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Before climbing aboard The Lumber Guy prior to his final work for Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Vosburgh Invitational, jockey Mike Luzzi had one question for trainer Mike Hushion.
The 39-year-old Luzzi, a winner of more than 3,000 career races, had ridden the son of Grand Slam twice before, both last spring, including a win in the Grade 2 Jerome at Aqueduct Racetrack. He will be back aboard for the Vosburgh.
"I asked Mike, 'Is he the same horse?'" Luzzi said. "And he said, 'Hopefully, he's better.'"
Luzzi and The Lumber Guy blazed through a half-mile breeze in 46.72 seconds on Monday over the main track at Belmont, the fastest of 69 horses at the distance.
"It was real easy on him and, honestly, I didn't think I went that fast," Luzzi said. "I didn't let him do anything, and that's what he ended up working in. It's a fast track in the mornings right after the break, but he did it all on his own."
Luzzi said he could feel a difference in The Lumber Guy, who won the Vosburgh last year and ran second in the Breeders' Cup Sprint before a pair of off-the-board finishes in California.
"He's a lot different. He's bigger, stronger and better than when I had been on him before," Luzzi said. "When I won on him, he was just OK; he probably hadn't grown completely yet. He looks like a sprinter now. He feels like one and, of course, he works like one."
Hushion turned to Luzzi to replace Hall of Famer John Velazquez, who is committed to ride Justin Phillip in the Vosburgh.
"He's ridden him before, and he's ridden him well in the past," Hushion said. "It was as simple as that. He's a veteran. He's not going to get rattled by a big purse in a Grade 1."
Trainer David Jacobson has never run a horse in the Breeders' Cup, but he has a top prospect in Grade 1 winner Strapping Groom.
A 6-year-old son of 2001 Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Johannesburg, Strapping Groom takes a two-race win streak into his upcoming start in the Grade 1 Vosburgh.
The Vosburgh is a "Win and You're In" race for the Breeders' Cup Sprint in November at Santa Anita Park. Both races are contested at six furlongs.
"It's race by race. The horse will let us know how he is and what he's ready to do," said Jacobson. "It's definitely in the back of our heads, the Breeders' Cup. It would be very exciting to go out west. Just the fact that you're asking me that question is very exciting. We're definitely thinking about it but, again, one race at a time."
Co-owned by Jacobson with Drawing Away Stable, Strapping Groom has won three of four starts since being claimed for $35,000 in May, including the Grade 1 Forego and the restricted Kid Russell stakes at Saratoga Race Course in his two previous starts. He also won the Lion Cavern stakes on June 16 at Belmont Park.
"He had some issues going back, that's why I was able to get him in a claiming race," Jacobson said. "We work on him just like we do with our other horses, and some horses respond better than others. He seems to be one that's really responded very well.
"It's exciting, I'll tell ya," he added. "You've got to pinch yourself."
Twilight Eclipse, 7-2 on the morning line for Saturday's Grade 1, $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, may have a single win in five starts so far in 2013, but he made it count. When the 4-year-old won the Grade 2 Pan American by four lengths in March at Gulfstream Park, he established a world record for 1 ½ miles on the turf, stopping the timer in 2:22.63.
Since then, he has finished fifth in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap in June and second in both the Grade 1 Man o' War in July and the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational on August 17.
Twilight Eclipse finished one length behind Big Blue Kitten in the Sword Dancer after leading in the stretch, and that performance as well as his record-setting victory in the Pan American has trainer Tom Albertrani believing the gelding performs his best over firm turf. The turf was listed as "yielding" for the Woodford Reserve Manhattan and "good" for the Man o' War.
"We'd like to see a little stronger pace [in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic], but it seems like he always places himself well," said Albertrani. "We have the firm ground this week, so he should like that. We're hoping for a good effort and to go on to the Breeders' Cup."
Javier Castellano, aboard Twilight Eclipse for his past four starts, will ride the West Point Thoroughbreds color-bearer once again on Saturday.
Trainer Jimmy Toner readily admits he isn't known for his prowess with first-time starters, which makes him that much more excited about Recepta's potential.
"When my [first-time starters] win, they have to be good!" said Toner before bursting into laughter.
Recepta, a daughter of Champion Sprinter Speightstown, debuted a 4 ½-length winner in a seven-furlong maiden special weight that was contested in the slop on September 1 at Saratoga Race Course. She is now targeting next Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette for 2-year-old fillies, breezing five furlongs in 1:01.25 Friday morning.
Since September 2010, Toner has sent out only three other debut winners, and two were eventual Grade 1 Diana heroine Winter Memories and three-time stakes-placed runner Moment in Dixie.
Although Recepta is a half-sister to Grade 3-winning sprinter Taqarub and is out of a winning half-sister to Grade 1-winning turf runners Plenty of Grace and Soaring Softly, Toner believes Recepta will do her best running in route races on the dirt, which is why he opted to run her in the one-mile Frizette instead of the Grade 2, six-furlong Matron.
"Why cut back? She's bred to go longer," said Toner, who trains Recepta for the Phillips Racing Partnership and Pam Gartin. "Speightstowns can go either way, and there's a lot of stamina in her family. She has good lung capacity and I knew when I started her at seven furlongs that she'd be going long.
"Usually, they tell you [whether they want to run on the dirt or the turf]," he added. "I always have the backup of running her on the grass, but I always wait to see if they'll handle the dirt. She breezed well on the dirt, and I saw no reason for her to run on the turf."
Although Recepta will have to face Grade 1 competition in her second start, Toner is looking forward to the challenge.
"I think she'll be competitive," said Toner. "There are some tough fillies in there; we'll get to see where she fits in that group. We'll have fun."
Among those pointing to next Saturday's Grade 1 Frizette is Chester and Mary Broman's homebred Artemis Agrotera, a front-running 11 ¾-length maiden winner on August 16 at Saratoga Race Course. The New York-bred daughter of Roman Ruler completed six furlongs in 1:10.53 and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 86 for her efforts.
"She had trained well going into the maiden race and I liked her going into the race," said trainer Mike Hushion. "The race seems to have turned her around and made her even better. She's worked big numbers since. Her half-mile work [46.23 on September 14], she galloped out in :58 and change. Since then, it's been, 'Game on!'"
Artemis Agrotera, who is named after the ancient Greek goddess known as Artemis of the Wildland, is out of Broman's multiple stakes-winning mare Indy Glory, who closed out her career with a victory in the 2003 Videogenic stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. A full sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Stephen Got Even, Indy Glory has produced two stakes-placed runners, Times Squared and Submerge.
Two "Win and You're In" races for 2-year-olds highlight next Saturday's trio of stakes at Belmont Park, with the Grade 1, $500,000 Foxwoods Champagne projected to draw a half-dozen or more outstanding juveniles, including Grade 1 Hopeful winner Strong Mandate.
Also probable for the one-mile Champagne, according to NYRA stakes coordinator Andrew Byrnes, are Hopeful runner-up Casiguapo; Debt Ceiling, winner of four of his five starts; standout maiden winner Havana, who earned a 102 Beyer Speed Figure in his debut; late-running maiden winner Honor Code from Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey, and Long On Value, sixth in the Hopeful. Ride On Curlin is questionable.
