyers who have had cases before her, it's notable that presiding judges haven't assigned her any challenging civil or criminal cases since she took office.
In a November incident that critics say showed her lack of judgment, Ritchie strongly suggested that a fellow judge appear before her and defend himself from charges that many lawyers say should never have been taken seriously. She rejected what other judges said they would have done: accept written declarations from accused Judge L. Michael Clark and the two witnesses who cleared him -- his bailiff and a county government attorney.
The charges were from a woman who has filed more than two dozen lawsuits in the county alone against figures including President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. Among her accusations against Clark: that he may belong to the Mafia, had hired a hit man to kill her and told someone to put a tracking device on her car and have her ticketed. After Ritchie urged Clark to defend himself in her courtroom, his accuser asked such questions as: "Are you Justin Bieber?" Even then, Ritchie declared that her ruling in the fellow judge's favor was a "close" call, which some saw as only encouraging a woman known for making absurd accusations that clog up the court. Clark and Ritchie declined to comment, noting it's a pending case because the woman could still appeal.
It was among a number of incidents involving Ritchie in both criminal and civil court that have raised eyebrows.
After publicly acknowledging that "it might be that I am too close to Mr. Fuentes," Ritchie suggested the defendant give the bailiff his number so they could meet socially. "If you want me to call you," Ritchie said, "you could give your phone number to my deputy because it would just be really great to see you." She then took a break and invited the defendant into her chambers and, after returning briefly to the courtroom, took him out to lunch, leading him out the back door through the judges' parking lot to her car.
During the interview with this newspaper, Ritchie initially denied that her unorthodox actions posed a possible safety risk and might present the appearance of impropriety, noting that she recused herself from the case that morning during the hearing.
However, she said later through a court spokesman that it wouldn't happen again. The spokesman said the judge now realizes that "appearances are important."
Contact Tracey Kaplan at 408-278-3482. Follow her at Twitter.com/tkaplanreport.
Diane Ritchie
Age: 59
Education: Golden Gate University School of Law, 1980
Family: Husband Ralph Campbell, no children
Residence: San Jose
Current Occupation: Superior Court judge, Santa Clara County (San Jose) since 2008
Previous Career: sole practitioner, 2005-08; supervising attorney, Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County, 2001-05; associate at various law firms, 1988-2001 and 1981-84; deputy district attorney, Santa Clara County, 1984-88


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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese have gone on the defensive as critics have slammed their film "The Wolf of Wall Street" for glorifying the overindulgences of Wall Street.
"I think anyone who thinks that missed the boat entirely," DiCaprio told HitFix In Contention.
DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who bilked investors of millions of dollars, did drugs and held wild parties and went to prison for 22 months.
The actor noted in his interview with HitFix that Scorsese allowed the audience to see Belfort's "wild ride" while trying not to judge the character.
"I mean ultimately I think if anyone watches this movie, at the end of 'Wolf of Wall Street,' they're going to see that we're not at all condoning this behavior," DiCaprio added. "In fact we're saying that this is something that is in our very culture and it needs to be looked at and it needs to be talked about. Because, to me, this attitude of what these characters represent in this film are ultimately everything that's wrong with the world we live in."
DiCaprio had made the media circuit preaching that stance over and over. To Deadline.com, he said, "None of the people that made this movie like these people, at all." And to Variety, he said, "This film may be misunderstood by some; I hope people understand we're not condoning this behavior, that we're indicting it."
Scorsese -- with 50 years of film making to his credit -- was even more blunt about why he chose to depict Belfort's extravagant crime spree and ultimate downfall. "This is something that's not going to go away if you don't talk about it," he told the Hollywood Reporter.
Controversy aside, movie insiders expect "The Wolf of Wall Street" will pick up Oscar nominations for best film and lead actor.

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ROSSMOOR -- Bob Sutherland isn't one to toot his own horn. Or maybe he is, because the 90-year-old trumpeter and World War II veteran will be playing with the Rossmoor Big Band at a July 19 "Operation Swingtime" program.
The USO Show and picnic will feature the 32-member big band and the all-female Swingin' Blue Stars quartet. Seeking to honor veterans across generations, Americans who have served the country in past wars and military personnel from Camp Parks in Dublin and Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield are invited to wear their uniforms.
"I just want to say 'thank you for serving' to our returning vets," Sutherland said. Although he won't be wearing the uniform he wore from 1942-1945 as a radio operator in the Army Air Corps' 316th Fighter Control Squadron, Sutherland will bring memories with him.
Born in March 1924 and raised in Alameda, he's been married 45 years to his second wife, Ann. His life stories sound as if they were from a circus more than from a military mission.
"I graduated from high school and got a job as a shipping clerk and printing press trainee," he recalls. "Three buddies and I didn't want to get drafted into the Navy, so we went on a Saturday afternoon to check out the Army Air Corps."
Sutherland knew his eyesight would keep him on the ground. What he didn't know, was that by agreeing to take a physical, he was enlisting.
"A few hours after I took it, they called. Said we had to go over and listen to a list of names each day. If we didn't show, we'd be charged with desertion. I hadn't even told my folks, my boss. We were shocked."
And four days later, he was on his way to 18 months of radio school in Illinois. Then it was Tomah, Wis., to operate high-frequency radios for fighter pilots. Eventually sent overseas, Sutherland ran water rescue drills on the English Channel before being sent to Germany.
"I wasn't in the Battle of the Bulge, but the Germans were within 10 miles. The Army didn't go up the river, otherwise, they would have run right over me," he said, as he pulled a German officer's P38 pistol out of its original leather holster and explained its operation.
Sutherland picked up the gun that had dropped on the ground, after an officer and three enlisted men -- holding their rifles overhead, white flags attached -- emerged from nearby woods and surrendered.
A Hitler Youth Knife inscribed with "Alle für Deutschland," and a copy of "The Adler," a German newspaper dated 1943 and including a detailed drawing of a Fock Wulf Fw 190 with all parts labeled, are souvenirs.
Happier memories of the war involve music, which has bounced in and out of his life, ever since he learned to play his father's coronet.
"It leaked air, so my dad bought me a new one for $23.75. I gave it up after high school."
But he played the trumpet now and then, like shortly before the end of World War II, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, and Sutherland was asked to play Taps. And USO Shows were highlights, including seeing Bob Hope in France and a special show featuring actress Janet Blair.
"I was in a hospital, and down because I didn't know anyone in the barracks. They let a group of us into the show, up front where there were no chairs," Sutherland said. "I was lying there, looking up at Janet Blair. She sang 'You'd be So Nice to Come Home To.' I think every man in the place thought she was singing just to him."
After the war, Sutherland got a bachelor's degree in business from UC-Berkeley and spent 30 years in the tank truck industry, mostly in Los Angeles. He joined community bands to get a night out and relieve the stress of his high-pressure job.
Moving back to the Bay Area, he played with the Walnut Creek Concert Band, Diablo Symphony Orchestra, Diablo Light Opera Orchestra and formed the Tice Valley Jazz Band.
He says the 30s and 40s music the Rossmoor band plays is the ultimate.
