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Local businesses won't get special treatment in Windham
WINDHAM — A policy that would have made it mandatory for the town to give preference to local businesses that bid on town projects was rejected by the Windham Board of Selectmen this week.
Though board members and town officials overwhelmingly agreed on the importance of supporting area vendors, a proposal to require the town to award projects to any local business that comes within 5 percent of the lowest project bid was ultimately shot down on Monday.
Other changes to the town's purchasing policy were approved, however.
Under the revised policy, only purchases over $15,000 would require board and/or town administrator approval, Windham Town Administrator David Sullivan said. The current policy states that the town administrator and the board must authorize any municipal goods and services purchases between $2,500 and $7,500.
The previous practice of obtaining a minimum of three written bid proposals with pricing quotes would still stand.
Sullivan said further changes to the town's purchasing policy would be finalized during the board's next regular meeting later this month.
In recent months, a procurement committee consisting of Finance Director Dana Call, Police Chief Gerald Lewis, Highway Agent Jack McCartney, IT Director Eric DeLong and Transfer Station Manager David Poulson have been meeting regularly to closely examine the current purchasing policy and make changes as needed.
During Monday night's meeting, Poulson said he felt the revisions are necessary in order to streamline and simplify the overall process.
"When we put this committee together we believed we could purchase better and with more efficiency and more effectiveness," he told the board. "The system is not broken but it sure as heck can be improved."
"We're surely not trying to take away any of the board's authority," Sullivan added. "Because collectively, we are a team."
The town administrator said he drew the line, however, at making it mandatory to award bids to local merchants.
"What it comes down to is that we don't want to spend money for the same product we could get for a lower price," Sullivan said. "Besides that, I'm not even sure if such (a mandate) is legal."
"We've always encouraged local businesses," he added. "But when we flat out give preference this way, that's when we're getting into iffy territory."
The Windham Board of Selectmen will hold its next regular meeting on Monday, July 29, at 7 p.m. in the Community Development Room next door to Windham Town firstname.lastname@example.com


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Hanover's Grabill named top regional soccer coach
December 03. 2013 10:53PM
Hanover High boys' soccer coach Rob Grabill has been named the National Soccer Coaches Association Region 1 New England Large School Coach of the Year. Grabill is now one of eight finalists for the NSCAA National COY, which will be named in January.
Grabill was a New Hampshire Coach of the Year winner in 2007 and 2008, and a Region 1 COY winner in 2007.
Grabill has coached soccer at Hanover for 11 years, the last eight has head coach. As head coach he has won six state titles (five in Division II) and has compiled a 135-9-10 overall record.
The program joined the Division I ranks in 2012. Hanover lost to Central in the 2012 finals and beat Alvirne of Hudson for the 2013 championship last month. This year's team outscored its opponents 66-5 and posted 16 shutouts en route to a 19-0-1 season.
Under Grabill, Hanover has been awarded six NHIAA Sportsmanship Awards.
In 20 games this year, Hanover received one yellow card and will receive an NSCAA Silver Ethics Award for that distinction.
Grabill coached at Derryfield School from 1975-78 before jumping to the college ranks, where he compiled a 99-59-12 record in nine seasons with Southern New Hampshire University.
In his final two years with the Penmen, he led the program to its first two NCAA berths. In his final coaching season, he was named NCAA Division II Region 1 Coach of the Year.

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Of course, only if you accept the doctorine of original sin.
I was reading this article by Dawkins and realised this:
1. God makes man.
2. God makes tree of knowledge.
3. God puts them together.
4. God tells man not to eat from it.
5. Man is without knowledge and eats from it, creating original sin.
6. God feels ashamed for his retarded actions [edit: for putting Adam and Eve in a situation where they were sure to fuck up].
7. God incarnates into Jesus so that he could be punished for his retarded actions.
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The sin wasn't very original then - if it happened AFTER Adam and Eve f'ed up.
Up until point 5 - it makes sense to me. It could potentially happen.
Point 6 is a bit confusing considering I'm not sure God would feel ashamed because of this - After all - The choice was in the hands of Adam and Eve. But if they are without knowledge as point 5 suggests - they wouldn't know right from wrong - Which also implies they don't know it's wrong to disobey your Authority figure. So how can you justify blaming them for doing anything wrong - just because they were coerced by a talking serpent?
It's like a child who is still growing up - Clueless as to the ins and outs of reality - Absorbing everything they can - With a strong curiosity. Then one day mommie tells the child - Don't Eat this cookie - I'm not going to explain to you WHY - just listen to what I say - and Don't eat it.
Then she places in on the counter - in plain view of child - the delicious smell is filling the room.
Then your bigger sister comes along and says ... "Mommie said don't eat this cookie - but's it's ok - you can eat it - It's good for you - She has other cookies - plus the cookie will turn you into superman - it will give you really cool powers. Like knowledge of Good and Evil. "
Child eats the cookie because he trusts his sister.
Mommie: "Look what you've done!!!!!! You disobeyed me!!!!! I curse both of you!!! Now when you have children they will wretched balls of slime and no matter how much you Love them, they will still be horrible balls of slime!!! And you need to sacrifice your First borns to appease me, even though it won't help them to not be horrible filth balls!!!"
A quick issue with number 7. It's possible that this could have happened - But IMO there are possibly a few thousand other ways the Deity of the universe could have gone about this.
To know that other human beings actually believe this BS is always sobering .... which is why I try not to think about it when I'm drinking.
That's certainly one way to look at it!
Personally, when entertaining such thoughts, I've always been partial to the gnostic interpretation of the Garden of Eden. The being that poses as "God" in the monotheistic religions is actually the Demiurge, the blind/retarded offspring of Sophia/Wisdom. "God" wanted an ignorant creation wholly subservient to his will. Merely pretending to be omnipotent, but not actually possessing that quality, he does not have control over his creation. A higher force introduced the Tree of Knowledge into the equation, that the poor beings enslaved by this cruel master might open their eyes and see -- not by faith but by critical thinking and examination of the facts. The serpent, traditionally a symbol of wisdom, actually served the higher orders of wisdom and freed mankind from its slavery.
That man and woman would dare rebel against their cruel master enraged the Demiurge, who swore to cure his "creation" of the Original Sin -- free thought and, by extension, free will. Far from feeling ashamed, "God" decides on a series of plans, all contradictory. One of those plans involved incarnating and pretending to suffer and die to restore humanity to its ignorance, if they will but forgo critical thought and just believe. Another plan involved sending one of his agents to a man named Muhammad living in the desert. "God", of course, loves creating conflict because nothing appeals to his irrational nature like war and hatred. It's all in the Torah, Bible, and Quran.
I don't believe any of this, of course, but it's fun as a what-if. :) I will add, however, that if an honest search of knowledge is the key to escape from the cruel slavery of such a "God" then atheism, and a refusal to accept such a god in any of the forms he might take, would be the one path to salvation.
See? Heaven is for the atheists. Disbelieve and be saved! ;)
That's the beauty of religion -- it's all bullshit so you can introduce whatever nonsense you want so long as you don't make the mistake of buying into it or getting others to do so. ;-)
Sophia is conspicuously absent within the existence that surrounds us, yes. Gnosticism is a little more involved than I let on with my post, of course. Gnostics believe that the demiurge is not actually able to create life and so has to enslave sparks of life from some sort of higher source. That which is beyond the demiurge manifests itself as parts of the psyche. Sophia thus manifests itself whenever a being displays wisdom of any sort.
Alas, at the end of the day it is a much simpler and more rational explanation to hold that there is no God or demiurge lurking behind the scenes and that this is all there is. Still, I find it interesting food for thought in that it adds an additional burden of proof onto those that insist on arguing for the existence of God -- even if they were able to prove the existence of a divine being it would still be upon them to prove that such a being is actually benign and not, in fact, a demiurge.
Well, the stupid actually comes from the demiurge itself.
As Wikipedia puts it:
"One Gnostic mythos describes the declination of aspects of the divine into human form. Sophia (Greek: Σοφια, lit. "wisdom"), the Demiurge's mother and a partial aspect of the divine Pleroma or "Fullness," desired to create something apart from the divine totality, and without the receipt of divine assent. In this abortive act of separate creation, she gave birth to the monstrous Demiurge and, being
ashamed of her deed, wrapped him in a cloud and created a throne for him
within it. The Demiurge, isolated, did not behold his mother, nor
anyone else, and thus concluded that only he himself existed, being
ignorant of the superior levels of reality that were his birth-place.
The Demiurge, having stolen a portion of power from his mother, sets about a work of creation in unconscious imitation of the superior Pleromatic realm: He frames the seven heavens,
as well as all material and animal things, according to forms furnished
by his mother; working however blindly, and ignorant even of the
existence of the mother who is the source of all his energy. He is blind
to all that is spiritual, but he is king over the other two provinces.
The word dēmiourgos properly describes his relation to the material; he is the father of that which is animal like himself.[13]
Thus Sophia's power becomes enclosed within the material forms of humanity, themselves entrapped within the material universe: the goal of Gnostic movements was typically the awakening of this spark, which
permitted a return by the subject to the superior, non-material
realities which were its primal source.
I should add that I'm no expert in gnosticism by any stretch but I've always considered it an interesting interpretation of religious stories and phenomena throughout the world. The Church certainly considered it worth persecuting to the fullest of its powers, to say the least...
So people are meat puppets with some basic built in commands that just stand around until Sophia or the Demiurge influence them to do something wise or stupid? That's the antithesis of free will.
Still, more interesting then regular Christianity.
