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SANTA CRUZ -- There was no way for Santa Cruz police detectives Loran "Butch" Baker and Elizabeth Butler to know everything they needed to know about the suspect they were about to confront.
They didn't know 35-year-old Jeremy Peter Goulet had a history of run-ins with the law, and recently had confided to others a vow of violence. They didn't know Goulet himself was police-trained while in the Marine Corps Reserves. And they didn't know Goulet's own family regarded him as a "ticking time bomb" who vowed not to go back to jail.
There was no way to know any of it. Instead they stumbled into a death trap, when a man many described as unstable and prone to anger opened fire, committing two cold-blooded slayings that have rocked this laid-back, coastal town. Goulet himself died minutes later when he exchanged gunfire with multiple law enforcement officers across from a busy Santa Cruz shopping center.
A fuller picture of Goulet began rounding into shape Wednesday, showing a troubled man who set off a series of small alarms but never quite triggered the peals of warning bells that in retrospect seemed needed. The shooting was such a shock to the department that Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputies and the California Highway have taken over patrols of the city.
Goulet's most serious run-in was a 2007 incident in Portland, Ore., not long after he left the Army. He was caught peeping on a 22-year-old Portland woman, scuffling with the woman's boyfriend and discharging a firearm during the melee. Police never found the gun.
He was beaten badly during the exchange, even losing a piece of his ear. Charged with four felonies and two misdemeanors, he was acquitted of the more serious charges, including attempted murder. Those familiar with the case said Goulet came across as normal, and suggested the Portland jury was sympathetic based on the outcome of the fight.
"Had he been convicted of attempted murder, it would have been 90 months mandatory minimum; seven-and-a-half years," said Don Rees, a chief deputy district attorney in Multnomah County. "He would have still been in prison."
Goulet was ordered to undergo sex offender treatment as a condition of his probation. But he fought with his female probation officer, refusing to leave the premises after one meeting and even peering back into her window from outside.
He also was cited for two misdemeanors in San Diego, in 1999 and again in 2000. No further information was immediately available, but Rees said they were "peeping" cases.
Those incidents occurred during Goulet's decade in the military, which ended in February 2007 after three years in the Army. Despite being a Blackhawk helicopter pilot, Goulet was never assigned to a war zone -- the furthest he got was a stint in Honduras, according to Army records.
Prior to that, Goulet spent six years in the Marine Corps Reserve, and was discharged in June 2002. Personnel records list his specialties as helicopter mechanic trainee and military police.
Goulet joined officer candidate school in April 1998, but he was dropped in December 2000. A Marine spokeswoman declined to say why, citing privacy reasons.
According to a newspaper account, Goulet's unit was called to active duty in 2002. But Marine records show no overseas deployments, nor do military officials discuss discharge reasons.
People who crossed Goulet's path described him as seemingly normal, but with frightening undercurrents. He was arrested Friday for disorderly conduct and fired from his harbor-area coffee shop job the next day. Officers were looking into sexual assault allegations.
Employees at the coffee shop declined to comment on the record but said he broke into a co-worker's house twice and touched her inappropriately.
Despite all the warning signs, none of Goulet's run-ins apparently were serious enough to merit discharge from the military. Had he been convicted of a felony, Goulet may have been prohibited from gun ownership. Minutes after Tuesday's shooting, police broadcast that Goulet had three weapons registered under his name.
Furthermore, he was not a registered as a sex offender in either Oregon or California. Despite admitting on the stand to secretly taping women with his cellphone and being ordered to undergo treatment as a condition of probation, it appears Goulet's misdemeanor convictions did not merit sex offender registration.
A new law by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, codifies policy preventing sex offenders from enlistment in the military. But it only applies to felonies, and Goulet already was enlisted by the time he ran into trouble with the law.
Goulet's family seemed to know what Butler and Baker didn't: That something was wrong with Jeremy Goulet.
Twin brother Jeff Goulet released a statement Wednesday expressing sympathy for the families of the slain officers, and father, Ronald, told The Associated Press his son was a "ticking time bomb."
On a quiet Tuesday afternoon in Santa Cruz, that bomb exploded.
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OAKLAND -- No one was arrested during a march late Saturday night throughout downtown Oakland, when some in a crowd of about 100 people broke windows, vandalized cars and buildings with spray paint and started fires in the street in protest of George Zimmerman's acquittal hours earlier in a Florida courtroom.
The atmosphere was tense, with some marchers attempting to start fights and police dressed in riot gear in front of the police department headquarters, according to staff photographer Anda Chu. Footage from television helicopters showed protesters trashing a police squad car and a line of police blocking the protesters' path.
Occupy Oakland organized the gathering over Twitter at 10 p.m., encouraging protesters to wear hoodies, as Trayvon Martin did when he was shot to death by Zimmerman.
Some protesters held a banner declaring: "We Are All Trayvon Martin." Others spray-painted anti-police graffiti throughout Frank Ogawa Plaza, while a small contingent of officers looked on from afar.
The group began to march around 11 p.m. and some began breaking windows, including some on the Oakland Tribune downtown offices.
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ANSONIA — Reflecting back to his youth football days, Ansonia High's Andrew Matos remembered what his dad, Jose, would often say to him when he'd see him jogging.
"My father would always say, 'Don't play slow.' He would remind me all of the time to always go full speed in everything that I did," said Matos. "He taught me to play with passion, love what I do and to always hustle. That is the name of the game."
The Chargers' senior captain has heeded his dad's advice and become one of the most versatile and respected players in the Naugatuck Valley League in his three seasons as a varsity starter.
Matos leads the top-seeded Chargers (12-0) against Hyde Leadership (10-1) Sunday at 12:30 p.m. in the CIAC Class M quarterfinals at Middletown High.
Statistically, the 6-foot-1, 195-pound wide receiver and defensive back has had a special season with 35 receptions for 916 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also has shown his versatility with eight rushing TDs. Add to the mix an 80-yard punt return for a score.
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But if you ask Matos about any of his numbers or milestone games, he modestly couldn't tell you what they were.
"My individual statistics don't matter to me," said Matos. "I just want to do whatever I can to help my team, especially as a senior captain. I want to be known as a leader. I needed to improve my confidence level. It's all about having a positive attitude. If you break down, the team will break down."
Teammate Raeshaun Finney said Matos doesn't let the Chargers slip.
"Andrew is a very vocal, spiritual leader," said Finney. "He's also a very intense player and others follow his lead."
"Nobody outworks Andrew," added teammate Hezekiah Duncan Jr.
Ansonia coach Tom Brockett said Matos has grown into a warrior to go along with his intangibles of having tremendous speed, soft hands and exceptional route-running ability.
"Andrew is right up there at a Division I-A (wide receiver) prospect," said Brockett.
Not only does his teammates and coaches appreciate his abilities, so does opposing Naugatuck Valley League coaches.
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That humble approach was noticed by Wolcott coach Jason Pace as well after the Chargers won, 41-13, to decide the Brass Division title earlier this month.