"I think the only reason I'm still alive is because I play the trumpet," he says. "I'm not a hiker and both my parents died in their 50s. The pressure of the horn and blowing it keeps the lungs aerobically good. I don't have the genes, so I don't know what else to chalk it up to."
Big Band leader Mo Levich says the show will include the band playing selections from "West Side Story" and a Fred Astaire medley arrangement by co-director Frank Como. The Big Band will join the Swingin' Blue Stars for "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."


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Why do I bother with these morons? Because they are destroying the movements which some of us have spent a long time trying to build. Those of us who believe that the crucial global issues - climate change, the Iraq war, nuclear proliferation, inequality - are insufficiently debated in parliament or congress; that corporate power stands too heavily on democracy; that war criminals, cheats and liars are not being held to account, have invested our efforts in movements outside the mainstream political process. These, we are now discovering, are peculiarly susceptible to this epidemic of gibberish.
The obvious corollorary to the belief that the Bush administration is all-powerful is that the rest of us are completely powerless. In fact it seems to me that the purpose of the "9/11 truth movement" is to be powerless. The omnipotence of the Bush regime is the coward's fantasy, an excuse for inaction used by those who don't have the stomach to engage in real political fights.
Let me give you an example. The column I wrote about Loose Change two weeks ago generated 777 posts on Comment is Free, which is almost a record. Most of them were furious.. The response from a producer of the film, published last week, attracted 467(2). On the same day I published an article about a genuine, demonstrable conspiracy: a spy network feeding confidential information from an arms control campaign to Britain's biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE. It drew 60 responses(3). The members of the 9/11 cult weren't interested. If they were, they might have had to do something. The great virtue of a fake conspiracy is that it calls on you to do nothing.
The 9/11 conspiracy theories are a displacement activity. A displacement activity is something you do because you feel incapable of doing what you ought to do. A squirrel sees a larger squirrel stealing its hoard of nuts. Instead of attacking its rival, it sinks its teeth into a tree and starts ripping it to pieces. Faced with the mountainous challenge of the real issues we must confront, the chickens in the "truth" movement focus instead on a fairytale, knowing that nothing they do or say will count, knowing that because the perpetrators don't exist, they can't fight back. They demonstrate their courage by repeatedly bayoneting a scarecrow.
Many of those who posted responses on Comment is Free contend that Loose Change (which was neatly demolished in the BBC's film The Conspiracy Files on Sunday night) is a poor representation of the conspiracists' case. They urge us instead to visit websites like 911truth.org, physics911.net and 911scholars.org, and to read articles by the theology professor David Ray Griffin and the physicist Steven E. Jones. Concerned that I might have missed something, I have now done all those things, and have come across exactly the same concatenation of ill-attested nonsense as I saw in Loose Change. In all these cases you will find wild supposition raised to the status of incontrovertible fact; rumour and confusion transformed into evidence; selective editing; the citation of fake experts; the dismissal of real ones. Doubtless I will now be told that these are not the true believers: I will need to dive into another vat of tripe to get to the heart of the conspiracy.
The 9/11 truthers remind me of nothing so much as the climate-change deniers, cherry-picking their evidence, seizing any excuse for ignoring the arguments of their opponents. Witness the respondents to my Loose Change column who maintain that the magazine Popular Mechanics, which has ripped the demolition theories apart, is a government front. They know this because one of its editors, Benjamin Chertoff, is the brother/nephew/first cousin of the US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. (They are, as far as Benjamin can discover, unrelated, but what does he know?(4)).
Windom wrote: Good if you don't want to read pages on steel melting points from self-appointed experts.
breakreep wrote: Windom wrote: Good if you don't want to read pages on steel melting points from self-appointed experts.
While reading pages on such material is understandably boring to most people, you hardly need to be a "self-appointed expert" to understand or write them. All you need is a sound grasp on well-understood physical principles, the ability to correctly manipulate the math that drives these principles, and access to the sort of commonly accepted chart or list of event points that any materials engineer uses in their day-to-day job.
Properly conducted science doesn't rest on the basis of self-proclaimed expertise, it relies on a basic grasp of the tools of mathematical and observational discovery and interpretation.
Bicycle wrote: Is this an appropriate place to discuss Jared Loughner MK Ultra connections?


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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Cambridge, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: VAN: 1993-124 overall
|2009 PLAYOFF TOTALS: 18 gp, 1-6-7, 19 pim
HURRICANES PLAYOFF TOTALS: 18 gp, 1-6-7, 19 pim
CAREER PLAYOFF TOTALS: 29 gp, 1-7-8, 31 pim
* Completed his third NHL playoff season and first with Carolina, skating in all 18 of Carolina's postseason contests
* Scored the overtime, game-winning goal - his first career playoff goal - in Game 7 at BOS (5/14)
* Was assessed 17 minutes in penalties for an altercation with Aaron Ward in Game 5 at BOS (5/11)
* Assisted on Samsonov's goal and registered nine hits in Game 3 vs. BOS (5/6)
* Notched the primary assist on Bayda's goal in Game 4 vs. NJ (4/21)
* Earned his first Hurricanes playoff point with an assist on Bayda' s goal in Game 3 vs. NJ (4/19)
* Made his Hurricanes playoff debut at NJ (4/15)
* Longest assist streak: 2 games (5/21-5/23: 0g, 2a)
* Longest point streak: 2 games (5/12-5/14: 1g, 1a; 5/21-5/23: 0g, 2a)
ROUND 3 TOTALS: 4 gp, 0-2-2, 2 pim
ROUND 2 TOTALS: 7 gp, 1-2-3, 17 pim
ROUND 1 TOTALS: 7 gp, 0-2-2, 0 pim
2008-09 REGULAR SEASON TOTALS: 41 gp, 5-10-15, 39 pim
* Was fifth among Hurricanes forwards in hits (79) despite missing 41 games due to injury
|Draft: Vancouver 1993 (4-124-5)
First NHL Game: April 13, 1995 in a 6-4 Vancouver loss vs. Edmonton
First NHL Point: April 17, 1995 in a 2-2 Vancouver tie at Dallas (assist)
First NHL Goal: Oct. 14, 1995 in a 7-6 Vancouver win at San Jose (Wade Flaherty)
Most Goals, Game: 3 - twice (Last: Dec. 22, 2003 in a 3-3 Nashville tie vs. Phoenix)
Most Assists, Game: 3 - 7 times (Last: March 24, 2007 in a 6-4 Carolina win vs. San Jose)
Most Points, Game: 4 - twice (Last: Feb. 18, 2004 in a 7-3 Nashville win vs. San Jose)
Most Penalty Minutes, Game: 39 - Jan. 26, 1998 in a 4-2 Vancouver loss at Phoenix
Shootout Stats: 1 attempt, 0 goals (0%)
Scott and his wife, Julie, were married July 10, 1999… They have a son, Cooper (7), and a daughter, Anna (5)… The Walkers spend their summers in Cambridge, Ont., and have a St. Bernard named Maddy… Scott has worked with the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation, Goals and Dreams and Kids Can Play…His biggest hockey influence was his dad, and his first youth team was Timbits Hockey in Cambridge… The player he emulated growing up was Paul Coffey, and his first job was working at McDonald's… Scott's favorite movie is Good Will Hunting, favorite television show is Wipeout and favorite band is Rascal Flatts… The most-played song on his iPod is U2's Beautiful Day… His favorite book is "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch... Scott says Matt Damon would play him in a movie about his life… He enjoys playing Wii Fit with his son, and his favorite Web site is yahoo.com… The person from history he would most like to meet is Muhammad Ali, and the current celebrity he would most like to meet is Angelina Jolie… His guilty pleasures are nachos and cheese… Scott says if he wasn't playing professional hockey he would be a teacher… His most memorable goal was his overtime, series-clinching goal in Game 7 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Semifinals in Boston… His favorite former teammates are Greg Johnson and Tom Fitzgerald… He wears 24 because it was assigned to him when he was called up for the Canucks… His favorite road arena is the Air Canada Centre, his favorite road city is Tampa Bay and his favorite team to play against is Boston.
