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Sunfish Swimming Team: Feeding the Lakers
When a team can reload and not rebuild every certain amount of years, it's a good sign that program is nurturing a healthy and productive feeder system on the youth level.
The Sunfish Swim Team, which is run out of the Detroit Lakes Cultural and Community Center, is starting to churn out that kind of youthful talent and energy, which is directly benefitting the Detroit Lakes Laker boys' and girls' swimming squads.
Even though the Sunfish program is over 30 years old, it's experiencing a resurgence of sorts and the first telltale signs that success is being seen on the 2013 girls' swimming and diving team.
Out of the 22 Laker girl swimmers, 12 of them have either gone through, or are currently swimming for the Sunfish Swimming club.
From those dozen, four of them are seventh graders who are making a smooth transition to varsity competition from the direct result of competing and training with the Sunfish program during their elementary years.
"I started swimming Sunfish when I was in fourth grade and have done it increasingly each summer," said Laker junior Grace Livermore, who is one of the top point scorers for DL this season. "It's really big mentally, because we compete in some big meets with the Sunfish, so by the time I swam varsity, I was confident. Like they say what swimming is all about, it's 90-percent mental and 10-percent physical."
It's that mental aspect which the Sunfish program prepares their swimmers for, which in turn gives valuable confidence to the young competitors.
One Sunfish prodigy who is already excelling as a seventh grader for the Lakers is Syd Gulon, whose mother, Sam, is one of the head coaches for the Sunfish.
Syd Gulon has already qualified for Sections in every event for the Lakers as just a seventh grader, which earns her a spot on the DL Ironwoman Fantastic list.
Gulon was more than ready to jump in varsity competition after she excelled on the Sunfish level, in which she has been competing with since second grade.
"Sunfish prepared me a lot for varsity and I came in with my confidence level pretty high," Syd Gulon said. "We work on all of our strokes in Sunfish."
Of course, with Sunfish coaches Nate Benson, Sam Gulon and several of the Laker high school swimmers, refining strokes during a young age is a huge advantage for DL head girls' coach Carol McCarthy.
Time isn't spent the first couple of weeks teaching the fundamentals of competitive swimming, but instead seventh and eighth graders come in by hitting the pool with polished strokes.
"These seventh graders who came in were on a different level than most their age," McCarthy said. "I don't have to explain the details to them, because they know how to compete. That's what the Sunfish program works on, good technique.
"I can't say enough about the Sunfish program."
Sunfish not just for competitive swimmers
One misnomer which may pop up is that the Sunfish program is for youth who want to learn how to swim competitively.
That's not the case.
Last fall, the numbers out for Sunfish was one of the highest for quite some time, which numbered at 72.
Of those 72, 34 were registered USA Swimming competitors, while the rest trained and learned in the pool without competing in meets.
"For some kids, it's a good opportunity to swim and become healthier," said Sam Gulon. "We provide kids a belonging and a family-type of atmosphere."
The Sunfish trains kids ages six through 18 years old and all interact with each other.
This past summer, the Sunfish program attracted 48 participants, which is a huge jump from their 12 during the 2012 summer season.
"We are looking for kids who are not fitting in somewhere, because in the pool, everyone counts," Gulon said.
The Olympic boom is one reason the numbers have reached apex levels, but also the older high school swimmers have been a good inspiration for kids to go out.
Laker swimmers such as Livermore, Maddy Schiller and Peach Arens and DL boys' swimmers Michael Richter and Jared Olson, have provided role models for the younger generation.
"Having Nate Benson (also a former Laker swimmer) is huge," Gulon said. "The DL coaches also give us what they want the kids to learn, so by the time they reach varsity age, they know what the expectations are, as well."
The Laker coaches, which includes boys' head coach Rian Heimark, have an influence on what the Sunfish swimmer learn, such as each coaches' philosophy and techniques as turning.
"I also get to pass on my information I learn from USA Swimming coaches clinics to the Sunfish coaches," McCarthy said. "We are in contact quite a bit and they know what areas we need to work on."
Another key aspect the Sunfish teaches their swimmers are versatility. They work on every stroke and have almost double the amount of events than high school meets have, which is 12 (including diving).
"The versatility comes from wanting kids to swim all strokes, as well as more opportunities to race during meets," Gulon said.
A swimmer during USA Swimming events can swim eight individual events in a two-day weekend meet, plus relays.
In high school, a swimmer can compete in only four of the 12 events per meet.
"A Sunfish swimmer will enter the high school program knowing how to swim all eight individual events," Gulon added. "And that's no matter if they competed for Sunfish or not."
That's proven by Syd Gulon's accomplishment of qualifying for all eight events for section already.
There isn't one specialized stroke Syd Gulon excels in, although she is considered one of the team's top sprinters, despite her also being one of the best in the 500-yard freestyle.
"It's amazing how much versatile we can be knowing all the strokes," Syd Gulon said. "Knowing every event makes a team stronger."
As for Sunfish still being a feeder program, the Laker girls will be having plenty of talent flowing in their pool in the next few years.
"Our third, fourth and fifth grade girls are strong in skill and numbers," Sam Gulon said. "Again, all are very versatile and capable of swimming any of the four strokes."
The boys' team has also been affected by the Sunfish program positively, as well, with several Sunfish championship swimmers coming up the ranks.
But as Gulon points out, competition isn't for everyone and learning the sport of swimming is good enough to go out for the Sunfish team. Athletes from other sports also go out to cross train, since swimming is one of the best aerobic training sports out there.
"If any kid likes water, they should give it a try," McCarthy included.
The fall session youth swim team school sign-up is approaching, which run from Oct. 28-Dec. 21. The winter session runs from Jan. 6-Feb. 20.
Practices are up to two days per week, Monday through Thursday, with the parents picking the days.
The Sunfish team season runs from Oct. 21-Feb. 20, with practices two to four days a week (parents pick the days) and price varies based on number of days per week.
Sign up at the DLCCC and register two weeks in advance prior to the start date to avoid a $10 late fee.


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As an example they could insert language in the appropriations bill such as:
None of these monies shall be spent to inventory or designate Wild Lands as defined in Secretarial Order 3310Language of that type would halt the program in its tracks.
