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- Feb 24:
- Former state Sen. Leland Yee sentenced to prison
- Apr 19:
- Leland Yee case: Disgraced California state senator's legislative efforts fueled cash for campaigns
- Apr 8:
- Leland Yee pleads not guilty to gun trafficking, corruption charges
- Apr 3:
- Leland Yee charges: Political consultant freed on bail
- Mar 31:
- Daly City dentist or international weapons trafficker?
- State Sen. Yee arms trafficking, corruption case 'entrapment' suggested
- Steinberg's Senate leadership finds its own dark cloud
- Mar 30:
- Leland Yee corruption case: State senator faces uphill fight against strong FBI evidence
- Mar 28:
- Mercury News editorial: For Yee and others, make it legal to suspend pay
- State Senate votes 28-1 to suspend Yee and two other disgraced lawmakers
- State Senate votes 28-1 to suspend Yee, Calderon and Wright
- Mar 27:
- State Sen. Leland Yee drops out of secretary of state race a day after his arrest
- Document: Leland Yee's letter withdrawing from Secretary of State race
- Mercury News editorial: Leland Yee's shocker drags down Senate
- Leland Yee withdraws from Secretary of State race
- Mar 26:
- State Sen. Leland Yee indicted on arms trafficking, corruption charges
- Sen. Leland Yee arrest: The 26 defendants in case involving firearms, money laundering and other charges
- Leland Yee arrest: From 'Shrimp Boy' to 'Dragon Head,' Raymond Chow at center of Chinatown gang
- Sen. Leland Yee's arrest likely ends steady, sometimes paradoxical political rise
- State Sen. Leland Yee indicted on arms trafficking, corruption charges
SAN FRANCISCO -- On March 5, state Sen. Leland Yee tweeted a picture of himself from City Hall's election office, raising his hand and swearing to be a faithful public servant. "I've officially filed for Secretary of State!" Yee exclaimed to his 5,646 followers.
But later that very same day in a hotel restaurant, Yee was anything but faithful. Authorities say the man who built a reputation as a champion of open government and gun control was negotiating the terms of an international gun-trafficking deal, peddling M-16-style rifles and rocket launchers to an eager buyer who was actually an undercover FBI agent.
So who is the real Leland Yee? Could a seemingly earnest public servant from San Francisco really be so duplicitous, so corrupt, so morally depraved?
In interviews with those who know him, public records searches and reviews of his social media accounts, a portrait emerges of a career politician desperate to pay off campaign debt, a political loner who appeared to have better luck building relationships with criminals than with colleagues and an uncharismatic candidate anticipating his political mortality and dreaming one day of "hiding out" in the Philippines.
Saying he was unhappy with his life, the married father of four told an agent posing as an East Coast mobster, "There's part of me that wants to be like you ... Just be a free-agent out there."
Federal agents arrested Yee on Wednesday before any gun deal took place. Maybe Yee, a child psychologist whose first elected office was on the school board, was just bluffing about knowing arms dealers. Wouldn't it be something if a fake arms dealer was meeting with a fake mobster to set up a fake arms sale? The FBI doesn't think so. Yee is charged with seven felonies, including public corruption and arms trafficking. Out of jail on $500,000 bail, he has yet to enter a plea but withdrew from the race for secretary of state.
The 137-page affidavit detailing Yee's alleged corruption and entanglements with a Chinatown mob boss named "Shrimp Boy," a former school board president accused of murder-for-hire, and a Daly City dentist allegedly moonlighting as a gunrunner has become gripping bedside reading for the who's who of Bay Area politics.
In it are snapshots of Yee's inglorious descent -- his "epic swan dive" as one San Mateo politician put it. If the charges are to be believed, Yee for years was living a secret double life.
Publicly, he was showing up at library meetings, shaking hands, taking on the National Rifle Association and his own Democratic Party, mugging for the camera, speaking at community meetings about transparency in government and championing same-sex marriage laws.
"Nothing says Valentines Day like another same-sex marriage ban being declared unconstitutional! #Virginiaisforlovers," he tweeted.
Privately, however, he looked as corrupt as they come, the FBI says, taking thousands of dollars in bribes in return for introductions to important people and, when he was running for San Francisco mayor in 2011, salivating about getting his hands on San Francisco's massive budget.
"We (would) control $6.8 billion, man," he allegedly told an undercover agent.
The same week Yee was tweeting about Valentine's Day -- along with protecting seniors in retirement homes and accepting endorsements from the Young Democrats and California Federation of Teachers -- authorities say his political consultant, Keith Jackson, was bragging to an agent posing as a mobster that his boss had dealt with a Filipino weapons dealer "plenty of times," the affidavit says.
At an unidentified Feb. 12 sporting event, perhaps the Warriors-Miami Heat game, Jackson also told the agent that Yee needed $50,000 for his secretary of state campaign. More money would be delivered, the agent said, once the weapons deal was done.
Could anyone have seen this coming? The smiling political supporters who showed up in selfies with their state senator? The Girl Scouts selling cookies and learning to be good citizens whose picture Yee retweeted? What about Sabrina Brennan, the San Mateo County harbor commissioner who praised Yee for his fight last summer against efforts to strip down the state's Public Records Act?
"We need more independent leaders like you in the California senate," Brennan gushed in a tweet June 20.
"Happy to do it Sabrina," Yee tweeted back. "A transparent government is an honest government."
How could Brennan know that the day before, according to the FBI, her senator was introducing another undercover agent posing as a medical marijuana businessman to an important political contact in exchange for $11,000? The cash payment was delivered the next day.
"It's outrageous and reads like a B-movie," said Brennan. "I voted for him. I felt like he was my representative. This is just incredibly disappointing."
She's still coming to terms with the fact that Yee accomplished what she considers important legislation in office, but "at the same time this is a huge blow for the public trust, and that is so inexcusable and does so much damage, and that's why people don't vote."
Yee has spent nearly 30 years in politics. A Chinese immigrant whose family arrived in San Francisco when he was 3, he grew up in Chinatown and earned a graduate degree in child psychology from the University of Hawaii. He was elected to the San Francisco school board in 1988 then the Board of Supervisors in 1996, followed by the state Assembly in 2002 and the state Senate in 2006.
Daly City Mayor David Canepa worked for Yee for several years, first while Yee was on the Board of Supervisors, then in the Legislature.
"I'm just confused, shellshocked, because that's not the person that I thought I knew," said Canepa, who says he hasn't spoken to Yee since he left in 2008 to run for Daly City council.
He remembers Yee as a man focused on the nuts and bolts, the consummate retail politician who seemed to have boundless energy. While he wouldn't light up a crowd of 2,000, he worked well with constituents.
"There's a stop sign people want. There's a petition with 20 people. He would go out and attend a meeting. I think that's how he built his reputation in San Francisco," Canepa said. "He didn't have the charisma of a Gavin Newsom. He didn't have the charisma of a Willie Brown. But people liked him because they thought, 'Hey, here's an authentic guy who really cares.' "
But there were signs that the public servant might not be a model citizen.
In 1999, he was pulled over for allegedly cruising for prostitutes but was never charged. Some locals also say they spotted a duplicity early on. While he publicly opposed a ballot measure to raise the salaries of supervisors in the late 1990s, some supervisors were struck by how he joined an impromptu celebration in a fellow supervisor's office when it passed.
There were signs in the affidavit he didn't really care anymore, either. Perhaps his crushing loss to Ed Lee for mayor of San Francisco in 2011, finishing a distant fifth, was demoralizing. It left his campaign $70,000 in the hole, a debt he had to somehow retire before he could launch a quest for statewide office. Yee's Senate term was up in 2014 and his chief opponent for secretary of state, Alex Padilla of Southern California, was gaining traction.
For many of his supporters, maybe the most egregious hypocrisy was his very public fight to toughen California's gun-control laws. Yet, in a recorded conversation Feb. 25 -- just a month before his arrest -- when Yee was allegedly trying to convince the undercover agent his gun connection was "the real deal," he said he was taking an "agnostic" stand on guns: "People want to get whatever they want to get. Do I care? No, I don't care. People need certain things."
On March 13, two weeks before his arrest, he sounded gleeful when he tweeted it was his lucky day. In a random alphabetical drawing, the candidate for secretary of state, normally last on the list, would be on top of the June primary ballot.
"After 65 years," Yee wrote, "I'm finally going to get called first!"
