WHO: Slight cancer risk after Japan nuke accident

FILE - In this April 16, 2011 file photo, Wakana Nemoto, 3, standing next to her mother Naoko, receives a radiation exposure screening outside an evacuation center in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. People exposed to the highest doses of radiation during the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011 may have a slightly higher risk of cancer that is so small it probably won?t even be detectable, according to a new report from the World Health Organization released on Thursday Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

FILE - In this April 16, 2011 file photo, Wakana Nemoto, 3, standing next to her mother Naoko, receives a radiation exposure screening outside an evacuation center in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. People exposed to the highest doses of radiation during the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011 may have a slightly higher risk of cancer that is so small it probably won?t even be detectable, according to a new report from the World Health Organization released on Thursday Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

FILE - In this April 7, 2011 file photo, Japanese police, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, search for victims inside the deserted evacuation zone, established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors, in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. People exposed to the highest doses of radiation during the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011 may have a slightly higher risk of cancer that is so small it probably won?t even be detectable, according to a new report from the World Health Organization released on Thursday Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

LONDON (AP) ? Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable.

In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage point added to a Japanese infant's lifetime cancer risk.

"The additional risk is quite small and will probably be hidden by the noise of other (cancer) risks like people's lifestyle choices and statistical fluctuations," said Richard Wakeford of the University of Manchester, one of the authors of the report. "It's more important not to start smoking than having been in Fukushima."

The report was issued by the World Health Organization, which asked scientists to study the health effects of the disaster in Fukushima, a rural farming region.

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami knocked out the Fukushima plant's power and cooling systems, causing meltdowns in three reactors and spewing radiation into the surrounding air, soil and water. The most exposed populations were directly under the plumes of radiation in the most affected communities in Fukushima, which is about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Tokyo.

In the report, the highest increases in risk are for people exposed as babies to radiation in the most heavily affected areas. Normally in Japan, the lifetime risk of developing cancer of an organ is about 41 percent for men and 29 percent for women. The new report said that for infants in the most heavily exposed areas, the radiation from Fukushima would add about 1 percentage point to those numbers.

Experts had been particularly worried about a spike in thyroid cancer, since radioactive iodine released in nuclear accidents is absorbed by the thyroid, especially in children. After the Chernobyl disaster, about 6,000 children exposed to radiation later developed thyroid cancer because many drank contaminated milk after the accident.

In Japan, dairy radiation levels were closely monitored, but children are not big milk drinkers there.

The WHO report estimated that women exposed as infants to the most radiation after the Fukushima accident would have a 70 percent higher chance of getting thyroid cancer in their lifetimes. But thyroid cancer is extremely rare and one of the most treatable cancers when caught early. A woman's normal lifetime risk of developing it is about 0.75 percent. That number would rise by 0.5 under the calculated increase for women who got the highest radiation doses as infants.

Wakeford said the increase may be so small it will probably not be observable.

For people beyond the most directly affected areas of Fukushima, Wakeford said the projected cancer risk from the radiation dropped dramatically. "The risks to everyone else were just infinitesimal."

David Brenner of Columbia University in New York, an expert on radiation-induced cancers, said that although the risk to individuals is tiny outside the most contaminated areas, some cancers might still result, at least in theory. But they'd be too rare to be detectable in overall cancer rates, he said.

Brenner said the numerical risk estimates in the WHO report were not surprising. He also said they should be considered imprecise because of the difficulty in determining risk from low doses of radiation. He was not connected with the WHO report.

Some experts said it was surprising that any increase in cancer was even predicted.

"On the basis of the radiation doses people have received, there is no reason to think there would be an increase in cancer in the next 50 years," said Wade Allison, an emeritus professor of physics at Oxford University, who also had no role in developing the new report. "The very small increase in cancers means that it's even less than the risk of crossing the road," he said.

WHO acknowledged in its report that it relied on some assumptions that may have resulted in an overestimate of the radiation dose in the general population.