Now let's see if the Republicans really want to overturn this snub at Congressional authority and attack on multiple use of federal lands.
Do they really want to remove the green shackles on the West or not?
Otherwise, their press releases and oversight hearings will just be political theater.
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how much gas and oil have they got Cpt
Just trying to work out how much to care
how much gas and oil have they got Cpt
Just trying to work out how much to care
See also Bangkok which is looking equally dodgy.
Coverage of both Venezuela and Thai riots is much lower in the UK, though.
I imagine that's a result of the European involvement with this one.
how much gas and oil have they got Cpt
Just trying to work out how much to care
Venezuela has one of the largest oil reserves in the world
I thought they were all commies in Venezuela?
I thought they were all commies in Venezuela?
Good, we should be able to start formulating an equation here:
(oil reserves/communism)x proximity to UK = newsworthiness
(oil reserves/communism)x proximity to UK = newsworthiness
Obviously from a UK point of view, in Spain Venezuela gets a fair amount of coverage.
(oil reserves/communism)x proximity to UK x (language + shared history) = newsworthiness
not just western ukraine
15:52: In Rivne, north-eastern Ukraine, the regional council has voted to strip the government-appointed regional administration of all its powers. "We have assumed responsibility for running Rivne Region," council chairman Mykhaylo Kyrylov says - UNIAN news agency via BBC Monitoring.
Yanukovych is starting to look like the guy who's farted in a lift
More on the decision of Kiev's acting mayor, Volodymyr Makeyenko, to leave President Yanukovych's Party of Regions: "I'm ready to do everything possible to stop fratricide and bloodshed in the heart of Ukraine, in Independence Square. Human life should have the highest value in our country and nothing can stand in the way of this principle," he said.
From Matt Frei (of channel 4 news) on twitter:
According to protest sources 100 killed today #Kiev. We personally counted 13 dead. But I can easily imagine more
We filmed protesters capturing a dozen riot police, frog marching them to the police HQ and the releasing them after a civics lecture
By cracking down on protests but failing to end occupation of #Maidan @janukovich has shot himself in both feet. Big backlash. The end?
Reports of government closing bridges to Kiev to stem flow of new arrivals. Meanwhile defecting governor of capital has opened Metro
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Yeah, once one knows about the er...'troubled history' between the Ukraine and other parts of the former USSR, it seems like it has all the potential to really kick off (i.e. Russia going in). I think it helps understand the current situation if one has some historical perspective on what's going on. IMO, a lot of the trouble in these former Soviet states and Balkans countries (and much of the Middle East) has roots in what happened during WW2. I think in the West, we have shorter memories than in other parts of the World.
I'm not sure how many people in the West are aware, but a lot of Ukrainians sided with the Nazis in WW2, and the atrocities carried out by Ukrainians on other Soviets and 'undesirables' was so extreme that it even shocked the SS soldiers (not too shocked to stop the s**ts filming it though!!) - I've seen some of the footage shot by the Nazis and it's so bad, I had to switch it off. Apparently, the Ukrainians who volunteered for the SS were so extreme that they were formed into 'special units' to eradicate any potential opposition to Nazi rule.
I don't know what Russians think of the Ukrainians now, but given their past record, I can't think there'd be much opposition to military intervention.
I feel very sorry for the ordinary folk who are inevitably going
to end up getting caught up in the fall-out from this trouble. Just goes to show how unresolved political issues can grow into ugly situations.
Thank you for caring enough to provide this 'history' of Ukraine, but I think either that you are Russian, or that you have simply taken this from 'The Kindly Ones'.
First of all, it is 'Ukraine', NOT 'The Ukraine'. To say 'the' is tantamount to calling Wales, 'The Welshy rump that belongs to England'. Plus, it has no legal significance, so is plain wrong on more than one level.
Next, the Ukrainian nationalists did indeed fight alongside the Germans when they invaded, as their hatred for the Soviets was greater. Frankly, Stalin's accomplishments in Ukraine alone - never mind the purges - make Hitler look cuddly. So Ukrainians had good reason to hate. There can be no question that they also succumbed to the horrific anti-semitism of the period, but again, this is closely linked with their (mistaken) belief that the Jews sided with the Bolsheviks.
Then again, Russia already is in. The Russians know no bounds to their imperialistic designs, and they see Ukraine as key to their status as an empire. Putin has been pulling Yanukovych's strings since before he was elected.
Finally, the East/West divide is hugely over-exaggerated. Even the people on Yanukovych's own 'turf', Dnipropetrovsk, have joined in by stopping the troop-carrying trains.
I will try to post some links later that give a more accurate picture of Ukraine and the issues involved here. In the meantime,
Слава Україна!
Re the C4 tweets, I hope it is the end and not the beginning.
Guardian reporting tweets of parliament pulling troops back.
Thank you for caring enough to provide this 'history' of Ukraine, but I think either that you are Russian, or that you have simply taken this from 'The Kindly Ones'.
To be fair to bowglie, my Grandfather was one of the nicest least prejudiced people you could ever meet, but even he described the Ukrainians of the time as utter savages. This coming from a man that spent time in concentration camps in Germany and Siberia and viewed the Germans (the "enemy") as just doing their job.
Ps. can we have Lvov back?
Opposition MPs celebrate the passing of a resolution urging the authorities to desist from shooting and withdraw police forces and the army from Kiev. Dozens of members of President Yanukovych's Party of the Regions also backed the resolution.
Some positive news at last at the end of a very grim day
Thank you for that, shermer75. You have genuinely made my night. I had not read that.
To be fair to bowglie, my Grandfather was one of the nicest least prejudiced people you could ever meet, but even he described the Ukrainians of the time as utter savages. This coming from a man that spent time in concentration camps in Germany and Siberia and viewed the Germans (the "enemy") as just doing their job.
It's funny how Poles, Latvians, Finns, Czechs, South Georgians, Ukrainians, Manchurian Chinese and Chechens all dislike Russians though isn't it?
well whod a thunk it Julia Tymoshenkos gonna be freed
and Yanukovich has fled, theyve even over run his private zoo?!!
The Ukraine - where will it all end?
It's a symptom of faux democracy, giving the population a vote, but actually having a political elite who decide things and follow a party line imposed from above.