In addition to Artemis Agrotera and Recepta, the Grade 1, $500,000 Frizette is expected to draw Divided Attention, who broke her maiden at second asking at the Frizette distance on September 12 at Belmont; Canadian import Ria Antonia, most recently fourth in the Swynford at Woodbine; Grade 1 Spinaway winner Sweet Reason, and Who's in Town, who finished first in the Grade 2 Adirondack but was disqualified and placed fourth.
The Grade 1, $500,000 Jamaica for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles on the turf is likely to attract Atlantic Seaboard, winner of two of seven starts in Pennsylvania; multiple graded stakes winner Balance the Books, winner of the Stroll overnight stakes at Saratoga last time out; Charming Kitten, most recently fourth in the Grade 3 Hall of Fame at the Spa; Grade 3 Saranac star Five Iron, Saranac runner-up and beaten favorite Notacatbutallama and third-place finisher Joha; Mills, who was third in the Stroll, and Up With the Birds, winner of the Breeders' Stakes on August 18 at Woodbine. Are You Kidding Me, Michael With Us and Stormy Len are questionable.
Belmont will offer two more Breeders' Cup Challenge races the following day when it hosts the Grade 3, $200,000 Pilgrim for 2-year-olds and the Grade 3, $200,000 Miss Grillo for 2-year-old fillies. Both races will be contested at 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
Dominant debut winners Due Diligence and Shadow Banker are slated to face each other in the Pilgrim, which is expected to also attract Belly of the Whale, Blue Pigeon, Captain's Affair, Marvin's Miracle, Otoy, Sheldon, and Ziggy the Great.
Trainer Chad Brown will aim for his third victory in the Miss Grillo in six years when he saddles Granny Mc's Kitten. The daughter of top turf sire Kitten's Joy won the P. G. Johnson on August 28 and will attempt to emulate Watsdachances, who swept the P. G. Johnson and Miss Grillo for Brown in 2012. The provisional field also includes Bikini Beauty, Courtesan, Duff One, Fancy Boss, Morethanawarning, Sea Bubble, and Sky Painter. Testa Rossi, a European import who was recently transferred to Brown's barn, is possible.
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Hi folks, I've been troubleshooting a problem for a few days now. I'm still a little baffled and need some advice.
I have a Sunbelt spa with a gecko s-class control pack 240V. When I flip the breaker the tub boots, the pump comes on, but as soon as the heater is engaged the pump shuts off. I get three blinking lights up top. It continuously shuts itself on and off unless I lower the temperature to deactivate the heater. When I do so the three dots up top turn off and the pump will run normally.
I have read this site extensively and conducted the following tests without the filter in the tub:
I have tested the pressure sensor. It is switching on and off normally when the pumps are on/off.
If I hold the two pressure switch wires together the heater comes on but the pump turns off. (I can hear the water start to boil when the pump shuts off, scary)
I have removed the hi limit and jumped the hi limit both light up the red led on the board and nothing works.
The high limit sensor seems fine.
So my dilemma is, why does the pump shut off as soon as the heater relay activates. It's like an endless loop.
Pump comes on
pressure switch activates
heater relay engages
pump stops
pressure switch deactivates
heater deactivates
pump comes back on
pressure switch activates
heater relay engages.....
over and over again
For the last two years the tub as been doing this every once in a while and toward the end of last year it was getting worse. This year it just won't budge. I feel like it is mechanical for this reason. Yesterday I removed the pressure sensor and checked it for problems. It seems to be working fine. The ohm meter confirmed this.
The only thing I have to ad is last year the tub kept tripping the gf on the breaker. I tracked it back to the blower motor and once I unplugged the blower all worked fine. I'm not sure why that would make a difference in the matter above.
The spa's heater, control pack, and ozonator were replaced under warranty 5 years ago by sunbelt.
Any idea's or things to try. I hate to buy a pressure sensor when it seems to work correctly and jumping over the sensor still causes the pump to turn off.


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3.9-26 Public or Private Nuisance -
Revised to January 1, 2008
In order for the defendant to be
liable for nuisance, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant exercised
control over the property that is the source of the nuisance. This requires you
to consider all of the factors which may indicate control. It is not merely a
question of who owned the property, but who exercised the functions necessary to
prevent the nuisance from occurring.
The question of whether the defendant
maintains control over property sufficient to be liable for the nuisance is a
question for you to answer based on all the evidence.
State v. Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton,
204 Conn. 177, 184-85 (1987); New London Federal Savings Bank v. Tucciarone,
48 Conn. App. 89, 98-99 (1998).
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The latest issue of the Italian gossipy mag Oggi features a cover story on Amanda Knox and her acquittal on stab-murder charges last Monday, plus a free set of knives and a pizza cutter. Clever.
America's moneymags (looking at you, Fortune and Forbes) should rework this marketing trick into something more tasteful and truthful. By this, I mean that they should offer free bundles of money the next time they stuck a billionaire on their covers. They can get the cash from the story subjects themselves. It would not violate journalistic ethics in any way.
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Mountains to Molehills: 'Falsehoods'
Published: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.
In a recent Mountains to Molehills column, Phyllis Fasnacht said she hoped that folks watched the vice presidential debate, and Dawn Kucera of Hendersonville is one who did but says she saw something very different from what Ms. Fasnacht reported. "I saw a vice president in complete disbelief at the falsehoods and distortions Paul Ryan kept saying," says Ms. Kucera. "Mr. Ryan has lied about everything from his time in running a marathon — anyone who would lie about something like that would lie about anything — to the president 'stealing' money from Medicare while neglecting to mention he claims the same savings in his budget. In Ryan, I saw a vice presidential candidate who wants to take Medicare away from my adult daughter. But most disturbing to me, I saw a candidate who vowed to impose his religious beliefs on the rest of the country through policies he would endorse. We were asked to imagine Vice President Joe Biden in a room, meeting with foreign dignitaries. I don't have to imagine that. I can look back at four years of Mr. Biden representing America overseas very well. He has made 20 trips to the war zones alone. What I haven't seen is Mr. Biden insulting our closest ally on its home turf as Mitt Romney did when speaking of the Olympics in England or insulting one side of a very delicate situation in the Middle East when he told Israelis they were culturally superior to the Palestinians. The Romney-Ryan ticket had less foreign experience between them than any ticket in modern history."
'FOR MY THIRD WISH': A state government worker was settling into his new job, and out of boredom he decided to see what was inside an old filing cabinet hidden away in a closet. He poked through the contents and came across an old brass lamp. "This will look good on my mantel at home," he said. While polishing the lamp, a genie appeared and, as usual, granted him three wishes. "I would like an ice-cold beer right now," he said. While drinking the beer, he said, "For my second wish, I would like to be on a Caribbean island and surrounded by beautiful women." Suddenly he was on that island with gorgeous women. "For my third wish," he told the genie, "I wish I never had to work again." Instantly he was back in his government office.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: The folks at Applebee's invite veterans and active-duty personnel to enjoy a meal on the house Sunday in celebration of Veterans Day. It's their way of saying thanks to the veterans for their service. And there's going to be special entertainment. Blissing, the a cappella trio known for impromptu appearances around town, will entertain diners from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. These three women weave their own arrangements into a harmonious thread of music in every song they sing. Their program of music will include a trip down memory lane and songs to honor those who have served in the U.S. military. u In an effort to combat the loneliness and isolation that dementia clients and their caregivers experience, Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher is sponsoring Henderson County's first Memory Café, which will be open from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the church commons. Light refreshments, entertainment, conversation and activities will be offered. Calvary is at 2840 Hendersonville Road across from Ingles on Highway 25. u For holiday events in Western North Carolina, information on choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms, a holiday dining guide or to receive a vacation planner, visit the Henderson County Tourism Development Authority website at historichendersonville.org. For additional information, either call Henderson County Travel & Tourism at 693-9708 or visit the Visitors Information Center at 201 S. Main St.