Hey, I never said that it doesn't ultimately boil down to nonsense. I'm not a gnostic. I'm not entirely explaining it right, though, if I've given you the impression that people are seen as meat puppets. It's actually quite a bit more convoluted than that, as tends to be the case. ;-)
Still, it does a much better job explaining the religious data found in the Bible and the Quran than actual Christianity and Islam do. Such a being, if he truly existed, would be much better understood as a malevolent, ignorant, lying demiurge than as a benevolent, omniscient, omnipotent God.
The Bible is full of sex talk, so this also sounds plausible.


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Columbus Crew Head Coach Robert Warzycha
Overall thoughts on the match:
Giving up two goals in the second half I think we responded pretty quickly and that was the key. Giving up two goals like that in the second half is not something we usually do, but it was a very important game for us and for Philadelphia obviously. We knew a loss for them would have been the end of the playoffs,and sometimes there are games like this. It was a battle on the field. In the end I'm happy that we scored the last goal.
On conceding two second half goals:
The first [Philadelphia] goal was a penalty and obviously there was a good through ball. The second goal was deflection that went off of one of the players and the ball went somewhere where Andy [Gruenebaum] couldn't go. We have to be aware of the players in the box and we need to do a better job.
On Jairo Arrieta's two-goal performance:
Yeah, I think he was very effective. He scored two goals in the first half and had another chance in the second half. We debated whether or not to take him off. He was limping more and more and we had fresh guys on the bench, so we decided to put them on the field.
On Josh Williams' attacking play on the third goal:
I think it's natural for players to go forward. We don't stop them from doing it. On the last play I think we were desperate, because we needed to push forward as far as we could. We had to push for the goal, we only had four minutes, and we didn't know there were going to be six minutes of extra time. I'm happy that [Josh Williams] went forward. That's not something we designed for the game. If there is space to move forward, we ask for the defender to do that every single time.
On whether or not the third goal was offside:
I'm not an official, so I don't know how tough it is. I'll take [the goal].
Columbus Crew Forward Jairo Arrieta
Overall thoughts on the match:
It was going to be a tough game. We knew that coming in. We worked hard and went up 2-0, and after that we made some mistakes and [Philadelphia] tied the game. We kept working hard and we didn't give up. We scored the winning goal and in the end we stuck by each other.
On scoring the Crew's first two goals:
It's important for me to score goals because that's my job, but it's more important for the team to win. It's not worth it for me to score goals if the team loses. It's important that I help the team reach the goals we have set for the season, and tonight I was able to do that.
Columbus Crew Midfielder Milovan Mirosevic
On scoring the match-winning goal:
I don't know if I was offside or not, but I just found the ball at my foot and I tried to score. All I saw was that ball coming at my foot and I knew I had to be ready, and fortunately I was.
On what the winning goal meant:
It was a relief to be honest, because it's very annoying to have two goals and to be winning and then give that up. We only had a few minutes to score again, so it was a huge relief to get the win we needed.
Crew Goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum
On the Crew's playoff chances after the win:
We're not going to be safe and secure until we take care of our business each and every game and control our own destiny. We took a big step tonight. Obviously, giving up two goals to tie the game isn't acceptable at home, and we're going to have to work that out. A win is a win, and we'll take it and we'll move on.
On his assist to Jairo Arrieta:
I just saw the forward approaching and I knew I was going to have to drill it long. I was going to kick out wide, but then I saw Jairo one-on-one and just kind of got lucky with the way it bounced. He fended them off real well and it was a clean finish.
Union Head Coach John Hackworth
General thoughts on the game:
I'm very disappointed at the end result. We played well in the first half. We absorbed a lot of pressure in the first 15-20 minutes. I thought we established a little bit of control as the first half went on and had a big let up in the last couple of minutes. That was very unfortunate, because we didn't feel we should be going down 2-0 into halftime. That being said, the guys came out and really went after it in the second half, pushed the game to the point where we were maybe leaving ourselves a little bit vulnerable in the back. My hat's off to [the Crew], but I'm very proud of the effort of my team because they certainly did everything to try to get us level , and we got there. Then to have [Mirosevic's late winner] not called offside-- I just watched it a couple of times-- I'm amazed. I don't know what to say. It's not even close. It's a heartbreaker that way, for us to fight that hard and be that brave, then lose that way. We've been on the bad end of a lot of that this season. It's frustrating.
On the team's direction for the remainder of the season:
We've just got to keep performing well. We somehow continue to outplay our opponents in certain parts of the game, but we're still making too many little mistakes. We've got to clean that up. We've got to continue to improve and build toward next year. Obviously, we're out of [the MLS Cup Playoffs race] at this point. We have a tough couple of games, the next five games coming up. We're just trying to make sure that we do the same things we have been and hopefully build some momentum going into next year.
Union Midfielder Brian Carroll
General thoughts on the loss:
It's unfortunate to go down 2-0 at half with the way we were playing, but we battled back. We showed some spirit and everything was looking positive there for a little bit. We switched off for a minute and that's what can happen. It;s just something that has happened a couple of times now. It's something we have to continue to learn from and grow from. Credit to the guys for fighting back for everything. I guess it's just unfortunate to finish it off better.
On the second half turnaround:
I think it was really just the whole game: keeping possession, getting in good spots, moving the ball around. We just finally started creating some opportunities a little bit in a little bit bigger holes. The guys did a good job drawing a PK, Jack [McInerney] getting into dangerous spots. It just started to open up for us. We finished those chances that we were creating in the first half. It's unlucky, unfortunate. It feels just as bad.
Union Forward Jack McInerney
On his equalizer:
It just shows what kind of team we have. We're not in the playoffs, we're 2-0 down, and we fought back like that. Then we give up a soft goal. It's a little disappointing.
On the team's focus for the rest of the season:
I think we have to progress for next year, get better. We've got a lot of players that can play different positions and I think we can find a team that can put a win out there every night.


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Like we do every three months, we trucked out to Hopkins to see the endocrinologist Wednesday. I think Jack's starting to like going, and me too, because I try to set the appointment around lunch time and then we get to have a private lunch, just Jack and me. I probably should insist he pick a healthier place to eat, other than McDonalds, but it's what he picks every time...except today! First surprise--Subway for lunch! (Thank you Jack!)
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This morning I got another call from the Nurse's Office as I was desperately trying to log in an hour on the Stairmaster. As I picked up I heard Jack who said, "Mom. My number is over 400 and I have a trace of keytones."
Hmmmm. If I panic, I may fall off this dumb machine, so I say, "Did you remember to pump your toast?"
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I would bet that for those of you reading this, you would agree that teaching children to be responsible can be difficult. In fact, sometimes 'teaching moments' present themselves and you have to capitalize on them. Like the time when I drove all the way to Lakeville (from Victoria) to Jack's soccer game only to hear, as I get out of the car, "Mom! I forgot my cleats!" And I must confess, my first reaction was to turn around and drive all the way home to get those cleats because otherwise I…Continue
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When a time revolts against eternity, the only thing to set against it is genuine eternity itself, and not some other time which has already roused, and not without reason, a violent reaction against itself.
Thank you. I had checked there as well. The closest parish is the Antiochian mission that is 1.5 hours away. While this may be good for visiting when there is the extra travel cash in the budget, it would be very difficult to make this trip on a regular basis (which would be needed if we were to begin the conversion process).
Take a breath, read Ecclesiastes 1:9.
@lubeltri Yes! They've been really wonderful actually, and my family and I have begun RCIA to be brought into the Church this Easter. I love Orthodoxy, but I will not stay in protestantism just because they fail to bring it to us here in the mountains. I tend to agree with the statement that the East and West are the lungs of the One, True Church...and I will be where I may be for the glory of God.
Quote from: blessedbeggar on November 29, 2010, 01:48:36 PM@lubeltri Yes! They've been really wonderful actually, and my family and I have begun RCIA to be brought into the Church this Easter. I love Orthodoxy, but I will not stay in protestantism just because they fail to bring it to us here in the mountains. I tend to agree with the statement that the East and West are the lungs of the One, True Church...and I will be where I may be for the glory of God.If you believe that "east and west lungs" branch theory stuff, then you should continue your RCIA in the Catholic Church and stay there, because the Orthodox Church believes that there is ONLY the ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH. It cannot be divided. If you become Catholic, you will not be just one short of Orthodox, but you will still not be Orthodox.
Quote from: blessedbeggar on November 29, 2010, 01:48:36 PM@lubeltri Yes! They've been really wonderful actually, and my family and I have begun RCIA to be brought into the Church this Easter. I love Orthodoxy, but I will not stay in protestantism just because they fail to bring it to us here in the mountains. I tend to agree with the statement that the East and West are the lungs of the One, True Church...and I will be where I may be for the glory of God.I agree with scamandrius that if you really feel this way, then you should not be Orthodox. I have my love of and sympathies for Roman Catholicism, but at the end of the day I reject the Filioque clause and Papal Infallibility. Most other things I could probably deal with in some way. But I don't want to have to "deal with" things, I want to grow in the faith.I even hope that the Roman Catholics have "valid" sacraments, and that we are united in some spiritual sense, but I do not see the purity and continuity at present in the RCC with the ancient church, namely ecclesiology, sentimentality in devotions, and the alteration of the Symbol of the Faith.That being said, I totally get your situation. You live in the real world and you probably need to be around a community to grow and learn. Not everyone can drive for the Eucharist once a month and then live off of Holy Scripture and books. So you have my sympathies, because I don't know if I could have come into Orthodoxy long-distance. Now that I'm in, I'll never go back even if I move to a remote area, but this is different than doing so from the start. We're not all wilderness ascetics. May God guide your steps.Have you ever actually attended an Orthodox service with your wife, or is this all hypothetical and abstract at this point?