He signed off with the hashtag that included an acronym for secretary of state -- the same three letters federal agents used to describe the weapons dealer's "source of supply."
Contact Julia Prodis Sulek at 408-278-3409. Follow her at Twitter.com/juliasulek.


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1a.Objectives (from AD-416):
The objective of this cooperative research project is to develop an integrated system for on-farm energy production from straw residues generated during grass seed production including the test of a farm-scale gasification reactor suitable for burning grass seed straw to produce high quality syngas that can be used to generate electricity and other value-added bio-based products to increase on-farm income. Using the seed production cropping system and a test gasification reactor platform, we will determine the most economic technical paths to overcome agronomic, microbiological, and physical chemical limitations to on-farm production of energy and other bio-based products.
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An integrated system for harvest, collection, storage and transport of the straw to a farm-scale gasification reactor will be evaluated for concept and related technologies of on-farm energy production from Kentucky bluegrass straw. The goal will be to develop an economical and integrated system that will result in the conversion of straw into a high quality syngas with a quality ratio around 12 (H2 + CO)/(CO2 + H2O) and net thermal-to-chemical energy efficiency in the 65-70% range. Documents NFCA with Farm Power.
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FILE - This Oct. 9, 2011 file photo shows 55 Water Street, home of Standard & Poor's, in New York. S&P said Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, the U.S. government is expected to file civil charges against Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, alleging that it improperly gave high ratings to mortgage debt that later plunged in value and helped fuel the 2008 financial crisis. The charges would mark the first enforcement action the government has taken against a major rating agency involving the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)


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Because of their caring and commitment to people in need, Major League Baseball players formed the Players Trust -- a charitable foundation that is the first of its kind in professional sports. Through the Players Trust, Major Leaguers contribute their time, money and celebrity to call attention to important issues affecting the needy and to help encourage others to get involved in their own communities. Buses for Baseball, City Clinics, Medicines for Humanity, the Players Choice Awards and Volunteers of America are all programs funded through the Players Trust. Read More »
The Players Trust partners with local transit authorities and Major League teams to give underprivileged kids the chance to attend a game as personal guests of the players. At each ballpark, the kids are welcomed by players who spend time signing autographs, giving away souvenirs and posing for photographs.
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The Players Trust and Volunteers of America, a national nonprofit organization that provides programs for more than two million people a year, have worked in partnership since 2002 to benefit people in need and encourage others to get involved to help children, at-risk youth and families. Read More »
Major League Baseball players have teamed up with Volunteers of America to recruit and help train a new generation of volunteers. These high school students become Action Team captains, who spread the players' messages about the importance of community service to teens in their area. Read More »
The Players Choice Awards recognize each season's "best of the best" as chosen by the players themselves. Each Players Choice Awards winner designates the charity of his choice to receive a grant from the Players Trust.
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The Players Trust provides life-saving medicines to children in the Dominican Republic. With the support of Major League players, these children receive Vitamin A and anti-parasite medication through schools and area clinics.
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Major Leaguers recognize that when disasters strike it's important to step up and offer assistance. However, the players also know that when the media attention subsides, the need remains. The Players Trust has pledged and donated millions of dollars in long-term aid to areas such as the Gulf region in the U.S., Haiti and Japan. Read More »
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Five Simple Online Security Tips
By Diana Jou
Verizon's recent data breach investigation shows 76% of hacks are caused by weak or stolen passwords. Despite cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated, the majority of the hacks can be prevented by by following simple security measures. Two security experts, Blue Coat's chief security officer, Hugh Thompson and Backblaze's CEO Gleb Budman share five tips to make ourselves less vulnerable to hackers.
1. Don't use real answers to security questions.
What's your mother's maiden name, where were you born, what's your favorite color. All those things are typically easy to find out with a little bit of digging. Use something made up and that's not searchable online.
2. Rethink what you share online.
Sit in the hacker's chair for a moment and imagine the people that are looking at your social media feeds and want to cause you harm. Social media gives attackers the ability to custom craft emails and phone calls that are personailized just to you. Just give your tweet a second thought before you publish.
3. Use different passwords for every site.
One of the most common hacks is to finding the easiest place to hack into and using that to get into everything else. Often people will use the same password for a website they just are just getting something free but also use that same password on their bank account. Use a password manager like 1Password so you only have to remember one password and it will remember all the other ones for you. This allows you to create complex passwords.
4. Beware of shorten phishing links.
With the advent of shorten links on Facebook and Twitter, it's hard to tell where the end destination is. The goal of phishing messages is to get the user to click on a link and often times that link can come from someone you know or trust.
5. Cover your passwords.
Hackers don't always need advanced technology to get people's passwords. At cafes, schools, and conferences people often type their password in clear view. Just be sensitive to what's happening around you.


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced interest rates for October 2012. The CCC borrowing rate-based charge for October 2012 is 0.125 percent, unchanged from 0.125 in September 2012. For 1996 and subsequent crop year commodity and marketing assistance loans, the interest rate for loans disbursed during October 2012 is 1.125 percent, unchanged from 1.125 in September 2012.
Interest rates for Farm Storage Facility Loans approved for October 2012 are as follows, 1.125 percent with seven-year loan terms, unchanged from 1.125 in September 2012; 1.750 percent with 10-year loan terms, up from 1.625 in September 2012 and; 2.000 percent with 12-year loan terms, up from 1.875 percent in September 2012. The interest rate for Sugar Storage Facility Loans for October 2012 is 2.125 percent, unchanged from 2.125 in September 2012.
The maximum discount rate applicable for October 2012 for the Tobacco Transition Payment Program is 5 percent, unchanged from September 2012. This is based on the 3.250 percent prime rate plus 2 percent, rounded to the nearest whole number.
Past monthly releases announcing interest rates charged by CCC on commodity and marketing assistance loans disbursed for that particular month reflect the interest rate the U.S. Treasury charged CCC for that month. This was the interest rate specified by CCC since Jan. 1, 1982, but the process of establishing the interest rate was changed by a provision of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the Act), enacted on April 4, 1996.
Section 163 of the Act requires that monthly interest rates applicable to commodity and marketing assistance loans are to be 100 basis points — or 1 percent — greater than the rate determined under the applicable interest rate formula in effect on Oct. 1, 1995. This formula resulted in a rate equivalent to the amount the U.S. Treasury charged CCC for borrowing, for the month.
Further program information is available from USDA Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Financial Management Division at 202-772-6041.
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sounds like the wild, wild west. Take the law into your own hands. Hide on the course, wait for 'em.
What's it going to take, somebody getting murdered for the sherriff to remember there's a town there in their jurisdiction?
A more 'serious' idea might be to send the county sherriff (that's elected, I assume) a nice little letter/petition signed by community members (not just disc golfers) dissatisfied with the level of protection and response times, and then illustrate your willingness to ensure he's not re-elected if it doesn't change. Include pictures of the park's damage, if you have any. Then, CC the governor, or the county magistrate, or whoever is the sherriff's superior.


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OAKLAND -- Bartolo Colon went down, Tommy Milone came up, and the A's won on Sunday.
No big deal, no commotion, it's just the A's these days.
Deep, dangerous and unflappable. They're not a perfect team, but they're definitely not sensitive to changes on the fly, and they can't be.
"This sounds worse than I mean it, but we lost Bartolo last year (to a suspension) and we brought somebody up that filled his space," catcher Derek Norris said after the A's 7-3 victory over Cleveland at the Coliseum.
"He may be only gone for a couple weeks. But the great thing about this team is when someone goes down we have the ability to bring somebody up and do a great job.
"That's what makes a very deep team and it makes us a very good team as well."
Of course, there are no guarantees that, amid all the changes, the A's will chase down the Rangers in the A.L. West (they're currently a half-game behind) or win an A.L. wild-card spot (they currently have one of the spots).
But the A's won't be completely derailed by roster emergencies, that's for sure; they've already suffered more than a few, and they absolutely will be dealt several more.
Milone, summoned back from a recent demotion after Colon went to the disabled list, lasted only two outs into the fifth inning Sunday.
But overall, Milone's stuff was good, and he kept the A's in the game -- he'll have to be just as good or better for at least a couple more starts.
It's just part of the A's enviable starting depth; they planned for blips and adjustments like this. Now it's mid-August, and they have extra arms lying around for key starts.
Colon -- their ace for most of the season -- struggled for a few starts, hit the D.L., and there's an established veteran lefty ready.