"When he is interviewed by the press, Andrew seemed genuinely happy as long as he helped the team succeed," said Pace. "He's a player that every coach would love to have on his team. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him and Coach Brockett for the manner in which they approach the game and their successful season."
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Jasper County's Law Enforcement Sales Tax Grant Board gave away most of the money it had available to allocate at a meeting on Tuesday and will meet later this month to consider one last request from Missouri Southern State University.
The Carthage Police Department received $11,100 of the $147,000 that was awarded on Tuesday.
The department received everything it asked for, including $5,400 for improvements and new targets for its target shooting range, two spike strip systems, used to stop vehicles running from cops by deflating their tires, for $1,600; repairs to the department's command bus totaling $1,600 and a gymnasium treadmill for $2,500.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – McNeese State's Katie Roux hit a two-out RBI double in the top of the fifth to lift the Cowgirls past the Islanders, 1-0, Saturday afternoon on Senior Day at Chapman Field. With the loss, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi drops their fourth straight conference game.
The Islanders (16-20, 10-8 SLC) outhit the Cowgirls (28-17, 11-7 SLC) 4-3 but left eight runners stranded. Jordan Trujillo (5-7) suffered her second straight loss and fifth conference loss this season. In seven innings the senior allowed one run on three hits while striking out four and walking just one batter.
Senior Cassie Redman, sophomore Laura Phillips and freshmen Mickayla Heller and Hayley Galloway all collected one hit apiece for the Islanders' bats.
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The Islanders left two runners on base in the third, fifth and sixth innings. In the bottom of the third with two outs, Redman singled to shortstop before she stole second. Hannah Schwarz reached first on an error by the Cowgirls' hurler Bianca Lilly and Redman advanced to third. McNeese State escaped with a groundout to leave Redman and Schwarz stranded on the corners.
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By guest blogger Stan Whitcomb
Stan is a freshman at Santa Clara University. He is currently undecided, but is leaning towards a major in computer science. He is new to the blogosphere but is a seasoned writer (thanks English class!). In his free time, he likes to Dougie with his hallamtes and he is an avid Frisbee player.
Well, it's a random Thursday afternoon. You're bored, you've finished all of your homework for Friday, and your wallet is empty. It's that rare time where three hours seems to stretch a mile. The question probably floating around your head is "What do I do?" If kicking it in the back seat or sitting in the front seat aren't options, then it is up to you to find some free fun.
Here are a few of my favorite ways to have fun for free!
1. Go to the Gym – The gym is a great place. Whether you are playing basketball, swimming laps, or running your heart out on an elliptical machine with your favorite magazine, the gym is entertaining and good for you! Not only that, physical exercise releases endorphins in your body, giving you a feeling of pleasure. Every time you lift a weight, it's a little burst of happiness for your brain. Neat huh?
2. Attend an on-campus performance – On-campus performances may not be Academy Award winning performances or Grammy nominated concerts, but you would be pleasantly surprised to find out that this does not make them mediocre. In fact, seeing friends and other people you know acting in Shakespeare plays or being hilarious in an improvisational comedy group is awesome. All you have to do is look at the posters outside of the main performance hall on your campus to find out when the free shows are. Quick tip: Once you find a show you want to attend, put it in your phone as a reminder.
3. Join a Club – For the most part joining a club is a free activity. Occasionally, clubs require members to pay dues but typically the academic clubs are free. So, if you have a talent for writing, join the journalism club and write for your school paper. If you love outdoor adventures, join your school's ski club or white water rafting club. Or, if you think you've got what it takes to be a funny man/woman, then the improv club might be the place for you. Clubs are easy to find simply by looking at posting around campus or checking out your student leadership office.
So whether it is active, passive, or hilarious, free fun is out there in bundles. All you have to do is close the computer, and go exploring the campus.


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First set opens with a nice Chalk Dust, good, but not great. Guyute was good though it had some off parts from Mike. Wolfmans was good and had a nice transition jam into a Sally, which was a little rusty sounding. Limb was good and maybe the highlight of the set? This was the second and last performance of the Go Downtown song and it sounded like Page and Mike were not ready for Trey to jump into this one. I guess Trey tried to make it up to them by giving them both solos in a reasonably solid Beauty of my Dreams. Axilla, Horn and Possum round out a good, solid first set, and were all well played, but just average performances at best.
Mike gets the call to open the second set with a good rendition of Drowned. Then Trey leads them through a nice transition into NICU, but his timing is kind of off in the first verse and it just kind of came out weak over all. It was a bummer for me to hear because its one of my favorite songs. Bowie also started off kind of weak to me, but the jam is pretty good and makes up for the first part. Halleys, Walk Away and Piper were all well played, but just average for this time period and tour, nothing too special to my ears. Zero followed suit in being average and included an awkward ending with the FEFY refrain lyrics? Not sure what that was all about, and it made for a very strange ending to an average or below second set.
Guitar Gently Weeps was also pretty average to my ears and sounded a little tired, but they were approaching the end of the tour, and the end of an era in their careers. And most likely they were very tired. This is pure speculation on my part, of course.
Anyways, not a bad show, just not five star material in my book. Ill go with three stars, as it seemed purely average for this tour. If second set had more X-factor it could easily have been a four star show.


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HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team dropped its first Southland Conference series Tuesday in a midweek doubleheader against Sam Houston State at Bearkat Softball Complex.
The Bearkats topped the Islanders 1-0 in the first game and snapped the Islanders (16-18, 10-6 SLC) string of six-consecutive conference victories. In the second game the Bearkats (24-17, 12-4 SLC) outhit the Islanders 11-2 en route to an 8-2 victory.
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The Islanders will return home to Chapman Field for its final home series. The Islanders will host McNeese State on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. Seniors Alejia Cain, Greta Cecchetti, Vianca Pesina, Cassie Redman, Sandy Schumann, Hannah Schwarz and Jordan Trujillo will be honored on Saturday in their final game at Chapman Field. First pitch is at 2 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday.
GAME 1: Sam Houston State 1, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 0
The Islanders outhit the Bearkats 9-5 but left 10 stranded as Sam Houston State went on to win 1-0, snapping the Islanders six-game conference winning streak.
Meagan McKinney led the Islanders' offense for the second straight game. She went 2-for-2 while Jamise Jackson also collected two hits. Cassie Redman, Stephanie Vead, Cassie Carroll and Hayley Galloway also chipped in with one hit apiece.
Greta Cecchetti (10-5) dropped her first conference game of the season in six innings. The senior gave up five hits while striking out nine and walking two.
Cecchetti started the opening frame with a strikeout before the Bearkats tallied their first hit of the game with a single to Galloway at shortstop. The Islanders' senior hurler ended the inning with two more strikeouts.
In the bottom of the second, the Islanders left three stranded on three hits. Jackson started things with a single up the middle and Vead followed suit with a dropper to right field to advance Jackson to second. Mckinney recorded the Islanders third straight hit with a rip through the right side to load the bases. Bearkats' pitcher Tomi Garrison retired the next three batters to pull out of the jam.