Sir....to be perfectly honest, I find your response unhelpful, hurtful, and rude. This coming from someone who's own website states that it is "intended to spur discussion, civil discussion, about Orthodoxy and perhaps those inquiring into the faith may find something here." There is nothing "civil" about your response. If you read any of my posts including the above, you would know that I would very much love to join Orthodoxy, but seeing that no Archdiocese has seen fit to bring any form whatsoever of evangelism to us here in the mountains; it seems that we have little choice. Was it not said from the lips of our Lord Jesus,"19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. " (Matthew 28 19-20) Nowhere do I see petty jurisdictional squabbles as being a reason to not "Go," nor do I think that the Appalachians are "the end of the world." Therefore, I think its safe to assume that my Lord and Saviour would rather that we here be brought also the fullness of Faith found in the Orthodox Church....and if it is unwilling to come to us, perhaps we will have to worship Him in the "lesser" Church. Furthermore, Christ also said at the beginning of His passion that even the rocks would cry out praises if the people did not, and if you aren't willing to speak for Christ's Church in love, then perhaps you should practice silence for His sake. Also, and this is my final quip for you sir....just because Balaam's ass was given a word to speak from God...doesn't mean that you have. To all others, thank you for the responses so far, and God bless you.
Thank you Benjamen, I have already been in contact with Father Justin for a short while. To answer your question, I live in Harlan. Just an hour from your home town. The issue is that I am unsure of how many others there are here that would assist with establishing an Orthodox Mission; outside of my family and a few more. I realize now how whiny this thread truly is, but please believe me that it is out of frustration...please pray for me a sinner.
Dear Blessed Beggar,This was my situation. When I first became convinced of Orthodoxy I lived in Micronesia on a small island. The nearest Orthodox Church was over 1600 miles away...and no transoceanic highways to make a Sunday commute. I had some conversations with a priest back in the states once when I was home on vacation. He was (and is) a very gracious priest. When I asked him if I could convert he had two responses...that's wonderful, and no. He said Orthodoxy was not like a Baptist church. I couldn't just walk the aisle as it were. I needed parish life, liturgical life, and the spiritual nourishment that gives. He instructed me to be faithful in the situation God had placed me, pray, and be patient....after all think of the long time St. Mary of Egypt had to wait between communions (40 years). In the meantime his parish would pray for me. So I went back to my island and prayed and pestered Bishops and priests over half the globe to see who our islands belonged to jurisdictionally...who would love us out there, start a little mission, help me get in the church, etc. Many did not answer, several of those who did were sympathetic but had little else to offer just then. Finally I made contact with an English speaking priest in Japan by way of help from a man (now a deacon) in South Africa. We began a correspondence. During this time a friend at work became interested in some of my spiritual reading material and went on to develop a serious interest in Orthodoxy as well. I put him in touch with this priest as well, but sort of fell out of that loop for a while bothering people elsewhere. Then the loop opened again and the Priest received permission to grant my friend an I an economy because of our unusual circumstance. For the next year we were catechized by email and it was as difficult as a college level course I can tell you..and it involved lots of reading. In the end my friend and I were invited to Tokoyo and were baptized into the Orthodox Church after Pentecost in 1998. We lived as Orthodox isolates in Micronesia from 98 to around 2003. We got to go to Church once a year (usually around Pascha) for a few days, and crammed as much in those days as we could. Even though we lived on different islands we would try to get together on major feast days and break the fasts together. In time God brought us back to the mainland and today we both live much much closer to a parish than before. Even here when I first came back the nearest parish to me as almost a 2 hour drive away. I made it as often as I could...which most of the time was once a week, though it was hard at times. Now I have a job much closer and it does not involve so much travel at present.All I can tell you with respect to your journey is keep praying, keep faithful to what has been entrusted to you so far, keep in touch with priests and others of good reputation within Orthodoxy who an offer sound spiritual counsel and trust God. He will make a way...either moving someone close to you, like a mission, or arranging for you to live nearer a parish. When...how long....those are in God's hands. Trust that he knows what struggles you need for the salvation of your soul. Trust me in this...I do not regret having to wait, it enabled me to learn, grow, and get over my initial wide-eyed fascination...by the time I was let in I knew two things. One the treasures of the faith were sometimes entrusted to very the keeping of very earthen vessels, and that I came as a supplicant to the fountain of immortality, a beggar without even a cup to drink from, without so such as a short rope to draw forth the waters of salvation. God is faithful. He is merciful.Let me leave you with a final thought. When that priest first told me no, it made me sad, but it left me determined. I was convinced Orthodoxy was the faith once and for all delivered unto the saints...and if God did not find me worthy just then to be part of it, then blessed be the name of the Lord. There is a story in Judges about a man who gave his concubine to a mob of rowdy, murderous Benjaminites when they attacked the home in which he was a guest. In the morning the concubine had died from the abuse she had received from the mob but her hand was outstretched to the threshold of her master. That was how I began to consider the state of my own soul...ravaged by the passions of the world like the concubine...but if the door was shut against me, then this much I would have...my hand would ever be outstretched to the threshold of my master. When he saw, he would take pity on me, and avenge me on my enemies. Unlike the master of the concubine, our Master is the very Lord of Life, and He is able to raise up and restore those dead in their sins. Even though now I am baptized and christmated within the Orthodox Church, my salvation is still in progress, and my hand, my soul ever remains outstretched to my master's threshold.If Orthodoxy is the truth, is the faith, then do as much as if possible for you to do and trust God to enable all the rest in His own time. If all you have is an outstretched hand, then so be it. Our Lord knows. He is faithful. He is merciful. He will not tarry forever.
Hey guys,What about car sharing? Let's say your next church is 100 miles away, but a churchmate lives only 10 miles from you. You can just drive to him, and go with him the rest of the way to church, or something like that. Much gas money could be saved that way. (Oh, and sell your SUV or pick up and get a car that doesn't consume much fuel).
I am not familiar with the area where you live, but are there any college campuses which may have an Orthodox mission or chapel? Maybe there is a monastery somewhere not too far? Some of them allow visitors to attend services. Just a thought. Continued prayers.
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During the summer of 2010, as basketball fans waited for a really big free agent season to pan out, the Miami Heat re-signed their star Dwyane Wade, and in a moment of managerial genius, managed to sign LeBron James and Chris Bosh – all three at discounts so they could afford to have two other starters and a bench and still be under the salary cap.
Here's how they were introduced.
Flashy and exciting, sure. There hadn't been a starting three like that since...well, since any team ever, I guess.
But it started with James – a lifelong Cleveland resident, who signed with the Cleveland team out of high school and bought a modest home in Cleveland, saying this: "I'm taking my talents to South Beach."
That's an actual quote.
Remember back in 1980s when parents slammed Charles Barkley for his
While I still find myself drawn to sport – I love watching a good contest in almost any sport – I've had a real hard time with the culture lately.
Also: Get off my lawn.
Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky.
But how can you like a guy with an attitude like James had (I understand why he signed elsewhere – he definitely had a raw deal in Cleveland, where he was expected to be a one-man team)? He held a prime-time press conference to announce his decision. That's when coaches found out, too. And the way he said it? Argh.
And the way the Heat introduced Wade, James and Bosh, as though they were guaranteeing a championship? In a few years, a lot of us are going to forget it was the Dallas Mavericks who won the 2011 NBA title. We'll just know it wasn't Miami.
Last night in baseball, there were four games played to determine the final two playoff spots. Three of those games ended in dramatic fashion. That's why I still love baseball, and why I still love sport.
You know what else happened in baseball yesterday? Jose Reyes came into what might have been his final game in a Mets uniform. He's been much-loved by fans, and I'm sure some of them came out to watch him compete for the National League batting title, which he was leading by three points coming into the game.
In the first inning, Reyes bunted for a single and promptly took himself out of the game, so as not to risk losing points off his batting average.
70 years ago,
He could have sat out and finished the season secure in the knowledge that he hit .400, without risking his average. But if he was going to have a .400 average, he said he was going to have it for the whole season.
He had six hits in eight at-bats during the double-header, finishing the season with an average of .406 – the last time anyone finished a complete season with an average of .400 or higher.
One of those two is a role model, the other is squeaking by on minimal effort. (Not to take anything away from Reyes' talent, just his character.)