Nothing set in stone for the A's, ever.
"It's our only choice, right?" said shortstop Jed Lowrie. "We're fortunate they've got a few guys we can bring up.
"And we still have Brett Anderson on the D.L. It's a pitching-rich organization. They focus on it. And that's what we're going to need to win."
Oh yeah, Anderson. The talented, oft-injured left-hander is coming back from a long D.L. stint and might be ready to jump back into the A's rotation after one more rehab start.
More than anybody on this roster, Anderson is the wildest A's wild card: He's a front-line starter in reserve, waiting for his turn -- if he's healthy.
"I think the thing that's most important is we don't want to waste his bullets on rehab assignments," manager Bob Melvin said of Anderson.
"We want to get him to the big leagues as soon as he can."
That's another echo from last year, when Anderson emerged from a long D.L. stint to go 4-2 in the final weeks of the season and won Game 3 of the ALDS against Detroit.
Even if Colon comes back as soon as possible (which would be early September) or if Milone goes lights out in Colon's spot, the A's still might need Anderson into October.
That's because rookie sensation Sonny Gray has never been in a pennant race before, and because he is pushing close to a probable innings limit.
Gray, who threw 152 innings last year in the minors, has pitched 1361/3 innings so far this year in the majors and minors combined.
He probably could safely go another 50 to 55 innings, but maybe not a lot more, which means the A's have to start thinking about scaling him back.
"As I sit here right now, I'm not thinking about it," Melvin said of a Gray innings limit. "I mean, maybe it comes to a point where you have to look at that.
"But we do have some depth in the rotation, too. If we had to do something like that, we could probably maneuver around it."
Again, I'm sure this is all part of a larger A's plan -- or plans -- as general manager Billy Beane and Melvin go through all their late-season options.
They could go with Milone and Gray in the rotation for another few turns, then get Anderson ready for one of those slots and then Colon after that.
They could alternate all four in those two slots -- building around Jarrod Parker, A.J. Griffin and Dan Straily.
And if the A's get into the postseason, they could pick and choose from any of those seven options.
There's no surefire ace in that group. Things might not work out if the A's hitters don't rev it up a little, too.
But the A's won't be stuck without options; they built that into this season; they planned for the un-plannable.
Now it is happening, and they're so deep and so prepared they barely notice.
Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Kim Kardashian went North for her baby's name, and will now hang a left for her new name.
By the way, I only needed three compasses and an atlas to figure that out.
According to E! News, Kardashian will change her name to Kim Kardashian West once she marries baby daddy Kanye West.
At her birthday celebration in Las Vegas last week, Kardashian told E! News she'll start going by "Kim Kardashian West" (not hyphenated -- Kardashian will serve as a middle name).
The website said she answered the question like she was contemplating it for the first time, and just decided, "Yes, I will take his name."
And this lack of previous thought to a basic issue on her part surprises ... who?
This may bode well for West, as Kardashian didn't take her last husband Kris Humphries' name for branding reasons.
"I don't think she should take his name and be Kim Humphries ... She needs to be Kim Kardashian because she's worked so hard to get where she is," mom Kris Jenner told PopEater in 2011.
Kris Jenner -- who took husband Bruce Jenner's name -- must not have worked very hard to get where she was in 2011.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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Say "Gifford" and locals no doubt think of Randolph's long-standing hospital. Say "Dr. Gifford" and the hospital's founder and namesake comes to mind for most. Except Priscilla Carpenter, that is. To Carpenter, "Dr. Gifford" was better known as "Uncle Pearl."
John Pearl Gifford was the son of an East Randolph farmer who went on to Dartmouth College and then Dartmouth Medical School, graduating as valedictorian in 1897. A respected local physician, he purchased a South Main Street house in 1903 and with two nurses established the hospital there.
Thirty years later in 1933, he nicked a finger on his right hand while performing surgery on a patient with a then-deadly streptococcus infection and died several weeks later.
Nearly 80 years after this death, Gifford – the hospital – still remains at that South Main Street address, and Dr. Gifford remains entrenched in its name and history. In fact, an oversized photo and a biography adorn a wall at the hospital. And now beside it is a newly created Gifford family tree.
The genealogy was created thanks to the efforts of Gifford graphic designer Tammy Hooker; long-time hospital employee Marilyn Sargeant, a great niece of Dr. Gifford; and Sargeant's sister, Carpenter.
Carpenter, 90, of Randolph, scoured records, relying chiefly on a genealogy created by a cousin and calling relatives to fill in the blanks of the family history that spans six generations. Carpenter relayed the details to Sargeant, who relayed them to Hooker, who created the family tree.
Sargeant, 76, of Randolph Center is too young to remember Uncle Pearl. She was born after his death. Carpenter was 10 when he died and remembers it well for she was suffering from chicken pox at the time. "I was bed-ridden when he died," says Carpenter.
Uncle Pearl had visited a sick Carpenter at her home before he died. As the local doctor, "he took care of us," Carpenter says. But in those days there was no such thing as annual exams and well-child visits. "You didn't go to the doctor's unless you were sick."
Dr. Gifford sought treatment for his own hand infection at Deaconess Hospital in Boston. The recommendation, recalls Carpenter, was to amputate but Gifford's wife, Eliza, refused to allow it because of what it would mean to Dr. Gifford's surgical career.
Eliza and Dr. Gifford, as the family tree shows, never had children of their own. Eliza Gifford died in 1964.
Sargeant and Carpenter are the last surviving children of Dr. Gifford's nephew Edson Gifford Sr.
Sargeant has worked at Gifford for more than 40 years. She is Medical Staff Services manager. Sargeant and Carpenter's mother, Loeata, was also employed by Gifford as a nurse. She graduated from the hospital's then-nursing school in 1917.
Carpenter remembers her parents visiting Uncle Pearl at the hospital and sitting on an oversized wooden lounge in Dr. Gifford's office while she waited. That lounge is now in the hospital's main lobby for use by patients and visitors.
Seeing these pieces of their past, the new family tree and their surname still so prominently displayed on the hospital is a remarkable tribute, the sisters say. "It's a great honor."


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Of the few surprises San Francisco Opera general director David Gockley unveiled in Monday's announcement of the company's 2013-14 season, the biggest is the world premiere of a brand new opera based on a 1992 novel by Stephen King, the award-winning author of some of America's most chilling horror stories since Edgar Allan Poe. While "Dolores Claiborne" is not as heavily steeped in supernatural phenomena as some of his other works, it certainly qualifies as a spellbinding psychological thriller. The new opera's music is composed by Tobias Picker and its libretto by J. D. McClatchy.
Cast in the title role is San Francisco favorite and former Adler Fellow, mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick. Soprano Elizabeth Futral will sing the role of Vera Donovan, and Sarah Biller will portray Dolores' daughter Selena. It will open Sept 18 and run through Oct. 4.
When McClatchy was asked about how the libretto of the opera compares to the book, he quickly answered, "It's better." Picker agreed with Gockley that the work is writen in an "American verissimo style," and will be sung in American vernacular, without much "pretty English."
But Picker stressed that the main character "is a strong, powerful woman who is surrounded by other strong women. The males in the opera are weaker individuals, but relationship between Dolores and her husband speaks to me," he said. "They share a long journey."
King's book was made into a movie starring Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Christopher Plummer in 1994.
Picker, 58, is a New York composer whose first opera, 1996's "Emmeline," has been followed by the "Fantastic Mr. Fox," an adaption of a book by Roald Dahl; "Therese Raquin; and "An American Tragedy," based on the novel by Theodore Dreiser.
The second surprise of the season will be a dazzling, no-holds-barred staging by director Francesca Zambello of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's "Show Boat," in a Peter J. Davison designed production shared with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera and Houston Grand Opera. Starring Heidi Stober, Patricia Racette, and Nathan Gunn, it opens June 1 and runs through July 2.
The S.F. Opera season will open Sept. 6 with Arrigo Boito's "Mefistofele," the composer/librettist's variation on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust tale that focuses on the fascinating devil. The cast will include Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, soprano Patricia Racette and tenor Ramon Vargas, with performances running through Oct. 2. To celebrate the bicentennials of two titans of the opera, Verdi and Wagner, the company will present Verdi's "Falstaff," with Bryn Terfel in the title role Oct. 8 through Nov. 2, and a single performance of the Verdi "Requiem" on Oct. 25 featuring soloists Leah Crocetto, Jamie Barton, Michael Fabiano and Vitalij Kowaljow.