Gerry Thomas, a professor of molecular pathology at Imperial College London, accused the United Nations health agency of hyping the cancer risk.

"It's understandable that WHO wants to err on the side of caution, but telling the Japanese about a barely significant personal risk may not be helpful," she said.

Thomas said the WHO report used inflated estimates of radiation doses and didn't properly take into account Japan's quick evacuation of people from Fukushima.

"This will fuel fears in Japan that could be more dangerous than the physical effects of radiation," she said, noting that people living under stress have higher rates of heart problems, suicide and mental illness.

In Japan, Norio Kanno, the chief of Iitate village, in one of the regions hardest hit by the disaster, harshly criticized the WHO report on Japanese public television channel NHK, describing it as "totally hypothetical."

Many people who remain in Fukushima still fear long-term health risks from the radiation, and some refuse to let their children play outside or eat locally grown food.

Some restrictions have been lifted on a 12-mile (20-kilometer) zone around the nuclear plant. But large sections of land in the area remain off-limits. Many residents aren't expected to be able to return to their homes for years.

Kanno accused the report's authors of exaggerating the cancer risk and stoking fear among residents.

"I'm enraged," he said.

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Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and AP Science Writer Malcolm Ritter in New York contributed to this report.

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FOR KIDS:?Oldest bird is new mom

At 62, albatross hatches a healthy chick

By Allison Bohac

Web edition: February 27, 2013

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Wisdom, an albatross who is estimated to be 62 years old, tends to her newly hatched chick. She is the oldest known wild bird.

Credit: John Klavitter/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Here?s one new mom with lots of experience ? at least 62 years of it. On February 3, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom hatched a healthy chick on a Pacific island near Hawaii. It was the sixth year in a row this bird had hatched a chick.

Although women may live to be 100 years old or more, few are capable of giving birth after their early to mid-50s. What makes Wisdom so special is that her species normally lives only 12 to 40 years. So not only has she outlived most other Laysan albatrosses by at least two decades, but also she has remained fertile and able to hatch healthy chicks well into her 60s. Scientists are amazed by this feat.

Visit the new?Science News for Kids?website?and read the full story:?Oldest bird is new mom

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Enjoy Technical Writing ? 'Leading the Change' by Stefan Gentz

On day 1 of TCWorld India conference 2013 last week in Bangalore, most of the sessions were on trends, challenges, strategy, content governance, and process of technical communication. Stefan Gentz from Tracom presented an important concept where he talked about Change Management, in ?Leading the Change?.

Five Triggers of Change Management

Stefan started with a few quotes from history on ?Change? and added that it is inevitable, and the only constant in life. He talked about ?Change Management? and referred to McKinsey?s research that quoted five triggers that cause ?CM?. Four of these are ?Catching up to Rivals Companies?, ?Completing or integrating a merger?, ?Turning around a crises?, ?Turning for a better performance?. However, the last and most notable is ?Reducing cost?.

Before talking about Change Management for businesses and specific to technical communication, Stefan discussed what derives the need for change management. It was ?Economic and Social forces?.

To keep audience on toes and interested; Stefan was immaculate in humor with relevant comments.

Eight Errors in Change Management Execution

Stefan talked about the top 8 errors in CM as:

In this list, I particularly liked two points:

• Undercommunicating the Vision: Most often, the organizations have the right vision and they get a right roadmap to execute it. I personally feel that a vision not communicated is as good as not having a vision at all. Not enough communicating it to the team (either way in hierarchy) dilutes the spirit and energy towards that vision. It magnifies the obstacles thus adding to the resistance to Change Management. I believe that this communication has to be professional yet friendly. Merely changing the vision statement on website and stationery never works. The managers and supervisors need to talk about it personally, the need for change, the roadmap, and the benefits. It inspires confidence and adds strength to the bond.

• Failing to Create Short-Term Wins: This is important. Many a times, organizations do not celebrate milestones. This again subsides the spirits of those who are working towards Change Management. It is important to have milestones, meet those, and celebrate those small wins to keep the energy juices flowing.