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Alan Rickman played thieving terrorist Hans Gruber in the 1988 Bruce Willis action film "Die Hard." (Peter Sorel / 20th Century Fox)Link
Rickman's performance as the mad holy man from the court of the last tsar in Russia in the HBO TV movie "Rasputin" earned him a Golden Globe, as well as an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award. (HBO and Patrick Downs / Los Angeles Times)Link
Alan Rickman, second from left, made his directorial debut in 1997 with "The Winter Guest," a drama starring Emma Thompson, left, as a recent widow who wants to leave Scotland to start a new life with her son in Australia. The film racked up awards and nominations on the festival circuit. (Clive Coote / Fine Line Feature)Link
Rickman and Emma Thompson continued working together on multiple projects throughout the years, including "Love Actually," "Sense and Sensibility," "Harry Potter" and the 1998 thriller "Judas Kiss." The pair were shooting that film when this 1997 photo was taken. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)Link
In the sci-fi spoof "Galaxy Quest," Rickman played a Shakespearean actor who finds fame (and frustration) for his role as a wise alien on television. (Murray Close / DreamWorks)Link
Rickman made his debut as the prickly professor Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." (Peter Mountain / Warner Bros.)Link
Rickman played a businessman whose crush on his secretary led to marital struggles in the 2003 Golden Globe-nominated romantic comedy "Love Actually." (Peter Mountain / Universal Studios)Link
While "Harry Potter" costar Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick) played Marvin the Paranoid Android in the 2005 film "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," based on the books by Douglas Adams, Alan Rickman lent his voice to the part. (Laurie Sparham / Touchstone Pictures)Link
Alan Rickman played the evil Judge Turpin in Tim Burton's 2007 movie "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." (Peter Mountain / DreamWorks / Warner Bros.)Link
Rickman again worked with Tim Burton, voicing the Caterpillar in the 2010 film "Alice in Wonderland." (Disney Enterprises)Link
Rickman reprised the role of Severus Snape in each of the seven sequels, culminating in a heartbreaking performance in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." (Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bros.)Link
Alan Rickman, third from left, bows during the curtain call at the Broadway play's opening night of "Seminar" at The Golden Theatre in New York. Rickman played an acerbic mentor to young writers in the play by Theresa Rebeck. (Robin Merchant / Getty Images)Link
Actor Alan Rickman. (Jennifer S. Altman / For The Times)Link
No one sneers or snarls quite like Alan Rickman and, looking back on a cinematic decade of "Harry Potter," his Severus Snape now stands as the franchise's most fascinating figure after being revealed in the eighth film as misunderstood double-agent motivated by long-lost love.
According to David Yates, the director of the final four "Potter" movies, there was a similar sort of aura around Rickman on the set when he wore the black robes and sour scowl of his character even when the cameras weren't rolling.
"My early reaction to Alan was, 'Wow, he's really prickly and quite unpleasant,'" Yates said during a recent Los Angeles visit. "But there's a method to his madness. I realized that he has to get in that zone when he's on the set. When I finally met him away from the job, he was a lovely guy. I don't know that he shows that to everyone, though. I think Alan is also shy — painfully shy, in fact — and he believes his craft should have an element of mystery to it. He sees no value in talking about it too much or dissecting it too much."
Perhaps, but reached by phone in New York, Rickman was more than willing to express his affection for the "Potter" creative team and cast. He spoke fondly of the three young stars at the center of the magical epic — Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint – and cited "the unique experience" of "watching the movies grow up with the children" as the years brought a darker story tone and evolving cast dynamic.
"It was a punctuation mark in my life every year because I would be doing other things but always come back to that and I was always aware of my place in the story even as others around me were not," Rickman said. "Am I sad? The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end. The ending of this story was quite popular and beautifully judged by Jo Rowling and David Yates, so it's not a cause for sadness; it's a cause for celebration that it was rounded off so well."
Rickman's Hogwarts odyssey was singular in one major way: Early on, years before the ending of the bookshelf series, "Potter" author J.K. Rowling took him aside and revealed the secret back story of Snape, trusting Rickman and Rickman alone with one of the biggest twists in contemporary popular fiction. That set up the actor up to portray Snape as something more complicated (and more tragic) than mere a black-caped villain.
"It was quite amusing, too, because there were times when a director would tell Alan what to do in a scene and he would say something like, 'No I can't do that – I know what is going to happen and you don't,'" said "Potter" producer David Heyman. "He had a real understanding of the character and now looking back, you can see there was always more going on there – a look, an expression, a sentiment — that hint at what is to come … the shadow that he casts in these films is a huge one and the emotion he conveys is immeasurable."
Heyman, like Yates, admits to finding the "real Rickman" an elusive figure.
"I think a lot of people don't understand Alan Rickman and I'm not sure I do," the producer said, "but what I can say is that with that voice and that demeanor, sometimes people misinterpret him. He does have a deep voice and he does speak quite slowly and he speaks in such a way that some people might find him haughty — nothing could be further from the truth. He is one of the most generous people and most brilliant actors I've ever met."
In the end, Snape was revealed as a hero and now the "Potter" producers and Warner Bros. are holding out hope that Rickman might do the same for them; the classically trained 65-year-old actor is the last great hope to bring home the franchise's first Oscar nomination in an acting category.
Despite all of the "Potter" franchise's box-office magic (the films have grossed $7.7 billion in worldwide box office and sold more than 165 million DVDs) the spell has never worked on academy voters. The series has a mere nine Oscar nominations to date and all of them in technical categories. To shed that hex, Warner Bros. has splurged on a lavish campaign ( it even included "For Your Consideration" billboards around Los Angeles) to persuade Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences voters that (like the final "The Lord of the Rings" movie) the finale of this fantasy mega-franchise deserves some nomination and trophy love.
That may not be in the cards but if it is, no one is more deserving than Rickman or Maggie Smith, according to Yates, who ranked them as the two best actors in "Potter" cast. That's saying quite a lot too, considering the "Potter" ensemble is a veritable who's who of contemporary British and Irish actors with Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Kenneth Branagh, Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt, Emma Thompson and the late Richard Harris to name just a few.
Harris portrayed Dumbledore in the first two films but succumbed to Hodgkin's lymphoma in October of 2004. Gambon picked up the baton for the rest of the series and put his own stamp on the character – there was less twinkle in the eye but more gravel in the gut – and Rickman made a point to underline the importance of both headmasters.
"It was hard losing Richard so early on but it was a great gift to find Michael to pick up those reins and it was a gift to have two Dumbledores to work with," Rickman said. "The rest of the cast stayed steady. You didn't see the cast come and go, just get taller."
Like many of the "Potter" stars, Rickman has considerable stage work in his past and (like Hurt, Fiennes, Gambon and Branagh) he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The theater still beckons to him with the intensity of being on a "roller coaster and in a ballgame at the same time" and since last month, Rickman has been on Broadway performing in Theresa Rebeck's new play, "Seminar," in which he portrays a bitter novelist with a savage tongue.
"It's exhilarating," he said with languid baritone that "Potter" fans know so well. "It feels like we started three years ago but I think it's more like a week. We're still learning."
On the silver screen, Rickman has veered back and forth between popcorn films and art house pursuits as well as dramas that fall somewhere in the middle. He is well known to moviegoers for his droll turns in big popcorn projects such as "Die Hard," "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," "Galaxy Quest" and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" as well and his nimble work in less bombastic films such as "Truly, Madly, Deeply," "Love Actually," "An Awfully Big Adventure," "Michael Collins" and Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility."
He picked up an armful of awards for HBO's "Rasputin" — he took home an Emmy, a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for playing the "mad monk" of old Russia — and he has also stepped into a different spotlight as the director of "The Winter Guest," both on stage in London's West End and for the feature-film version starring future "Potter" c0star Thompson back in 1997.
"You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience," Rickman said. "It's interest in drifting on the one hand but it's also a question of what people decide to offer you. Right now with this play, for instance, I hear unbelievable laughter every night and that's a huge treasure chest. At the same time sometimes there's dead silence, and that's a great pack of cards to be given."
When years to come people reflect on Rickman's career, Snape will likely be considered the ace card and the eight "Potter" movies his winning hand – and that will be the case no matter what happens this Oscar season. For the actor, the acceptance speech that matter most is his thank you to Rowling for creating the complex tapestry of a huge wizard epic where Snape was the most mysterious thread.
"It's completely staggering that she had all of that in her head," Rickman said. "Rumor has it that she put the ending in a bank vault when she was writing the beginning. So she held it all in her head, all seven books. It's jaw-dropping, really. When we started she had only written three of the books so it was like trying to walk down two potential roads not at all knowing what the end would be but having some sense of what that man's life was," Rickman said. "I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that."
— Geoff Boucher
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Beltran gave the foundering Yankees a jolt with a three-run homer Thursday night, lifting Masahiro Tanaka to his major league-leading 12th win and helping New York end a season-worst five-game skid with a 7-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Zelous Wheeler homered in his big league debut after eight years in the minors. David Robertson notched his 19th save with a hitless ninth inning and the Yankees started an 11-game road trip with a sigh-of-relief performance that put their record back at the .500 mark.
Phil Hughes (8-5) was rolling right along against his former team, leading 2-0 until Beltran's big hit cleared the tall wall above right field following consecutive singles to start the fifth. Wheeler went deep two batters later.
Tanaka (12-3) allowed a season-high four runs.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sonny Gray allowed four hits over seven innings to bounce back from his worst start of the season for Oakland.
The Blue Jays scored their only run with the help of an odd replay challenge by manager John Gibbons, who wanted to have his own player called out.
Stephen Vogt scored the winning run on a passed ball in the second inning and the A's made it hold up behind Gray and two relievers.
Gray (8-3) walked three, struck out five and got some help from Oakland's defense, which turned three double plays, including one in the eighth after Josh Thole's leadoff single. Jose Reyes hit a flyout to deep right and Oakland's Brandon Moss made a strong throw back to first baseman Nate Freiman, who tagged out Thole trying to get back to the bag.
DETROIT (AP) — Max Scherzer allowed two hits in eight outstanding innings, and Detroit backed its star right-hander with three early homers.
Ian Kinsler, Victor Martinez and Torii Hunter all went deep as part of a five-run first inning for the AL Central-leading Tigers, who snapped Tampa Bay's five-game winning streak with their 12th victory in 14 games.
Detroit leads second-place Kansas City by five games.
Scherzer (10-3) allowed a first-inning sacrifice fly by Evan Longoria, but that was the first of 10 straight hitters retired by the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner. After allowing a single in the fourth, Scherzer retired another 13 in a row before he was pulled with a pitch count of 106.