Completed his 14th NHL season and third with Carolina... Was sixth among Hurricanes forwards in hits (79) despite missing 41 games due to injury... Scored his fifth goal of the season and was (+1) vs. NYI (4/7)... Registered five hits vs. PIT (4/4)... Returned to action vs. NYR (4/2) after missing 11 consecutive games with an upper-body injury and was (+1) in 6:13 of ice time... Netted his fourth goal of the season vs. CGY (3/6)... Returned to action at WSH (3/3) after missing 15 games with an upper-body injury... Placed on injured reserve on 2/5... Assisted on Whitney's goal and registered six hits at BUF (1/17)... Earned his second multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist vs. TOR (1/15)... Tied the team season high (Staal) with nine shots on goal and earned an assist on Whitney's goal at BOS (12/20)... Registered two hits and sparred with Arron Asham at PHI (12/11)... Returned to action vs. WSH (12/7) after missing four games due to a leg injury... Registered seven hits at FLA (11/24)... Earned his first multi-point game of the season with a pair of assists vs. PHX (11/21)... Earned the primary assist on Whitney's game-winning goal vs. MTL (11/18)... Netted his second goal of the season with a power-play tally vs. WSH (11/12)... Scored his first goal of the season at WSH (11/6)... Made his season debut at TOR (11/4) after missing the team's first 11 games due to a hand injury sustained during the preseason... Underwent surgery on Oct. 6 to repair a ligament in his left hand... Missed 41 games due to injury: (Hand: 10/10-11/2; Leg: 11/28-12/6; Upper-body: 1/29-2/28; 3/7-3/28)... Longest assist streak: 3 games (11/16-11/21: 0g, 4a)... Longest point streak: 3 games (11/16-11/21: 0g, 4a)... Multi-assist games: 1 (11/21 vs. PHX: 0g, 2a)... Multi-point games: 2 (11/21 vs. PHX: 0g, 2a; 12/15 vs. TOR: 1g, 1a).
Completed his third NHL playoff season and first with Carolina, skating in all 18 of Carolina's postseason contests... Scored the overtime, game-winning goal - his first career playoff goal - in Game 7 at BOS (5/14)... Was assessed 17 minutes in penalties for an altercation with Aaron Ward in Game 5 at BOS (5/11)... Assisted on Samsonov's goal and registered nine hits in Game 3 vs. BOS (5/6)... Notched the primary assist on Bayda's goal in Game 4 vs. NJ (4/21)... Earned his first Hurricanes playoff point with an assist on Bayda' s goal in Game 3 vs. NJ (4/19)... Made his Hurricanes playoff debut at NJ (4/15).
Is in his 15th NHL season and fourth with the Hurricanes… Acquired from Nashville on July 18, 2006, in exchange for Josef Vasicek… Signed a three-year contract with the Hurricanes on June 20, 2007… An original member of the Nashville Predators, selected in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft… Heading into the 2009-10 season, he ranked third on the Predators' all-time list in goals (96) and penalty minutes (465) and fourth in points (247) and assists (151)… Originally a defenseman, he switched to forward prior to the 1996-97 season… Was named a member of the Owen Sound Platers' Mastercard All-Time Team
1991-92: Scored seven goals and 31 assists (38 points) in 53 regular season games for Owen Sound... Had seven assists in five playoff games
1992-93: Finished the season with a career-high 91 points (23g, 68a)... Was an OHL Second Team All-Star... Played for the Canadian National Junior team for two games, netting three goals
1993-94: Appeared in 77 games for Hamilton of the AHL, recording 10 goals and 29 assists (39 points)
1994-95: Made his NHL debut with Vancouver vs. EDM (4/13)... Notched his first NHL point with an assist on Mike Peca's goal vs. DAL (4/17)... Prior to joining Vancouver, he played 74 games for Syracuse, tallying 14 goals and 38 assists (52 points) and leading the team with an AHL career-high 334 penalty minutes
1995-96: Finished second on the Canucks with 137 penalty minutes in only 63 games... Scored his first NHL goal vs. SJ (10/14)... Recorded three goals and 12 assists (15 points) in 15 games with Syracuse... Notched 17 points (9g, 8a) in 16 playoff games for Syracuse
1996-97: Notched 18 points (3g, 15a) in 64 games with the Canucks... Ranked third on the Canucks in penalty minutes (132)... Played his 100th career game vs. FLA (1/14)
1997-98: Appeared in 59 games for Vancouver, totaling 13 points (3g, 10a)... Was plus or even in 42 of his 59 games played... Finished sixth on the club with 164 penalty minutes... Notched the first NHL goal scored outside of North America when he scored at 12:10 of the first period of Vancouver's 1997-98 season opener against Anaheim in Tokyo, Japan... The puck now resides in the Hockey Hall of Fame
1998-99: Ranked third on the club in assists (25) and fourth in points (40)... Collected 100 penalty minutes for the fourth straight season... Set a franchise single-game record by collecting 25 penalty minutes vs. LA (3/4)... Recorded the first shorthanded goal in Predators franchise history at CHI (10/24)... Made his Predators debut on Oct. 10 vs. Florida... Played for Team Canada at the 1999 World Championships
1999-00: Finished second on the team and led all forwards in penalty minutes (90)
2000-01: Registered a career-high in goals (25)... Led the club in goals (25), power-play goals (9), shorthanded goals (3) and shorthanded points (5)... Ranked second on the team in points (54) and power-play points (23)... Ranked fourth on the club and led team forwards in average ice time (19:17)... Recorded his 100th NHL assist at SJ (1/13)… Tallied his first career hat trick and became the first-ever Predator to record a hat trick at the Gaylord Entertainment Center vs. COL (12/26)... The hat trick was also part of his first career four-point game (3g, 1a)... Was an assistant captain for Team Canada and finished second on the team with six points (3g, 3a) at the 2001 World Championships in Germany
2001-02: Recorded the second-highest average ice time (18:38) among team forwards... Missed 54 games while recovering from post-concussion syndrome
2002-03: Led team forwards in average ice time (19:49)... Tied a career single-game high with three assists – including his 200th NHL point – vs. CBJ (2/8)... Served as the Predators' interim captain from Jan. 12-25... Missed 22 games due to injury
2003-04: Established then-franchise records with career-high totals in points (67) and multi-point games (15)... Posted career-highs in assists (42), points and average ice time (20:03)... Matched career-highs in goals (25), power-play goals (9) and shorthanded goals (3)... Led the Predators in goals, assists, points and shooting percentage (15.9%)... Ranked second on the team and tied for fifth in the NHL with five shorthanded points (3g, 2a)... With two assists at NYR (3/25), he passed Cliff Ronning as the franchise's all-time leading scorer (with his 227th point as a Predator)... Notched his 100th NHL goal vs. ANA (3/25)... Posted a career-high seven-game point-scoring streak from March 1-13 (2g, 7a)... Matched a career-best with a four-point game (1g, 3a) on vs. SJ (2/18)... Became the franchise's all-time leader in goals with his 82nd tally as a Predator vs. SJ (1/31)... Named the NHL Offensive Player of the Week for Dec. 22-28 (4gp, 4g, 3a, +6)... His goal at PHX (12/27) was the first scored at the Glendale Arena... Notched his second career hat trick vs. PHX (12/22)... Played in his 500th NHL game vs. ANA (10/9)... Named Nashville's 2004 Chevy Man of the Year (community service)... Made his NHL playoff debut at DET (4/7) and appeared in all six of the Predators' first-round games
2004-05: Captured a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2005 World Championships... Played with Cambridge and Dundas (OHA Sr.)