For change in content strategy, the above two points are extremely important. Unless the internal users understand the vision for Change Management, they would be hardly receptive to that change.

John Kotter?s Success Story

Next, Stefan referred to Prof John Kotter?s Success Story, with eight concrete points as below.

Of these eight points, I found the following four as more relevant to change management in technical communication.

• Establish a Sense of Urgency: Unless we show urgency, everything else will keep on pushing Change Management down in the priority list. When we have a business case for Change Management, it should be clear, and thought-provoking enough that it should generate a sense of urgency for call to action. [The Business Case should highlight how the current/old process is ineffective, how content silos are piling up with massive opportunity for content reuse in a new and improved process. Some facts and statistics on man hours and ROI can help others understand the ?sense of urgency?].

• Communicate Vision Change: As I mentioned above, communicating the vision change to all employees in the chain is extremely important. The communication should be clear, friendly yet professional, and should be receptive to comments/feedback to inculcate a sense of involvement. [Once the Business Case is prepared by the supervisors/managers, it should be discussed with all users involved. The objective is not merely to be transparent; it is to make it understood to all that the process is changing for the right reason, and for the benefit of all and not only for a select few. In addition to writers, the vision should be communicated to reviewers, editors, translators, artwork designers, and everybody who is part of documentation process in any capacity or role]

• Short Term Wins: The goal should be punctuated with smaller milestones. One, these milestones when met act as fuel to help the team keep going. Two, it ensures that we are in right direction. [For technical communication, the roadmap can be planned with measurable milestones. For example, the ?Change Management Strategy? can have a step as ?to prepare detailed plan with measurable goals and impact on current operations?, and another step as ?Rapid prototyping and map the benefits when compared to current process?. Each such successful plan execution should be discussed openly and celebrated.]

• Communicate Culture Change: A CM invariably calls for change in culture. Rather than people feeling as if some change is happening, it is always better it is proactively communicated, along with why it is required and how it will benefit the people and the business. [For technical communication, the shift from writing SOPs in MS Word to Structured FrameMaker, or moving from RoboHelp to XMetal means that the work culture changes. The supervisors should communicate it to prepare users? (writers and all others involved in documentation process) for this change, talking about the challenges ahead and also highlighting the overall benefits to the users and to the organization.]

Five Key Rules for Change Management

Stefan talked about ?Five Key rules for Change Management?, as:

• Mobilize and Sustain Energy
• Communicate Objective cleary and creatively
• Raise Employee Expectations
• Change People Behavior
• Engage the Attention of Individuals at all levels of organization

Conclusion

The penultimate important point made by Stefan was that ?Change Management is not Crises Management?. Stefan says ?Crisis Management and Change Management are often mixed up. Proper change management needs resources (i.e. time and money). In a crisis situation, we are usually missing both. Crisis Management needs much faster and often more harsh decision making. There is no need for creating a sense of urgency (it?s ?change now or die?), communication is reduced to announce management decisions and behavior change needs to ?switch? instead of ?evolve?. Crisis Management is about taking quick short term actions to survive, while Change Management is about implementing long term solutions for sustainable success.?

To conclude his presentation, Stefan put forward a very true and relevant statement that ?Culture eats Strategy for Lunch?. Most of the organizations resist to Change Management because of their existing culture. Culture is by nature, resistive to change. To spring changes, it has to begin with change in culture.

What has been your experiences to propose change management?

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The audience connected well with this talk and a few writers asked how to begin the Change Management, and where does it actually begin. It was interactive, informative, and a nicely paced talk.

Source: http://enjoytechnicalwriting.com/2013/02/27/leading-the-change-by-stefan-gentz/

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Police and firefighters at higher risk for mental disorders following traumatic events

Public release date: 26-Feb-2013
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Contact: Natalie Wood-Wright
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Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Police, firefighters and other protective services workers who are repeatedly exposed to traumatic events and are new to their profession are at greater risk of developing a psychiatric disorder, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers also found that protective services workers do not appear to have a higher prevalence of mental health problems than workers in other occupations. The study results are featured in the February 2013 issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.