Top down politics makes the population subjects of the state, rather than free citizens.
Now where else can I think off that is trying to get out of such an arrangement....?
yanukovichs disneyland
Was watching the news earlier, showed Julia Tymoshenkos in a car, being driven (back to Kiev?), and Yanukovitch posturing on TV, while the whole Ukraine parliament has deposed him as leader, and the public are being given tours around his swanky country mansion! Looks like, hopefully, the country may be able to stabilise, install a more democratic leader who's popular with the people as a whole, all without Putin sending the tanks in.
Although, I don't think even he'd be quite so stupid to pull a stunt like that these days.
Fingers crossed things calm down, it was getting very ugly.
And as for an earlier post, I've been perfectly aware of what's been going on in Thailand, I've seen and heard the news reports.
Not been aware of the problems in Venezuela, though; I thought their government was generally supported by the people. Maybe that's why the Argentine government has been fairly quiet recently, they're nervously watching what goes on in their own neighbourhood.
install a more democratic leader who's popular with the people as a whole
Is that even possible? As I understood it there is a pretty big internal split between the more EU looking 'Western' Ukrainians and the more Russian sympathetic Eastern ones.
I think there's a real worry that some of the right wing militia types that have been part of the uprising might cause trouble now
And as dodgy as yanukovich was a lot of people voted for him and aren't happy with tymoshenko and I don't see that Putin will just walk away
I bet that Assads also been made more nervous by all of this
Saying all that had a Facebook chat with Ukrainian ex colleague today as it's her birthday and she's absolutely extatic that yanukovich has gone
Overall Ukraine is better off with Russia than EU. At least huge Russian market is open for their produce plus energy special rates. Granted they have problems etc, but once power changes those very problems will come back. EU will not fix them nor they are interested. Its more like Ukraine open its market to EU, i struggle to see how will they compete with EU countries on markets.
Deffinately they will get tonnes of loans to buy Renault tractors, VAG cars, Danish pork, Spanish tomatoes, Irish beef etc etc ... to eventually finish and kill off their own industries. They will get juicy transit gas rates for some time, but one must remember those monies would disappear quickly in corruption circles plus Russia builds direct gas pipes underneath Baltic sea to Germany. Ordinary people property bills would triple if they start to pay EU energy prices instead of *mates rates*.
EU isn't financially strong to pull whole of Ukraine out of its own mess, nor do they really need. It looks more like they actually could capture more markets for their own benefit than help Ukrainians.
Very murky waters indeed, never mind posturing political stances.
I get the impression some of the locals are keen on independence
I think what Ukrainians want is an end to rule by corrupt oligarchs
They see that Poland was in a similar post Soviet state to them and they have moved toward the EU and the west as a result their economy and way of life has improved massively
The Ukraine has been stuck in the Russian way- a few very rich oligarchs hoarding the wealth (their cabinet if millionaires makes ours look like paupers and we are a far richer country) I know that their universities and research are hamstrung by post Soviet corruption and nepotism
For all the faults and woes of Europe the Ukrainians have tried the Russian way and it left them poor, crime ridden and oppressed
My only claim to fame my "friend" was once married to Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter...
"When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed. For there is often a monstrous incongruity between the hopes, however noble and tender, and the action which follows them. It is as if ivied maidens and garlanded youths were to herald the four horsemen of the apocalypse." - Eric Hoffer, The True Believer.
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to plumb my brim, release miasmal grease
that quavers off- loosening bow of viscid swill
like a mini oil spill
fronting every what-not way,
eelier than the Regenbogen, but as colorful;
a rain of ruby-red daphnia and bloodworms, followed by;
it fills my atmosphere like stringy hails-
my billows boil, my people swarm
in momentary frenzy
yet, have no alarm-
my waters will soon sleep, the fish retreat
vanish into the manifold corners of things.
And there's the brain-
at least, I call it that;
at least it's creased like one
with the requisite sulci and gyri
sitting a-squat the stream.
It musn't know it's actually a coral
it wouldn't be good for its ego, at all,
it wouldn't be good for its self-esteem,
sitting unbudging and bright like a pearl or a ping-pong ball.
'Round its borders graze spidery things
with eyes on stalks, angular and clear-
high-steppers, they've been here awhile
yet even I don't know their names-
you might miss them, if you blink
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text: I ran some longer trials, and noticed a further pattern I wish I could explain: I'm comparing the enumeration of the roughly 69 billion atomic lattices on six atoms, on my four core, 2.4 GHz Q6600 box running OS X, against an eight core, 2 x 3.16 Ghz Xeon X5460 box at my department running Linux. Note that my processor now costs $200 (it's the venerable "Dodge Dart" of quad core chips), while the pair of Xeon processors cost $2400. The Haskell code is straightforward; it uses bit fields and reverse search, but it doesn't take advantage of symmetry, so it must "touch" every lattice to complete the enumeration. Its memory footprint is insignificant. Never mind 7 cores, Linux performs worse before it runs out of cores. Comparing 1, 2, 3, 4 cores on each machine, look at "real" and "user" time in minutes, and the ratio: Linux 2 x 3.16 GHz Xeon X5460 1 2 3 4 466.7 250.8 183.7 149.3 466.4 479.0 505.2 528.1 1.00 1.91 2.75 3.54 OS X 2.4 GHx Q6600 1 2 3 4 676.9 359.4 246.7 191.4 673.4 673.7 675.9 674.8 0.99 1.87 2.74 3.53 These ratios match up like physical constants, or at least invariants of my Haskell implementation. However, the user time is constant on OS X, so these ratios reflect the actual parallel speedup on OS X. The user time climbs steadily on Linux, significantly diluting the parallel speedup on Linux. Somehow, whatever is going wrong in the interaction between Haskell and Linux is being captured in this increase in user time. I love how my cheap little box comes close to pulling even with a departmental compute server I can't afford, because of this difference in operating systems.


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"The thing that stands out to me is the breadth of the decline, ... I think if it were just one year or one of those numbers, it would be less consequential. What we're witnessing is a pullback from the death penalty across the country."
"Someone, either a judge or a jury, must determine beyond a reasonable doubt that government has proven an aggravating factor beyond guilt."