2005-06: Missed 49 games due to injury: 33 games with a sports hernia and 16 with a sprained wrist... Nashville was 22-8-3 with him in the lineup... Skated in his 600th NHL game vs. CBJ (4/3)
2006-07: Ranked sixth on the team in goals (21) and points (51)... Was tied for third on the team in game-winning goals (6)... Matched his career-high with three assists vs. SJ (3/24)... Earned his 200th career assist on Staal's goal vs. NYI (1/6)... Scored his fifth goal of the season and assisted on Staal's goal vs. ATL (10/25)... The goal marked the 300th point of his NHL career... Scored two goals for his first multi-goal game with the Hurricanes at PIT (10/14)... Scored his first goal with Carolina and earned an assist for his first multi-point game with the Hurricanes at FLA (10/11)... Earned his first point with the Hurricanes with an assist on Wallin's goal at WSH (10/7)... Made his Hurricanes debut vs. BUF (10/4)... Missed one game due to illness (4/1).
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Sue Clearwater
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- "Now Sue, she would have made one hell of a wolf. Leah's more of a wolverine."
- ―Billy Black on Sue and Leah Clearwater.[src]
Sue Clearwater (née Uley) is a Quileute woman who lives on the La Push reservation. She was born in the mid-1960s. Sue is the mother of Leah Clearwater and Seth Clearwater, and a widow since the death of her husband Harry Clearwater. She is also a good friend to Billy Black and Charlie Swan.
She is portrayed by Alex Rice in the movie adaptations.
Early lifeEdit
Sue was raised by the legends and beliefs of the Quileute magic and history, along with her brother, Lucas. She married Harry Clearwater and gave birth to two children: Leah and Seth. She and Harry had always known that their son might someday become a shape-shifter if he was to cross a vampire scent, which he did when the Cullens moved back to Forks.
Sue was the one who treated her niece, Emily's wounds when she was accidentally slashed by Sam Uley, who phased after a momentary loss of control over his anger.
New MoonEdit
During New Moon, her husband, Harry Clearwater, dies of a heart attack caused by the unexpected phasing of their daughter, Leah, leaving her a widow, and his place as a member of the tribal council. Billy comments on Sue being a strong woman, as she remains unshaken for a while despite the circumstances of her husband's unexpected passing and her children's phasing.
- "She took over for Harry when he died."
- ―Jacob[src]
In Eclipse, Sue attends the campfire night/council meeting on the clifftop in which Billy Black and Quil III tell the Quileute legends to Bella, Jacob, and most of the pack and their imprintees. Bella describes her as really tough and taking on stuff bravely. In the film she does appear at the bonfire, but has no speaking lines.
Breaking DawnEdit
In Breaking Dawn, Sue attends Bella and Edward's wedding with Billy and her children.
Later on, both Seth and Leah run away to join Jacob Black's renegade pack to protect Bella and her baby from Sam's pack. According to Jared, Sue was heartbroken, but Jacob knew that she was very strong, and was not above playing her children's sympathies if it meant tricking them into returning home.
In the movie, she attends Bella and Edward's wedding with Seth and Billy. She is present when Jacob hears about Bella's return at Billy's house, and keeps Charlie company half the time. Near the end of the movie, she is at Billy's house when Paul reports to Sam that Bella is 'dead'.
Sue is also mentioned to be spending a lot of time with Charlie Swan, being as shocked by his cooking as Bella was when she first came to Forks. She immediately takes on a caretaker role towards Charlie, much like Bella did, and even accompanies him to the Cullens' house. By the end of the story, they have started a romantic relationship. Their newfound romance is much more apparent in the final movie.
Physical appearanceEdit
Sue has a thin face with black eyes and black hair. In the books, her hair is cut in a short, severe style. In the movies, her hair runs down to her shoulders.
Personality and traitsEdit
- "The woman knows her trout."
- ―Charlie, on Sue.[src]
Sue's personality is not fully described in the books, but Jacob mentions that she is brave and strong—strong enough to lie to her children if that is what it takes to do what is right. When her husband passed away, she remained tough to get over her pain, and take over his place as council leader of the Quileute tribe. It is also her strong personality that allows her to face the supernatural world with grace. Aside from her toughness, she is also a loving person who cares for her family.
In the movie, she shows knowledge about fish.
Sue is the wife of Harry Clearwater and mother of Leah and Seth Clearwater. She is the daughter of Jonathan Uley and Charlotte Hewes, and the older sister of Lucas Uley.
Harry Clearwater is Sue's husband until his death, and they have two children, Leah and Seth. In New Moon, they both phase into wolves, Leah being the first woman in Quileute's recorded history to do so, and Seth phasing for the first time unusually early as these things go.
Charlie SwanEdit
- Main article: Charlie Swan and Sue Clearwater
- "Sue, can I get you a glass?"
- ―Charlie.[src]
Charlie Swan is Sue's close friend and new love interest. Sue and Charlie have known each other for a long time.
When Sue's husband, and Charlie's best friend, Harry died of a heart attack in New Moon, Charlie is the one who helps her plan his funeral.
In Breaking Dawn, she visits the Cullens with Charlie as moral support to help with his transition into the supernatural world. She also fills in Bella's cooking role at his house and keeping him company. At the end of Breaking Dawn, Bella suspects that Sue and Charlie may have become a couple. It was later confirmed in The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide that they are in fact dating.
Film portrayalEdit
Sue Clearwater is portrayed by Alex Rice in Eclipse and both Breaking Dawn movies.
External linksEdit
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|Ephraim Black's pack
|Ephraim Black • Quil Ateara II • Levi Uley
|Uley pack
|Sam Uley • Jared Cameron • Paul Lahote • Brady Fuller • Collin Littlesea • Samantha Uley • Paula Lahote
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In the girls game, Elise Nelson buried a shot assisted by Hannah Johnson just 2 minutes into the contest. Haley Derr then scored off a corner kick in the fifth minute for a quick 2-0 lead.