"Our findings suggest that exposure to diverse types of traumatic events among protective services workers is a risk factor for new onset of psychopathology and alcohol use disorders," said Christopher N. Kaufmann, MHS, lead author of the study and a doctoral student in the Bloomberg School's Department of Mental Health. "When we examined the relationship of exposure to common traumas with the development of mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders among protective services workers, we found that these workers were at greater risk for developing a mood or alcohol use disorder. Interestingly, this relationship was not seen in those who had been in these jobs for a longer period, but was strong and statistically significant in workers who recently joined the profession. Developing curricula in coping skills and providing timely interventions for early career protective services workers may help reduce future psychiatric morbidity in these workers."

Using data from the U.S National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions researchers compared the prevalence of mental disorders of protective services workers to that of adults in other occupations. In addition, they examined the association of exposure to common traumatic experiences with the development of new mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders among protective services workers who recently joined the workforce and those who had been in these jobs for a longer period. Lifetime and recent trauma events most commonly reported by protective services workers included: seeing someone badly injured or killed; unexpectedly seeing a dead body; having someone close die unexpectedly and having someone close experience a serious or life-threatening illness, accident or injury.

"The association between the number of different traumatic event types and incident mood and alcohol-use disorders, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder, was virtually confined to the group of early career protective services workers," said Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, MPH, senior author of the study and an associate professor with the Bloomberg School's Department of Mental Health. "Future research should examine the coping skills of protective services workers who have been in these jobs for many years, which might make them less likely to develop psychiatric complications in the face of various potentially traumatic experiences."

The authors note, "Special support programs and services for these early career workers can potentially help to prevent development of chronic psychopathology and attrition from these critical jobs."

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"Mental Health of Protective Services Workers: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions," was written by Christopher N. Kaufmann, Lainie Rutkow, Adam P. Spira and Ramin Mojtabai.

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Public release date: 26-Feb-2013
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Contact: Natalie Wood-Wright
nwoodwri@jhsph.edu
410-614-6029
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Police, firefighters and other protective services workers who are repeatedly exposed to traumatic events and are new to their profession are at greater risk of developing a psychiatric disorder, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers also found that protective services workers do not appear to have a higher prevalence of mental health problems than workers in other occupations. The study results are featured in the February 2013 issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.

"Our findings suggest that exposure to diverse types of traumatic events among protective services workers is a risk factor for new onset of psychopathology and alcohol use disorders," said Christopher N. Kaufmann, MHS, lead author of the study and a doctoral student in the Bloomberg School's Department of Mental Health. "When we examined the relationship of exposure to common traumas with the development of mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders among protective services workers, we found that these workers were at greater risk for developing a mood or alcohol use disorder. Interestingly, this relationship was not seen in those who had been in these jobs for a longer period, but was strong and statistically significant in workers who recently joined the profession. Developing curricula in coping skills and providing timely interventions for early career protective services workers may help reduce future psychiatric morbidity in these workers."

Using data from the U.S National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions researchers compared the prevalence of mental disorders of protective services workers to that of adults in other occupations. In addition, they examined the association of exposure to common traumatic experiences with the development of new mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders among protective services workers who recently joined the workforce and those who had been in these jobs for a longer period. Lifetime and recent trauma events most commonly reported by protective services workers included: seeing someone badly injured or killed; unexpectedly seeing a dead body; having someone close die unexpectedly and having someone close experience a serious or life-threatening illness, accident or injury.

"The association between the number of different traumatic event types and incident mood and alcohol-use disorders, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder, was virtually confined to the group of early career protective services workers," said Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, MPH, senior author of the study and an associate professor with the Bloomberg School's Department of Mental Health. "Future research should examine the coping skills of protective services workers who have been in these jobs for many years, which might make them less likely to develop psychiatric complications in the face of various potentially traumatic experiences."