"What's needed is some growing evidence from the states that they want to ban executing minors. More state governors and legislatures have to weigh in. They need some momentum in the next year or two for the justices to say, now is the time to decide this."
"Mental health will increasingly be reviewed. I think governors sense it's permissible to make these kinds of decisions. The death penalty is being debated everywhere."
"These cases are not yet a trend of where things are going. The meatier issues are still unpredictable at this point."
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MANHATTAN — A Forest Hills woman was arrested last week on charges she took away an infant girl she was baby-sitting in Manhattan.
Beatriz Rios, 46, of 64-34 102nd St. in Forest Hills, was charged with unlawful imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child and failure to exercise control of a minor, police said.
Both Rios and 17-month-old Annabelle Ceria were declared missing Nov. 30 and last seen at the girl's Manhattan home around 9:30 a.m. by the girl's parents.
Later in the day, the girl was returned home in good condition, police said.
After an investigation, police charged Rios with the crimes.
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Breast cancer is the most common non-skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in North American women.
A mammogram is the only screening test shown to reduce breast cancer-related mortality.
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I'd like to invite readers to weigh in on how the White House is treating the Elena Kagan SCOTUS nomination. The words "weird" and "unenlightened" come to mind. In this day and age, why not just say it, one way or the other?
This story delves into the story with reaction of the LGBT community, which also thinks the Obama Administration position of "Just so you know, our Supreme Court nominee isn't gay!" seems more than a little backward.


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An attorney for Danroy Henry's family released the autopsy report Friday, along with toxicology results.
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We kicked off the countdown to Newton's birthday with his second law of motion, which is almost but not quite everything you need to understand and predict the motion of objects. The missing piece is today's equation:
This is the full and correct definition of momentum, good for any speed all the way up to the speed of light. Newton's second law tells us how the momentum changes in response to a force, but in order to use that to predict the future, you need to know what momentum is, and that's where this equation comes in.
(Wouldn't it make more sense to do this first, and the second law afterwards? Yes, but it's more thematically appropriate to start with one of Newton's laws. And, anyway, holidays don't need to make sense.)
So, why is this important? Mostly, the reason I just gave you– that you need a definition of momentum before you can use the second law to predict the future– but also because this equation brings together the two greatest titans of physics: Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.
Newton, of course, is the founder of physics as a mathematical science, and was the first person to recognize that momentum was an important quantity. But, through no fault of his own, Newton did not have the complete story: he thought that the momentum of an object was just its mass multiplied by its velocity.
The full definition, shown above, is a little more complicated, and includes that square root factor involving the speed of light. We have Einstein to thank for this version– not because he invented this out of whole cloth, because the relevant factor had previously been identified by Hendrik Lorentz, and is often referred to as the "Lorentz factor." Einstein was the one responsible for making a really convincing argument that this had to be the correct expression, though, and thus getting it accepted by the wider world of physics.
It's important to stress that Newton wasn't wrong, here. Newton's definition of momentum as mass times velocity is perfectly good for speeds that are slow compared to the speed of light. The Lorentz factor increases very slowly at low velocity– you need to be moving at something like 14% the speed of light (a bit more than 42,000,000 m/s, several thousand times the speed of the fastest man-made object) before the correct momentum differs from Newton's definition by more than 1%. In Newton's day, there was absolutely no way to work with objects at such high speeds, so there's no reason why he ever would've seen his error.
The advance of physics and technology over the couple of centuries between Newton and Einstein, and particularly the development of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism, forced physicists to think more carefully about the motion of objects. This process led to Einstein's theory of special relativity, and the third equation of our advent calendar.
This expression for momentum has been confirmed countless times, both in experiments that look for it directly– we sometimes do a lab in our junior-level lab course where students look at beta decay and measure a clear difference between the Newton and Einstein versions of momentum– and in experiments that involve it more indirectly. The Large Hadron Collider accelerates beams of protons up to 0.999999991 times the speed of light, and if they didn't use the relativistic expression above, they wouldn't be able to correctly predict the motion of their proton beams to collide them together. So we know that this is the right version.
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Ive been reading a recent journal and I came across 'Genealogical Monophyly. '
What is Genealogical Monophyly?
Im guess its something to do with tracing back ther most recent common ancestor and all of its descendents.
Can someone give me a more informative definition.
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well monophyletic means a group of organisms tracing from a single common ancestor. I think the geneological part is redundant.
An example of a monophylectic specie would be humans. That's why we are the only specie under the genus homo.
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Facing a left-handed pitcher is worse for Brittany Lastrapes than doing chores, going to the dentist or any of life's annoyances.
"It's, like, my least favorite thing to do in the whole world," she said. "I hate it."
Oklahoma left-hander Keilani Ricketts can make the experience more unpleasant.
"She's not my favorite pitcher to hit off of," Lastrapes said. "Or attempt to hit off of."
The Arizona Wildcats will need to find a way to hit Ricketts in the NCAA tournament super regional, if they hope to reach the Women's College World Series for the 23rd time in 24 years.
"I think a big part of this game," UA coach Mike Candrea said, "is being comfortable being uncomfortable."
If there is a theme to the best-of-three series, which starts tonight at 8:30 at Hillenbrand Stadium, it is exactly that.
The Wildcats (43-16) don't see left-handers often - about once every five at-bats. It becomes a direct threat to the No. 8 seed's traditional dominance when you consider that three of the UA's top four hitters are left-handed, as are four of its seven season-long regulars.
This year, Lastrapes has hit .456 off righties, but .189 against lefties.
Fellow lefties Lauren Schutzler, Stacie Chambers and Karissa Buchanan have fared better, though the sample size this season is limited to fewer than 40 at-bats.
The UA hits 35 points higher against right-handers, though it had success against Texas Tech's lefties during the regional round. In 26 plate appearances, the Wildcats had six hits, eight walks and six runs, and struck out only once.
Schutzler said Ricketts' speed and ability to throw inside "kinda limits my options" as a slap hitter. Ideally, Schutzler tries to chop a ball pitched toward the outside half of the plate.
"Hopefully, we're prepared," Schutzler said. "And we can make some adjustments, looking to put the ball in play."
The Sooners' 6-foot-2-inch single-season strikeout leader has faced the UA three times, twice this year.