Cecchetti was red hot in the bottom of the second, retiring all three of the Bearkats to make it five straight. Sam Houston State registered their second hit of the game in the bottom of the third with a single through the left side. With one out, leadoff batter Kim Damian singled to left field and the Bearkats loaded the bases with a fielder's choice and hit by pitch. Cecchetti escaped the inning with a pop up to leave three Bearkats stranded.
The Islanders left two stranded in the top of the fourth. Vead reached on a walk with one out before Mckinney collected her second hit of the game with a single through the middle. Carroll followed with a fielder's choice before Garrison registered the Bearkats third out of the inning in the circle.
Sam Houston State put up the only run of the game in the bottom of the fourth with two outs on a RBI single.
In the top of the fifth the Islanders tallied their fifth hit of the game. Redman reached base with a bunt single and Schwarz followed with a sacrifice bunt to advance Redman to second but a fly out to left field left another Islander stranded.
Jackson started the top of the sixth with a bunt single before Vead advanced Cain, who came in to pinch run for Jackson, to second with a sacrifice bunt. McKinney reached base on a walk before Carroll followed with a single through the right side. On the play, the Bearkats were able to get Cain out at home while McKinney advanced to third. Sam Houston State once again escaped leaving another Islander left on base.
GAME 2: Sam Houston State 8, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 2
The Bearkats carried their momentum over to the second game of the doubleheader to win 8-2. Sam Houston State outhit the Islanders 11-5 and tallied three home runs to hand the Islanders their first conference series loss.
Cassie Redman, Sandy Schumann, Meagan McKinney, Stephanie Vead and Mickayla Heller all registered one hit apiece.
After back-to-back singles in the opening frame off of Vianca Pesina with two outs, conference home run leader Shelbi Tucker blasted a three-run homer to give the Bearkats a 3-0 lead. After a hit by pitch, an Islander error, and a stolen base Sam Houston State tacked on another run before the Islanders ended the first inning.
In the second, the Bearkats padded their lead to 6-0 with two hits. Alyssa Coggins singled in front of Pesina and Kim Damian followed with the Bearkats' second homer of the day to plate two more runs. Constance Bradenburg relieved Pesina in the Islanders' circle and retired the next six batters.
The Islanders scored their first run of the day in the top of the third. Heller started the inning by reaching second on an error by the pitcher. She advanced to third on a wild pitch before scoring on Hayley Galloway's RBI sacrifice hit. Redman followed with a double to right center before the Bearkats escaped.
In the top of the fourth, the Islanders tallied two hits and another run. After a Jamise Jackson pop fly, McKinney reached base on a walk and Vead followed with a single up the middle. Cassie Carroll reached on a fielder's choice before Heller registered her first hit of the day with a RBI single behind third base to plate Vead and pull the Islanders within four.
Sam Houston State extended the lead to 8-2 in the bottom of the fifth frame on four hits. The Bearkats recorded their third home run of the game with a solo shot over the left field fence and plated another run after a RBI single through the middle by Erin Buford.
Jordan Trujillo replaced Bradenburg in the circle in the bottom of the fifth and retired all four batters she faced while striking out three in 1.1 inning.
Pesina (1-7) suffered the loss for the Islanders in one inning in the circle. She allowed five hits and six runs. Bradenburg allowed six hits, two runs while striking out two in 3.2 innings.


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While many states are attempting to adopt initiatives like the Vermont's recently passed GMO labeling legislation, it appears that many food manufacturers are quietly attempting to make changes to their ingredients to meet consumer demands.
There have been other companies that haven't been quiet about their non-GMO intentions. Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream publicly pledged to remove GMO ingredients from their products over a year ago and has worked hard to keep that pledge.
In fact, in the face of complaints from some of their customers, the much-loved Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch has been reworked to become Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch. That flavor reformulation was a direct result of the company's very public pledge. Heath Bars, manufactured by Hershey, DO contain GMO ingredients. Ben & Jerry's couldn't leave the Heath Bars in the ice cream if they were going to remove all GMO ingredients.
Ben & Jerry's has taken a vocal stand in recent years in support of states looking at legislation that would require manufacturers to disclose food that is made with genetic engineering. And Vermont recently passed law will require labeling starting in 2015. Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield launched a campaign to help fill the coffers of Vermont's crowd-sourced defense fund set up to combat lawsuits over its labeling law.
The news that Ben & Jerry's is taking a stand on a controversial issue is no surprise; it's part of the company's calling card. But some other mainstream companies are carefully — and much more quietly — calibrating their non-GMO strategies.
General Mills' original plain Cheerios are now GMO-free, but the only announcement was in a company blog post in January. And you won't see any label on the box highlighting the change. Grape Nuts, another cereal aisle staple, made by Post, is also non-GMO. And Target has about 80 of its own brand items certified GMO-free.
Megan Westgate runs the Non-GMO Project, which acts as an independent third-party verifier of GMO-free products, including Target's. She says her organization knows about "a lot of exciting cool things that are happening that for whatever strategic reasons get kept pretty quiet."
The Non-GMO Project has certified more than 20,000 products since it launched in 2007, and Westgate says this is one of the fastest growing sectors of the natural food industry, representing $6 billion in annual sales. But just because they're testing the water doesn't mean most mainstream companies are ready to start publicizing their changes.
Nathan Hendricks, an agricultural economist at Kansas State University, says big food producers are trying to gauge what direction consumers are headed in. "Ultimately," he says, "these big companies aren't just friends with Monsanto or something. They want to make a profit, and they want to be able to do what's going to make them money." So they'd better have a product line in the works if consumer sentiment starts to shift more heavily toward GMO-free food.
But even as they create GMO-free products, many of these corporations are fighting state initiatives that would require them to give consumers more information about their ingredients.
They often fight those battles through the powerful Grocery Manufacturers Association, or GMA, a trade group with hundreds of members. It has just filed suit against Vermont over the state's GMO labeling law.
Even Ben & Jerry's, so vocal in its anti-GMO stance, has a conflict, of sorts. It may have eliminated GMOs, but it's still owned by Unilever, which put a lot of money toward fighting labeling legislation in California and belongs to the GMA. That might make things sticky for Ben & Jerry's CEO Solheim.
But he equivocates. "You know," he shrugs, "in big companies a lot of things happen behind closed doors. I think we'll leave that conversation behind closed doors." But Solheim says a unique agreement between the ice cream maker and Unilever allows Ben & Jerry's to continue its social mission independent of its parent's choices.
One reason these large companies might be quietly working to make GMO-free food now is because finding ingredients can be a major challenge. More than 90 percent of all the soybeans and corn grown in the U.S. are genetically engineered. Most of those GMO crops go to producers of eggs, milk and meat who feed their animals with them, but GMO soy oil and cornstarch are used in a lot of food manufacturing, too.
To ensure non-GMO ingredients, the supply chain has to remain separate and pristine. Crops need to be grown far enough away from genetically engineered seeds to prevent cross-contamination. Harvesting equipment needs to be either used only for non-GMO crops or cleaned extensively before switching. The same is true for processing and manufacturing facilities and transport receptacles like shipping containers.