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Definition of Capuchin in English:
1A friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that observes a strict rule drawn up in 1529.
Example sentences
- One of the major events to take place in the month of June was the Canonisation of Padre Pio - a Capuchin monk with a huge Irish following.
- He was ordained a priest in the Capuchin order in 1946 and was given the religious name of Lucian.
- On Christmas Eve 1896, he entered St. Bonaventure Monastery, headquarters for the St. Joseph Province of the Capuchins in the United States.
2 (capuchin) A cloak and hood formerly worn by women.
Example sentences
- Regency wraps have many strange and wonderful names but are basically capes (shawls, mantles, pelerines, capes, cloaks, capuchins).
- Mantua-makers also made all sorts of loose garments, cloaks, cardinals, capuchins, etc.
- Ladies formerly wore cloaks as their chief over-coats; they were used with some changes of form under the successive names of roquelaus, capuchins, and cardinals.
3 (capuchin or capuchin monkey) A South American monkey with a cap of hair on the head that has the appearance of a cowl.
- Genus Cebus, family Cebidae: four species, including the brown capuchin (C. apella).
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- I have spent many hours here photographing the cock-of-the-rock, the brown capuchin monkey (far right) and many insects, including long-legged flies.
- The brown capuchin monkey, a seed predator, can recognize which fruits are about to open on a Cariniana micrantha tree, above.
- Again, the capuchin monkey cannot be unequivocally assigned to either the typical anthropoid or nonprimate pattern.
4 (capuchin) A pigeon of a breed with head and neck feathers resembling a cowl.
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- Groups of male capuchin birds attract females with sounds like the whine of some outer-space cicada insect crossed with a sick cow: 'mmmmmmmm-WOW!'
- In our wide territory, different kinds of ducks can be found such as: golden-coloured ducks, red shoveler, pintails, capuchin pigeon, and whistling ducks.
- There is also a capuchin pigeon with a feathery topknot.
Late 16th century: from obsolete French, earlier form of capucin, from Italian cappuccino, from cappuccio 'hood, cowl', from cappa (see cape1), the friars being so named because of their sharp-pointed hoods.
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MOHAWK, N.Y.�� Central Valley Academy scored four goals in the first half and defeated Frankfort-Schuyler�s Maroon Knights 6-0 to close out the regular season at the Tolpa Athletic Complex.
Evan Dunning tallied twice for the victorious Thunder (7-9-0, 5-7-0 CSC-I). Marshall Sterling had a goal and two assists, Josh Terry and Dylan Harter each had a goal and an assists, Felipe Zenteno scored a goal, and Dan Lennon and Brian Guido each had an assist.
Clay Colburn made seven saves for Central Valley Academy while Jared Vu had 15 for Frankfort-Schuyler (0-15-1, 0-11-1 CSC-I).
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team gave Stephen F. Austin all it could handle, but the Ladyjacks closed the game on a 20-6 run to post a 58-52 win over the Islanders on Saturday at Johnson Coliseum. The loss ends the debut campaign of Head Coach Royce Chadwick for the Islanders.
The contest marked the final game in the careers of the Islanders' four seniors – Alisa Roberts, Imani Dunn, Jessica Jammer and Verne'qua Taylor.
Taryn Gregory and Ashley Darley each had 12 points in the loss for A&M – Corpus Christi, which overcame a 15-point first-half deficit to pull ahead early in the second half. Jammer added nine points and eight rebounds in her Islanders finale, while Brandi Huff also posted nine points and five rebounds. Taylor had six assists for the Islanders in her final game as well.
Porsha Roberts led all scorers with 15 points for the Ladyjacks, while Tierany Henderson added 11 in the victory. Annette Davis also posted nine points and nine rebounds, as the Ladyjacks edged the Islanders 36-34 on the boards.
The Islanders started cold from the floor early in the game, and SFA took advantage to build a 9-0 lead, culminating in a three for Daylyn Harris at the 16:30 mark. But then the Islanders went into the press defensively, and it paid dividends. The visitors embarked on their own 7-0 run, with six of the points coming from Darley, to cut the deficit to just two. The seesaw continued, though, as the Ladyjacks came right back with another 10-0 run to push the lead to 19-7 at the 8:54 mark.
The Islanders bounced back with four straight points to get it back to single digits, but from there, the two teams battled back-and-forth between eight and 12 points. After a Gregory three cut it to 26-17, the Ladyjacks embarked on a 10-4 run to push the lead to a game-high 15 points on a Henderson three with 1:17 left that made it 36-21. The Islanders, though, scored the last five points of the half, the final three on a triple by Gregory, to go to the locker room down just 10.
That momentum carried into the second half, as the Islanders scored 15 of the first 17 points of the half to build an eight-point lead at 46-38. Brandi Huff came out with a fury, scoring the first seven points of the period, including a traditional three-point play, to cut the lead to just three. After a Jammer layup brought it to one, a three by Darley put the Islanders up for the first time in the game, 38-36. It marked 17 straight points for the Islanders.
The rally wasn't over, though. After SFA got on the board with an Antoinette Carter bucket inside tying the score, the Islanders came right back with eight more in a row, including a three-point play for Taylor and a triple from the top of the arc by Gregory. That pushed the lead to eight, at 46-38, and capped off a 25-2 run.
SFA refused to go quietly, though, putting together an 11-3 run to tie the game once again, 49-49 with 4:31 left. The Ladyjacks regained the lead on a Harris layup with just over four minutes remaining, 51-49, then pushed the lead to four as Brittney Matthew got drove to her right for two, making it 53-49 with 3:00 remaining. After trading free-throw opportunities, the Islanders got it to a to a three-point game with the ball. But Taylor was whistled for a travel and SFA was able to close the game out at the line for the victory.
The Islanders season comes to a close with a record of 4-25 and 3-15 in Southland play. For all the latest on Islanders Women's Basketball during the offseason, be sure to follow the team on Facebook (IslandersWBB) and Twitter (@IslandersWBB).


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SAN JOSE -- When Officer Carlos Acosta approached the SUV that had been the target of a frantic five-hour manhunt in the search for a missing toddler, he peered through the window more as a father of three than a 14-year police veteran.
Moments later, he held crying 11-month-old Gabriella Quintero in his arms and breathed a sigh of relief. The little girl, who had been in the back seat of a sport utility vehicle stolen from an East San Jose driveway early Monday, was safe and sound. It was a happy ending to a kidnapping drama that riveted the Bay Area throughout the morning.
"Our mission was very direct, very straightforward: We weren't going home without her," said Acosta, the father of two teenage boys and 6-year-old daughter. "We all were determined to find her."
Late Monday afternoon, San Jose police were still searching for the abductor and continued to piece together the events that led to the stolen SUV. But the most important thing had been accomplished: Little Gabriella, who had been pronounced healthy at Valley Medical Center, was reunited with her mother, Graciella Quintero.