Last season, she gave up four runs, one earned, in 6 2/3 innings while striking out eight and walking seven.
This year, she allowed a combined four hits and one earned run over six innings, striking out 13 in two Oklahoma (41-17) victories.
Ricketts will pitch to a new target - catcher Katie Norris, who had played first base, outfield and designated player before replacing cleanup hitter Jessica Schults, who is out with an illness.
"I have a good feeling about this," Buchanan said. "I'm really glad we've seen her twice already.
"Third time's the charm."
All week, Candrea has preached aggressiveness, but with a caveat.
Because Ricketts pitches to both corners of the plate - if not off it - Candrea said his hitters have to use "a little element of guess, or of anticipation" before the pitch. He told his hitters to try to drive pitches, even if they're a bit off the plate. Putting the ball in play will be key, Candrea said, because teams with strikeout pitchers "tend to not get challenged a lot defensively."
Ricketts has struck out 423 and has walked only 74.
"She (throws) 70 mph, and she's going to nibble," Candrea said. "If she gets a wide zone, she's going to be very tough to hit against."
The Wildcats will counter with Kenzie Fowler, who allowed only two runs during three regional wins.
The Wildcats' aggregate score of 28-2 was the most lopsided among all regionals. The UA doesn't expect a repeat.
"We're not going to shut them out," Schutzler said. "We're not going to score 10 runs."
Hitting against Ricketts might be a chore. But the Wildcats won't mind the discomfort if it leads to a win.
"I feel like we can't have it any better than we have it right now," Candrea said. "The scene's set. It's just a matter of us taking advantage of it."
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The super regional won't be decided by pitching alone. Here are three factors to watch for:
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All-Big 12 player Jessica Schults, the Sooners' cleanup hitter, home run leader and everyday catcher, won't play this weekend because of what the team calls an illness.
Katie Norris, the team's designated player for most of the year, replaces her.
"I think (pitcher) Keilani (Ricketts) has really gotten comfortable with Katie," coach Patty Gasso said.
Home field
The UA has hosted super regional play in six of its seven years, winning 10 of 12 games and taking every series.
But Gasso's not intimidated by the venue or the heat.
"This is a team that loves to play in front of crowds, that enjoys working as the underdog," she said.
The UA's starting shortstop, between walk-on freshmen Alex Lavine and Ashlee Brawley, will be announced today.
Part of the fun of the playoffs, Candrea said, is finding an unexpected contributor.
"We've always had, kind of, new heroes every postseason," he said.
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• What: NCAA super regional
• Who: Arizona vs. Oklahoma
• Where: Hillenbrand Stadium
• TV: Today at 8:30 p.m., ESPNU; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., if necessary, ESPN
• Who: Oklahoma at Arizona, Game 1
• When: 8:30 p.m. on ESPNU
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REGINA -- As a Winnipeg-raised football player, Markus Howell has witnessed the best Saskatchewan Roughriders fans offer in terms of hyping a rivalry.
In five years with the Blue Bombers, the Labour Day game at Taylor Field was easily the highlight of the season for Howell because of the hostility the contest provided.
Now that the wide receiver is a member of the Calgary Stampeders, he appreciates how easy his new team has it in Regina, especially tonight (8 p.m., TSN).
"In 2003 and 2004, coach (Dave) Ritchie moved us to Moose Jaw because the 'Riders fans would find out where we were staying," Howell said.
"They had blowhorns and were running up and down the halls.
"They were chanting, 'Here we go 'Riders, here we go.' They were doing that at three in the morning. We couldn't get any sleep. We moved to Moose Jaw (30 minutes away) just to get a good night's rest."
Before he broke into the league with his hometown Bombers in 2000, Howell was a fan himself, loading a bunch of friends into a van with a cooler of beer and dressing up in Bombers gear.
The five-hour drive felt like a trip across town because of the fun and Howell still remembers the feeling going into the stadium wearing blue in a sea of green.
Peanuts, beer and various other things would get thrown their way.
"We would yell at the guys on the field and fight fans in the stands," Howell said.
"The Saskatchewan-Winnipeg rivalry is nasty.
"Obviously playing in Winnipeg, it just grew. There was nothing better than those games."
Once he became a member of the Blue Bombers, it wasn't hard for Howell to appreciate the support the fans from Winnipeg would spread.
"One year we were riding to Regina on the bus and all the Bombers fans went ahead of us and painted the road signs with blue and gold," Howell said.
"The whole trip, we saw blue and gold signs heading to the Regina. We couldn't read them. The Bombers logo would be on them."
Howell heads into Taylor Field tonight after catching the biggest pass of his career.
In the fourth quarter last week against B.C., Howell zipped down the sidelines for an 81-yard touchdown from backup quarterback Danny McManus.
He now feels better than ever about himself and will see plenty of action in place of the injured Ken-Yon Rambo.
If he gets another chance at a touchdown, he will appreciate the boos instead of the cheers he had last week at McMahon Stadium.
"It happened so quick," Howell said. "Pow and I'm off to the races.
"Hopefully we can do it again. We give all our receivers a chance by putting the ball up.
"Maybe Saskatchewan messed up on their film and didn't see it."


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Keselowski issues apology, winner Ragan accepts
Upon further review, reigning NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski takes back the accusation that Talladega Superspeedway winner David Ragan lined up in the wrong position for the final restart to win Sunday's race.
In a statement published on his website and through his personal Twitter feed, Keselowski said he learned he was out of line by going back to the tape to review Sunday's race.
"I owe David Ragan and his fans an apology," Keselowski wrote. "I placed blame on David Ragan for the restart lineup confusion when it wasn't his fault."
Ragan claimed his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory taking the green-white-checkered flag by coming from the outside -- and 10th position -- on the final restart of the race. Keselowski wanted that position but was placed ninth on the inside of the track. He immediately took to Twitter after the race, asking rhetorically, "I should be happy when think someone cheats the game and costs you a win?!?!"
Keselowski called Ragan before issuing the statement Tuesday. Ragan confirmed as much in a statement through Front Row Motorsports.