Erik Bedard (4-6) allowed six runs and eight hits with two walks in two innings.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — David Freese hit a two-run double, Matt Shoemaker pitched in and out of trouble for six innings, and Los Angeles won the opener of a four-game series.
Shoemaker (6-2) allowed two runs, seven hits and three walks, and worked with runners on base in every inning. The right-hander, who began the season in the bullpen, gave up eight runs and 11 hits in four innings on Friday in a loss at Kansas City. He had been 5-0 with a 3.00 ERA in his seven previous starts this season.
Shoemaker had seven strikeouts against the Astros, giving him 57 through his first 10 big league starts. That broke the franchise record of 56 set by Bo Belinsky in 1962.
Jason Grilli, obtained from Pittsburgh on Friday, pitched a scoreless eighth in his home debut, and Joe Smith worked a hitless ninth for his 10th save.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Steve Pearce had a career-high four hits and drove in two runs, and Wei-Yin Chen shut down Texas again as Baltimore completed a four-game sweep.
The Rangers have lost nine consecutive road games — their longest skid since 2005 when current Orioles manager Buck Showalter was at the helm. Baltimore (46-39) completed its first four-game sweep against Texas since 2004 and improved to a season-high seven games over .500.
Chen (8-3) allowed two runs and six hits with four strikeouts and two walks in six innings. He is 4-0 in four starts against Texas with a 1.67 ERA.
Left-hander Zach Britton earned his 12th save and hasn't allowed a run in 21 consecutive relief appearances.
DENVER (AP) — Zack Greinke pitched eight solid innings and Juan Uribe hit the go-ahead single in the ninth inning for Los Angeles.
Greinke (11-4) got the win when the Dodgers rallied in the ninth. Matt Kemp worked a leadoff walk off LaTroy Hawkins (2-2), went to second on Scott Van Slyke's groundout and scored when Uribe singled under the glove of second baseman DJ LeMahieu.
Kenley Jansen worked the bottom of the inning to get his NL best 26th save in 29 chances.
Uribe finished with three of the Dodgers' six hits.
Justin Morneau and LeMahieu had two hits each for the Rockies, who have lost four straight and 15 of 17 to move within a half-game of last place in the NL West.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run homer, Carlos Martinez earned his second win as a starter, and St. Louis beat reeling San Francisco.
Martinez (2-3) also drove in a run for the Cardinals, who won their second straight after losing three in a row. Martinez allowed a run and five hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out six.
Madison Bumgarner (9-6) fell to 0-3 over his past four home starts after allowing five runs — four earned — and six hits over five innings.
Bumgarner also drove in a run for the Giants, who have lost 17 of 22 and fell out of first place in the NL West.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — David Peralta had three hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in four runs to help Arizona avoid a series sweep.
Arizona scored three runs in the sixth and seven in the ninth.
The Pirates are 0 for 8 in chances to sweep opposing teams this season. They looked primed to get their first sweep as starter Vance Worley retired the first 12 batters he faced and carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning.
Ender Inciarte broke up Worley's no-hit bid with an RBI single with one out in the sixth. Peralta followed with his third home run of the year which barely cleared the 21-foot-high fence in right field and gave Arizona a 3-2 lead.
MIAMI (AP) — Ben Revere scored the go-ahead run when Miami second baseman Donovan Solano bobbled a grounder in the ninth, and Philadelphia rallied to snap a six-game losing streak.
Tony Gwynn Jr. led off the ninth with a walk and eventually scored the tying run against Miami closer Steve Cishek (4-4). Revere scored easily when Chase Utley hit a grounder and Solano could only get the out at first.
Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon got his 19th save in 21 chances. Jake Diekman (3-2) got the win despite a shaky eighth, giving up two runs and costing Philadelphia the lead.
Marcell Ozuna had three hits and scored twice for Miami, and Christian Yelich also had a two-hit night for the Marlins. Casey McGehee extended his hit streak to 10 for Miami, reaching base for the 27th straight game.


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Some thoughts while wandering Old Pasadena on a lovely summer Saturday afternoon:
When a street parking spot opens before me on the weekend, I figure it's a sign from God that I need to take it, even if I don't need to buy, eat or drink anything.
As much as I decry the mallification of Old Town, I am sometimes grateful for the Gap and the Apple Store.
Is Gold Bug the coolest store in the entire world or what?
I wish I liked the food at Mi Piace more, but just seeing the sidewalk diners makes me happy.
I like to think I don't care if I have money or not, but then I wander into Maude Woods and wish I had a lot of money.
My vote for Old Town: more street musicians, less meter enforcers.
As long as places like Lucky Baldwin's, the Crown City pawn shop, and Distant Lands keep thriving, no one can accuse Old Town of being nothing but a soulless mall.
Must try Bella's Gourmet Pizza. Pasadena still doesn't have a really good pizza place—I'm not optimistic, but maybe this is a contender?
The Real Madrid—L.A. Galaxy game brought a lot of beautiful European and Latin American families to Old Town. I hope they come back.
I would put 21 Choices above all other frozen-yogurt shops in Southern California even if my daughter wasn't working there.
When Louise's Trattoria took over the Rite Spot many years ago and painted over Kenton Nelson's amazing WPA-style mural, I went in and told the manager I'd never eat there in protest. And I never have.
Scientologists in Old Pasadena? Really??
Intelligentsia Coffee may be a little twee, and it's a (small) chain, but it's way better than Starbucks and has lots of room to hang out in.
If you haven't yet heard of Heart & Sole on Green Street, now you have. Their massage therapists may not be the most highly trained in town, but they have strong hands, and you get a full hour massage for a mere $25. You read that right. The lunch hour is full every day.
Current favorite places to eat in Old Town: Dish Bistro, Green Street Tavern, Café Linda's, Vertical.
I also think redwhite+bluezz is great, but I hate the name.
Old Town restaurants I wish were better: Bar Celona, Villa Sorriso, The Kitchen, Cheval Blanc.
I've been meaning to try: 1810 Argentinean, POP and Quadrupel.
And one of these days I'm going to spend some time exploring the Rudolph Steiner Bookstore.
Chain restaurant I can't help but love: Le Pain Quotidien. The best breakfast in town.
Fortune Chinese isn't that great to eat in, but it's wonderful for delivery, and it's pretty healthy.
Not a week goes by that my husband doesn't bemoan the loss of Jerry's Deli. Will the forthcoming New York Deli fill the city's desperate deli need? We'll see.
I'm happy for the people who like Gold Class Cinema and think the $22 tickets are worth it, but I pine for the old Laemmle.
I marvel at the few "old" Old Town businesses that have survived, like Anderson Business Techology. Please don't ever give up your space to a Cinnabon.


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This Week
The San Jose Earthquakes (4-1-1, 13 pts.) return home this week to host Real Salt Lake (5-2-0, 15 pts.) in an early-season battle for first-place in the MLS Western Conference on Saturday, April 21. Kickoff at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT. The match will air live on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 1590 KLIV (English) and 1370 KZSF (Spanish).
Earthquakes Schedule for the Week of 4/16/12
Monday, April 16 – Off
Tuesday, April 17 – 10:15 a.m. – Practice at Earthquakes Training Facility
Wednesday, April 18 – Off
Thursday, April 19 – 10:15 a.m. – Practice at Buck Shaw Stadium
Friday, April 20 – 10:15 a.m. – Practice at Earthquakes Training Facility
Saturday, April 21 – 7:30 p.m. PT – Real Salt Lake at Earthquakes, Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., LIVE on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 1590 KLIV and 1370 KZSF
Sunday, April 22 – Off
Injury Report
Out: Victor Bernardez (L – MCL sprain), Joey Gjertsen (R – knee surgery), Shea Salinas (L – fractured clavicle), Tim Ward (L – non-specific soft tissue injury); Questionable: Cesar Diaz Pizarro (R – hamstring strain), Alan Gordon (L – hamstring strain), Steven Lenhart (R – hamstring).
Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake All-Time
MLS Regular Season: 3-5-5
Home: 2-3-1 (9 GF, 10 GA)
Away: 1-2-4 (5 GF, 10 GA)
Playoffs: 0-0-0; US Open Cup: 0-0-0; US Open Cup Play-In: 0-2-0
All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 14, Real Salt Lake – 20
San Jose's Record in April: The Quakes are 22-26-14 all-time in April in MLS play.
Opponent Info
Real Salt Lake Scouting Report
Real Salt Lake (5-2-0) is coming off of a 1-0 loss in a meeting of conference leaders with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, April 14. The lone goal at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park came through an Aurelien Collin header from a Graham Zusi corner kick in the 63rd minute as Sporting KC remained the only unbeaten side in MLS. Collin's score snapped RSL's shutout streak at 267 minutes. Real Salt Lake is led in midfield by Kyle Beckerman. The RSL captain tallied two of his three goals a season ago against San Jose while also providing a career-best nine assists. Beckerman has played all 630 minutes thus far in 2012, and scored the 93rd-minute decider in a come-from-behind 3-2 victory at the Portland Timbers on March 31. Real Salt Lake striking options include Argentine Fabian Espindola (3 goals), Costa Rican Alvaro Saborio (2) and Brazilian Paulo Junior (1). Defensively, Colombian center back Jamison Olave, a Best XI selection in 2010 and 2011, anchors the RSL back line while Nick Rimando, one of the top MLS goalkeepers of all-time, will be between the pipes.