Wagner's 200th birthday will be celebrated with a new Petrika Ionesco production of "The Flying Dutchman," starring Greer Grimsley and Petra Maria Schnitzer, opening Oct. 22 and running through Nov. 15.
Giacomo Rossini's exuberant comedy, "The Barber of Seville," in a new double-cast production designed by Lorenc Corbella, runs Nov. 13 through Dec. 1, with Lucas Meachem and Audun Iversen alternating as Figaro, Daniela Mack and Isabele Leonard as Rosina and Javier Camarena and Alek Shrader as Count Almaviva.
In further tribute to Verdi, Maestro Nicola Luisotti will conduct a double-cast "La Traviata," with stars Sonya Yoncheva and Allyn Perez sharing the role of Violetta, Saimir Pirgu and Stephen Costello alternating the role of Alfredo, and Vladimir Stoyanov and Quinn Kelsey as Germont. Performances will run June 11 through July 13. 2014.
Puccini's beloved "Madama Butterfly" will return to the stage June 15-July 9 in what Gockley called "a bold innovative production new to San Francisco" by Japan's Jun Kaneko, the designer who did last season's eye-popping backdrops for Mozart's "The Magic Flute. Patricia Racette will sing the title role.
All performances will feature the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus at the War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave. Various ticket packages ranging in price from $78 to $2,712, will go on sale Jan. 14 at 415-864-3330 or www.sfopera.com. Single tickets, $23-$385, will be made available in July.
NEW HAT FOR MORGAN: The Bear Valley Music Festival is about to get a new shot of energy. The leaders of the 44-year-old organization, nestled in a beautiful location in California's central Sierra Nevada, have just named Michael Morgan, the brilliantly innovative conductor of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the new music director. Morgan will replace Carter Nice, who is stepping down from the podium after 29 years. Maestro Morgan has said that he considers his new position "as much like a reunion as a new adventure," since he already knows many of its musicians and has known the executive director, Irene Klug Nielsen, for decades. Lest Bay Area and other nearby music lovers worry, Morgan does not intend to slack off any of his present local activities. He will continue his vibrant leadership of the OEBS and his work with the Sacramento Philharmonic, the Oakland Youth Orchestra, the Festival Opera in Walnut Creek and the Sacramento Opera.
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OAKLAND -- If the Warriors can't beat Utah with a big party planned and the home crowd roaring, maybe they don't seem like a real playoff team at all.
Sure, the Warriors still are going to make the West playoffs; maybe Tuesday, when they play Minnesota.
But it doesn't do much for your larger postseason prospects when you have the chance to clinch a playoff spot at Oracle Arena against a beatable team and you get pushed around and knocked out.
Because that wasn't a loosey-goosey, run-and-chuck game Sunday.
That was semi-playoff-intensity basketball, and the Warriors were the team that wasn't ready for it.
"I think if you look at it, (the Jazz) played a little harder," guard Stephen Curry said in a quiet postgame locker room.
"And that's not when we're going to be successful -- when a team plays harder than us."
The Warriors lost 97-90 to a Jazz team that struggles terribly on the road; they didn't clinch the playoffs; they got out-hustled and outmuscled and seemed to fumble away every loose ball.
And the Warriors displayed -- to themselves and to the rest of the West playoff bracket -- that they still have some issues when things get physical and pressure-packed.
"We definitely didn't put forth the effort that seemed like a team that had a sense of urgency behind it," guard Jarrett Jack said.
"(The Jazz) played hard, got to give them credit. Came into our building, hit first. And we just couldn't get into any kind of rhythm."
Most especially, the Warriors have trouble defending skilled, mobile big men and darting guards.
And they have extreme trouble defending the pick-and-roll involving both.
"That's a big, physical basketball team," coach Mark Jackson said of the Jazz.
"They hurt you with throwing a lot of big bodies at you. They hurt you with posting up, they wear on you. They outplayed us."
You know who has good, game-changing big players? Most significant playoff teams, that's who.
The nicest way to put this is that the Jazz played like this was an elimination game, and the Warriors played like this was the prelude to a celebration.
The toughest way to put this is that the Jazz hit the Warriors with some postseason force, and the Warriors aren't always built to deal with that.
"We knew what the situation was, we knew we were in front of our fans, and you win, you're in and ... you get the 'x' by your name," Curry said, referring to the designation in the standings for playoff teams.
"Now we have work to do. We still control our own situation, which is good, but you don't want to have this feeling again."
By the way, the Jazz might squeak into the playoffs, but Utah entered Sunday's game with an 11-27 road record.
Still, Utah was tougher than the Warriors on Sunday, when it counted.
"The rest of these games are going to feel like that, if they haven't already leading up to it," Curry said.
"It's going to be intense. It's going to be some tough physical basketball. I think we're ready for it; we just didn't put it together for 48 tonight."
The Warriors better be ready for it soon, because the gantlet probably started Sunday. They will make the playoffs -- but a little later than they hoped, and probably a lot more vulnerable than they ever wanted to be.
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There has been a trend over the last decade or so for animated characters in big feature films to look more like their voice counterparts.
It's not hard to see the resemblance, for example, between John C. Reilly and the title character in "Wreck-It Ralph." They both have a bit of a shaggy-dog look.
Disney's 3-D comedy and tribute to old arcade games opens Friday.
Ralph is an arcade-game "villain," who for 30 years has been destroying things only to have Fix-It Felix Jr. mend them and receive all the adoration.
Tired of his bad-boy image and wanting to be loved, Ralph decides to jump games to win a medal as a good guy. Landing in "Hero's Duty," a shooter game, he helps the game's star, Sergeant Calhoun, battle "Cy-Bugs," the game's alien invaders.
Tall and blond and in command, Calhoun bears a strong likeness to "Glee's" cheerleading coach and gym teacher Sue Sylvester, played by Jane Lynch.
Ralph, though, is still more of a wrecker than a fixer and his odyssey to repair some of the damage he's done takes him to "Sugar Rush," a racing game in a land of candies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz, an outcast because she's a "glitch." You can see a lot of Sarah Silverman in Vanellope -- cute, funny, sassy.
"Wreck-It Ralph," directed by Rich Moore, is the first Disney animated feature for Reilly, Lynch and Silverman, and the trio recently talked about being game for the movie.
Team effort
Wearing a porkpie hat, which has become something of a trademark, John C. Reilly says that working with Silverman was one of his prerequisites for doing "Wreck-It Ralph."
"In animation you usually record your part alone, which kind of defeats the purpose of getting to work with these people like Jane or Sarah, who are so quick-witted," says the actor. "I had to be on my toes with Sarah."
Reilly says he wasn't looking to do a family film but just wanted to do a good film, and gives credit to director Rich Moore and the people at Disney for giving him a chance to help develop the character of Ralph.
The 47-year-old actor and father of two describes himself as part of the first generation that was exposed to video games.
"I remember when it went from pinball machines to 'Space Invaders,'" he says. "That was before there's computers and cellphones. Just being able to manipulate what was on the television screen was outrageous."
He jokes how he would start out being "really good at games and then get worse and worse. ... It must be something in the way my brain is wired."
Reilly also believes that adults will understand Ralph's midlife crisis.
"When you're younger you think the story of my life is largely unwritten ... and then you get into your 40s and suddenly there's two chapters left. ... So I could really relate to that part of the story," he says.
And he thinks kids, who already recognize his voice from the trailer, will see how frightening it is for Ralph to go into a different game.
"You grow up in your little world ... and going out into a different world is a scary adventure."
Out of character
As for being a wreck-it guy, Reilly -- who sings and plays guitar with his roots band -- smiles and says he's more of a "Handy Man," as he hums a couple of notes from the famed R&B song.
Sarah Silverman walks into the room carrying a backpack like she's still a student. The actress-comedian says it was "so cool" seeing the character of Vanellope little by little take on some of her own features. "Did you see the eyebrows?"
"It's really exciting to be in Disney movies," she says, "They really take their time. That's why the movies are always so good."
Silverman, who does a lot of stand-up, is known more for her adult humor, but she says young people connected to her self-titled Comedy Central show that ran for three years (2007-2010).
"Kids loved it because it was very colorful," she says. "Besides, I'd rather have kids approaching me much more than 50-year-old guys -- no offense."
She then launches into a spiel about guys who live with their moms and come around with "stacks of pictures for me to sign and putting them on eBay, and I'm thinking what are you doing with your lives?"