"Brad gave me a call earlier and I appreciated that. Everything's cool between us," said Ragan. "I was disappointed right after the race when I saw the comments he'd made, but it shows maturity on his part to re-evaluate the situation and make an apology. Now that he's got all the information, I'm glad we both see things the same way."


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CALGARY - The only injury issue Jarome Iginla was facing after Saturdays season opener was right there for all to see.
For much of the Calgary Flames 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the captain had a bandage just below his mouth for a nasty gash courtesy a high stick.
Just a follow through on a shot. Its not a penalty, Iginla said.
The scar which will be the end result isnt his first and wont be the last.
The good news on the injury front for Iginla was his sore back which kept him out of all of the pre-season games and most of training camp wasnt an issue in the curtain raiser.
Considering the disappointment of dropping Game 1 of the season, its about the lone positive he could take out of the night.
It was good. I didnt think about it once, said Iginla, whose back issues which cropped up during the first practice of training camp was a definite source of concern among Flames Nation.
However, Iginla wasnt dancing for joy about feeling no ill affects in his first action of the fall season.
Not only was the defeat a point of contention especially how the Flames were so strong in the first and third periods but looked like a bottom-feeder squad, while the Penguins, who were without superstar Sidney Crosby, netted four goals to take an insurmountable lead but so was Iginlas play.
The Flames franchises all-time leading scorer had high hopes missing so much time leading up to the opener wouldnt have a great impact, but it did.
I didnt feel very good. I wasnt very good, Iginla said. At certain points (I played well), but overall, I wasnt very good.
Ill just get back to work in practice and look to be better next game.
The numbers bear it out, too.
Iginla, who has career goal No. 500 in his sights and will likey surpass many former greats on the NHLs all-time goals and points list this season, had no shots on goal against the Penguins along with a minus-2 rating.
I thought Jarome was fine for not having played, head coach Brent Sutter said. Hes had two days on the ice practising with us. His game will get better and better as we go on here.
Whether Iginla will be on-track as quickly as Mondays afternoon affair in St. Louis against the Blues remains to be seen. It may take a little longer, possibly through the whole first road trip of the season, which includes stops Thursday in Montreal and Saturday in Toronto.
The issue, Iginla said was simple.
Timing, definitely, he said. Its getting used to going at that speed again. You dont have as much time (to make plays). In the summer, you always have time and you can do things, but all of a sudden its a fast game.
I wasnt putting things together or getting my feet moving. I wasnt as quick.
It wasnt my back at all. It was a timing thing, how quickly things happen, and getting up to that pace.
A game against the Penguins with just a handful of practices under the belt is hardly a fair test.
Pittsburghs squad may be known for star talents in Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, bit its a team filled with speedsters and puck-movers who can dictate a game with finesse and a quick transition game.
I think it could have been the slowest team in the league, and it would have been the same, Iginla said. It wasnt computing that fast.
As fit as Iginla is, his conditioning was a factor. Not from a lack of effort, but a product of all the downtime needed for his back issues to disappear.
Ill keep working on that, too, because there is a difference. I dont expect it to take long, he said. I can be a lot better than I was. I plan on it.


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FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke: Football Should Be China's Top Priority
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said that "football should be China's priority in sports now," according to XINHUA. Valcke said, "You had best basketball players in NBA. You can have good team sports, then football should be your first target now." Despite a debacle in the semifinals to Bayern Munich "which cast a little shadow on Guangzhou Evergrande's African journey, the debut of a Chinese club at the world stage ignited the passion of millions of football fans." Valcke said that "with the improvement of the professional club, it is the right time and right mood for Chinese football to come back to the world's stage." Valcke: "If you think about the quality and value of Chinese national team, it's a long time that they haven't played at the highest level. China should come back into football." Though Marcello Lippi's side was defeated 3-0 by the reigning European champions, Valcke disagreed with the critics' "poor-performance" comment on Guangzhou and believed the Chinese club proved that it deserved to be there. Valcke: "They are the champions of Asia, which is not a continent of ten countries. There are a number of teams playing in Asian champions league. It's not a poor performance. But you were playing against one of the best teams in the world. It maybe look like a training game for Bayern, but it's not such an easy game" (XINHUA, 12/21).
FIFPro Has Sights Set On Reforming Football's Transfer Market
FIFPro's "growing influence has them in bullish mood," and now they have "their sights set on reforming soccer's transfer market," according to Graham Ruthven of SPORTS ON EARTH. FIFPro plans "to mount a legal challenge against the sport's current transfer market, claiming that players are 'shackled' to their clubs under the existing system." The specifics of the proposed reformation "are unknown at this point, but a successful challenge would trigger a revolution in the way players are bought and sold between clubs." One potential result "could be an increase in the number of free transfers, something that would give players significantly more freedom." At the center of FIFPro's challenge "is the fundamental conviction that the current market is at odds with European Union policy." Do teams "really have a right to buy and sell players (essentially workers) in the first place?" The EU "recognizes that sport is a special case when it comes to comparisons with other industries but more can certainly be done to safeguard the rights of players." FIFPro President Philippe Piat said, "Football players are workers and only when they are able to enjoy the rights enshrined in law and enjoyed by all other workers will FIFPro be satisfied." Piat "has made clear that he sees the reformation of the transfer market as his priority because of the many problems soccer faces with the system" (SPORTS ON EARTH, 12/22).
Football Notes: Scudamore Calls For Blanket Ban On Players Involved In Match-Fixing
EPL CEO Richard Scudamore "has called for a blanket ban on players betting on football markets to be introduced as the game's integrity comes under scrutiny amid investigations into allegations of match-fixing around the world." Scudamore: "If a person is involved in football they shouldn't be allowed to bet on football -- the time has come for that to happen. This debate went around about two years ago and we introduced through the FA rules that mean you cannot bet on any competition that you're involved in" (LONDON TIMES, 12/22). ... Ethiopian police "have arrested five more people suspected of plotting suicide bombings during Ethiopia's World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria in October." The planned attack "failed when two Somali suicide bombers accidentally blew themselves up" a few kilometers from Addis Ababa Stadium, where football fans were gathering (REUTERS, 12/19). ... The FA of Malaysia's disciplinary committee "imposed a life ban on five players and three team officials, including a kitman from the Kuala Lumpur Premier League football squad for match fixing scandals this season" (THE STAR, 12/21).