Vanessa Andrade scored next, assisted by Elise Nelson in the 55th minute, while Nelson scored from an Andrade assist in the 66th minute and Kayla Goldberg rounded out the scoring with an unassisted goal in the 78th minute.
The boys played to a scoreless tie through one half. But Hugo Garcia netted an unassisted goal in the 47th minute to lift the Highlanders to victory.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Friday, Sept. 7, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- They called it an "opportunity" to climb knee deep in the mud of the Savannah River and pull out anything and everything that didn't belong there.
"Yesterday we pulled a mountain bike out of the river, clothes, shoes, little kids' toys. We just pulled a big insides of a lightbulb out," said Fort Gordon Warrant Officer Mike Facemire.
All those things should definitely not be on the shores of the Savannah River. Now, thanks to these 14 soldiers, the trash is gone.
"We're not here very long, some of us nine months, some of us three months. I'm only here three months this time, so it gives us an opportunity to see the community, be out in the community, away from the base, and have some fun doing it," Facemire said.
"The city benefits greatly from the work that these soldiers do," said Riverkeeper Science Adviser Frank Carl. "These guys aren't afraid to get to get wet or to get dirty."
It was two days of hard, grunt work in the Augusta heat and humidity, but these guys aren't complaining.
"Oh yeah, we're having a good time! We're having fun. We joke around about it, tease each other. Oh, did you lose your shoes?" Facemire said.
"The attitude, the attitude is great. They want to help. It's a different experience for them, rather than being out on Bivouac or training at the Fort," Carl said.
Commissioner Matt Aitken even showed up to say thank you.
"A lot of people are takers, and I think when we can be givers -- it just adds to who you are. It adds to the community, and it benefits people that can come down here and enjoy the Riverwalk," Aitken said.
The Riverwalk isn't just for the locals. It's a big draw for guests coming into the city, too.
"There are hotels along the Riverwalk, and they enjoy walking on the Riverwalk, so the introduction of many visitors to the city is the Riverwalk," Carl said. "It's important to have it looking good, and it's important to keep it up."
The city picks up the piles of trash the soldiers make. What they gathered up Thursday was already gone by Friday morning.
Carl said he appreciates all the work they did because it will also help keep the water cleaner. He also says these guys are great role models for the rest of the community.


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Portsmouth DWI checkpoint to be challenged at trial
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Loyal Scout sticks with his Mills River troop
Published: Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
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MILLS RIVER — A move to Kentucky and now a new home in South Carolina couldn't keep Ethan Ham away from his beloved Mills River Boy Scouts troop.
After growing up in Mills River and moving away, Ethan now commutes to his Scout meetings from South Carolina, refusing to leave the tight-knit brotherhood formed with his fellow Scouts.
He first joined as a Cub Scout in 2006 and stayed with his troop once he became a Boy Scout in 2010. But in 2011, his father, Kelvin Ham, was asked to move to Kentucky for his job.
"They're really a tight-knit little group," Ethan's mother, Beverly Ham said. "The boys have kept in touch even when Ethan was in Kentucky."
Ethan said that brotherhood helped him transition into life in Kentucky; he met other Scouts before kids in school.
"My company wanted me to move to New Hampshire (after two years in Kentucky) and we were like, 'no mas,' so we moved back," Kelvin Ham said. "The Scout master, Mr.Albea, is a lot of the reason we came back."
Kelvin Ham said Albea was looking to transition out of being a Scout master and asked Kelvin Ham if he would be interested in taking over.
"So then Ethan asked me if I would be their Scout master because I had been his Cub master all the way through Cub Scouts," Kelvin Ham said. "Even though we live in South Carolina, we thought it would be great to still be involved with the troop and he wanted to make Eagle with his troop."
Ethan said he stays in touch with the Scouts he met in Kentucky, but is glad to be back with his friends in Mills River.
"When I realized we were coming back, I was very excited to be back in this troop," he said.
Ethan's friendship with many of his troopmates goes all the way back to preschool.
"It was really a blessing for us to be able to move back and to be involved in this community," Kelvin Ham said. "Even though we live in South Carolina, we still go to church in Mills River and we still are involved in this Mills River troop, and he's made rank very quickly because he's so dedicated to Scouts."
Ethan made his Life Scout by age 12, which means he will be able to become an Eagle Scout by 13 — a rarity among Scouts.
Ethan, along with his troop, "hiked out" downtown Hendersonville last Saturday to distribute fliers to local business advertising the troop's upcoming food drive.
Troop 622 will be pick up non-perishable food items from various locations downtown and bring them in their packs to the Visitor's Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 29. The donations will go to Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry to benefit school-aged children in Henderson County.
Director of Fishes and Loaves Pantry in Etowah Albert Lyons said the Girls Scouts helped collect food for them last year, and now the Boy Scouts have been challenged to collect even more, as the need has increased.
"This is our third year of this program to stomp hunger out among the kids during the times they are out of school," Lyons said. "There's a lot of demand out there for children right now."
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Things look a bit brighter for the Earthquakes as they head into Sunday's road game against the Philadelphia Union.
An encouraging 1-1 midweek draw against the Seattle Sounders featured a polished effort from 19-year-old midfielder Tommy Thompson, in his first MLS start.
The eighth-place Quakes (6-9-7, 25 points) needed a pick-me-up after a disastrous 5-0 home loss to FC Dallas, and the bouncy Thompson delivered. He created scoring chances, repeatedly found the ball and nearly popped one or two in.
Quakes fans had been clamoring for another Thompson showcase after the playmaker sizzled against Atletico Madrid on July 27. Seattle represented a big stage, and Thompson looked at ease standing on it.
"He's looked good," coach Mark Watson said. "He's still raw. He still has things to learn, but I felt Tommy was very good. He had a good understanding of what was going on. You could see his ability, and you could also see his feeling for the game."
The Quakes desperately need three points against the Union (6-9-9, 27 points), which has struggled at home with just three wins in 10 tries. San Jose sits eight points out of the final Western Conference playoff spot.
On the injury front, center back Victor Bernardez, recovering from a broken nose, is listed as probable after suffering an ankle injury in the 80th minute in Seattle.
"He's still sore, but he's working with our medical staff and it's starting to ease off a little bit," Watson said of Bernardez's injury. "We'll treat him again (Saturday) and see how he's moving."
For others, the news is not so promising. Midfielder Yannick Djalo (right quad strain) did not make the trip to Philadelphia. Newcomer Matias Perez Garcia had surgery Wednesday after suffering a torn meniscus and is expected to miss four to six weeks.
Thompson has developed a nice rapport with forward Chris Wondolowski, who scored his ninth goal of the season against Seattle, giving him 81 since the beginning of the 2010 campaign.
"He's a great guy to have with you up top, and I thought that showed in (Wednesday's) game," Thompson said.
Interim Philadelphia coach Jim Curtin thinks his team could have an advantage Sunday, with the Quakes traveling cross-country.
"That's a long way to go," Curtin told MLSsoccer.com. "We'll have to jump on them early. We'll have fresh legs."