The subject then moves to how Silverman has been punched three times in the face. "You can't do what I do and have zero consequences," she says.
The first time was when she was handing out fliers for a comedy store in New York City on the same corner as a guy dressed in a chicken outfit advertising a fast-food place. When some drunken teens started harassing the guy, Silverman intervened.
"I got in between them -- not out of heroism, but because it never occurred to me in a million years that anyone would hit precious me ... this guy just punched me square in the temple and knocked me unconscious."
The second time was during a fake fight with Ryan Phillippe during the making of "The Way of the Gun."
"I think I leaned in when I should have leaned back," says Silverman. "He connected and knocked me right off my feet. I may have cried, but when I opened my eyes, his eyes were filled with tears because he felt so terrible."
The third time was at Comic-Con when a fan with a giant foam fist punched her in the face. Silverman staggered back and then saw security guards dragging the guy away. "I just felt that he wanted to connect and didn't know what to do."
Atypical woman?
As for being a woman in stand-up -- which is male-dominated -- she jokes that "It does help to be able to take a punch" but adds more seriously that she is happy to see the character of Vanellope coming out now for young girls.
"They say that I'm so inappropriate for girls," says Silverman, 41, "but then there are things like 'The Bachelorette' and 'The Real Housewives' where women are so cruel to each other, so petty and superficial. It's heartbreaking to me. I hope there is an equal and opposite force going on.
"So go see 'Wreck-It Ralph,'" she says with a laugh.
Jane Lynch was watching her character of Sergeant Calhoun at a screening of "Wreck-It Ralph" when she remarked how good she looked. Her partner then reminded her it was animation.
"These are genius animators," says Lynch about the crew that worked on the film. "I'm sure that they were influenced by the way we moved and moved our mouths. I saw Sarah Silverman all over Vanellope. When I worked with John C. Reilly, he would say how it is written maybe once. He really made Ralph his own."
Lynch is often self-effacing. Asked why she wanted to do the role, she quips, "I'm not in the habit of turning down work, and number two, it's a Disney movie. To be in a Disney movie is an amazing thing. ... Maybe my character will be on a shelf next to Snow White and Cinderella."
Though Lynch, 52, had a solid career doing smaller roles as well as commercials and voice work through her 20s and 30s, it wasn't until the mockumentary "Best in Show" (2000) that audiences started noticing her, and with "Glee" she became a star, winning Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
"I always wished I could make it big, but I was making a nice living," she says. "To get the brass ring, though, that feeling is just a preposterous fantasy come true."
After her success on "Glee" people would ask her what was next, but Lynch didn't have an answer. Now she's working on writing pilots for TV shows. She's not sure if she'll be successful, but she is enjoying moving toward becoming a storyteller.
"When I was going through therapy about 10 years ago, I realized all the stuff I was ashamed of was the stories that I had to tell," says Lynch. "There's no way it won't have a comedic element to it. Right now it's coming from a real place, but it always turns out being funny."


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The words "travel light" are meaningless to the members of John Brown's Body.
First, there are eight members in the roots reggae-dub band. And one of those members plays a rather heavy instrument, namely a Hammond B-3 electric organ, which comes with the additional weight of a Leslie speaker.
At tonight's show in Vail, the band will play at Gold Peak, on a stage that's essentially under Chair 6. If you're standing at Larkspur restaurant and looking towards the hill, it might look easy to get an organ to the stage.
It is not. It's a real pain. Just ask Diane Moody with Resort Entertainment. Moody booked the show - the headlining concert for the Winter Mountain Games - and she's been talking logistics with the band's manager the last few days, trying to get the organ issue figured out. But it's all worth it to have the band's big sound entertaining the crowd at the base of the mountain tonight.
"It's not easy getting people out these days but people show up for this band in huge numbers," Moody said. "They are very true to what they do. Their integrity is great - they're not just here for the money, they're here to have a great, huge show and for that we have to haul this organ up the hill, but it's a great fit for what we need. John Brown's Body is going to kill it."
This isn't the first time Moody has brought the East Coast band (the members are spread between Ithaca and Brooklyn, New York and Boston, Mass.) to town. She's booked them a number of times, including for Street Beat performances in 2009 and again in 2011, which proved to be a particularly memorable show.
"It's the only reggae band that I've seen in my life that people crowd surfed at," she said. "But that's Vail in the winter time for you. It was pretty funny. I was like 'What? Are people really crowdsurfing?'"
'Holding our hand'
Even though Moody and plenty of other people use the term "reggae" when referring to John Brown's Body, the band's sound doesn't fit neatly in a genre-specific box. Crawford Byers, another local music promoter who runs Rocky Mountain Entertainment, describes the band's sound as "roots reggae updated for the times - with splashes of dub, hip hop, and drum and bass."
The band itself describes its sound as "future roots," with a foundation in roots reggae music that's given a modern twist with funk and dub.
Attendance has dropped at live reggae shows in general over the past few years, Byers said for a story that ran in 2010 to preview a concert at Agave in Avon. That means in general, less reggae shows are being booked locally, but that's not the case for John Brown's Body, who comes to Colorado often and has toured all over the world, including the United Kingdom, New Zealand and more.
But as of late, the band has been touring less, only playing "sporadic" shows; their focus has been elsewhere, according to drummer and founding band member Tommy Benedetti.
"We've been concentrating on getting the new full-length record finished and ready to go. And it's finally happened. It will be out in April," said Benedetti, who kept mum about the album's name and track listing.
The band's last full-length album, called "Re-Amplify" (a play on 2008's "Amplify") was released in 2009. The band released an EP in the middle of September and did a fair amount of touring around that, Benedetti said.
If you catch the show tonight, you'll hear three or four songs from the full-length album, which is being released on Easy Star Records, but the rest will remain a surprise.
"We're holding our hand for a lot of it, so it's fresh for people and for ourselves," Benedetti said. "I feel incredibly psyched about the new record, with how it came out. It captured the feel and sound of the band where we're at right now. I'm super psyched for people to see the album cover. It will come out on vinyl limited edition, which is the first time we're able to do something like that. I think we'll have some good (touring) opportunities after this. We're looking to get back over to Europe."
First, though, the band is focused on its string of Colorado shows, which also includes a performance in Aspen Sunday night.
"We've played a bunch of these outdoor concerts in Vail and they're always a blast," Benedetti said. "It's a trip to play outside in the middle of winter in the Rockies. We have a really big sound that translates really well live. With the horns, the organ and drum and bass, it's big and pumping, with really high, heavy vibes. We love what we do and I think that comes across pretty obviously. It's good for us and the fans as well. It'll be a nice night of music, I think."


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NEW YORK - A representative for Charlie Daniels says the 76-year-old country singer is recovering after having a pacemaker implanted Thursday.
Daniels was diagnosed Monday with "a mild case of pneumonia." Tests at a Nashville, Tenn.-area hospital revealed that he needed a pacemaker to regulate his heart rate. He's scheduled to be released Friday.
Daniels said in a statement that he's feeling better and looking forward to spending Easter with his family.
His Saturday and Sunday performances at Middle Tennessee State University have been canceled. Concerts with his band on April 5 in Englewood, N.J., and April 6 in Newark, Ohio, have been canceled and will be rescheduled. His tour will resume April 11 in Lynchburg, Va.
Daniels has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry for five years. His hits include "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
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The name of Mikimoto has been celebrated for more than a hundred years for its founder's pioneering work in pearl culture. Japanese researcher and entrepreneur Kokichi Mikimoto invested years in his pursuit of the perfecting the first cultured pearl. In the early 1890s, in a shore off Japan, Mikimoto produced the first perfectly spherical cultured Akoya pearls. It was the beginning of his dream's realization and, in hind sight, the birth of the vibrant cultured pearl industry. Years after the founder's passing, Mikimoto remains the top name for the highest quality cultured pearl jewelry. Immaculate and luxurious, Mikimoto's new Wonder collection, celebrates its own heritage and history. Featured in the collection are a ring, a necklace and a pair of earrings that bear elegant white Akoya pearls, each sized at about 7.00 mm, set in white gold clam-like design overlaid with white diamonds. The collection displays the world of luxury and beauty made available to every woman from New York to Shanghai by Mikimoto.