"I can't even imagine what she went through," said police spokesman Sgt. Jason Dwyer of the mom. "I don't know how you put emotions into words, not knowing if you're ever going to see your child again."
It remained unclear if this was a simple car theft or if the person knew the little girl was in the SUV.
"We're not going to know what the precise motive was until we find who did this," Dwyer added.
The ordeal began about 6:45 a.m. when Quintero placed her daughter into a car seat -- without securing the straps -- in a white 2006 Jeep Liberty at an Amador Court home where she rents a room. She then went back and forth, loading the idling vehicle with items, police said. As Quintero emerged from the home one final time, she saw the vehicle driving away and called 911.
San Jose police issued an Amber Alert for Quintero's SUV and deployed several specialized teams in the search, including a police airplane and units from robbery, covert response, assault and missing persons -- about 50 officers. The county's Regional Auto Theft Task Force was also summoned. Automated calls went out to residents and businesses, and emergency alerts popped up on cellphones in the region.
Police briefly shut down a stretch of Highway 101 near Trimble Road to search for evidence.
The hours ticked away as media reports and electronic highway signs broadcast the disappearance. Then at 11:17 a.m., police got a call that the SUV had been spotted in the alleyway of an apartment complex near Andrew Hill High School. A man who saw the SUV had heard Gabriella's cries drifting from a private driveway off Buckeye Drive in the Seven Trees neighborhood.
Because the caller had recited the license plate number to dispatchers, Acosta, a field training officer, and recruit officer Brian Simas, knew this was the sought-after vehicle before they arrived.
When Acosta pulled out the little girl from the back seat, "She did give me a hug." He added: "She was pretty distraught, kind of lost, dazed. So I think she was happy to see us."
Acosta accompanied the girl, just four days shy of her first birthday, in the ambulance to the hospital and watched the mother and daughter reunite.
"It was a feeling like most parents would have," Acosta said. "She was very excited, very emotional. It was a traumatic situation that she was involved in, so she was happy to see her child happy and secure. The toddler's reaction was kind of the same. First she started crying, then she was excited to see her mother."
Doctors determined Gabriella was in "good" condition and released the child to her mother. Through a hospital official, Quintero -- who is described as a shy woman -- declined to speak to reporters gathered outside the hospital's emergency room but made a brief statement when she returned home after 9 p.m., thanking police and everyone who "prayed for my baby."
David Magana said Quintero rents the room in his family's house, near Story Road and Jackson Avenue. Magana ran outside when he heard her screams as the SUV was taken. A short time earlier, he saw a woman standing near the car with bags in her hands and thought she was waiting for someone. Quintero saw something similar, but didn't see the woman again. Dwyer said police had no further information on the woman.
"That's all we have," Dwyer said. "We don't know if she's the person who took the car. We only know the mother came out of the house and the car was gone. But that woman was the last person seen in proximity to the scene."
But, in the end, the girl was safe.
"It's a very rewarding day for the whole Police Department," Acosta said. "I'm glad it worked out."
Maria Elena Rodriguez, who lives across the street, said Amador Court is very quiet and feels safe because it is a cul-de-sac -- nobody walks through who doesn't live there.
She called Quintero "a good lady, and a devoted, dedicated mother" who may have let her judgment lapse for an instant.
"She just had one moment of blindness, just for a minute," she said. "No one would think something like that is going to happen at that time of the morning. No souls are out."
Anyone who might have seen the Jeep while it was traveling or has information about the case can contact San Jose robbery detectives Enrique Garcia or Jesus Mendoza at 408-277-4166, or leave a tip with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-STOP (7867) or tipsubmit.org.
Eric Kurhi contributed to this report. Contact Mark Gomez at 408-920-5869. Follow him at Twitter.com/markmgomez. Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.


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Robinson Memorial Hospital encourages visits from friends and family for the patient's well being. Listed below are visiting hours for various areas of the hospital. Visitation may need to be modified based on the patient's current condition. The nurses on each unit are responsible for facilitating safe, appropriate and convenient patient visitation. Contact patient information at (330) 297-2448 for more information.
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Stony Brook announces 2013 recruiting class
24-member class includes seven from the state of New York
Maysonet, No. 11 Stony Brook hold off Villanova, 20-10
Seawolves advance to second round and will play at Montana State
Maysonet named Big South Offensive Player of the Year
Payton Award candidate headlines 12 all-conference selections
No. 9 Stony Brook hosts VMI Saturday
Seawolves looking for seven straight victory
Skiffington named Big South Special Teams Player of the Week
Drilled two 40-plus field goals in 41-10 win over Gardner-Webb
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2012:Made 51 of 52 PATs and 12 of 16 field goals ... punted 38 times for 1,478 yards (38.9 avg.) ... 316 career points is 20th all-time in FCS history ... Stony Brook's second all-time leading scorer ... first team All-Big South ... connected on a 38-yard field goal at Montana State (12/1) ... hit two field goals and a punt of 57 yards vs. Villanova (11/24) ... 6 PATs, a 42-yd FG and put a punt inside the 20 vs. VMI (11/3) ... connected on eight extra points at Presbyterian (10/27) ...Big South Special Teams Player of the Week after two field goals, including a career-long of 48, and five PATs vs. Gardner-Webb (10/20) ... punted three times for 106 yards and hit three PATs at Coastal Carolina (10/13) ... made all seven PATs and punted three times for 77 yards (25.7 avg) vs. Charleston Southern (10/6) ...Big South Special Teams Player of the Week after three field goals (27, 44, 25) and two PATs at Army (9/29) ... hit a 41-yard and 34-yard field goal vs. Colgate (9/22) ... punted eight times for 343 yards, including a long of 53, (42.9 avg) at Syracuse (9/15) ... set a Big South record with 11 PATs vs. Pace (9/8).
2011: Made 60 of 62 extra points and 11 of 15 field goals ... first-team All-Big South ... most PATs in a season in Big South history ... third on the team in scoring ... made two field goals and three PATs at Sam Houston State (12/3) ... connected on a field goal and four PATs vs. Albany (11/26) ... made five PATs and two field goals vs. Liberty (11/19) ... tied a Big South record with 10 PATs at Gardner-Webb (11/12) ... connected on six PATs and kicked off eight times, including one touchback, at Charleston Southern (11/5) ... made all six PATs, punted twice for 50 yards and kicked off seven times for 337 yards (48.1) vs. Coastal Carolina (10/29) ... converted all six PATs and kicked off seven times for 400 yards (57.1 avg) at VMI (10/22) ... made four PATs and kicked off five times for 288 yards (57.6) vs. St. Anselm (10/15) ... converted all 6 extra points and kicked-off six times for 344 yards (57.3 avg) vs. Presbyterian (10/8) ...Big South Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Lafayette (9/24) ... connected on all three field goals, including a career-best 46-yarder, and made all four PATs ... became school's all-time leader in points among kickers vs. Leopards ... hit only extra point try and punted six times at Buffalo (9/10) ...3 of 3 on extra points and 1 of 2 of FGs at UTEP (9/3) ... also punted seven times against Miners ... preseason All-Big South by Phil Steele's College Football Review.