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Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a general term for an expanding group of rare genetic disorders characterized by slowly progressive weakness (paraplegia) and increased muscle tone and stiffness (spasticity) of leg muscles. The age of onset, rate of progression, associated symptoms, degree of muscle weakness and spasticity, and overall severity of HSP can vary greatly from one person to another, even among individuals with the same subtype or among individuals within the same family. HSP is classified as "pure" or "uncomplicated" if the symptoms are primarily confined to the aforementioned lower limb weakness and spasticity. Other symptoms can occur in the pure subtypes including bladder dysfunction or abnormal sensations in the lower legs or feet. HSP is classified as "complex" or "complicated" if additional symptoms are present such as an inability to coordinate voluntary movements (ataxia), seizures, intellectual disability, skin disease, dementia, and hearing and vision abnormalities. Individual forms of HSP are caused by a mutation to a specific gene. HSP can be inherited as autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive or X-linked condition.
HSP was first reported in the medical literature in the 1880s by a German doctor named Adolph Strumpell. A French doctor named Maurice Lorrain provided further detailed descriptions of the disorder shortly thereafter. More than 50 different forms of HSP have been identified in the ensuing years. Several different names have been used to describe these disorders. Recently, researchers have proposed a classification system that names each subtype by the official abbreviation SPG and a number (e.g. SPG1). The subtypes a numbered in the order they were identified in the medical literature. HSPs are a rapidly growing disease family and information about these disorders is constantly changing.
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BERKELEY -- A little more than a week before engineers are expected to disclose whether the Bay Bridge's new span can open as planned Labor Day weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he's taking the situation "very seriously."
"That thing is not going to open unless it's ready, and the engineers are telling me that they're doing the kind of work that will be needed for that," Brown said speaking to reporters before addressing UC Berkeley's new political science graduates.
Dozens of seismic safety rods have cracked during construction, prompting concern about the rest of the shock-absorber-like parts throughout the new span. Brown again Monday refused to predict when the bridge will open, saying he must wait until engineers present their report on May 29.
Brown said engineers are digging through old records from manufacturers, and must test the rods themselves. Asked whether he's personally involved in the oversight, he replied, "Well, it's a pretty big issue -- I drive across that bridge, too."
Brown's comments struck a far more serious tone than his four-letter response -- "(expletive) happens -- when he was asked weeks ago about the bridge's timetable. During his commencement speech, the governor avoided any of his trademark off-the-cuff headline grabbers. In fact, the governor -- famed for his rhetorical flourishes and sometimes biting repartee -- gave a rather earnest speech Monday morning to UC Berkeley's political science graduates, exhorting them to go forth into the world and use their talents to solve weighty problems such as climate change.
"At crucial moments, imaginative and bold people make a difference," Brown told almost 400 doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree recipients who'd gathered with their families beneath cloudless blue skies in UC Berkeley's Greek Theatre.
Brown did briefly wax nostalgic about his own graduation from UC Berkeley, 52 years ago in Memorial Stadium. His father, who was governor at the time, delivered an address.
"I don't remember what anyone said, but I do remember some unease as my father began his talk," Brown said Monday. "No one knew I was the son of the governor until I graduated, and, by the way, he wasn't too popular at that time."
Reminding the graduates that he had majored in Latin and Greek, and had taken only one political science course, Brown praised their choice of major as "more coherent than political practice."
In the face of worries such as Syria and Afghanistan, the aftermath of the Great Recession, unprecedented economic inequality and a tremendous mountain of student debt across the nation, "Washington is polarized and bogged down in empty political combat," Brown said.
Climate change is "even more threatening," he said. "Of course, the changes in our climate are not happening in political time. By Twitter standards, the pace is very slow but inexorable and, most troubling, soon to be irreversible.
"That's the world you face. But you have the skills and the knowledge and a sense of the good," Brown told the graduates, citing recent bipartisan collaboration on immigration reform as an example of democracy in action.
Another example, he said, was November's successful Proposition 30, Brown's ballot measure to raise sales taxes and income taxes on the rich to fund education. "For an important moment, democracy came alive," he said. "The power of ordinary people, joining together, made a profound difference."
Well, the power of people plus more than $69 million; Brown made no mention Monday of the sizable campaign spending on Proposition 30's behalf. The world's big issues won't be settled easily, Brown said, but people can collectively exercise power for the betterment of all. He urged the graduates to remember what they're capable of when the moment requires action.
"You have the intellect. Make sure you have the will," he said. "The grizzly bear is on our California flag. It portrays strength and determination. Take that with you. Go Bears!"
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For 2016, Hillary Clinton's Timing Is Everything
A good bet is that Hillary Clinton will enter the 2016 presidential race, and immediately become the prohibitive favorite.
But think about another scenario for a moment. As 2014 unfolds, Mrs. Clinton gives no signal as to whether she's running for president. Months go by and Mrs. Clinton continues to give paid speeches, write and promote her new book, and assist her husband and daughter with the Clinton Foundation's charitable work. Then, with 2015 fast approaching, she decides for whatever reason she won't seek the Democratic nomination. Stranger things have happened in politics.That would leave the party in quite a hole.
If Mrs. Clinton opts to sit it out, and doesn't say so until late this year, she'll have left some other prospective Democratic candidates at a competitive disadvantage, some party operatives fear. So far ahead in the polls is Mrs. Clinton at the moment that it's difficult for other Democrats to do the basic preparatory work necessary to mount a serious campaign for the presidency.
Donors aren't apt to write checks to a Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley or a former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer so long as a Clinton candidacy is on the horizon, one Democratic campaign aide says. And without money, it's tough for second-tier hopefuls to build the campaign machinery needed to be successful in the general election.
"The longer Hillary Clinton takes to make a decision, the more frozen the donor and activist class becomes," the aide said. "It's virtually impossible for any Democrat not named Hillary Clinton to build the base of support they need to mount a credible campaign for president right now."
Vice President Joe Biden has a different set of challenges. Americans know who he is, so he doesn't face the same obstacles as say Mr. O'Malley to build name recognition. Mr. Biden said last week he won't make a decision on running until the summer of '15. That extended timetable suggests he'll go a long time before setting up political action committees and outreach efforts that are especially important for candidates like Mr. Biden who are lagging in the polls.
Mrs. Clinton has said she'll make a decision this year on whether to run.
Her interests are well served by waiting. The moment she declares her candidacy, it's open season on her from conservatives and Republican campaign opposition research specialists. She already has universal name recognition and a stable of outside groups raising money and recruiting grassroots activists in the expectation she'll run.
So, in that sense, there's no hurry for her to announce her decision.
Unless she decides she owes it to the party to make sure Democrats aren't left flat-footed in the event she stays out.
One former Clinton campaign aide hopes that if Mrs. Clinton truly isn't going to run, she says so quickly.
"If she's not going to run, then it seems to me she ought to make that decision earlier – as soon as possible – so that other people can get in and the party isn't standing without viable candidates," he said.
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BEAUMONT, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's Tennis team earned a convincing 4-0 win on Saturday, earning a spot in the finals of the Southland Conference Tournament with the victory over Lamar.
The Islanders (16-7) picked up the win in the opening round over a short-handed Lamar (4-17) in the semifinals of the tournament. The Cardinals had five players, so Texas A&M – Corpus Christi started the match with a 1-0 lead after the Cardinals were forced to default at No. 6 singles.