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When you are looking at a lovely bangle and a functional timepiece and can't decide which to wear when you go out tonight, it's time to check out Chanel's jewelry watch collection. A modern woman who has to joggle all-too-many aspects of life needs a reliable timepiece that fuses elegant aesthetics and contemporary functionality in one. Coco Chanel's unbridled creativity is forever embedded in the pieces of the world-renowned designer brand which she started in the early 1900's. Her timepieces are an extension of her desire to bring exactly what every woman wants in a watch - fashionability and functionality. Chanel jewelry watches are powered by high precision quartz movement that are glammed-up by exquisite designs made of opals, sapphires, 18k white gold and Coco's personal favorite - diamonds. So now you can flaunt your style while keeping in time with your fast-paced life.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Below are select incidents from the Truckee Police Department's press log for July 9-16, along with previously unreported incidents.
July 9
• During a Tobacco Sales to Juvenile operation in Truckee, two local stores sold to an underage juvenile.
• An unknown person took a paddle boat from a subject's dock on Donner Pass Road.
July 10
• A victim reported two suspects removed alcohol from his cooler while camping on Pioneer Trail Road. The suspects were located and ultimately were arrested and charged numerous criminal violations.
July 11
• An unknown suspect used an unknown method to start a fire in a flower bed on Donner Pass Road. The fire was put out by several employees before the fire department arrived on scene.
• A subject found old ammunition on Pine Court and turned it for destruction.
• A reporting party called Truckee Police Department to report a juvenile had been burned with a cigarette at the concert in the park. The suspect was identified and later located and interviewed. The minor child was also interviewed and it was determined to be accidental.
• A neighbor reported a verbal argument between husband and wife on Waters Way. A report was taken for documentation only.
July 12
• Officers initiated traffic enforcement for Vehicle Code Violations. The driver was found to be impaired and under the influence of alcohol. The officers subsequently arrested the driver for DUI.
• A detective recognized habitual traffic offender who had suspended drivers license. A traffic stop was conducted and the suspect was taken into custody. The vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
• A loss prevention officer witnessed a suspect shoplift makeup items and attempt to leave the store without paying on Donner Pass Road. The suspect was detained and later cited and released for shoplifting. The case was forwarded to the District Attorney's Office for prosecution.
• A child was separated from his father in Downtown Truckee during Truckee Thursdays. The suspect has prior report of being separated from his child in downtown. The suspect became combative and was arrested.
• A subject was found to be in possession of fraudulent driver's license. Officers issued the subject a misdemeanor citation.
July 13
• Officers took a report of major injury bicycle collision on Donner Pass Road at South Shore Drive.
• An unknown suspect took multiple parts off a loader and multiple scraps of metal from pallets on the victim's property.
• A suspect made threatening remarks to a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit ward after the suspect was not allowed to speak with her admitted mother. A report was taken for information only.
• A pursuit was initiated by State Parks after a vehicle theft that had just occurred in the Cold Stream area in Truckee. The suspect ran over a pedestrian that tried to stop the theft then purposely rammed the State Parks Law Enforcement officer. The Suspect was apprehended and numerous felony charges were placed by California Highway Patrol, who is the main investigating agency.
July 14
• Officers stopped a vehicle for vehicle code violation on Donner Pass Road at the central roundabout. The driver was arrested for DUI.
• An unknown suspect forced opened a locked door to the hospital from the inside to exit, causing damage to the door. There is no suspect information at this time.
July 15
• A suspect stabbed a victim and fled the scene. The suspect was later located in Glenshire near his parent's residence and he was taken into custody.
• An unknown fisherman shoved an employee of a local fly fishing club after being admonished for trespassing. There are no injuries suffered and no suspect information.
• Officers responded to forest fire behind old gateway business complex on Donner Pass Road. The officers observed evidence of it originating from a small camp fire. Witnesses provided a description of the individual responsible for the campfire. The suspect was arrested and booked at Nevada County Sheriff's Office.


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Nicholls to host gumbo cook-off
Published: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 11:31 p.m.
Think you've got the best gumbo in town?
Nicholls State University is seeking chefs for its first Jumbo Gumbo Cook-Off on March 16.
The Cajun culinary combat will be the newest addition to the school's annual Swamp Stomp Festival.
Teams can enter in two categories — seafood gumbo and gumbo with beef, turkey, chicken and/or pork.
To enter, visit nicholls.edu/swamp-stomp/jumbogumbocookoff or call 448-4518. The deadline to register is Feb. 25. The entry fee is $75. Proceeds will help put on Swamp Stomp.
The event will be open to the public. Gates open at 12:30 p.m. Tickets cost $5 and include a gumbo tasting.
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The Office of University Apartments and Off-campus Student Services manages five undergraduate university-owned properties in the Marquette neighborhood: Campus Town East, Campus Town West, the Frenn Building, the Gilman Building and Humphrey Hall. Students may choose a 12-month, academic year or semester lease.
In addition, we coordinate the Global Village at Campus Town. This community for Marquette student ambassadors and new international exchange students began in 2002 in cooperation with the Office of International Education and International Business Studies. With 22 ambassadors and 34 exchange students, the community is a social and educational network for those interested in learning more about international cultures.
Applications to become an ambassador are available during the fall semester for the following year. To learn more, contact Hannah Barr at (414) 273-3790 or email@example.com.


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SAN JOSE -- Cal and Oregon fans may create a bright gold-and-yellow blur Saturday in HP Pavilion and on national television for Saturday's round of 32 doubleheader.
The Pac-12 Conference foes combined their promotional efforts as both try to pull off upsets to reach the Sweet 16. Cal is asking fans to wear gold when the No. 12 Bears face No. 4 Syracuse. Likewise Oregon is telling its fans to wear yellow as the No. 12 Ducks face No. 4 Saint Louis in Saturday's opener.
It's created a unique instance of Pac-12 cooperation amid fan bases. "That's exciting to have a lot of Pac-12 fans here and having Oregon cheering for us," Cal junior guard Justin Cobbs said. "We really appreciate that and we'll be there for them, also."
"I heard from my loved ones and friends and from a lot of people I haven't heard from in years," Thurman said. "I got one from my mom saying I played well and she loved me."
His dad didn't bother texting -- he was at HP Pavilion. "I could hear some screaming from the court, which was not surprising," Thurman said.
"I remember us not being ranked and them being ranked 12th, and we beat 'em by 20," Syracuse senior Brandon Triche said.
Actually, Cal was No. 13 in the AP Top 25, Syracuse No. 25. And the Orange won 95-73.
Triche, a freshman starter at the time, scored nine points. Brandon Smith was a freshman on the Cal team that featured Jerome Randle and went on to win the Pac-10 regular-season title.
"Even with all the talent we had my freshman year, we got beat pretty bad," Smith said.
"I think we have better teams in general," Triche said. "I think they have five teams in the (NCAA) tournament, which is good for (the Pac-12). For the teams that are ranked pretty high, they usually get national attention."


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Northport neighborhood watch meeting to be today
Published: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 11:34 p.m.
A neighborhood watch meeting will be held at Civitan Park in Northport at 5:30 p.m. today for Northport residents interested in watching out for crime in their neighborhoods. Representatives from the Northport Police Department and City Councilwoman Judy Hayes will be in attendance to address questions and concerns of the public.
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We've sifted trough the hundreds of bashes taking place this summer to bring you a handy festival guide. Here, then, are 33 festivals that carry the NME stamp of approval.
Read on to watch live videos from headliners and find out why each one is worth digging out your wellies
33NME Weekender
Summer festivals are great, but a glut of sunny weekends of riffs and beats leads to a binge-starve-binge cycle. Come winter you're left thinking that life is wack. But fear not! This year sees the advent of NME's firework-lit Bonfire Night take on this festival malarkey. We've been to a few, we should know how to do it right. Leading our indie Armada to Pontins Camber Sands are Babyshambles and British Sea Power, with The Crookes, Citadels, Chew Lips, Goldhawks, and many more to come.
September is traditionally a crap month, what with everyone having to go back to school/uni/work after summer, so the fancy dress theme for this year's Bestival (Fantasy) is designed to cheer everyone up. Past years have been beset by mud but everyone's so perky that it only adds to the weirdness – plus, it's medically impossible to be bummed out when Dizzee Rascal's in town, or indeed when The Prodigy or LCD Soundsystem are onstage. There's also one of Roxy Music's only two British festival dates, and a UK-exclusive set from Fever Ray.