That's why Westgate says a natural foods brand like Kashi, owned by Kellogg's, is transitioning more slowly than many fans would like. She points out that Kashi told consumers it would take a couple of years to switch over all of its ingredients. It's a matter of changing contracts with growers, finding farmland where non-GMOs can be grown successfully, and reworking recipes so the flavors that customers have grown used to aren't drastically changed, like what has happened with Ben & Jerry's new toffee.
Right now, non-GMO food fetches a premium. Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt says that premium is likely to come down if this part of the agricultural sector gains more traction and an efficiency of scale can kick in.
Ultimately, the consumer is king. And the question of whether or not consumers will want non-GMO products is still up in the air.
Not every company is Ben & Jerry's. Their agreement with Unilever is the exception and not the rule in food manufacturing. We do get that. And we do understand that the removal of GMO ingredients from product lines is expensive and complicated. It's a long process and one that isn't easy for food manufacturers to undertake. FoodFacts.com is pleased to learn that there are mainstream manufacturers taking the necessary steps towards the removal of GMO ingredients even though they aren't making announcements. Is the "consumer king" though? While it is true that consumer voices are motivating changes in food manufacturing, we have to believe that if all of us matter so much to food companies, many of the problems inherent in our food supply probably wouldn't exist in the first place.


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The subject may be indelicate, but its hard for sufferers to ignore.
Starting in late middle age, many men and women experience one or more of the cluster of conditions called lower urinary tract symptoms or LUTS.
Womens risk of LUTS has been linked to excess body weight, higher calorie intakes, and eating more saturated fats than polyunsaturated plant and fish fats (Maserejian NN et al. 2009 and 2010).
Lower risk for LUTS in men has been linked to diets that favor protein over carbohydrates, to higher intakes of isoflavones (soy foods), and to lower calorie and sodium intakes (Wong SY et al. 2007; Maserejian NN et al. 2009)
A new study may have found other protective factors for older men, four out of 10 of whom experience urinary discomforts that range from difficulty peeing to incontinence.
Its often hard to link mens urinary symptoms to a specific cause, although theyre generally prostate-related.
Most treatments involve the prostate gland, and include drugs and, as needed, various surgical or other physical techniques, like microwaves, ultra sound, laser prostatectomy, prostate stenting, and balloon dilatation.
Now, an analysis of data from a diet-health survey suggests that foods high in vitamin A or certain carotenes may reduce the risk of LUTS in men by 40 to 50 percent.
As the researchers from Harvard and Northwestern University wrote, Clinically, our results provide support to recommendations for increased fruit and vegetable consumption, particularly those rich in carotenoids as these may have benefits that extend to moderate-to-severe LUTS in men.
They noted that further confirmation of their findings is important, given the recognized need for non-invasive, modifiable lifestyle options for the prevention and treatment of LUTS (Maserejian NN et al. 2011)
Harvard study links carotenes and A to pee
Nancy Maserejian, M.D., and her team analyzed health records and diet surveys from 1,466 Boston men aged 30 to 79.
Their results showed a significant drop in the risk of LUTS for men consuming the greatest amounts of vitamin A or either of two carotene-class antioxidants:
Lycopene abounds in tomato, watermelon, grapefruit, papaya, and apricots.
Beta-carotene occurs in carrots, red-orange-yellow peppers, winter squash, and dark leafy greens (e.g., spinach and collards). Five servings of such fruit and vegetables provide about 5-10mg of beta-carotene. Humans can convert to vitamin A as needed.
Vitamin A is most concentrated in liver, carrots, cod liver oil, unrefined salmon oil, meats, dairy foods, fortified cereals, red-orange-yellow peppers, winter squash, and dark leafy greens (e.g., spinach and collards).
These were the Harvard/Northwestern teams specific findings:
Men with the highest estimated intakes of beta-carotene (4.78mg per day) were 44 percent less likely to report difficulty urinating, compared with the lowest intake (0.7mg per day).
Men estimated to consume the highest average amount of lycopene (2.25mg per day) were 39 percent less likely to have LUTS, compared with the lowest intake (0.28mg per day).
Men with the highest estimated intakes of vitamin A (10,926 IUs per day) were 47 percent less likely to report difficulty urinating, versus the lowest intakes (4,717 IU per day).
While eating adequate amounts of vitamin C seemed to help, men who reported high intakes of vitamin C (i.e., more 250-500mg/day) or iron from foods and/or supplements were more likely to have LUTS.
The researchers suggested that high-dose vitamin C (ascorbic acid) raises the acidity of urine, which is known to increase the desire and urgency to pee.
Why would these food factors help?
If one presumed that the LUTS benefits were related to the actions of vitamin A, for which beta-carotene is a precursor, it becomes unclear why lycopene would help because it is not a precursor to vitamin A.
That fact suggests that the three compounds have something in common other than the ability to fulfill essential vitamin A needs in the body such as similar antioxidant or nutrigenomic effects in the body.
Since the plant-food sources of beta-carotene and lycopene contain many other nutrients, it is not clear that either carotene compound is solely responsible for the possible anti-LUTS benefits of diets rich in them.
Maserejian NN, Giovannucci EL, McVary KT, McKinlay JB. Dietary, but not supplemental, intakes of carotenoids and vitamin C are associated with decreased odds of lower urinary tract symptoms in men. J Nutr. 2011 Feb;141(2):267-73. Epub 2010 Dec 22.
Maserejian NN, Giovannucci EL, McVary KT, McGrother C, McKinlay JB. Dietary macronutrient and energy intake and urinary incontinence in women. Am J Epidemiol. 2010 May 15;171(10):1116-25. Epub 2010 Apr 25.
Maserejian NN, Giovannucci EL, McKinlay JB. Dietary macronutrients, cholesterol, and sodium and lower urinary tract symptoms in men. Eur Urol. 2009 May;55(5):1179-89. Epub 2008 Aug 3.
Wong SY, Lau WW, Leung PC, Leung JC, Woo J. The association between isoflavone and lower urinary tract symptoms in elderly men. Br J Nutr. 2007 Dec;98(6):1237-42. Epub 2007 Jul 19.


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I concur with dripdk. This app really had potential, could supplement my Moleskine for digital notes. However, the kinks haven't been fixed, even after so long. I shouldn't have bought it, and now I've wasted â¬24.
Where do I get my money back?
I bought this app thinking it had a lot of potential. That future updates would include the missing pieces. After using it for a couple of weeks, I got fed up with these missing pieces [and bugs]. The developers seem to have lost interest after launching this.
Stay away from this and use [much] better alternatives like Evernote or MacJournal!
Useful as a personal diary. But when it comes to real journaling this app is to weak.
@tee_cee Yeah, that's why I mentioned being an English user. I DO like the app.
@ rebrimhall:
I suppose the developers are from Austria. So, their native language is German (not English).
Software is pretty nice but the homepage is riddled with typos. It seems unprofessional and makes it hard for me to take the app seriously (at least as an english user). I'm kind of neurotic about that stuff though so take it with a grain of salt.
Very nice interface! And the app is very easy to use.