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Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties is asking the public to help provide turkeys for local pantries and soup kitchens that depend on the food bank to provide their clients with a traditional Thanksgiving meal.
This year's goal is 12,000 turkeys and Second Harvest still needs nearly 6,000 more to fill its great need.
Turkeys can be brought to Second Harvest's Bing Center, 1051 Bing Street, in San Carlos until 5 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. They can also be dropped off at Second Harvest's Curtner Center dock, 750 Curtner Ave., in San Jose until 6 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
"We need to meet our turkey goal so that families who want a turkey this holiday season can get one," CEO Kathy Jackson wrote in an email. "We are also looking for cash donations because the families and individuals we serve will continue to need food after the holidays are over.
"With our purchasing power, Second Harvest can turn one dollar into two nutritious meals. A monetary donation will help us feed people all year long."
Second Harvest Food Bank's Holiday Food and Fund Drive goal this year is $12.4 million and two million pounds of food, which is a critical goal for the food bank because it raises nearly half of its annual revenues during the holiday season. Second Harvest provides food to nearly 250,000 people in need in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties every month.
To make a donation or learn more about holiday hours, visit: www.SHFB.org or call 866-234-3663.
Music at Kohl Mansion to hold family concert
Music at Kohl Mansion is inviting people of all ages to a Family Concert featuring VNote Ensemble at 3 p.m. Saturday at San Mateo Public Library, 55 W. 3rd Ave., in San Mateo. Admission is free and first-come. No tickets are required.
The VNote Ensemble, which highlights the beauty of Venezuelan music, is noted for its spirited performances and blending of Latin and folk rhythms with jazz.
Following the one-hour concert, a Meet-the-Artists will be held in the Oak Room at the library.
For more details, visit www.musicatkohl.org, call 650-762-1130 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
League of Women Voters to hold general meeting
The League of Women Voters of North and Central San Mateo County welcomes the public to its general membership meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Chetcuti Room, Library Plaza, 450 Poplar Ave., in Millbrae.
A panel — Dr. Richard Slavin, CEO, Palo Alto Medical Foundation; Alana Paull, legislative aide to Congresswoman Jackie Speier; Nicole Fernandez, legislative aide to Assemblyman Jerry Hill; and Paul Fearer, board member, California Health Benefits Exchange — will discuss "Healthcare Update: Implementing the Affordable Health Care Act in California, Prospects and Problems."
"The new state-based health insurance exchanges, established under the Affordable Care Act, are where individuals, families and small businesses will be able to buy affordable private health insurance starting in 2014," the League of Women Voters chapter President Jackie Jacobberger wrote in an email.
"The panel will tackle questions such as how the delivery, benefits and costs will change in health insurance and what changes to Medicaid and Medicare can be predicted. For inquiries, call 650-342-5853 or visit www.ncsmc.cal.lwvnet.org.
Peninsula Volunteers Little House to hold Thanksgiving dinner
Peninsula Volunteers Little House is presenting a sit-down, home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner for families and friends to enjoy from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday at the cozy Little House Café, 800 Middle Ave., in Menlo Park.
The menu will feature roast turkey, salad, peas, mashed potatoes, yams, whole-wheat roll, and pumpkin pie.
A vegetarian meal featuring seitan turkey with wild mushrooms and the other goodies listed above can be prepared with advance request.
Non-refundable tickets ($9 per person, which includes beverages) must be purchased in advance by Tuesday. For tickets, make check payable to Little House and mail to Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park, Calif., 94025 or call 650-326-2025, ext. 222.
Peninsula Volunteers Little House is an activity center that provides educational programs and classes to all members of the community, regardless of age.
Peninsula Volunteers Inc., a pioneer in senior services since 1949, was the first volunteer organization to earn a HUD grant to develop and build low-income senior housing in the United States.
Catholic Worker Hospitality House seeks donations for Thanksgiving Dinner
Catholic Worker Hospitality House is seeking donations for its traditional Thanksgiving dinner, which will be served to those in need between noon and 2 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. Guests are also welcome.
Cooked and carved turkeys, mashed potatoes or stuffing, and vegetable dishes are requested for 10 people. Pies, cakes, cookies, apple cider, milk, or money to cover other expenses are also appreciated.
To donate, call Director Peter Stiehler at 650-827-0706 in advance so he can plan accordingly. Food is to be brought between 10 a.m. and noon Thursday to the dining room at St. Bruno's Church, 555 W. San Bruno Ave., in San Bruno.
Also drastically needed are basic food supplies that are used daily: any food donations, but especially canned soup and fruit, oatmeal, pasta, coffee, and creamer.
Hillsdale Shopping Center to hold warm coat drive
Hillsdale Shopping Center is hosting its annual One Warm Coat drive for Samaritan House in San Mateo from Nov. 23 through Dec. 14 to help those less fortunate keep warm this holiday season. Community members are urged to open their closets and hearts to make sure no local resident will go without a coat this winter.
Clean, gently used coats and jackets, including raincoats, puffer jackets, and pea coats of all shapes and sizes, may be brought to the shopping center's Customer Service Center (next to Kay Jewelers) at 60 31st Ave. in San Mateo during mall hours. Samaritan House will distribute all donated coats free to those in need.
One Warm Coat is a national community service effort. Last year, more than 300,000 coats were distributed. Drop off stations are located throughout the country. Visit www.OneWarmCoat.org for more details.
Toiletries (razors, toothpaste, shampoos, and shaving cream, for example) and new or gently used towels will also be collected in specially marked bins at the Customer Service Center to benefit the Samaritan House Safe Harbor Shelter in South San Francisco.
Samaritan House, a nonprofit health and service agency, has strived to meet the needs of our low-income neighbors in San Mateo County for 38 years. More than 3,000 volunteers and in-kind donations help provide for more than 12,000 individuals each year through Samaritan House programs that include nutrition, medical care, case management, counseling, holiday assistance, and more. To learn more about Samaritan House, visit www.samaritanhouse.com.
In addition, the shopping center is partnering with the San Mateo Firefighters for the 34th annual Toys for Tots Drive from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 1 through Dec. 23.