One of the most genuinely left-of-centre two-dayers to emerge recently, this new favourite might boast kraut pioneers Cluster and Brooklyn hype victims Telepathe but it's the spread of music across the weekend that won Offset so many friends last year.
And it's contined in 2010: These New Puritans and Rolo Tomassi can't often boast to be some of the more conventional acts on a festival bill. Scuzz-punkers Male Bonding, goth-schlockers O.Children, wizard-metallers Invasion and terrifying and terrifyingly fantastic noise bastards Factory Floor keep things dark and sexy, while the hardcore stage is returning, there's loads more bands still to be announced and they've scored a genuine, bona-fide coup in the shape of the ludicrously influential punk-funk outfit Liquid Liquid's second ever UK show. And just a short distance outside London, it's easy as pie transport-wise.
30Jersey Live
There's something refreshing about a festival that doesn't try to hide behind a fancy name, and the line-up is suitably straightforward. Weller, Calvin Harris, Plan B and Darwin Deez all feature, with many more to be announced, and Jersey Live is fast getting a reputation as one of the friendlier festivals around. Perhaps because you don't get many posers on Jersey, and it's all so beautiful that no-one needs drugs.
Even more of a mash-up than SW4, Creamfields is one of the most famous dance events in the world. If you go to Creamfields and can remember anything, then, as the saying goes, you didn't get mangled enough. There are big names, such as Tiësto, Paul Van Dyk, David Guetta and rodent-bonced banger-merchant Deadmau5 involved, but the most important thing to remember is where your tent and mind are.
28South West Four
There's no point in pretending this is going to attract anyone other than the most dedicated of wreckheads, what with Armin Van Buuren, Fat Boy Slim, John Digweed, Carl Cox and Paul Oakenfold the biggest names. Skream & Benga, Caspa & Rod Azlan and Mary Anne Hobbs will be bringing the low end, which means it's the perfect place to use this joke: What's the weather like on dubstep island? Warm warm warm warm.
27Reading & Leeds
We don't need to tell you why to be excited about this, do we? Arcade Bloody Fire? Guns N' Bloody Roses? The Libertines? The lineup is absolutely heaving this year, and it's going to be more weekend than you can fit in your eyes and ears.
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"Ohhh, it's so corporate! Ohhh, Hollyoaks people! Ohhh, Big Brother!" Oh, do FUCK OFF. If anybody says this to you about V, please respond with the following: "That's one of the most tedious, boring, lame things it's possible for a human being to say. Presumably you also think 'All politicians are liars' and 'the war was all about oil' and think Rupert Murdoch is the only company CEO who may not be a very nice man. V is actually great because there's loads of good headliners – Kings Of Leon, Kasabian, Jamie T, the Godlike Paul Weller, and a wealth of treats lower down the bill like La Roux, Florence + The Machine and Jamie T. Right? Good."
25Green Man
Having started out as a very folk-centric event, Green Man has since broadened its remit into all things pleasingly psychedelic, with sets from Spiritualized, Super Furry Animals and Animal Collective gracing recent years. Its atmosphere is the perfect balance between family friendly and freaky fun, free of the picnic-blanket brigade but also without lager yobbery. Plus, the winningly Welsh setting of Glanusk Park is pretty much the most beautiful place it's possible to watch music in the UK, and to increase the wonder, The Flaming Lips, Beirut, Fuck Buttons and These New Puritans are going to be making us all happy to be alive. And this isn't some standard 'isn't music pretty great?' happiness, this is some solid-gold 'I never want to leave here, please scatter my ashes in the Brecon Beacons' beatific joy as 'Do You Realize??' rings out.
24Summer Sundae
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Leicester's premier ice-cream themed musical event, chart-topping grime mite Tinchy Stryder will be coming to town! If you've yet to be convinced of the Tinch's charms, though, Los Campesinos!, Mumford & Sons and Goldheart Assembly will be putting their indie cherries on top. Plus, there's a wealth of bands whose names start with 'F': Sunderland's lovable Futureheads, Selkirk's lovelorn Frightened Rabbit and the mighty Fall. Is it a conspiracy? Better ask Matt Bellamy; all we know is, it's going to be a hell of a lot of sweet-toothed fun.


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Area will have a new dessert in June
Shaved snow is said to have been invented in Taiwan
Published: Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 11:05 p.m.
Tuscaloosans don't see snow often, but that could change in June.
What is it?
Shaved snow is described as being something between shaved ice and frozen yogurt.
That's when Tuscaloosa businessman John Nguyen plans to open Snow Corner, a dessert shop featuring shaved snow — a flavored dairy-based low-fat concoction that is described as being something between shaved ice and frozen yogurt.
Nguyen said Snow Corner, which will be located at 4851 Rice Mine Road NE in The Shops of Lake Tuscaloosa, should be ready to open in mid-June.
Nguyen said he first tasted shaved snow in California, where he said the treat is growing in popularity and becoming more trendy than frozen yogurt and bubble tea.
"After trying it, I felt I should bring it to Alabama," he said.
A menu on the Snow Corner Facebook page suggests that shaved snow could be "the next sensation in the North American dessert market."
It goes on to describe shaved snow as "a simple yet elegant dessert invented in the subtropical island of Taiwan.
"Also known as snow ice or snow-flake ice (xue-hua-bin in Chinese), this dairy-based confection resembles freshly fallen snow — soft, fluffy and icy cold. Unlike traditional shaved ice, shaved snow has a smooth and creamy taste similar to that of frozen yogurt," it said.
A March 2012 story in the San Francisco Chronicle on the increasing number of snow ice cafes in the Bay Area described snow ice as "the next generation of Asian shaved ice desserts."
The article said: "Whereas traditional shaved ice is made by grinding ice, then flavoring it with fruit syrups or condensed milk, snow ice starts out closer to ice cream.
"Flavorings such as green tea or chocolate are mixed into a base of milk and water, then frozen into cylindrical blocks that look like giant candles. The blocks are mounted onto an ice shaver, which slices it off in sheets — thin enough that they melt in the mouth, much like cotton candy."
Nguyen said shaved snow melts like snow and tastes like yogurt. It will come in a number of flavors with various toppings.
Snow Corner also will sell popcorn, cupcakes, macaroons, slushies and milk tea and will designed for all ages with televisions and other entertainment, he said.
Nguyen said the shop will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
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In this photo taken with a mobile phone camera, a meteorite contrail is seen in Chelyabinsk region on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia�s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Sergey Hametov)
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian health official says nearly 1,000 people have sought help for injuries caused by a meteor that exploded in the sky, blasting out countless windows.
Chelyabinsk health chief Marina Moskvicheva, said Friday that 985 people in her city had asked for medical assistance. The Interfax news agency quoted her as saying 43 were hospitalized.
The Russian Academy of Sciences said the meteor -- estimated to be about 10 tons -- entered the Earth's atmosphere going at least 54,000 kph (33,000 mph). It shattered about 30-50 kilometers (18-32 miles) above the ground, releasing several kilotons of energy above the Ural Mountains.
Amateur video broadcast on Russian television showed an object speeding across the sky just after sunrise, leaving a thick white contrail and an intense flash.


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Find out the performance dates and times of all our amazing Las Vegas shows in one convenient calendar.
Mariah Carey, the iconic chanteuse and best-selling female artist of all time, is in Las Vegas with a headlining residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
One of the most immediately recognized, widely respected and successful performers in pop music history, Celine Dion performing live at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
One of the most successful live acts on the road today, Elton and his band put on an unforgettable show: the entire audience standing, dancing and singing along with much-loved classic songs.
For the first time ever, superstar entertainers Reba, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn join forces for a one-of-a-kind country music residency – Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Together in Vegas.
Jerry Seinfeld fans can catch the all-star comedian as he returns to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for his critically acclaimed stand-up comedy, December 26 and 27.
A Las Vegas concert celebration of his five decades atop the musical world.
As two of the greatest figures in Latin pop history, Emmanuel & Mijares return with their sell-out international tour, Two'r Amigos 2. Accompanied by an extraordinary band of over 18 musicians and dancers, the long-time friends will present their greatest hits such as "Toda La Vida", "Soldado del Amor", "Chica de Humo", "Para Amarnos Más", "El Rey Azul", "Uno Entre Mil", La Última Luna", "No se murió el amor", "Corazón de Melao", "Bella", among others. A spectacular show from start to finish. Performing live at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Thursday, September 15 at 9pm.