History of the Quakes – Real Salt Lake Rivalry
Real Salt Lake has had the upper hand recently in the all-time series between these two Western Conference rivals … The Quakes have gone winless at 0-4-2 over the last six meetings in all competitions, including an 0-3-2 mark in the last five MLS regular-season match-ups, and a loss via penalty-kick shootout in a 2010 US Open Cup play-in contest at Buck Shaw Stadium … The Quakes have suffered two-straight home defeats in league play during this stretch, including back-to-back season openers in 2010 (3-0) and 2011 (1-0), since a 2-1 win at Buck Shaw on May 30, 2009 … San Jose enters the April 21 date on a scoreless drought of 387 minutes in four-plus league games against RSL … The Quakes and Real Salt Lake last faced off at Buck Shaw to kick off the 2011 season on March 19, in a match later dubbed The Great Deluge as RSL took a 1-0 decision in a driving rainstorm through a 64th-minute Kyle Beckerman strike from 25 yards out that glanced off the left post and went in … That game marked Simon Dawkins' MLS debut for the Quakes as a 66th-minute substitute … RSL swept the 2011 season series with a 4-0 triumph in Utah on July 23 … The two teams played to a 2-2 draw in their first-ever meeting on April 30, 2005, at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, with Alejandro Moreno providing a late equalizer for San Jose … After going 2-0-2 over their first four MLS regular-season meetings, the Quakes dropped their first league tilt to RSL, 3-1, on May 31, 2008, at Rice-Eccles … RSL was the last Quakes opponent to play a regular-season match at Spartan Stadium, earning a 2-2 tie on Oct. 8, 2005 … RSL knocked the Quakes out of the 2010 US Open Cup, advancing 5-3 on penalty kicks after the first 120 minutes ended 3-3 in a play-in game … RSL joined MLS as an expansion side prior to the 2005 campaign.
Earthquakes Leaders vs. Real Salt Lake
RSL is one of just four clubs among the 19 in MLS in 2012 that Chris Wondolowski has not scored a goal against in a regular-season MLS match, with the others being Houston, Portland and newcomer Montreal, whom he has yet to face … Wondolowski has made five appearances against RSL all-time, with four as a Quakes player … Steven Lenhart had one goal and one assist against RSL in 2009 while with the Columbus Crew, and missed both meetings with RSL in his first year with the Quakes in 2011 … Alan Gordon had one goal and two assists against RSL while with the LA Galaxy, and has not faced them as a Quakes player … Jon Busch is 3-2-4 with five shutouts against RSL for his career, including 0-2-1 with a shutout in his first start at RSL as the Quakes' goalie in a scoreless draw on June 25, 2010.
Real Salt Lake Leaders vs. San Jose
Argentine midfielder Javier Morales has four goals and five assists in eight career appearances against San Jose, all with RSL … Midfielder Kyle Beckerman has two goals and five assists in 19 career games against the Quakes, with both goals (2011) and two assists (2011, 2008) coming in seven matches with RSL since 2008 … Forward Alvaro Saborio has two goals and one assist, all coming in a 4-0 RSL win at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 23, 2011, in four matches over the past two seasons … Forward Fabian Espindola has one goal and one assist in seven games … Defender Jamison Olave has one goal (2011) in eight matches … Defender Tony Beltran has one assist (2011) in five games … Goalkeeper Nick Rimando is 10-4-7 with seven shutouts all-time against the Quakes, and 5-1-3 with five shutouts with RSL since 2008.
Earthquakes – Real Salt Lake Connections
Quakes midfielder Jean-Marc Alexandre was selected by Real Salt Lake in the first round (No. 12 overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, making 38 league appearances for the club over three seasons, all of which ended with qualification into the MLS Cup Playoffs, prior to being traded to San Jose on Dec. 1, 2011 … Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski and RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando have played together twice for the U.S. Men's National Team, most recently featuring in head coach Jurgen Klinsmann's starting lineup earlier this year on Jan. 25 for a 1-0 win over Panama in Panama City … Quakes midfielder Tressor Moreno, RSL defender Jamison Olave and RSL midfielder Sebastian Velasquez were all born in Colombia, with Moreno and Olave having played previously for Colombian side Deportivo Cali … RSL midfielder Ned Grabavoy appeared in 24 games for San Jose in 2008 … Grabavoy also played under current Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop while with the LA Galaxy during the early part of the 2006 season, and was a teammate of Quakes goalkeeper Jon Busch with the Columbus Crew later in 2006 … Grabavoy played with Quakes forward Alan Gordon for the LA Galaxy from 2004-06 … Busch also played alongside RSL defender Chris Wingert with the Crew in 2004-05 … Wingert (St. John's) and Quakes defender Jason Hernandez (Seton Hall) played against each other in the BIG EAST Conference from 2001-03 … Quakes rookie midfielder Sam Garza and rookie RSL defender Diogo de Almeida were teammates on the adiPure side at the 2012 MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. … Garza (2008) and RSL defender Nat Borchers (1999-2002) each played at the University of Denver … Garza (2010-11) and RSL goalkeeper Kyle Reynish (2002-06) each played at UC Santa Barbara … Quakes midfielder Sam Cronin (2005-08) and defender Ike Opara (2007-09) played with RSL midfielder Cody Arnoux (2006-08) at Wake Forest, guiding the Demon Deacons to the program's first national title together in 2007 … Rookie defender Chris Estridge, RSL's newest addition, also played with Cronin (2008) and Opara (2008-09) at Wake … Estridge spent his final two years of college eligibility at Indiana University (2010-11), where Quakes midfielder Brad Ring (2005-08) and Ring's fellow Illinois native Grabavoy (2001-03) previously played and RSL defender Chris Schuler redshirted (2005) … Quakes defender Justin Morrow and RSL midfielder Jonny Steele both played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2010 … Rimando (Montclair, Calif.), RSL defender Tony Beltran (Claremont) and Quakes rookie forward Cesar Diaz Pizarro (Chino) are all alumni of the Arsenal FC club program based in Temecula, Calif. … Second-year Real Salt Lake assistant coach C.J. Brown is a Hayward, Calif., native who starred in the South Bay in his college playing days at San Jose State (1993-96) prior to a 13-year MLS career, all with the Chicago Fire … Quakes head coach Frank Yallop (52), assistant coach Mark Watson (77) and RSL defender Will Johnson (24) have all earned caps for the Canadian men's national team, with Johnson having played under Watson at various youth levels, including U-23 during 2008 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying … Quakes captain Ramiro Corrales and RSL assistant coach Jeff Cassar played 90 minutes together for the now-defunct Miami Fusion on May 31, 1998, against the then-Dallas Burn at the Cotton Bowl, with current RSL head coach Jason Kreis scoring the 37th-minute winner in a 2-0 Dallas victory in what was Corrales' only appearance for Miami … RSL general manager Garth Lagerwey was the back-up goalkeeper for the Burn that day … Corrales also played with RSL assistant coach Miles Joseph with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars from 1998-2000.
Quakes in the Community
Opening Ceremony - Get Earthquakes Fit Presented by Kaiser Permanente
Who: San Jose Earthquakes
What: Kicking off Get Earthquakes Fit presented by Kaiser Permanente at Walsh Elementary
When: Monday, April 16, 1:30 p.m.
Where: P.A. Walsh Elementary School, 353 W. Main Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Details: Get Earthquakes Fit presented by Kaiser Permanente is a fun, five-week program designed by Earthquakes head athletic trainer Bruce Morgan and the Santa Clara County Office of Education to increase physical activity in the classroom and at home. This spring, 12 local schools will be incorporating this program into their third- and fourth-grade curriculum.
Opening Ceremony - Get Earthquakes Fit Presented by Kaiser Permanente
Who: San Jose Earthquakes
What: Kicking off Get Earthquakes Fit presented by Kaiser Permanente at Randall Elementary
When: Tuesday, April 17, 1 p.m.
Where: Robert Randall Elementary School, 1300 Edsel Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035
Details: Get Earthquakes Fit presented by Kaiser Permanente is a fun, five-week program designed by Earthquakes head athletic trainer Bruce Morgan and the Santa Clara County Office of Education to increase physical activity in the classroom and at home. This spring, 12 local schools will be incorporating this program into their third- and fourth-grade curriculum.
Tree Planting with Our City Forest
Who: Earthquakes midfielder Jean-Marc Alexandre
What: The Earthquakes are partnering with Our City Forest to help plant eight trees at McCollam Elementary School in honor of Earth Day.
When: Wednesday, April 18, 9-10:30 a.m.
Where: McCollam Elementary School, 3311 Lucian Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127
Details: The Earthquakes and Shakers will join about 50 students from McCollam to plant trees at their campus. Afterwards, they will sign autographs for all the kids.
Volunteer at Veggielution Community Farm
Who: Shakers squad
What: The Shakers will be participating in a full morning of farm maintenance work (compost, greenhouse, weeding, pruning, planting and seeding, bed preparation).
When: Wednesday, April 18
Where: 647 S. King Road, San Jose, CA 95116
Details: Veggielution is a two-acre, non-profit community farm dedicated to creating a more sustainable food system in San Jose. We empower people to change the way they think about food by getting their hands in the soil, connecting with the land, and tasting the fruits of their labor.
REACH Youth Scholarship Awards Breakfast
Who: Earthquakes defender Steven Beitashour and Earthquakes Ambassador Kelly Gray
What: (Former San Francisco 49er great) Ronnie Lott and Friends are hosting the REACH Youth Scholarship Awards Breakfast to honor high school seniors who have overcome adversity to excel both academically and athletically.