2010: Made 44 of 46 PATs and 7 of 12 field goals ... had 40 kickoffs ... made four PATs at Liberty (11/20) ... Career-high 7 PATs and two field goals vs. Gardner-Webb (11/13) ... 5 PATs against Presbyterian (11/6) and Charleston Southern (10/30) ... five PATs and a field goal at Coastal Carolina (10/23) ... connected on all three PATs, but missed a field goal at Lafayette (10/16) ... drilled two FGs and three PATs against VMI (10/9) ... 44-yard field goal against Keydets is a new career-high ... kicked three extra points vs. UMass (9/25) ... had three extra points and a field goal at Brown (9/18) ... 4 of 4 on extra points and a field goal against American International (9/11) ... 2 of 2 on extra points at South Florida (9/4) ... preseason All-American by College Sporting News ... named to Fred Mitchell Award watchlist (top FCS, Division II, Division III and NAIA kicker) ... preseason third team All-American by Phil Steele's College Football Review.
2009: Went 15 of 17 on field goals and 26 of 30 on extra points ... led the team in scoring with 71 points ... had 24 kickoffs ... Big South Special Teams Player of the Week (9/14) after going 3-for-3 on kicks at Colgate (9/12) ... drilled a 43-yard field goal at UMass (9/26) ... named one of the College Sporting News' National All-Stars for going 4-for-4 on extra points and hitting four field goals against Presbyterian (10/3) ... four field goals and 16 points set school records against Blue Hose ... also named Big South Co-Special Teams Player of the Week that week ... did not miss an extra point in the final three games of the season.
2008: Redshirted.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Armwood High School ... lettered all four years in football as a kicker ... averaged 42.3 yards per punt as a senior ... hit on four of seven field goals ... helped his team to a 13-1 record and top-10 ranking in the state ... also lettered in soccer and tennis.
Personal: Wesley Skiffington ... born February 9, 1990 in Brandon, Florida ... son of Bill and Phyllis Skiffington.


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ST. LOUIS -- The man the Giants hope can get the last out against the most irrepressible team in baseball is a tattooed, undersized pitcher who grew up in a dusty desert town where locals dismissed him and his baseball dreams.
Where he was told he'd someday return, a failure seeking comfort in familiar and modest surroundings.
Those words of doubt pierced Sergio Romo's heart, gnawed at his soul. More than a decade later he is one of the best relievers in baseball, and the words still bounce about his mind.
The taunts are not what make Romo tick, but they keep him ticking. They are at the core of a conspicuous insecurity that is perhaps the foremost source of his determination.
Romo put away St. Louis in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Monday in much the same fashion as he finished Cincinnati in the Division Series last week, with mesmerizing sliders and unmitigated conviction, punctuated by a volcanic burst of emotion.
And now, as the Giants and Cardinals take their series to St. Louis for Game 3 on Wednesday, the right-hander yearns for the chance to send another team home for the winter.
"Do I know they're going to fight it out? Yes," Romo says of the Cardinals. "But I'm going to fight it out as well. And I kind of like my chances, especially with the guys playing behind me. They're pretty solid."
With the best-of-seven series tied at one game apiece, both teams are three wins away from the World Series. If the Cardinals somehow seem a bit closer, history provides an explanation.
St. Louis won the World Series last year by throttling Texas with two last-chance rallies, each summoned when the Cardinals were down to their last strike.
And last week, trailing in decisive Game 5 at Washington, the Cardinals, again down to their last strike, came back to steal a playoff game and series from the Nationals, who had the best record in baseball.
The Cardinals are the hardest final out in the game, and they stand between San Francisco and its second trip to the Series in three seasons.
But the Giants have been fairly resilient themselves, and nobody embodies that more than their latest bearded closer.
Brian Wilson, the bearded closer who rode the wheels off the fame train after team's 2010 World Series title, underwent surgery in April and missed nearly all of this season. The New Beard belongs to Romo, who owns the physique of a middleweight fighter, with the scrap and fury to match.
Romo, 29, grew up in sub-sea level Brawley, an Imperial Valley town where more than one in four homes has a single parent, the median household income is $36,000 and through which passes the New River, reportedly the most polluted in North America.
"It all started with the color of my skin and where I'm from," Romo says. "Not too many people have gotten out of the Imperial Valley. I'm very proud to say I'm from Brawley. That's the place that made me the person I am now. It's not easy coming from a place where -- it's not that it's not good enough or doesn't have enough to offer -- no one really knows about Brawley. It's so small. It's hard to get seen out there. To be from there and accomplish what I've accomplished, it means a lot."
Romo's journey is one of trial and error, with the best of him often pitted against his worst, as depicted by one of his many tattoos -- the monster of many faces on his right shoulder. The demon conveys his competitive drive, the melting face his fear of letting his life to go waste. There is the prankster within, the beast, the coward, the fool.
"I've learned the hard way," he says. "I've had things thrown in my face, things not going my way, maybe some bumps in the road that I thought I wouldn't recover from."
Romo was only 5-foot-7 upon graduation, and his father, Francisco, was concerned about his son's maturity and ambition. He directed him toward the Navy, and the kid was minutes away from signing enlistment papers.
"It was either the Navy or college to try to play baseball," Sergio says. "So my dad gave me two years at a (junior college) to prove to him that I had a chance in baseball."
Sergio first went to Orange Coast Community College in Costa Mesa, where he was stuck behind a roster of more imposing pitchers. He then headed to Arizona Western CC in Yuma before transferring to University of Northern Alabama, where it got ugly.
Romo's defiant, irreverent ways clashed with his coach, who removed him from a game during which he likely would have broken the school's strikeout record and shortly thereafter took away his scholarship.
A washout, just as the locals back in Brawley had warned.
Romo didn't quit. He found his way to Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo., where he went 14-1 and broke six school records. He clearly was gifted, though he still was impulsive, still did foolish things.
The Giants selected Romo in the 28th round of the 2005 draft, after which he arrived at the team's short-season affiliate in Salem, Ore., and went 7-1. Sparkling at every rung of the ladder to the big leagues, he reached San Francisco in 2008.
Listed at 5-10, Romo is closer to 5-8. Listed at 183 pounds, he's closer to 165. He is that cliché about which it is said desire can't be measured.
Reds slugger Jay Bruce, who mashed 34 home runs in the regular season, is Romo's most recent high-profile victim. With one out in the bottom of the ninth in Game 5 last Thursday, Bruce came to bat representing the winning run. After 12 pitches that took three days, Romo got him to fly out before striking out Scott Rolen to end the game.
The battle with Bruce symbolized Romo's life struggle. He's the underdog who never gave in, never retreated, persisted until he achieved.
Aside from his family and his high school coach, not many folks back in Brawley could believe what they'd seen Romo do to end a playoff series.
"If I listened to 90 percent of the people there, I wouldn't be where I'm at," Romo says. "A lot of people from the valley were saying, 'You're going to be back, just like everybody else.' And my mindset was, 'Yeah, I'll be back. And when I come back, you guys will all see me differently -- guaranteed.' "
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved on September 22nd $2 billion in funding over the next three years for energy efficiency and conservation programs throughout the state. Referred to by the CPUC as "the most ambitious energy efficiency and conservation campaign in the history of the (U.S.) utility industry," the effort includes consumer rebates of up to $600 for appliances that carry the Energy Star label. It also provides $230 million per year for the state's Green Building Initiative, which aims to cut energy use in government buildings by 20 percent.
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According to the CPUC, the three-year campaign will cut energy costs for homes and businesses by more than $5 billion, eliminate the need to build three large power plants over the next three years, and reduce global warming pollution by an estimated 3.4 million tons of carbon dioxide by 2008, which is equivalent to taking about 650,000 cars off the road. See the CPUC press release.