Enrique Iglesias has sold more than 100 million albums and singles combined worldwide, released ten studio albums, plus two greatest hits compilations, and is a multiplatinum artist in almost every country around the world. Performing live at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Friday, Sept. 16 and Saturday, Sept. 17 at 8pm.
The wildly popular and internationally-acclaimed comic/ventriloquist is loading up the bus along with his cast of characters and returning to Las Vegas for one-night only to play The Colosseum at Caesars Palace as part of his "Perfectly Unbalanced" International Tour. Performing Sunday, December 11, 2016.
British R&B icon and legendary composer, singer and performer Van Morrison will headline two nights at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14. As a special offer for fans, a physical CD of Van Morrison's upcoming album, Keep Me Singing, will be included with every ticket ordered.
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This topic is going to be devoted to work at the Peninsula for the current 2012 calendar year.
Anyone can post here with ideas or suggestions.
There are a lot of things happening out on the course this year so stayed tuned.
The goal is to make the course playable all year long.
If you are willing to help, please post your name and the best way to contact you on here and when you are available to help.
Even if you cannot make it out on the work date, we can give you a task you can complete on your own time.
This is a championship caliber and professional style course.
We can all work together and put the Peninsula Disc Golf Park on the map this year.


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Two teenagers, drunk and possibly on drugs. One lying on a kitchen floor, the other passed out in his bed at home.
What do they have in common?
According to a police report obtained by News 12---both were at the Martinez home of a man now serving time in federal prison.
You'll remember that last year, Duncan Fordham was convicted on federal charges in a scheme to steal money from the Community Mental Health Center in Augusta.
He's currently serving a 4 year prison sentence in Alabama.
But though he's not home, News 12 has uncovered his house is the center of a sheriff's department investigation.
It's one of Columbia County's most expensive neighborhoods. Barrington sits off Stevens Creek Road. It's not a gated community, and according to neighbors, teenagers had no trouble finding their way here on the night of February 4th.
Mrs. Virginia Blackburn, a neighbor, told News 12: "This one night about 2 weeks ago, I looked out my front window and I saw all these cars out in front of my house, and I looked next door and I thought, well maybe they're having a party."
Virginia Blackburn's house overlooks the homes on Granite Way...including the home at 3523 belonging to Duncan and Terri Fordham.
Mrs. Blackburn said, "Cars kept coming and going up the cul-de-sac and I saw people walking around and they weren't making any noise."
Mrs. Blackburn considered calling the sheriff's department, but did not.
But a few hours later, according to an incident report obtained by News 12, someone inside the Fordham home did call for an ambulance.
Capt. Steve Morris of the Columbia County sheriff's office told News 12: "When the officer arrived, the 16 year old female was incoherent, unresponsive, and we believe under the influence of alcohol or drugs or some medication. She was transported to the hospital and treated and released."
The officer wrote about the 16-year-old girl this way in her report:
"(She) was lying on the kitchen floor of the residence, unconscious and unresponsive with stable vital signs and had vomitted multiple times."
Later in her investigation, the deputy reports a 17 year old had also been at the Fordham home, but was back in his own bed at his home--where another officer tried to wake him up.
The officer says the teenager didn't wake up, and was in a "highly intoxicated state."
In the report, according to EMS there was also possibly another substance in the teenager's system.
Quoting from the report the 17 year old was unable to state where he consumed the alcohol.
Capt Morris stated, "His mother refused treatment and the issue was dropped for the time being."
But when News 12 brought it to the attention of the sheriff's department, they re-opened the case.
Capt. Morris told us this is not a closed case by any stretch, and that they'll get to the bottom of it and file charges if it's the appropriate thing to do.
As for the homeowner, Mrs. Terri Fordham, she told the officer investigating that "she was unaware of any alcohol consumption at her home, and would never permit juveniles to drink or take drugs in her home."
And one footnote to this story:
There is a warrant out for Terri Fordham for a confrontation she had with one of our reporters yesterday.
News 12's Stephanie Baker was on public property, shooting video for this story, when Mrs. Fordham came up to her.
Stephanie's camera recorded part of the confrontation with Mrs. Fordham.
It shows a struggle, and then Mrs. Fordham running away.
The Columbia County sheriff's department tells News 12 a warrant on a battery charge was issued against Mrs. Fordham late this afternoon.
To avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest, the story has been re-assigned to another News 12 reporter.


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Welcome to Ireland's revitalized North and Northwest, a region whose natural beauty and proud traditions beckon the traveler. Even the hip Lonely Planet Bluelist proclaims Northern Ireland as the hot new destination, and cites Belfast as one of the top cities on the rise.
This sudden popularity comes as no surprise to regulars who have long known the area as one of the most beautiful and interesting in Europe. Discover the sights and sounds of the region, which includes the famous ancient castles and battlements as well as the lesser-known farms that were ancestral homesteads to 15 Presidents of the United States. Who knows where the adventure will take you.
Day One (Belfast, County Down)
Belfast is a city reborn, where old merges with new, a booming retail center with a rich and historic Victorian streetscape. Saint Anne's Cathedral is the center of the oldest quarter, an area packed with cobbled streets, historic pubs and superb restaurants. Enjoy street theater at Custom House Square, or chat with locals at Kelly's Cellars, one of Belfast's most ancient pubs. See other historic locations such as Rosemary Street Church and the "Entries." With the help of a local guide organize a customized tour of Clifton House, Mary Ann McCracken's House in Donegall Street and City Graveyard off Clifton Street.
The ship RMS Titanic is synonymous with Belfast. The transformation of the storied docklands of Harland & Wolff, where the ship was built, into Titanic Quarter is the largest urban development in Northern Ireland. A selection of specialized tours makes this area a key point on your itinerary. Other must-see stops include Queen's University, near the restored Ulster Museum; and downtown, where you can visit City Hall and stop at the Crown Bar across from the landmark Europa Hotel. Don't miss the designer boutiques and cafes of Lisburn Road. Just outside the city is The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum with its Titanic exhibition. Revel in a perfect museum setting, nestled on a lush 178-acre parkland overlooking Belfast Lough in the Cultra area.
Day Two (South East: Counties Down and Armagh)
South of Belfast, the scenic Ards Peninsula offers tranquility, rural landscapes and pretty seaside towns and villages. At Groomsport trace the story of Eagle's Wing, the fabled ship North America bound with early Scots-Irish emigrants.
Then pop into the Bangor Heritage Centre and Bangor Abbey. Gardeners and architectural enthusiasts will enjoy Mount Stewart House and Gardens. The nearby village of Greyabbey is noted for its antique shops. Visit the Greek Revival Presbyterian Church at Portaferry, and take a five-minute ferry ride to Strangford village. Visit nearby scenic Castle Ward.
It's a quick step from here to the St. Patrick's Trail, which leads to Armagh, the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland. This dignified city boasts Saint Patrick's Catholic Cathedral and Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral. At Downpatrick visit St. Patrick's Grave and St. Patrick's Centre and Down County Museum. Nearby scenic villages include Dromara, Hillsborough, Moira and Banbridge.
The Craigavon area around Portadown and Lurgan features important landmarks associated with the Ulster Scots. At Lurgan Park you can learn how English linen barons designed their estates. The National Trust maintains an 18th century gentleman's farmhouse at Ardress. Nearby is the site of the Battle of the Diamond and the cottage where the Orange Order is said to have been founded, still run by the Winter family down through all the generations.
Day Three (South West: The Lakelands of County Fermanagh)
Fermanagh offers stunning lakeland scenery and an abundance of castles. The twin lakes of Lough Erne cover one-third of Fermanagh. Visit the Marble Arch Caves European Geopark, a fascinating natural underworld of rivers and waterfalls. Here one finds a number of the country's Anglo-Irish family homes. Florence Court, built in the mid-eighteenth century, is noted for its rococo plasterwork, while Castle Coole, completed in 1798, is one of the best neo-classical homes in Ireland.
Eniskillen's famous Portora Royal School, founded in 1608, boasts such literary alumni as Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett. You can stay with the Brooke Family at Colebrooke; the Duke of Abercorn, a member of the Hamilton family, has opened Belle Isle School of Cookery where visitors prepare lunch with local produce, and can stay overnight. A visit to Fermanagh would not be complete without shopping at Belleek Pottery. For a luxurious stay follow the road to Lough Erne Golf Resort, a stunning new resort located between Lough Erne and Lough Castle Hume, with spectacular views over rippling lakes and green landscapes.