When: Friday, April 20, 7:30-9 a.m.
Where: San Jose Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 301 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Details: REACH is an acronym for "Recognizing Excellence, Adversity, Courage and Hard-work." The scholarship was established to recognize the role that sports play in helping young people develop self-confidence and the strength to persevere in the face of adversity.
Five-Year Season Ticket Holders "Scarfing"
Who: Earthquakes midfielder Joey Gjertsen
What: In an effort to recognize our season ticket holders who have been with us for five years, we will be presenting them with a five-year anniversary scarf.
When: Saturday, April 21, 6:30-7:10 p.m.
Where: Fan Relations Booth in Epicenter at Buck Shaw Stadium
Details: Season ticket holders have received an invitation and a voucher to receive their five-year anniversary scarf.
Miscellaneous Notes
Battle for Western Conference Supremacy in Week 7
The top spot in the Western Conference will be on the line on Saturday, April 21 when Real Salt Lake visits Buck Shaw Stadium to play the San Jose Earthquakes. The Earthquakes (4-1-1, 13 pts.) trail RSL (5-2-0, 15 pts.) in the conference standings by two points with a game in hand. This week's first-place showdown at Buck Shaw Stadium was set up when Sporting Kansas City held on for a 1-0 home win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday, about an hour and a half after the Quakes rallied from a pair of one-goal deficits to earn a point on the road through a 2-2 draw with the New York Red Bulls.
Earthquakes Fight Back to Earn Valuable Road Draw at NYRB
The Earthquakes overturned a pair of one-goal deficits in the first half to earn a 2-2 draw with New York at Red Bull Arena on Saturday night. The hosts grabbed an early fifth-minute lead through Kenny Cooper's seventh goal of the campaign, with Thierry Henry providing the short through ball to beat the offside trap after a Roy Miller throw-in on the left sideline. The Quakes answered 10 minutes later as Rafael Baca stole possession with Sam Cronin's help and continued his run into the penalty area after passing off to Chris Wondolowski. Wondolowski, meanwhile, fed forward to Khari Stephenson, whose one-touch cross toward the far post was met with a first-time shot by Baca into the back of the net. New York regained the advantage through a right-footed side-volley by Dax McCarty after Cooper had flicked on a Dane Richards cross from the right end line in the 22nd minute. Wondolowski leveled matters a second time in the 35th minute as Shea Salinas looped a ball destined to cross the end-line over Red Bull center backs Markus Holgersson and Stephen Keel for Wondolowski to head home his seventh goal of 2012.
Weekend Wrap-Up
San Jose overturned multiple one-goal deficits to earn at least a point for the first time since an identical 2-2 draw, at home against Seattle on April 2, 2011, when they also answered two first-half Sounders FC strikes … After accumulating 15 points away from home a year ago (3-8-6), the Quakes are already almost halfway to that mark with seven through three road dates in 2012 (2-0-1) … Rafael Baca's goal was his first this season and second of his career, with the other one coming in a 4-2 home victory over FC Dallas in the 2011 finale … Chris Wondolowski's strike was his seventh overall and fourth on the road this year, both league bests … The assists by Wondolowski and Khari Stephenson on Baca's goal were the first of 2012 for each player … The contributions by Steven Beitashour and Shea Salinas on the Wondolowski score gave each player his second helper of 2012, tying them with Ramiro Corrales and Sam Cronin for the team lead … Ike Opara made his 2012 MLS debut, coming on as a substitute for the injured Corrales for the final 10 minutes … The Quakes' top pick in this year's SuperDraft, Sam Garza, was named to the 18-player game roster for the first time, while Sercan Guvenisik was back in the 18 after missing the previous two matches through a hip injury suffered in the first half of the Quakes' Reserve League opener on March 27.
Keep the Streak Alive
The San Jose Earthquakes enter their April 21 home meeting with Real Salt Lake still on a club-record streak of eight straight sellouts inside Buck Shaw Stadium. The Quakes have extended their stretch of consecutive sellouts at their regular home venue in Santa Clara with capacity crowds (10,525) on hand for MLS First Kick 2012 against the New England Revolution on March 10 and for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC match on April 7. The streak dates back to San Jose's game against D.C. United on July 30, 2011, and also includes games against Portland on Aug. 6, Colorado on Aug. 13, Chicago on Sept. 10, Sporting Kansas City on Oct. 1 and FC Dallas on Oct. 22. With an added stand on the South End, the attendance for the 2011 season finale with FC Dallas actually rose to 10,744 spectators.
Six-Game Superlatives
At 4-1-1 and 13 points, this is the second-best six-game start to a year in the San Jose Earthquakes' 15-season club history. In 2003, the eventual MLS Cup champion Quakes trotted out to a 4-0-2 start for 14 points. They were 4-2-0 to begin both the 2010 (12 pts.) and 1999 campaigns, picking up just four points in 1999, however, through four shootout victories. With just four goals conceded thus far, this is the franchise's best six-game defensive start. San Jose allowed five goals over its first six matches in both 2002 and 2003. At 2-0-1 for seven points over their first three road dates, the Quakes have equaled their best three-game road start. They were an identical 2-0-1 with seven points following their first three road forays in 2003. San Jose was 2-1 after three road tests in 1999, but with only two points after a pair of shootout triumphs.
Race for the Budweiser Golden Boot
Quakes star Chris Wondolowski came away from last Saturday night's showdown of top MLS goal-scorers with a share of the Budweiser Golden Boot lead. Wondolowski is now equal on seven goals with Thierry Henry and Kenny Cooper of the New York Red Bulls through six weeks. He and Cooper each completed the 2-2 draw at Red Bull Arena with a goal and an assist, while Henry aided on Cooper's opener. Having had his club-record goal-scoring streak snapped at six games against Houston on March 17, Wondolowski has reeled off another four-game run since then to equal the second-best stretch of his career. It is currently tied with Cooper's for the longest scoring streak in MLS, while Wondolowski also remains the league leader with three game-winning strikes. Of his seven goals, Wondolowski has tallied three with his right foot (vs. NE, at SEA, vs. VAN), two with his left foot (at TFC, vs. VAN) and two with his head (at TFC, at NY).
It's Wondo's World…
-Seven goals in first six games of 2012 (tied for MLS lead with Thierry Henry and Kenny Cooper of NYRB)
-Currently on a four-game goal-scoring streak (tied with Cooper for best active streak in MLS)
-Leads MLS in game-winning goals for third-straight year with three
-Leads MLS for second straight year in road goals with four
-13 goals over the last 11 games dating back to 2011
-15 goals over the last 15 games
-Scored in 12 of the Quakes' last 15 games
-Scored 13 of the Quakes' last 19 goals
-Since start of 2010 season, scored 41 of San Jose's 84 goals, 49 percent
-Since start of 2010 season, 41 goals in 64 matches equals a per-game average of 0.64
-Since start of 2010 season, tallied winning goal in 17 of the Earthquakes' 25 victories, or 68 percent
-41 goals since 2010 is 10 more than next closest in MLS during same stretch (Dwayne De Rosario)
-Has most game-winning goals (17) and road goals (21) in all of MLS since start of 2010 season
-Trails only Ronald Cerritos (61) for No. 1 on the all-time San Jose scoring chart with 44
-Club records of 18 game-winners and eight multi-goal performances (tied with Cerritos for latter)
-San Jose is 21-4-9 all-time in games in which he scores
-Closing in on goal No. 50 for his MLS career, currently at 48
Yallop on the Verge of 100 MLS Victories
Eighth-year Quakes head coach Frank Yallop is just a single win away from 100 regular-season triumphs in his MLS career, which also includes a two-year stint with the LA Galaxy in 2006-07. Yallop is currently 99-96-70 (.506) as an MLS head coach in regular-season matches. He ranks sixth on the all-time MLS chart in wins, behind Sigi Schmid (160), Bruce Arena (130), Bob Bradley (124), Steve Nicol (112) and former pupil Dominic Kinnear (102). He would be just the sixth coach in MLS history to reach the 100-win plateau.
Defense a Key Early in the Season
The Earthquakes allowed more than one goal in a game for the first time this season in the 2-2 draw at New York on Saturday. Having still conceded just four scores thus far in 2012, San Jose's performance to-date represents the best six-game defensive start for the Quakes in club history. San Jose previously gave up five goals over its first six matches to begin the 2002 and 2003 campaigns. Against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 7, the Quakes finally let in their first goal in open play after 408 minutes to begin the year, or just over four and a half games, as 'Caps forward Sebastien Le Toux struck in the 49th minute of the Quakes' 3-1 win at Buck Shaw Stadium. Prior to that score, the only other goal the Quakes had allowed came from a 14th-minute penalty kick by Brad Davis in the 1-0 Houston Dynamo defeat at AT&T Park on March 17. San Jose already has three shutouts after producing just one over its final 15 games a year ago. The results at Toronto FC (3-0 on March 24) and Seattle Sounders FC (1-0 on March 31) marked back-to-back clean sheets for the first time since Oct. 2 (0-0 at Columbus) and Oct. 9, 2010 (2-0 at D.C. United).
Hernandez Awaiting Milestone Start No. 100
The next starting assignment drawn by veteran Quakes center back Jason Hernandez will mark No. 100 for him in San Jose since he joined the franchise prior to the 2008 season. Hernandez is steadily climbing the all-time club charts, as he is one start away from tying Eddie Lewis (1996-99) for No. 8 on that list, and ninth in minutes played (8,847), right behind Lewis (8,867). Hernandez made his 100th appearance in an Earthquakes uniform in his 2012 debut when he entered the March 31 match at Seattle at halftime.