Andrew Maingot and Guillaume Rauseo set the tone for the Islanders, winning 8-3 at No. 2 singles to give their team the doubles point. No. 3 doubles was also defaulted to the Islanders to finish doubles scoring at 2-0 and making it a 2-0 dual match score heading to the singles portion of the contest.
In singles action, Pietro Jordao was the first to finish, dominating 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 to make it 3-0. Matt Westmoreland finished it off soon after, earning a 6-0, 6-0 final at No. 2 singles to make it a 4-0 sweep of the Cardinals.
Javier Pujol had won his first set and was up in the second when his match went unfinished. Peter Nagy lost the first set, but rallied in a big way and was just moments away from tying his match at a set apiece when it went unfinished. Ricardo Mayagoitia moved up to No. 3 for the match and was down a set when play way stopped at the completion of the match.
The Islanders will play New Orleans on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. in the finals of the Southland Conference Tournament with a berth to the NCAA Tournament on the line.
The women's team is set for a 2 p.m. match against Sam Houston in the semifinals of the women's tournament. If they reach the finals, they would face the winner of Southeastern Louisiana and Northwestern State on Sunday at 2 p.m.
For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the team on Facebook (IslandersTennis), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersTennis) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.
Tennis Match Results
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi vs Lamar
04/27/13 at Beaumont, Texas
#61 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 4, Lamar 0
Singles competition:
1. Rob Lee (LU) vs. Peter Nagy (AMCC) 6-2, 0-5, unfinished
2. Matt Westmoreland (AMCC) def. Carl Lindqvist (LU) 6-0, 6-0
3. Steven McMullan (LU) vs. Ricardo Mayagoitia (AMCC) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
4. Mikko Rajamaki (LU) vs. Javier Pujol (AMCC) 2-6, 1-2, unfinished
5. Pietro Jordao (AMCC) def. Trey Crysel (LU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Andrew Maingot (AMCC) def. No Player (LU), by default
Doubles competition:
1. Steven McMullan/Rob Lee (LU) vs. Peter Nagy/Gergo Weidinger (AMCC) 4-5, unfinished
2. Andrew Maingot/Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) def. Carl Lindqvist/Mikko Rajamaki (LU) 8-3
3. Odon Barta/Pietro Jordao (AMCC) def. No Player/No Player 2 (LU), by default
Match Notes:
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 16-7; National ranking #61
Lamar 4-17
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (6,5,2)


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Those traveling along Interstate 77 may soon no longer have to hit the brakes when they cross the border from West Virginia into Ohio.
Senators in Ohio signed off on a bill that would increase the speed limit for interstates in rural areas this week but the House balked at the measure, sending it back to a committee.
The bill would adjust speed limits from 65 mph to 70 mph on most portions of interstates in the state.
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In the plan the speed limit would remain 65 mph in freeway portions passing through the outer belts of urban areas, and heavily congested areas located near cities would remain 55 mph.
"A critical issue for the State Highway Patrol was ensuring that these highly populated urban areas did not change to 70 mph," said Lt. Anne Ralston, spokeswoman for the Ohio State Highway Patrol. "For instance the highways around the outer belt of Columbus would remain what they are, but I-77 near Marietta would increase to 70 mph."
The change would have an impact on both commercial drivers and citizens just trying to get around.
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Key points in House Bill 51
Speed limit would be increased from 65 mph to 70 mph on rural sections of the interstate.
Speed limit would remain 65 mph for freeway portions passing through the outer belts of urban areas, and heavily congested areas located near cities would remain 55 mph.
Authorizes the Ohio Turnpike Commission to issue revenue bonds for infrastructure projects.
Requires that infrastructure projects first must be approved by the Transportation
Review Advisory Council (TRAC) and then be recommended by the Director of Transportation and evaluated and approved by the Commission.
Requires that infrastructure projects funded by the Commission must (1) generally relate to public highway construction or improvements, (2) have an anticipated economic or transportation related impact on the turnpike and infrastructure system, and (3) have a nexus to the Ohio Turnpike.
Source: Ohio Legislative Service Commission
The issue for most truck drivers isn't how fast the speed limit is set, but rather when different speed limits are posted for cars and trucks, according to Jeff Starner, the owner of Merchants 5 Star trucking company in Marietta.
Starner said about 47 percent of Merchants 5 Star's miles are driven in Ohio, but the change might not affect every truck or route.
"Generally speaking the truck industry favors lower speeds anyway," he said. "Companies use a number of variables including fuel economy, driver satisfaction and what the landscape is on the route to determine what speed is best."
The change in speed limit is an amendment to House Bill 51, according to Sen. Gayle Manning, R-Huron, and chair of the Senate Transportation Committee.
"The reason we added this was because there are 35 other states already doing it," said Manning. "Our roads and cars are safer than ever. This increase is just going to help save people time."
There are currently 35 states including Ohio, that have a speed limit set to 70 mph or above on some portion of their roadway system, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's website.
States surrounding Ohio that have a speed limit of 70 mph include West Virginia, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana.
The Ohio Turnpike changed its speed limit to 70 mph in April 2011 and is currently the only state roadway with a 70 mph speed limit posted.
"The first year they made the change to 70 mph fatalities actually decreased, I believe," said Manning. "I think accidents in some cases have less to do with the speed of travel, and more to do with weather conditions."
Ralston said that no in-depth studies on the speed increase and its effect on the Ohio Turnpike were conducted so it's hard to speculate one way or the other.
"We would need to research that issue in great detail to make any sort of conclusion on if the increase in speed is more dangerous," said Ralston. "Regardless our goal is to enforce the laws with professionalism and fairness, which we will continue to do regardless of what the speed limit is."
Some local residents don't believe the increase in the speed limit is needed for the interstates.
"I think cars are going fast enough as it is," said Robert Stewart, 87, of Newport. "The faster you are going the less control you have and the harder it is to stop."
A number of people said they would be excited about the change, however.
Nancy Sams, 72, of Belpre, said she has been waiting for an increase in the speed limit.
"When you have to drive on a four-lane highway at 55 or 60 miles an hour it's really ridiculous," said Sams. "The idea of a highway is that you have a direct route to get somewhere quickly."
Sams said she frequently travels and could never understand why other states had higher speed limits than Ohio.
"West Virgina has some very crooked roads and they are able to travel 70 mph," she said. "I don't see a bit of a problem with Ohio increasing the speed limit on highways."
Cody Gutberlet, 20, of Marietta agrees that the change is a plus for drivers.
"I think in this area it's especially important," he said. "People leaving or entering West Virgina would have to worry about slowing down or speeding up when entering Ohio before this adjustment."
Gutberlet travels to work via the interstate regularly and said that he used to use it every day on his way to school.
He isn't concerned with the increase in speed causing any safety issues, but he did admit he worries people will attempt to abuse the new limit.
"I don't think 5 mph more is going to lead to more crashes if people are driving safe," said Gutberlet. "But it's just like it is with any other limit...people will try to push it by going 5 mph over."
The House of Representatives passed a version of this bill last week, which the Senate made some changes on, according to Manning.