The authors note, "Special support programs and services for these early career workers can potentially help to prevent development of chronic psychopathology and attrition from these critical jobs."

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"Mental Health of Protective Services Workers: Results From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions," was written by Christopher N. Kaufmann, Lainie Rutkow, Adam P. Spira and Ramin Mojtabai.

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San Francisco To Dublin, Ad Specialist Quantcast Opens EMEA Ops Center, Plans 100 Non-Engineering Jobs

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Nokia building TD-SCDMA variants of the Lumia 520 and 720 for China Mobile

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East Bay high school/community college scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 23 events

High school and community college varsity results, news items, schedules and rosters can be reported for the following editions (with email address and phone number):

Tri-Valley Times: prepscores@bayareanewsgroup.com; 925-847-2166

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Nonconference Contra Costa 7, Hartnell 4

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Ohlone 4, Diablo Valley 1

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Rowland, Sax-Simmons (8), McIntire (8), Ball (9) and Leal; Ohlone: Zarubin, Slifer (9) and Cardoza. W: Zarubin (2-1). L: Sax-Simmons (1-2). S: Slifer (3). 2B: Rowland (DVC), Alexander (DVC), Lopez (O). 3B: Kalawaia (O), Andrade (O). Records: Diablo Valley 6-5, Ohlone 5-6.

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Chapell Homes Classic Amador Valley 5, Dougherty Valley 3

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Dronkers, Echavia (5) and Kinney. Snider, Clark (5), Hsu (6) and Murdoch. W: Dronkers. L: Snider. S: Echavia. 2B: Pluschkell (AV), Casperson (AV), McGillivray (AV). Records: Amador Valley 1-0, Dougherty Valley 0-1. Highlights: AV -- Echavia 2 RBIs. DV -- Clark 2 for 2, RBI.

Foothill 7, Castro Valley 3

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Crispell, Shackley (5) and Isquirdo. Seever and Tate. W: Crispell (1-0). L: Seever. 3B: Tate (CV). Records: Foothill 1-0, Castro Valley 0-1. Highlights: F -- Anderson 2 for 4, R, 3 RBIs; Shackley 3 IP, 3 K, 0 R.

Other scores: Newark Memorial 12, West 0; Heritage 3, Tracy 1.

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Koetf, Cullane (4) and Edwards. Hemenes, Zamora (5), Prybylinski (7) and Fackrell. W: Hemenes (1-0). L: Koetf (0-1). S: Prybylinski (1). 3B: Goins (L). Record: Liberty 1-0. Highlights: L -- Hemenes 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 K; Hurtado 1 for 3, R; Goins 1 for 3, 2 RBIs.

El Cerrito 11, Oakland Tech 0, 5 inn.

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Dalpino, Miller (2) and Fratti. Chandler Florez, Cole Florez (4) and Ough. W: Chandler Florez (1-0). L: Dalpino (0-1). 3B: Delaney (EC). HR: Van EckHardt (EC) 1st inn., 1 on. Records: El Cerrito 2-0, Oakland Tech 0-2. Highlights: EC -- Harrison 2 for 3, R, RBI; Ough 1 for 3, RBI, R; Van EckHardt 1 for 2, 2 SB, 2 RBIs, 2 R.

Antioch 8, Berean Christian 4

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Antioch ? ? ? ? ?011 ? ? ? ? ?303 ? ? ? ? ?x-- ? ? ? ? ?8 ? ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ? ?5

Schwitters, Anderson (5), Newton and Alexander. Quintero, Mills (6) and Tyman. W: Quintero (1-0). L: Schwitters (0-1). 2B: Schwitters (BC), Tyman (A), Nobriga (A). 3B: McConnell (BC). Records: Antioch 1-0, Berean Christian 0-1. Highlights: A -- Putman 2 for 3, 3 RBIs; Vanerstrom 2 for 3, 3 RBIs.

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Hughes, Quinby (7) and Craig; Freshman, Rood (5), Hannah (6) and Halstead. W: Hughes. L: Freshman. 2B: Kay (VC). Highlights: MV -- Erlick 2 for 2.