But, I.M.H.O., there's one (little) thing mising: some kind of encryption, to keep all the information safe from prying eyes.


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Claiming to be refreshed and refocused, Gilroy's Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero returns to the ring Saturday night after a 13-month layoff following his lopsided loss to unbeaten welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Guerrero, 31, will face Japanese slugger Yoshihiro Kamegai in a 12-round welterweight bout at the StubHub Center in Carson, the co-main event on a card to be televised by Showtime.
Guerrero (31-2, 18 KOs) said he required the extended layoff after fighting three tough bouts in 10 months, which included WBC interim welterweight title victories over Selcuk Aydin and Andre Berto before losing a unanimous decision to Mayweather on May 4, 2013 in Las Vegas.
He maintained he also needed the time to reassess his career after Mayweather outpointed him 117-111 on all three judges' scorecards. Ultimately, he determined he wanted to expand his all-around skills with the long-range goal of meeting Mayweather again.
"The first thing is putting that loss behind me and learning from it, growing from it, and becoming a better fighter," Guerrero said. "There's a long road ahead and I know Mayweather has three more fights lined up for him. But I want to try to get back in that position and give it another shot."
Despite his layoff, Guerrero said he has been in the gym training since Jan. 1, and after undertaking a new conditioning regimen under the direction of CrossFit, believes he has improved his speed, strength and endurance.
Reflecting on his loss to Mayweather, Guerrero said he realized he had to incorporate fresh, forward-thinking methods to improve his ring skills and versatility in order to show he's worthy of a rematch.
"I lost to the best fighter in the world, so it makes you want to get better, stronger, faster," he said. "Seeing what kind of foot and hand speed he had makes me want to step my game up more. It really lit a fire under me to become a better fighter, start using every tool that I have and not just get caught in one dimension, where I start trying to walk guys down and outmuscle them. You get a quick guy like Floyd and it's tough to muscle him because he's got those quick legs and feet."
In Kamegai (24-1-1, 21 KOs), Guerrero won't be facing that kind of opponent. The Tokyo fighter is a straight-ahead puncher who has demonstrated himself to be a lethal knockout artist in Japan. However, he has not fared as well fighting in the United States. Kamegai lost a unanimous 10-round decision to Johan Perez on June 8, 2013, in Carson, and also fought to a draw with Jorge Silva in Sacramento in 2012. His only victory on American soil was a sixth-round TKO of Hector Munoz in November of 2011 in Las Vegas.
But Guerrero says Kamegai is the perfect opponent for his first comeback bout.
"Kamegai is a tough guy," he said. "I've been watching film on him and he comes to fight. He doesn't back down and he just keeps coming. He comes to put you out."
He isn't too worried about ring rust after the longest break of his professional career, which started in 2001.
"One of the things about the layoff, it gives you a fresh start when you begin training again," he said. "You go back and assess everything and you start from the beginning. When you're constantly in training camp and you train and train and train, you tend to develop bad habits, habits that stick with you and you start falling into a one-dimensional style. You start forgetting about the rest of the stuff you can do.
"The biggest concern is just being out that long. But I'm in great shape and I'm always ready to fight. I'm excited to be coming back, and when you have that kind of layoff, you get hungry, you starve. You're excited and refreshed to be back in that ring."
The Guerrero-Kamegai fight is being staged by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions on a card that will also feature a 12-round bout for the vacant WBO featherweight title between undefeated American Gary Russell Jr. and Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko.
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OAKLAND -- Raiders running back Darren McFadden was back Thursday night, but maybe not for long.
After missing four weeks with a high right ankle sprain, McFadden rushed for 52 yards on 11 carries and caught a 6-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter of a 26-13 loss to the Denver Broncos at O.co Coliseum.
By the end of the game, McFadden was back on the sideline, and in the postgame locker room, he was getting treatment on the same right ankle that cost him a month of the season.
"We just got off the field, so I don't really know exactly where it is, I just know he wasn't able to finish the game," coach Dennis Allen said.
McFadden got off a 36-yard run on the first play of the second half against a Denver defense that hadn't given up a run longer than 24 yards all season. He also dropped the first pass thrown to him, a ball in the flat, and had just 9 net yards on his last five carries.
The return of McFadden led to Marcel Reece getting just four carries for 10 yards and Jeremy Stewart being inactive.
"We wanted to give him an opportunity to get the ball, and we did that," Allen said. "We only had 47 plays, so it's really hard to get a lot of people a lot of work."
Cornerback Michael Huff didn't finish the game because of a wrist injury.
Allen said Adams can expect increased playing time based on the last two games.
"I was just doing what I was told. It wasn't nothing too crazy," Adams said. "If it wasn't for my other teammates, I wouldn't have made the play."
"We had a plan to give Khalif some chip help. I thought we did a nice job of it in the first half," Allen said. "We weren't able to protect as well against him in the second half."
The first came by Lamarr Houston late in the first quarter, coming up the middle on third-and-8 from the 14.
Denver made it as far as the 10 on its next possession until Desmond Bryant sacked Manning for a 6-yard loss on second-and-9, with Manning throwing incomplete on third-and-15.
On Denver's last possession of the first half, a safety blitz from Mike Mitchell with Denver at the Oakland 49 helped defuse Manning's effort to tack on a score after the Raiders had scored their lone touchdown.
Before the game, Goodell participated in a panel discussion promoting the 50th year of the Hall of Fame along with John Madden, John Elway, Ronnie Lott and Howie Long for 150 Raiders season-ticket holders. Then the commissioner spent about six minutes fielding questions from the media.
Goodell said the ratification of a collective bargaining agreement has created a stability that should make for a more favorable environment with regard to getting a stadium built.
"It does a great job of making sure the economics are balanced among all 32 teams and of course the players," Goodell said. "We have also got a new stadium funding mechanism in there that the league can provide up to $200 million of financing to a new stadium project.
"I think those are very significant changes."
Goodell said any idea of sharing the 49ers stadium would have to come from the two teams. It's an option both teams have said publicly is not off the table, but neither organization has made any move in that direction.
"The priority is what the community and the team work out," Goodell said. "I think it's a great benefit that there's a stadium across the bay that's going to be a state of the art facility. That's terrific. So that's an option if those communities and the Raiders choose that. But that's a decision they have to make."
Goodell deflected a question about the glacial movement toward a stadium between the Raiders, the city of Oakland and Alameda County.
"You all are closer to it than I am," Goodell said. "I think people want to make sure the Raiders are here and want to make sure they do the right things; there are a lot of priorities in communities these days, and those have to be balanced by the leadership both in the public sector and the private sector.
"These are complicated issues, and they have to be done intelligently so that they address community needs but they also work with the team long term."
Rookie Rod Streater caught four passes for 100 yards, including a 58-yard strike from Palmer on the play immediately preceding an interception by Champ Bailey in the first quarter.
Seymour has missed the last five games with a hamstring strain.


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This year's Masters has a special hometown flavor, especially for one family.
They are getting to see their son play in his very first Masters.