Toy donations, both new and gently used, will be accepted at the Toy Drive Outpost on the lower level (in front of LEGO). Firefighters will be on site to collect the toys that will be sorted, repaired and distributed to families in need.
Donations can also be brought to all fire stations in San Mateo County beginning Thanksgiving Day.
For questions, visit www.hillsdale.com or call 650-345-8222.
Wreaths Across America to honor veterans, active military personnel
On Dec. 15, Wreaths Across America — whose mission is to Remember, Honor, Teach — will honor all veterans and active military at veterans cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond by placing fresh evergreen wreaths on the headstones of veterans.
Learn more about this event and its purpose; buy a wreath; make a contribution to Wreaths Across America; or locate other organizations selling the wreaths by visiting www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
Wreaths can also be bought by visiting the website of the Avenue of Flags Committee in support of Golden Gate National Cemetery www.avenueofflagscommittee.ggnc.org, which also includes more details.
The deadline to order wreaths is Nov. 26.
Volunteers are also welcome to help place the wreaths.
This is a wonderful chance to remember our fallen heroes, honor those who serve, and teach children about the sacrifices made by veterans and their families to keep our freedom.
Sustainable San Mateo County invites photo contestants
Sustainable San Mateo County, which works to improve the long-term health of our county's economy, environment and social equity, is inviting the public to participate in its 2013 Cover Photo Contest.
The photos should depict any of the following areas:
Up to three winners will have their photo or photos on the cover of the 2013 Indicators Report and will receive two tickets each to the annual Awards Dinner on March 21. Runners-up will have their photo featured inside the Indicators Report or on the Sustainable San Mateo County website.
For the official rules and entry form, visit www.sustainablesanmateo.org and click on Indicators Project. The submission deadline is Dec. 15, 2012, and winners will be notified by email by Feb. 1. The submitted photo should be no larger than 2MB and taken in San Mateo County by the entrant; however, winners may be requested to provide higher-resolution pictures for production purposes.
Peninsula Family Service auxiliary kicks off holiday fundraiser
The Foothill Auxiliary to Peninsula Family Service kicked off its 15th annual Holidays on a High Note home entertaining fundraiser on Oct. 15 at the Menlo Circus Club in Atherton.
The luncheon benefit — themed HOLIDAY RED: Unexpected Tableaus with the Season's Favorite Hue — was attended by 235 people who had an opportunity to bid on more than 25 lovely and unique holiday table settings and festive floral displays donated by some of the Bay Area's best designers. A boutique marketplace also invited holiday shopping.
Talmage McLaurin, noted floral designer, publisher of Florists' Review, and author, gave a lecture demonstration and then his one-of-a-kind arrangements were auctioned to the highest bidder.
He also held a sale and signing for his latest book, "FLOWER STYLING: Inspiring and Inventive Ways to Celebrate Nature."
All proceeds from the ticket sales, silent auction, and 20 percent of the boutique sales benefited Peninsula Family Service, which helps nearly 20,000 men, women and children a year.
A Fund-a-Need was also held to benefit the diverse clients at the Fair Oaks Adult Activity Center, which offers low-impact physical fitness classes, art activities, free meals and social opportunities for older adults.
"Many older adult suffer from isolation, which can lead to depression," said Judy Swanson, president of the Peninsula Family Service board of directors. "If you can't get out of the house, we have a program that provides transportation, which will bring you to Fair Oaks in Redwood City. (Call 650-780-7525.) "We serve breakfast and lunches five days a week and have education, computer, exercise, and fitness classes as well as clubs and preventative health screenings. For some clients, the meals provided at Fair Oaks are the only nutritious food they have during the day due to a very limited income and/or being able to get out for groceries."
"For more than 60 years, Peninsula Family Service has been transforming lives through innovative community service programs for children, families, and older adults," wrote Foothill Auxiliary president and event chairwoman Kris Forbes in the program. "The philosophy of Peninsula Family Service is to provide a 'hand up,' not a handout, regardless of ability to pay." To donate to or to learn more about Peninsula Family Service, call 650-403-4300 or visit: www.peninsulafamilyservice.org.
If interested in joining the Foothill Auxiliary, email Sally Karlin, membership chairwoman, at email@example.com.
Menlo Park 8-year-old wins Sam's Chowder House drawing contest
Malone Lohmann of Menlo Park, an 8-year-old student at Oak Knoll Elementary School, is the grand prize winner of the first Kids Menu Drawing Contest held recently by Sam's Chowder House in Half Moon Bay for children ages 12 and younger.
The children were invited to draw "Sam's Chowder House-themed Pumpkin." The two runners-up were Tamara Suradanar Kyaw of Daly City, an 11-year-old student at Thomas Edison Elementary School, and Sky Shapero.
Malone received a $25 gift certificate for use in the restaurant or gift shop and a kid's ice cream sundae. He has also had his winning drawing published on the back of the kids' menu during November and December for all kids to color, and included in Sam's monthly community newsletter that is sent to more than 12,000 people.
The runners-up each were given a kid's ice cream sundae and also are featured on the kids' menu for November and December for children to color.
The top 25 submissions were uploaded to Sam's Facebook page where Sam's fans were invited to vote and the entry that received the most "like" votes won.
If you have any news tips about our county communities, call or fax Carolyn Livengood at 650-355-5533 or e-mail her at email@example.com.


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Banking is growing increasingly automated with the advent of self-service channels like the ATM, Internet and mobile. While the increasing popularity and cost benefits of self-service channels is undeniable, the personalized touch that a branch promises still makes it the channel of choice among consumers. In fact, this critical component in the banking ecosystem is used most often by about a third of banking customers. Decision makers at banks are constantly driven to reduce costs of operation and transactions, without diluting the customer experience. The challenge that banks must hurdle is to streamline the self-service channel, while still providing the reassurance of human touch.


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BRASILIA, March 14 (Reuters) - GP Investments Ltd , Latin America's largest private equity firm, set a price of 10 reais per share for its offer to buyout up to 70 percent of Brazilian real estate company BR Properties , GP said in a statement late on Sunday.
GP Investments made on Dec. 11 a 1.87 billion-real ($470 million) offer for a controlling stake in BR Properties, in which Brazilian bank BTG Pactual is a leading shareholder.
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