"We combined two separate bills, 35 and 51, because they were both involving transportation," she said. "We made some changes to the bill they passed that they didn't agree with, so now we have to meet and come to a compromise."
These issues will be addressed in a conference between the House and Senate that will take place before Wednesday, according to Manning. Once the sides come to an agreement it will be sent on to Gov. John Kasich for further review.
The bill also introduced Kasich's plan to issue $1.5 billion in bonds from the Ohio Turnpike revenue for infrastructure projects. Of that money 90 percent of the funds would be used for the state of Ohio, according to Manning.
These funds would be used for projects that have a "nexus," or close proximity, with the Ohio Turnpike.
Manning said that this is one of the biggest bills in terms of creating jobs in the general assembly.
"This is going to bring new money to roads in the State of Ohio and create around 65,000 jobs," said Manning.
Sen. Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville, was one of the six senators who voted against the bill.
Gentile said the revenue used for these projects would do a great deal of good and create new jobs, but he was concerned at how the money was being generated.
"My reluctance to sign on to this wasn't because I don't want to promote growth or the building of new roads and bridges in the state," he said. "It's the uncertainty of what would happen to the state and citizens who pay Ohio Turnpike tolls if we fall behind on payments."
The 1.5 billion in revenue that is generated is essentially being borrowed from future toll revenue that the Ohio Turnpike would produce, according to Gentile.
He said a similar proposal had occurred in Pennsylvania in the past and that it didn't work out as smoothly as they had planned.
"Pennsylvania attempted to raise revenue against future funds that was similar to this," he said. "They fell behind and were forced to increase tolls for five consecutive years."
Gentile said the increase in speed limit had little to do with his decision to appeal the bill, but that he did wish it was reviewed more.
"I didn't have a strong feeling about the speed limit, but we heard very little from the stakeholders that it affects," said Gentile. "My main concern is that this revenue generated might hurt middle class citizens because of the possible need to increase Ohio Turnpike tolls."


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USDA Forecasts Higher Fruit, Dairy Prices Due to Bad Weather, Disease
U.S. consumers face higher prices for oranges and other fresh fruit because of adverse weather and widespread disease in Florida and California, federal forecasters said Wednesday.
The Agriculture Department said fresh fruit prices will rise between 5% and 6% this year, a sharp increase over its estimate last month of 3.5% to 4.5%.
The government also elevated its forecast for dairy prices after an especially chilly winter curbed milk output in the Midwest, and it warned that prolonged drought in California could have significant, lasting effects on fruit, vegetable, dairy and egg prices.
Rising costs for both fruit and dairy products drove U.S. food prices upward in May, the USDA said in a report that expands on last week's monthly report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on overall inflation, including food prices.
U.S. retail food prices have risen for six straight months since December 2013, said USDA economist Annemarie Kuhns.
Food prices in May increased 0.4% from the prior month and were up 2.5% from a year earlier, the USDA said. The agency maintained its forecast for U.S. food prices to rise as much as 3.5% for the year, which would mark the biggest gain in three years.
Fresh fruit posted some of the strongest price gains last month, as a citrus greening disease afflicted Florida's orange and grapefruit trees, and a bitter cold snap wiped out parts of California's orange and lemon crops. Fruit prices rose 2% in May and 7.3% from a year earlier.
Higher fruit prices don't yet reflect the extreme dry weather facing farmers in California, the USDA's Ms. Kuhns said. "We'll probably start seeing effects of the drought this month or next," she said.
Prices for dairy products jumped 0.6% in May due to strong foreign and domestic demand and lower output by some cows, the government said. The USDA pushed its 2014 forecast higher, saying dairy prices could rise as much as 4% this year, versus last month's forecast of a maximum 3.5% rise. Milk prices have risen steadily in the past six months due to robust demand from dairy manufacturers at home and consumers abroad, particularly in fast-growing Asian countries.
Reduced milk output per cow in the Midwest caused by freezing winter temperatures buoyed prices, although higher output in the West helped offset lower volumes. Dairy prices in May were up 4.2% from a year earlier, according to the USDA.
Much of the hike in U.S. food costs comes from higher meat prices, which have surged in recent months as drought and disease have reduced livestock supplies. The government said beef and veal prices have increased 10.7% since May 2013 and nearly 10% percent so far in 2014, largely stemming from tight cattle supplies in states like Texas and Oklahoma. The U.S. cattle herd in recent years shrunk to its smallest size in six decades because of severe drought in the southern Great Plains that forced ranchers to cull hundreds of thousands of cattle.
Prices for pork also increased in May, thanks to increased foreign and domestic demand and herd sizes made smaller by a deadly swine disease called porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, which has claimed the lives of millions of young pigs since entering the U.S. in April 2013. Pork prices rose 3.2 percent in May from the previous month, and were up 12.2 percent from a year earlier, said USDA.


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The goodies at Comic-Con can command a pretty penny if you find the right collector. Here's a list of exclusive Comic-Con 2013 items and other gems you may want to keep an eye out for.
Autographed memorabilia can be worth thousands of dollars. On eBay the asking price for an 8 x 10 inch movie poster signed by the cast of True Romance (including James Gandolfini) is $10,000. Autographs from "Star Wars" creator George Lucas average about $500.
Hasbro figures
Hasbro has release six exclusive items for this year's Comic-Con. They can be ordered online and picked up at Comic-Con. The GI Joe set sells for $99.99 and the Boba Fett with Han Sol in carbonite costs $44.99. More can be found at Comic-Con.org
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics has 10 exclusive items for Comic-Con 2013, which include figures and comic books. The Game of Thrones shield sells for $30 and the Domo Qee sells for $8.99. Here's a schedule for Dark Horse signings at Comic-Con.
Statues and busts of characters are popular collectors' items. The statue above of Golum from "Lord of the Rings" was just for show at last year's Comic-Con, but 1 1/2-foot statues of the character sell for $600 on eBay. DC Entertainment made a Comic-Con exclusive "Man of Steel" statue that sells for $129.95. Here's a signing schedule for DC Comics at Comic-Con 2013.
Original drawings
"Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston signed a fan's rendering of his character, Walter White, during an autograph session at last year's Comic-Con. The asking price for a hand-drawing of Snoopy signed by Charles Schultz is $1,000 on eBay. Autographed sketches don't typically sell for anywhere near as much, but for a comic book fan the keepsake is priceless.
Production Cels
One of the pricier collectibles available are original production cels. Some are thousands of dollars depending on the age, condition and popularity. Since computers have been used for animation, cels are becoming increasingly rare. The last time Walt Disney Pictures used cels was for the making of the movie was "The Little Mermaid" in 1989.
Popular Panels
Supply and demand is key to businesses. Here's what's popular this year. You may want to stock up on their gear.
"The Walking Dead" - Panel: 8 p.m. Thursday.; "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" - Panel: 1:35-2:35 p.m. Saturday; "Enders Game" - Panel: 3:50-4:50 p.m.; "Veronica Mars" - Panel: 11:15 a.m. - noon; "Orphan Black" - Panel: 7 p.m. Friday
Comic books
The love of comic books can get lost in such a star-studded event. The true fans have never lost focus. The most expensive comic book ever sold was a June 1938 Action Comics #1 for $2.16 million.
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