Vaughn Taylor is the player, and his parents are Jack and Lynn Taylor.
They're out at the Augusta National this week watching the practice rounds and waiting for the moment of a lifetime Thursday morning.
Vaughn Taylor's story is the story of America. A kid who rode his bike to practice at Goshen Plantation, then Hephzibah High School and Augusta State University.
"I helped him with his golf swing when he was young," says Jack Taylor. "He had some good teachers. His teacher is Jack Lumpkin now. And he's had good support from his friends and people here in Augusta."
What's it like to see your son practicing out here with all the world's best?
"I can't...there are no words for what we're feeling this week," Lynn Taylor says. "I'm just proud of Vaughn for being Vaughn."
As you can imagine, there's some tension and nervousness in the Taylor household this week. But when Vaughn tees off Thursday, a lot of it will be released.
"When he gets out on the first tee Thursday, I think my nerves will start calming down and so will his," Jack says.
"Because it's a culmination of a lot of years of determination. He didn't do a lot of things most kids did, because he had to go to bed early, get up early to do what he needed to do for this. He has worked hard to get here," Lynn says.
Vaughn has already won twice on the PGA Tour.
He's driving up Magnolia Lane this week in a white Cadillac--a player's perk.
And he's carrying the hopes of thousands of Augustans who hope to see some real Taylor-made magic.
That big moment comes at 8:44 Thursday morning, when Vaughn tees it up along with 1976 Masters champ Raymond Floyd and Masters veteran Rocco Mediate.
You can be sure Mom and Dad will be following every moment.
Aside from the first Masters, no first timer has ever won the Green Jacket on his first try.
The magic fell to Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979 when he won the Masters in a sudden death playoff.
That was 27 years ago...perhaps it's time for magic to strike again.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- All-America slugger A.J. Reed belted a three-run homer and right-hander Chandler Shepherd worked 5.2 two-hit innings of relief, leading No. 8 Kentucky to a 11-5 win over Murray State in the 2013 home opener, on Tuesday night at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Shepherd (1-0) dazzled in his longest career relief outing, working 5.2 innings with only two singles allowed and striking out a career-high six. The native of Louisa, Ky., dominated his way through the middle innings in relief of freshman Kyle Cody, who made his first career start. He came into the game with UK and the 'Breds tied 4-4 in the third inning, with the Wildcats in a two-out, bases-loaded jam, escaping the frame and allowing only an unearned run in his outing.
"In that situation, you just want to throw strikes, get outs and groundballs," Shepherd said about coming in for relief. "The main thing I was focusing on was staying ahead. It felt great to get the win. We got the crucial runs when we needed it and were played some great defense. It was a good win for the club and we will try to use it going into tomorrow and this weekend."
Reed's blast got the Wildcats off to a hot start, belting a three-run bomb in the bottom of the first inning, his second homer of the year. UK also got a multiple-hit game from junior shortstop Matt Reida, who went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored. Austin Cousino, Lucas Witt, J.T. Riddle, Greg Fettes and Micheal Thomas each added hits, with Riddle extending his team-long hitting streak to 10 games. Sophomore Max Kuhn went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks and an RBI.
The lack of arid weather forced a delay of three hours in the home lidlifter, with Kentucky (6-1) emerging out of the delay with its sixth consecutive home win and its 14th consecutive home-opening win, dating back to 1999.
A 6-foot-7, 230-pound Wisconsin native, Cody worked 2.2 innings, allowing six hits and four runs – three earned – walking two and striking out two. Shepherd then chewed up valuable innings in the middle frames, before Zach Strecker took over in the ninth to get the final two outs of the game.
"We played really good," UK head coach Gary Henderson said. "I was really glad to see it for (Chandler Shepherd). His first couple of outings this year were a little rough. He is a really good competitor and has some really good pitches. Sometimes it takes a while to relax at the beginning of the season and let your skills play out and that is what we did today."
Murray State (4-4) senior starter Tim Vonder Haar (1-1) worked 2.2 innings, allowing six hits and five runs, walking two and striking out five. Brock Downey took over in the third inning working four strong innings, allowing only one hit and two walks, with three runs scoring, striking out three. Righty John Rafferty took over in the seventh, facing one hitter and allowing a single. Kyle Cornett and Tyler Saltsman also worked in relief for the 'Breds.
UK will return to action on Wednesday, hosting Eastern Kentucky at 4 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on the UK IMG Network, live in Lexington on WWTF 1580-AM and online at UKathletics.com. UK will send freshman southpaw Ryne Combs (0-0, 3.00 ERA) to the mound to face Eastern Kentucky freshman right-hander Chris Cervantes (0-1, 10.38 ERA).
The Wildcats get on the board in the bottom of the first on a three-run bomb by Reed. Cousino led off the inning reaching base on a wild pitch and then advanced to second when Witt got plunked on the left arm. Reed then stepped into the box and smacked the first pitch he saw into the parking lot in rightfield.
Kentucky scored again in the second after Reida led off with a double, bouncing off the right-centerfield wall. Fettes then flared his first career home hit to shallow centerfield to advance Reida to third. After Cousino struck out, Witt grounded a ball past the third baseman and shortstop to score Reida and advance Fettes to second, tying the game at 4-4.
In the third the Wildcats tacked on another run, with Kuhn leading off the inning with a single on a line drive to leftfield. After McConkey struck out looking, Boehm came to the plate. While Boehm was at the dish, Kuhn stole second, putting a man in scoring position with one out. Boehm then drew a walk and Reida followed it up with a single up the middle to load the bases with one out. Fettes worked the count full, and then hit a sacrifice fly to deep centerfield, scoring Kuhn.
With Kentucky only up one run going into the bottom of the seventh, Riddle led off with a single up the middle. Kuhn followed up with a walk, and McConkey laid down a sacrifice bunt back to the pitcher advancing the runners to second and third. After a 1-4 fielder's choice ground out off the bat of Boehm, Reida drew a full-count walk to load the bases. Thomas then pinch hit for Fettes and singled up the middle, scoring Riddle and Kuhn. Cousino continued the rally doubling to shallow leftfield, scoring Reida from second. With Thomas and Cousino on second and third, Witt drew a walk to load the bases for the second time in the frame. Reed and Riddle then were hit by pitches in consecutive at bats, scoring Thomas and Cousino. Kuhn knocked in the sixth run of the inning and 11th of the game bu singling to leftfield.


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SANTA CLARA -- Two years removed from his own Achilles tear, Denver Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas advised Michael Crabtree to "take your time" before returning to the 49ers.
Crabtree tore his right Achilles tendon Tuesday as the 49ers began organized team activities. Team doctors told coach Jim Harbaugh that Crabtree's surgery Wednesday was not of the season-ending variety.
"He's a great player, and I'm sure he's going to work hard to get back and listen to all the people that he's got to listen to," Thomas told reporters Wednesday at the Broncos facility. "But it's difficult at first, because it took a while for me to be able to do anything."