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Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 35(b). Report of Examining Physician.
(1) If requested by the party against whom an order is made under Rule 35(a) or the person examined, the party causing the examination to be made shall deliver to the requesting party a copy of a detailed written report of the examining physician setting out the examiner's findings, including results of all tests made, diagnoses and conclusions, and provide access to all other writings or recordings created by the examiner or the party including the originals of forms and test score sheets, together with like reports of all earlier examinations of the same condition. After delivery the party causing the examination shall be entitled upon request to receive from the party against whom the order is made a like report of any examination, previously or thereafter made, of the same condition, unless, in the case of a report of examination of a person not a party, the party shows that the party is unable to obtain it. The court on motion may make an order against a party requiring delivery of a report on such terms as are just, and if a physician fails or refuses to make a report the court may exclude the examiner's testimony if offered at the trial.
(Amended April 4, 2008, effective July 1, 2008)
(2) By requesting and obtaining a report of the examination so ordered or by taking the deposition of the examiner, the party examined waives any privilege the party may have in that action or any other involving the same controversy, regarding the testimony of every other person who has examined or may thereafter examine the party in respect of the same mental or physical condition.
(3) This subdivision applies to examinations made by agreement of the parties, unless the agreement expressly provides otherwise. This subdivision does not preclude discovery of a report of an examining physician or the taking of a deposition of the physician in accordance with the provisions of any other rule.
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Today: After last week's jaw-dropping rise for two Silicon Valley tech IPOs, Friday's trio of offerings -- RingCentral, Violin Memory and Pattern Energy -- bring the market back to earth.
The Lead: Three more Silicon Valley initial public offerings, three different results
After Rocket Fuel and FireEye priced their initial public offerings well above their initial proposed ranges last week, but still saw their stock prices skyrocket on the first day of public trading, talk of a possible new bubble forming around Silicon Valley technology IPOs began to pop up.
Wall Street's answer on Friday: Nope.
Three Bay Area companies debuted on the public markets Friday, and all three experienced different results, none of which mirrored the jaw-dropping rise of Milpitas-based FireEye or Redwood City's Rocket Fuel. San Mateo cloud-communications company RingCentral had the biggest first-day rise, 40 percent, after pricing its shares at the top of its proposed range and pulling in just shy of $100 million. San Francisco-based wind-energy company Pattern Energy had the largest total windfall, at $318.6 million, and saw its shares gain 5.8 percent after commanding $22 apiece; and Violin Memory never crested $8 a share in public trading after selling 16 million shares at $9 apiece, closing with a decline of 22 percent.
"The market goes up, it goes down," Violin CEO Don Basile explained in an interview from New York. "We just have to keep executing, and the investors will understand the value of enterprise storage."
The market for technology IPOs is in razor-sharp focus because of two highly anticipated upcoming debuts, Twitter and Alibaba. San Francisco microblogging service Twitter announced in early September that it had filed confidentially for the biggest social-media IPO since Facebook, while Alibaba signaled earlier this week that it would move its debut to the United States, where it has a chance of breaking Facebook's record for valuation of a tech company at IPO time.
With the action of the past two weeks -- created when seven Bay Area companies filed to go public in August, ahead of Twitter's announcement -- the vision that begins to take shape is of a market focused on enterprise cloud-software companies. Friday's biggest gainer, RingCentral, claims that sector, as do FireEye and Rocket Fuel.
"I don't think we're in a bubble." Manuel Henriquez, who runs a Palo Alto tech investment firm called Hercules Capital, told Mercury News reporter Peter Delevett on Friday, later adding, "I think there are certainly valuation bubbles in certain sectors."
Though Twitter and Alibaba are not cloud-software companies, that won't stop them from raking in millions when they decide to enter the market, expected before the end of the year, because both are widely known brands in their target markets and even worldwide.
"Brand recognition will always foster additional attraction," Scott Sweet, a senior managing partner at IPO Boutique, told the Associated Press.
Other companies that focus more on consumers than businesses are also lining up to join them, with the maker of mobile games including Candy Crush Saga, King, filing for a U.S. IPO, according to a Friday report. After an even dozen companies debuted on Wall Street this week, another handful are lined up for next week, though no Silicon Valley tech IPOs are believed to be on the schedule.
SV150 market report: Wall Street stumbles again, but Facebook and Yahoo keep climbing
Wall Street's respite on Thursday from falling stock prices didn't last long, as all three major U.S. stock indexes declined Friday. Silicon Valley tech stocks couldn't avoid Friday's weakness, with strong gains from Facebook and Yahoo (YHOO) more than offset by widespread weakness in the SV150's largest companies.
Yahoo closed higher than $33 for the first time since Microsoft offered that per-share amount in a takeover attempt five years ago, gaining 2.4 percent to $33.55. The Sunnyvale Internet company, which owns more than 20 percent of Alibaba, voiced support for the company's management structure, the basis for Alibaba's move from an IPO in Hong Kong to one in the United States. Facebook topped $51 a share for the first time, gaining 1.7 percent to $51.24 as the Menlo Park company announced that it is still trying to fine-tune its system for providing relevant ads to its users. Facebook also added to its fast-growing tally of positive analyst notes, with Deutsche Bank analyst Ross Sandler reiterating a "Buy" rating and raising his price target from $43 to $62 on belief in "Facebook's ascendancy in mobile."
The SV150 declined 0.5 percent on the day, however, as the seven largest valley tech companies in terms of revenue all declined. Apple (AAPL), the world's most valuable company, dropped 0.7 percent to $482.75 after being targeted for scorn by none other than Martha Stewart; Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which severed its contract with Violin last year, fell 0.6 percent to $21.17; Intel (INTC) fell 1.8 percent to $22.98 amid reports that it is seeking a partner for its TV effort and may be forced to scuttle the project if it fails; Google (GOOG) fell 0.2 percent to $876.39 while facing more recriminations from Europe; Cisco (CSCO) declined 1.9 percent to $23.33; Oracle (ORCL) fell 0.1 percent to $33.78 as an investor called out CEO Larry Ellison for his large pay package; and eBay (EBAY) fell 1.5 percent to $55.78 after Thursday's acquisition-driven gains.
Up: Zynga, SunPower (SPWRA), Yahoo, Facebook, Tesla, Gilead, Pandora
Down: LinkedIn, Cisco, Intel, Salesforce, eBay, VMware, Symantec, NetApp, Juniper, Applied Materials, Workday, EA, Apple, HP, Yelp
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Down 6.27, or 0.46 percent, to 1,343.5
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Down 5.84, or 0.15 percent, to 3,781.59
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Down 70.06, or 0.46 percent, to 15,258.24
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Down 6.92, or 0.41 percent, to 1,691.75
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The regional Trek rep got Byron a new Madone hooked up with some Aeolus 5.0 wheels for an extended test ride prior to the Ride the Best tour which stops tomorrow at St. Edwards Park in Kenmore, WA. I went to pick it up yesterday for a little test ride to take it through the paces. Short verion: It's a nice a stiff bike (which I like) in a rather impressive package. The bike looks as cool in person as it does on the flashy website.
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Three Terrebonne tax measures pass, fourth fails
Published: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 10:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 10:34 p.m.