A Look Back at Week 5 MLS Honors and Considerations for Quakes
Quakes captain Ramiro Corrales and Chris Wondolowski were each named to MLSsoccer.com's Team of the Week for Week 5, while Frank Yallop was selected Manager of the Week and Shea Salinas earned honorable mention. Corrales was also nominated for Latino de la Jornada 5 (Latino of the Week 5) by FutbolMLS.com for his two-assist performance against Vancouver on April 7. Chris Wondolowski's opener against Whitecaps FC was up against Alan Gordon's winner for AT&T Goal of the Week, falling short in the fan vote to Real Salt Lake's Alvaro Saborio, who pays a visit to Buck Shaw Stadium this Saturday, April 21.
Wells Fargo Goals for Education
Wells Fargo has again pledged to donate $250 for each goal the Earthquakes score in 2012 through the Goals for Education program. With 10 goals through six games, the donated total for this season currently stands at $2,500. Thanks to 40 goals in 2011, the partnership raised $10,000 for local youth soccer and athletic development programs a year ago. After fielding dozens of applications, the Earthquakes and Wells Fargo awarded 16 grants to deserving organizations, and with Quakes midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong on hand, made special check presentations at America SCORES Bay Area and Castro Valley Soccer Club in January.
Earthquakes, Wondolowski Support Street Soccer USA
Two-time MLS leading goal-scorer Chris Wondolowski and Street Soccer USA, a non-profit organization that seeks to end homelessness through sports, have partnered to make a difference in the lives of the homeless in the Bay Area through the "One Goal at a Time" campaign. For every goal Wondolowski scores during the 2012 season, the Quakes star has pledged a $100 donation to Street Soccer USA (SSUSA), and is asking fans to join in his mission. Additionally, the Earthquakes Community Fund will match Wondolowski's donations. Wondolowski, who has been a national ambassador for SSUSA since August of 2011, got an early start on his 2012 scoring account with a strike in San Jose's season opener on March 10, and now has a league-leading seven goals already through just six contests.
Earthquakes to Host Inaugural 5K/10K Challenge
The San Jose Earthquakes will stage the first annual Quakes 5K/10K Challenge, benefitting The Health Trust and the San Jose Earthquakes Community Fund, on Sunday, May 27. The 5K/10K Challenge begins at 8 a.m. with three options for runners of all ages. The costs of entry are $45 for the 10K, $35 for the 5K, and $10 for a Kids Fun Run. All participants get a race t-shirt, a ticket to a future Earthquakes home game at Buck Shaw Stadium, and access to a post-race celebration. The Memorial Day Weekend event will start and finish at the site of the Quakes' planned new stadium at 1125 Coleman Avenue in San Jose. Supervisor Ken Yeager of District 4 will serve as honorary chair. More information and a registration link are available at www.quakeschallenge.com.
Join the Earthquakes in Celebrating Earth Day
The San Jose Earthquakes will host an Earth Day celebration this Saturday, April 21, when they take on Real Salt Lake in a clash of Western Conference leaders at Buck Shaw Stadium (7:30 p.m. PT). The night will feature a number of giveaway items as the Quakes partner with MLS W.O.R.K.S., the charitable arm of Major League Soccer. Fans can also take home a buy-one-get-one ticket voucher, courtesy of Odwalla, by recycling their Odwalla bottles at the game. Additionally, fans who drive a hybrid car to the game will receive $5 off parking, while patrons who take VTA or Caltrain to the match get a $5 discount for a game ticket by showing their VTA or Caltrain receipt. The Quakes will offset the carbon footprint for energy used at Buck Shaw Saturday night, provide further Earth Day-related features inside their Epicenter fan zone on game day, take part in a tree planting on Wednesday morning and participate in a league-wide contest dubbed, "How Green Are Your Goals?," all in recognition of Earth Day on April 22. Click HERE for full details.
Earthquakes Announce Partnership with Alaska Airlines
The San Jose Earthquakes announced a partnership last week with Alaska Airlines that will give the club's fans the opportunity to win trips to Cabo San Lucas, Hawaii, Reno/Tahoe and Los Angeles through the "Score a Direct Kick" sweepstakes. The Quakes will select three winners from four separate drawings, one for each location. Winners will receive two tickets to a San Jose home game, where they will participate in a halftime contest, with the grand prize a trip courtesy of Alaska Airlines. Entries are currently being accepted. For more information about the contest, complete rules, and to enter to win, visit alaska.sjearthquakes.com.
Earthquakes Partner with T-Mobile
The San Jose Earthquakes have partnered with T-Mobile to launch the T-Mobile 4G Power Zone at all remaining home games for the 2012 season. The promotion gives fans the opportunity to purchase great seats for only $15 - the most affordable Earthquakes tickets available to the public. Through the agreement, T-Mobile has rebranded the Corner Flag Section 107 at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara as the T-Mobile 4G Power Zone, which made its debut during the April 7 home match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Fans can purchase tickets with a regular day-of-game price of $24 for only $15 at 41 participating T-Mobile stores throughout the Bay Area. The vouchers can be used toward any home game, subject to availability, including the June 30 California Clasico with the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium beginning at 7 p.m. PT. The vouchers can be redeemed at Earthquakes team headquarters at 451 El Camino Real, Suite 220, Santa Clara 95050, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or at the stadium on the day of the game. For more information on the T-Mobile 4G Power Zone promotion and participating stores, please visit: www.sjearthquakes.com/t-mobile-4gpowerzone.
Quakes President Dave Kaval's Office Hours
Earthquakes President Dave Kaval's office hours continue during the 2012 season. Fans can drop by his office at 451 El Camino Real, Suite 220 in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesdays between 3 and 5 p.m. PT. Participants will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Be sure to follow his blog, Kaval's Kickoff, exclusively at www.sjearthquakes.com, and new this year, follow him on Twitter at @QuakesPrez.
Earthquakes Youth Academy Update
Academy U-18s Split in Washington State
The Earthquakes Youth Development Academy U-18 side traveled north to the state of Washington this past weekend, splitting a pair of matches. The U-18s first shut out Seattle Sounders FC, 2-0, in Tukwila on Saturday morning. In Sammamish on Sunday, they dropped a 3-1 decision to Crossfire Premier, with Jorge Soto scoring the lone Quakes goal in the 20th minute to tie the game at 1-1. The U-18 club is now 10-11-2 overall and 5-5-1 in the Northwest Division.
Academy U-16s Drop a Pair in Pacific Northwest
The Earthquakes U-16s were topped in their two games in Washington over the weekend. The U-16s lost to division-leading Seattle Sounders FC, 5-0, on Saturday. The Quakes were then blanked on Sunday afternoon by Crossfire Premier, 2-0. The U-16s are 9-11-3 overall and an even 5-5-1 in their division. Both academy squads are idle in the week ahead before continuing their lengthy road stretches locally at De Anza College in Cupertino against Northwest Division rival De Anza Force on April 28.


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Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri hailed "stunning" Edinson Cavani after his goalscoring exploits in their 4-1 win against Roma on Sunday night.
The Uruguay international scored a hat-trick against the Giallorossi to put his tally up to 16 in the league this season, propelling him over AC Milan's Stephan El Shaarawy in the Serie A goalscoring chart.
The Partenopei coach praised his star striker for stealing the show, but admitted that there is still room for improvement despite being pleased with the comfortable victory.
"Cavani was stunning. He became a top player at Napoli," Mazzarri told reporters after the game. "Roma are on a par with Juventus, so we put in a great performance tonight.
"It was a real achievement to score four goals. Of course, some will say we were just lucky, or other such rubbish I've heard recently.
"I did get angry with my players in the first half, as we ran risks by making a few too many mistakes.
"Goran Pandev has the timing of passes in his mind and we prepared this game trying to avoid Roma's offside trap."
Speaking after the win, Cavani was delighted that they began 2013 with a win having seen themselves stumble lately, and hopes that the club can return to the Champions League with a top-three finish.
He said: "I think the win is more important for us than the table. People thought we were done for after a couple of bad results, as if we had somehow collapsed, but this was a show of professionalism and this squad deserves to go forward.
"The Champions League could be our target, but there is the entire second half of the season to go and we must try to keep calm, keep our heads down and keep going."
The forward added: "My objective this season is to take Napoli as far as possible and achieve the targets this club has set."


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Bayern Munich head coach Jupp Heynckes has brushed aside comments made by CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, after the German legend described him as the club's very own Special One, referencing Jose Mourinho's famous self-description.
The Bavarian boss remains on track to taking his side to an unprecedented domestic treble this season, with the DFB-Pokal and Champions League finals on the horizon and the Bundesliga title already won with ease.
The 68-year-old German has played down Rummenigge's comments, however, and said that public service men and women are the people who deserve such a tag.
"Other people are doing more special things than me," he told reporters ahead of his side's Bavarian derby against Augsburg on Saturday at the Allianz Arena. "Carers, firefighters, ambulance workers, people who sacrifice themselves and soldiers in Afghanistan who have lost their lives or been injured in physically or mentally - these are special people.
"Sure, we have had a special season, which is very satisfying, but I have a more sophisticated view on life."
Bayern takes on Dortmund in the Champions League final at Wembley on May 25 before it faces Stuttgart in the DFB-Pokal showcase on June 1 but, regardless of whether die Roten can become the first German team to complete such a treble, Heynckes will be replaced by Pep Guardiola at the end of the season.