Thomas took seven months to come back from his February 2011 injury. He suggested he wasn't at full strength until September 2012. Complemented by Peyton Manning's arrival, Thomas produced career-best numbers (94 receptions, 1,434 yards, 10 touchdowns) last season en route to his first Pro Bowl selection.
Crabtree, 25, is two months older, two inches shorter and some 10 pounds lighter than Thomas (6-foot-3, 229 pounds).
Kendall Hunter, Crabtree's teammate, also is coming off a similar injury, having torn his left Achilles tendon Nov. 25 at New Orleans. Hunter's rehabilitation appears on track six months later, as he participated Wednesday in individual drills before running under a trainer's supervision on a side field.
"There was a different process with Kendall," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday. " ... They took more time after the injury to do the surgery. And it's a bit of a different approach the way I understand it talking to the doctors."
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs needed only five months and six days to return to game action after surgery on his torn Achilles last year.
"What drove me to work so hard was the possibility of being here," Suggs said days before his Ravens beat the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII. "I knew we had a team that was right there on the brink, was always on the brink, so I just wanted to be a part of it."
Suggs wasn't the only NFL player to return last season from an Achilles injury. Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Da'Quan Bowers had surgery last May 11 on his right Achilles. Bowers started the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list, began practicing Oct. 17 and made his season debut Oct. 25 in a limited role.
"It was the rehab that was the hardest part," Bowers told the Tampa Bay Times in November, referring to his time running in pools, riding an exercise bike, boxing and climbing stairs.
Like Bowers, Thomas had to wear an orthopedic boot for nearly two months.
"I couldn't do anything but upper body stuff," Thomas said. "But once I got it off, I still had to take time, because it's a serious injury, and you don't want to come back too fast."
In six months, the 49ers will close out the first half of their regular season with an Oct. 27 game in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars. After a bye week, the 49ers return to action Nov. 10 at home against the Carolina Panthers.
"Well, it's a setback," Harbaugh said. "But, Michael's young. He's strong. With everything he'll be positive approach to healing and we'll anticipate great things." Harbaugh also believes the right mindset could bolster Crabtree's recovery, a prescription the coach heard while listening to Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his truck's radio Wednesday.
Said Harbaugh: "The best athletes play football and are in the best shape of their lives. I was listening to Dr. Sanjay Gupta this morning when I was driving into work. And he was talking about the positive effects of the mind on healing the body. So, thought that was a good time to hear that. And that's the approach that we'll take now."


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OAKLAND -- The A's spent much of June and July building up an addiction to winning, and they seem back in the habit again.
With a 9-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night, the A's have put together a streak of six or more games with five or more wins for the fourth time in the past 10 weeks. Taken individually, those aren't big streaks, but when put in combination, they lead to a major-league-best 72-44 record.
After having hit something of a dry spell against the Houston Astros and the Kansas City Royals, Oakland has won five of its past six to get to a season-best 28 games over .500. From May 30-June 6, the A's went 6-1. From June 14-21, the record was 7-1. From July 3-8, it was a perfect 6-0. Those are the building blocks of a monster season.
"Anytime you can put a bunch of wins together like that, it's a real positive,'' Derek Norris said. The A's catcher had two bases-loaded walks and a three-run homer to finish with five RBIs in support of his batterymate, Jeff Samardzija, who improved to 3-1 with the A's.
"When you are doing that, you feel better at the plate, you feel better on the mound, you feel better in the field,'' Norris said of these runs the A's seem to go on every few weeks. "When you are on a winning club, you want to play harder. You want to play better, because you love that feeling of winning.
"It's almost like an addiction. Whenever you get a good taste of it, you don't want to go back because all of us have been on a team in our career that's a losing team, and that's one of the worst things in the entire world. When you play on a ballclub that puts together consecutive wins in a row, you never want to go back. So you play harder for your teammates, you play harder for each other, and you pick each other up. And I think that's a big key why we're so successful.''
Or maybe it's the opossum that showed up in the Coliseum for the second consecutive Samardzija start.
"I saw him. He likes me. I have to go find this guy,'' Samardzija said. "He's pretty sweet, man. He knows what he's doing. He shows up at the right times, too, at the down times of the game. I think it's up to me to name him because it's twice that I've had him.
"I don't want to shortchange him and give him a bum name. I have to make sure it's something cool. I need to do something. He likes me. I don't know if it's good if it's a possum that likes you, but as long as we keep winning ballgames, he can show up as much as he wants.''
If the Twins keep showing up, that might be all it takes to keep Oakland on a roll. The A's have won 12 consecutive games against the Twins dating to last season. Minnesota has some good young talent, but it's mostly unproven, and the proving doesn't come easily.
Starter Trevor May got his major league debut Saturday, and while he has good credentials, his control was all over the place. He walked seven in two innings, helping stake the A's to a 4-1 lead, twice issuing a walk to Norris with the bases loaded and getting stung by a bases-loaded single from Josh Donaldson.
"When you get a new pitcher, the potential is there for that,'' A's manager Bob Melvin said "Couple that with a full house in this park, and it can make you a little nervous (dealing with) our fans when they get going. But we did a good job making him work.''
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If the ski season left something to be desired for those visiting Summit County's resort communities, the lengthy golf season may have made up for it.
"We had a very good year," said Mark Nickel, director of golf at The Raven at Three Peaks Golf Club. "It helped to have an extended season. We opened in early April."
The days were busier and tee times filled more frequently, Nickel said, speculating that the heat in Denver likely helped drive people to the cooler temperatures of the mountains. Nickel also said a rate restructuring helped players find a reasonable rate to play, particularly if they were willing to play later in the day.
He wasn't the only one who reported gains on the 2011 season, which was shortened due to lasting snowfall from a record season.
Erroll Miller, the head professional at Breckenridge Golf Club, said that extreme heat in the center of the country and south to Texas - key markets for Summit County anyway - also contributed to driving people to the Central Rocky Mountains.
Nickel reported roughly 40 new members as well as day-to-day increases. Gains over 2011 were substantial, close to 25 percent higher. And the year's numbers were a small increase over average years.
That's saying a lot in a world of ebbing golf trends, said Miller, who also reported growth, though it was a more modest 5- to 6- percent increase over 2011.
"There's less golfers playing, and core golfers are playing less rounds, so there's a contraction of rounds played nationwide. Each of the last few years, it's been down a small amount," Miller said, adding that more golf courses are closing than opening across the country.
Keystone Ranch and River courses "had a very successful season," manager Steve Corneillier said, though he couldn't give percentages due to corporate policy. May 5 was the earliest golf has ever opened at Keystone, and though weather made maintenance tough at the start of summer, late summer rains brought the turf product to pristine condition.
"The dry season started last fall until January, when we started to get appreciable snow," Corneillier said. "We had an early spring, then it was hot, dry and windy through June. It was difficult to get the product to the level we'd normally have. ... We had significant rain in July, and the product came around and the experience was better."
Corneillier added that the rain came later in the afternoon or in the evenings, not posing a significant impact on business. Instead, it was welcomed to cool things off.
The Keystone Ranch course closed on Sept. 30, with the River Course following suit on Sunday. The closure is "right on target," Corneillier said, because significant work must be done before winter arrives, including passing the water rights baton back to mountain operations for snowmaking.