Bayou Cane
Terrebonne voters approved three tax measures, one each for the Grand Caillou and Bayou Cane fire districts and Terrebonne Parish Health Unit.
But they voted against a tax increase requested by the Bayou Cane Fire District.
Bayou Cane voters passed a renewal of the existing 20-mill property tax used to run the Bayou Cane Fire Department but rejected a new 10-mill property-tax the department said is needed to prevent layoffs and a fire-station closure.
The renewal request passed by a margin of 60 percent to 40 percent, or 5,865 votes to 3,858, according to complete but unofficial results from the Secretary of State's Office. Voter turnout on the issue was 61 percent.
The tax increase was defeated by a margin of 56 to 44 percent, or 5,368 votes to 4,226. Voter turnout was 60 percent. Bayou Cane Fire Chief Ken Himel said he will be forced to lay off six employees and may have to close one of the district's four stations because the new tax failed.
In 2009, the department used grant money to hire 14 employees, but that grant is set to expire, officials have said.
Bayou Cane protects about 27,000 residents from St. Louis Canal to Bayou Black and from U.S. 90 to Martin Luther King Boulevard in Houma. The district employs 44 firefighters.
"We're going to have to go back to the drawing board," Himel said. "But I thank the people who did come out and support us."
The 20-mill tax renewal is expected to bring in $3.8 million for the district next year. The 10-mill tax would have brought in another $1.9 million.
The first $75,000 of a home's value is exempt from taxes in Louisiana, so the 20-mill tax costs the owner of a $150,000 house about $150 annually. The 10-mill tax would have added another $75 a year to that same homeowner's bill.
Grand caillou
Dulac voters approved a tax increase for the Grand Caillou Fire Department, adding 0.14 mills to its existing 5.57 mill tax.
Residents cast 632 votes in favor of the measure, or 65 percent, to 337 votes, or 35 percent. Voter turnout on the issue was 40 percent.
The Grand Caillou Volunteer Fire District plans to use its tax increase to buy equipment and pay for protection efforts.
The district collects 5.57 mills, about $340,000 per year. That measure expires in 2014. The tax approved by voters will give the district 0.14 mills more, bringing in about $8,350 more per year.
The tax will cost the owner of a $150,000 house about $42 annually. With the increase, households would pay about $1 more each year.
The Grand Caillou Fire District protects about 6,500 homes in Dulac and parts of Ashland south of the landfill.
Health unit
Terrebonne Parish voters also approved a measure changing language so existing property-tax dollars earmarked for the health unit can help secure it a new home.
Residents cast 20,336 votes in favor of the renewal, or 57 percent, and 15,524 votes in opposition, or 43 percent. Voter turnout was 56 percent.
The Terrebonne health unit proposal rewords the current tax language so the money can be used to repay bond sales that would be used to construct a new health unit building. It is not a new tax or a hike.
The existing building is nearly 30 years old, in need of expensive repairs and doesn't comply with federal patient-privacy guidelines.
The 1.66 mill property tax generates about $1.3 million annually for the health unit. The tax costs the owner of a $150,000 house about $12.45 a year.
The parish health unit houses a number of state Department of Health and Hospitals services for Terrebonne's 111,917 residents, including immunizations, reproductive health care services, and health and nutrition services for low-income pregnant women and babies.
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Max Chilton says he would rather stay at Marussia for a second season than chase a more prestigious seat at this stage of his career.
The 22-year-old British rookie is eyeing a long stay in the sport, and reckons learning the ropes with a smaller team is the best thing for him right now.
"I love the team and obviously I'd love to stay for another year and to keep learning," said Chilton.
"It's a good place to be. It's what a lot of drivers do, it's where you learn and become the driver you are. You work your way up.
"I'd love to stay with Marussia and work my way up with them because they have the right package and attitude."
While his teammate Jules Bianchi stole a lot of the headlines earlier in the season, Chilton is satisfaied with his own progress.
"I don't think I've underperformed," he said.
"The team were over the moon with my race in Monaco, and ecstatic when I made the overtakes, so I know the whole team are behind me."
Chilton will be contesting his home Grand Prix this weekend, but accepts that his compatriots Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Paul Di Resta will be getting all of the attention.
"Obviously I'm the newest and the least well known, but I'm fine with that because I'm new," he said. "It might change one day."


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Carnivals – Week of 10/08/07
FiveCentNickel participated in three carnivals this week. Here they are along with links to my articles that were included in each.
The Carnival of Personal Finance included "Ten Tips for Dealing With a Lost Wallet."
The Best of Me Symphony included "How to Decide if Travelling to a Sales Tax Holiday is Worthwhile." Also included was "Soccer Gameday Tips for Parents" from Raising4Boys.
The Carnival of Money Stories included "Our Home Renovations: The Beginning."
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Exumbra, on 01 December 2012 - 08:35 AM, said:
a) you have ams
if you didnt have a defensive wtf you doing out in the open?
c) if a demo lock pop cds you really think you can soak it? Thats like trying to soak a warrior with a 4-5 stack
d)If any pvper sees someone realzing they usually try to stop it eg. a blanket cs, disarm, fear, poly etc.
tl;dr: While you blame this 'dogshit game' maybe you guys are just 'dogshit players'
PS: have medrod carry you
are you fucking retarded? this doesnt change anything. No one should do 500k+ damage in less than 5 secs
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BELPRE - The Belpre Area Chamber of Commerce will honor a longtime business owner for her multiple contributions to the community over the past 66 years.
The celebration to honor Marie Gustke, who owned four businesses in the city for 66 consecutive years, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at Rockland United Methodist Church.
"We wanted to do something to thank Marie for everything she has done for the community and in Belpre over the years," said Karen Waller, executive director of the Belpre Area Chamber of Commerce.
Susie Ashley, a chamber member who is organizing the celebratory event, said when she heard Gustke was retiring she knew the chamber had to do something.
"That she did own and operate businesses for almost 70 years is amazing," Ashley said. "Someone had to do something to honor her and the best way we could do that was by inviting the community that she served."
Gustke, 86, retired in December after she closed her fourth and final business, Memory Mall.
At the time of her retirement, Gustke said the Memory Mall, which was located near Neff's Country Loft and Bob's Market, was opened in 1998 and had held as many as 20 vendors at one time with a variety of items from furniture to nick-knacks.
Gustke and her husband, Charles, opened their first business, Gustke's Store Company, in Belpre in October 1946, following their wedding and his service in World War II.
Along with the original Gustke's, she and her husband purchased a foundering variety store in 1964 and opened Belpre True Value in 1981.
"Marie has been part of the community and done so much for so long, we want to do something to thank her," Waller said. "Her dedication and length of work in Belpre has been amazing."
Anyone who would like to share photographs and stories of Gustke is asked to contact chamber member Dana Fouss at (740) 423-6326.


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The state's top analyst on Tuesday urged lawmakers to slam the brakes on California's $68 billion bullet train, cautioning that the newly overhauled plan simply isn't "strong enough" and relies on "highly speculative" funding sources.
The report from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office is especially significant as the state Senate and Assembly on Wednesday begin a debate on whether to start building the high-speed rail line, a decision officials revealed Tuesday will likely be delayed into the summer. The report could give a divided Legislature the political cover it needs to halt the biggest public works project in California history; otherwise, lawmakers would have to go against the advice of their own experts.
It is the latest in a series of stinging critiques of the project by independent watchdog groups. But it's the first analysis since the Brown administration early this month unveiled a scaled-back version of the rail line that was intended to appease critics by trimming the cost by $30 billion, speeding up the start of service by five years and electrifying the Caltrain line by the end of the decade.
"Our concerns are really legitimate and serious," said Brian Weatherford, the LAO analyst who wrote the report. Without a new outpouring of federal funding, "we don't really see how you could get (the money) to build this thing. That's our primary concern."
Hole seen in plan
The 10-page analysis advises lawmakers to shoot down Gov. Jerry Brown's request for $2.7 billion in state bonds, to match $3.3 billion in federal grants, to start building tracks in the Central Valley this year. Any delay would risk the loss of the federal grants, which project officials say would be akin to axing the rail line for the foreseeable future.
"This project is important for California and it would be a mistake to delay this project and lose billions of dollars in critical federal funds," Dan Richard, who Brown appointed to lead the project, said in a statement.
As it has in previous reports over the past few years, the LAO is chiefly concerned that the state will not find the remaining $55 billion needed to complete the full project connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2029. In addition to the federal grants, the state has $10 billion in voter-approved bond funds.
The report notes the plan to secure most of the remaining funding through the federal government appears "unlikely" in light of the cost-cutting climate in Washington, where all bullet train funding has been zeroed-out for the past two years.
Further, it criticizes the Brown administration's new backup plan to use potentially tens of billions of dollars from the state's new "cap-and-trade" program in which big polluters buy credits in electronic auctions to offset greenhouse gas emissions, with the revenue going to environmentally friendly programs. The LAO argues there are more cost-effective environmental programs that could use the money, that it's unclear whether high-speed rail would actually reduce greenhouse gases quickly enough, and that it may be illegal to use the funds to build the bullet train.
But Mary Nichols, who heads the California Air Resources Board, countered in a statement Tuesday that she thinks the bullet train would, indeed, be eligible for cap-and-trade funds.
In response to the LAO's point that the rail authority's management has been "lacking," Richard agreed that it needs to "strengthen executive leadership."
"But other LAO recommendations overlook the significant environmental and economic benefits of reducing freeway pollution, improving transportation and creating jobs," Richard said.
If lawmakers vote to start building high-speed rail, as Weatherford predicts, the LAO advises them only to approve the first $2 billion section of the initial leg of construction near Fresno, because the remaining $4 billion for the rest of the section won't be needed until future years.
It also asks lawmakers to approve a bill transferring control of the project from the California High-Speed Rail Authority to Caltrans. Finally, it recommends that project leaders figure out potential new funding sources and provide details of its other plans.
Because the rail authority approved the new business plan last week, the LAO, watchdog groups and some legislators have warned that the changes are coming too quickly for them to approve the massive project by the June deadline to pass a budget. Already, sources in the Capitol say the rail authority plans to delay the funding request, likely until lawmakers return from their summer break in August.
A fallback
The report advises lawmakers to approve a small amount of funding to keep the rail agency in business so it can finish planning documents and "help the Legislature maintain its future options for the project."
On Wednesday, two Silicon Valley swing-vote lawmakers on the project -- Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, and Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park -- will lead the first legislative hearings on Brown's funding request.
"I think (the LAO report) reinforces the need to take a little time and get it right," Simitian said. "It's a new plan and I think both the public and the Legislature are going to need some time to understand the implications of the plan, and frankly get the answers to some questions that have been hanging out there for the last three years."
Gordon agreed.
"We're a ways away from making any kind of funding decisions," Gordon said. The LAO report "will point a way for the conversation that needs to occur" on questions over the plan.
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Several Bay Area Walmart stores are likely to see union picketers on Black Friday as a show of solidarity with labor strikes around the country.
The protests involve a handful of people at a handful of stores, most of whom don't even work for Walmart, but are union organizers and union members, a company spokeswoman said.
The picketers are expected at Walmart's San Leandro, Richmond, Fairfield and San Jose stores on what is known as one of the busiest shopping days of the year, according to the group OUR Walmart.
The group's website also calls for picketing at Walmart and Sam's Club stores in Antioch, Concord and Pleasanton.
"It's a big statement to try and take their destiny into their own hands," said Mike Henneberry with the United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 5.
The labor union backs the OUR Walmart group. Walmart workers are not unionized.
Cashiers, stockers, department managers and other positions that make up the group of strikers are calling for improved working conditions and living wages for their families.
"They feel like they have been exploited for decades," Henneberry said. "What better day to try and make a statement. It makes sense."
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials dismissed the notion that the actions would have any bearing on its Black Friday plans or disrupt shopping at its 4,000 stores nationwide, according to company spokeswoman Kayla Whaling.
"Our stores will be operating normally on Black Friday and our customers will see nothing unusual when they shop," Whaling said in an email. "This is the Super Bowl for retailers and we're ready. We are laser focused on serving customers on Black Friday."
As for the strikers' message, Whaling said that Walmart's pay and benefits plans are as good or better than its retail competitors, including those that are unionized.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Jesse Chavez is doing his best to make the A's forget about the season-ending injury to starting pitcher Jarrod Parker.
Chavez tossed 51/3 innings of scoreless, one-hit ball to cap a terrific spring with his best outing yet. He had a no-hitter going until allowing a one-out double to Angel Pagan in the sixth inning.
Manager Bob Melvin removed Chavez from the game at that point, but having thrown only 66 pitches, Chavez headed to the bullpen to get some extra work before calling it a night. He threw 12 extra pitches.
"It wasn't too bad," Chavez said of his outing. "A good one to finish the spring off and go into the season and build off."
Chavez, who collected the win in the A's 4-1 victory, improved to 5-1 with a 2.22 ERA this spring. Five of his seven appearances were starts and the 30-year-old with just two career regular season starts will man the No. 3 spot in Oakland's rotation to open the season.
Melvin was planning to remove Chavez regardless of if the no-hitter continued or not. Melvin had four relievers he wanted to get work (Fernando Abad, Sean Doolittle, Luke Gregerson and Jim Johnson), so that's why he had Chavez finish his work in the bullpen.
"I don't normally take guys out of potential no-hitters," Melvin said. "I was almost glad Pagan got the hit. It was impressive. He was on it all night."
Chavez said he's received a nice boost since being named as part of the rotation after injuries sidelined Parker and A.J. Griffin, who is expected to miss at least two months.
"It gives you that added confidence, knowing they have that confidence in you to put you out there every five days," Chavez said. "That's something that I'll use to my advantage."
"The guys that will make the team won't know until tomorrow, and the guys that won't won't know until tomorrow," Melvin said.
Catcher Stephen Vogt, who started all five games of the ALDS last year, is likely headed to the minor leagues with the platoon going to John Jaso and Derek Norris. The team's fourth catcher, Chris Gimenez, was claimed on waivers by the Texas Rangers on Friday.
"It seems like all three definitely belong in the big leagues," Jaso, who homered Friday, said of himself, Norris and Vogt. "It's going to be tough for the front office to make those calls and that's all we can really do as players is make it as difficult as possible for them."
"I think they need to be stricter and I think they're doing the right thing," Melvin said. "The union and the league got together and came up with this and I'm all for it."
Shortstop Jed Lowrie said, beyond the stiffer penalties, the increase in number of tests could have the most impact.
"If your odds of getting caught go up, I think that's a stronger deterrent than the number of games you actually get suspended," Lowrie said.
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