When asked if the golf course made up for a less-than-desirable ski season from a business standpoint, Corneillier admitted the golf revenue can't compete with that of the mountain. However, he repeated that it was a good summer, and he's hopeful - as are many others in the ski industry - that forecasts will continue to be favorable for a winter that rebounds to the level of business resorts in Summit County seek each year.
Copper Creek Golf Course closed on Sept. 30 with numbers that were competitive with 2011, business manager Lizzie Jones said.
"We were close to what we did last summer. It was pretty consistent," she said, adding that the summer started with "happy energy" surrounding golf in general - mostly, because the ski season was tough for locals. Season pass sales tracked roughly the same as 2011, and overall rounds were similar.
"The Copper Creek Golf Course had one of the earliest openings and had amazing amount of sunshine this summer," Copper spokeswoman Austyn Williams said. "The Copper Creek course crew commented that the course was well maintained all summer long and received feedback from appreciative golfers."
Elsewhere, like at The Raven cooler temperatures are causing play to slow down. Still, Nickel hopes to remain open through the middle of October, and maybe even as late as Oct. 21. GOLF RECAP


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Richmond's Atchison Village was a dream come true for Elizabeth Claman. The retired teacher was able to buy a one-bedroom unit in the cooperative development for less than a conventional home would have cost. She liked the frontyard gardens, the community park, the palpable neighborhood feel.
In 2007, five years after she moved in, the Chevron refinery on the other side of Richmond Parkway experienced a fire that spewed toxins into the air and forced nearby residents to shelter in place.
"All of a sudden," Claman said, "I'm living in the shadow of the monster."
Claman, 67, was aware of the refinery when she moved in. Everyone who moves to Richmond is aware of the refinery, as is everyone who grows up there. Ultimately, it seems, everyone who puts down roots in Richmond makes their peace with the uneasy coexistence.
In Claman's case, she had friends who lived there. They told her that with the exception of a few days of foul winds each year, you'd never know a refinery was across the street.
"So I bought this place and I've just loved living here," she said, "except for every three to five years there's a disaster."
Monday's incident at Chevron, a fire that sent a black chemical cloud billowing into the evening sky, may not qualify as a disaster. No one was killed, though approximately 1,700 people sought medical treatment for eye irritation and respiratory ailments. Chevron contained the damage to its No. 4 crude unit. But the event served as a stark reminder of the price Richmond residents pay to share their air with a combustible corporate giant.
It did not move Karen Skowronek, who has lived in Atchison Village since she was 16 months old, to reconsider her pragmatic overview. A member of the Atchison Village Mutual Homes Corporation board of directors, Skowronek, 68, stressed she was speaking for herself and not on behalf of board.
"We're all quite willing to take anything (Chevron) wants to donate to us," she said. "But the next day, we're ready to slap them in the face. It's like people who live next to an airport. They moved there and now they're complaining about the noise. They didn't have to buy the house. The same thing goes for here. You don't ask a great big plant to move because you're unhappy with it when it was here first."
The 2,900-acre refinery predates most development in Richmond. Built by Standard Oil, construction was completed before Richmond incorporated in 1905. The city built around the refinery like a dog snuggling against its master for warmth.
If you had a tall enough ladder, you could practically look the refinery in the eye from the corner of York and Duboce streets in North Richmond. It was there Thursday that Jessie Hutson passed out fliers for a free hot dog and hot links feed at the New Hope Baptist Church, where he is a deacon. Huston, 51, wore a hat bearing a patch that reads: "God's army." From all appearances, both the man and the neighborhood have lived a lot of life.
"I was raised in the church," Hutson said. "I strayed away. I did my thing. But then the realization came: There ain't no life better than the life I'm living today. I'm saved and I'm holy and I thank God for that."
But Hutson also is suffering the aftereffects of Monday's fire.
"Me personally?" he said when asked about his health. He coughed. "I'm always going through something. I definitely got a headache. I had irritation to the eyes and throat. I didn't cough up anything, so that's why I didn't go to the hospital."
Hutson, a lifelong Richmond resident, did seek treatment after an earlier incident. He thinks it might have been in 1999. He received compensation, which he dryly noted doesn't compensate you for much.
"You get paid," he said. "But then after that one little payment, you still have complications for the rest of your life. Once you go to the hospital, today or tomorrow, that bill will always be more than what (money) you got."
In tony Point Richmond, at what seems like the top of the world, Jim Greer offered perspective as sweeping as the view from his Crest Drive home. From his back deck, Greer can look down on most of the Chevron property. From his front deck he can see the Chevron dock, Tiburon, the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and Angel Island.
Greer and his wife, Susan, have lived there for 20 years. As for the consideration they gave the refinery before buying the house:
"That wasn't in the equation," said Greer, 75, who works at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab. "I've had no problem with Chevron whatsoever. It's a necessary thing."
Greer recalls more communal consternation over the noise made by the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe trains that run adjacent to the Chevron property than over the refinery itself.
"By a lot," he said. "But that (noise problem) got fixed."
History suggests there is no fix that can keep the Chevron plant incident-free for more than a handful of years. So why continue to live under a black cloud?
"This is my community," said Claman, who is grateful for the neighborly assistance she received after her left side was paralyzed by a stroke in 2005. "There are enough benefits to living here in Atchison Village that I'm willing to tolerate Chevron. If there had been a serious incident in the first year, I might have left. So perhaps in some way I've settled for something that's less than ideal."
"It's as safe as anyplace in the world," said Skowronek, who raised three daughters in Atchison Village and now has great-grandchildren. "You tell me where it's safer."
Greer chuckled when asked if he would ever consider relocating.
"My wife's never going to move from here," he said.
Back in North Richmond, Deacon Hutson raved about "the really good people here. For being so small, there's so many churches in North Richmond. That helps a lot of people.
"I look at it this way," he said. "This is not the only place where there's a refinery. So moving someplace else, it's no different. If you move to Rodeo, you're going to be in a place where there's a refinery. If you move to Martinez, there's going to be a refinery. So why move when your family is here?"
But pressed, Hutson concedes that pragmatism may have a price. For example: What if he won the lottery?
"If I had a couple million," he said, "I'd be out of here."
Contact Gary Peterson at 925-952-5053. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/garyscribe.


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MANATEE COUNTY - A Manatee County sheriff's deputy totaled her patrol car as she rear-end one vehicle which then rear-ended a vehicle in front of it as they waited at a red light.
According to a Sheriff's Office report:
An officer referred to only as Deputy Dugan was driving her patrol car Tuesday evening west on U.S. 301 when she looked down at her computer in response to a call for service. When she looked up she saw a vehicle stopped at the red light. Deputy Dugan then "attempted to apply the brakes in the pool car that she was driving but they appeared, in her opinion, not to be working properly."
The deputy then drove into the vehicle in front of her, which in turn caused the second collision. All four occupants in the two vehicles, including two people in their 70s, were taken to area hospitals and treated for minor injuries.
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