Ygnacio Valley 5, Terra Linda 3

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Bussey, Kirby (6) and Cutler; Eddleston and Solau, Lopez (6). W: Eddleston (1-0). L: Bussey. 2B: Kaneko (TL). Records: Terra Linda 0-2, Ygnacio Valley 1-0. Highlights: YV -- Eddleston 7 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 16 K; Lara 2 for 3, 2 RBIs; Rios 1 for 4, R, SB.

Burlingame 5, Berkeley 4

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Burlingame ? ? ? ? ?200 ? ? ? ? ?021 ? ? ? ? ?x-- ? ? ? ? ?5 ? ? ? ? ?5 ? ? ? ? ?2

McPhaul, Bremer (6) and Langbeinl; Brunicardi, Landucci (4), and Arobio (6). W: Arobio L: McPhaul. 2B: Arobio (Burl), McPhaul (Berk), Sudduth (Berk). 3B: Eichman (Burl). Records: Berkeley 0-1, Burlingame 2-0. Highlights: Berk -- Franco 1 for 3, 2 R.

Alhambra 2, Pittsburg 1

Pittsburg ? ? ? ? ?010 ? ? ? ? ?000 ? ? ? ? ?0-- ? ? ? ? ?1 ? ? ? ? ?1 ? ? ? ? ?0

Alhambra ? ? ? ? ?110 ? ? ? ? ?000 ? ? ? ? ?x-- ? ? ? ? ?2 ? ? ? ? ?1 ? ? ? ? ?1

Herron and Rodriguez. Higgins and Costa. W: Higgins (1-0). L: Herron. Records: Alhamngra 1-1. Highlights: A -- Higgins CG, 15 strikeouts, BB, 0 ER; Taliaferro 1 for 4, SB.

Friday

Nonleague Bishop O'Dowd 6, San Lorenzo 1

San Lorenzo ? ? ? ? ?000 ? ? ? ? ?000 ? ? ? ? ?1-- ? ? ? ? ?1 ? ? ? ? ?4 ? ? ? ? ?4

O'Dowd ? ? ? ? ?400 ? ? ? ? ?101 ? ? ? ? ?x-- ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?7 ? ? ? ? ?1

Benson, Vasquez (4) and Rosas. Nesbitt, Nierenberg (6) and Korn. W: Nesbitt (1-0). L: Benson (0-1). 2B: Nesbitt (BOD). HR: Kyriacou (BOD) 1st inn., 0 on. Records: Bishop O'Dowd 1-0, San Lorenzo 0-1. Highlights: SL -- Benson 2 for 3. BOD -- Kyriacou 1 for 3, R, RBI; Nesbitt 2 for 2, BB, 0 ER, 10 K.

St. Mary's 7, Skyline 0

Skyline ? ? ? ? ?000 ? ? ? ? ?000 ? ? ? ? ?0-- ? ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ?1 ? ? ? ? ?3

St. Mary's ? ? ? ? ?204 ? ? ? ? ?100 ? ? ? ? ?x-- ? ? ? ? ?7 ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?1

Fisher, Esparza (5) and Fong; Flemer, Mahoney (6) and Giuntini. W: Flemer. L: Fisher. 2B: Goldstein (SM), Giuntini (SM), Mahoney (SM). Highlights: SM -- Flemer 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 10 K; Giutini 2 for 3, R, 4 RBIs; Mahoney 1 for 4, 2 R.

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CCN San Francisco City 90, Las Positas 74

San Francisco (28-0, 12-0 CCN)

Robinson 6 3-4 19, Iroegbu 2 3-4 7, Q. Smith 2 6-7 10, Slocum 2 1-2 6, Ford 2 2-3 6, Aja 2 1-5 5, S. Smith 2 0-0 4, Madoshi 1 1-1 3, McGriff 4 2-2 10, Aguirre 3 0-0 6, Wright 4 5-7 14. Totals 30 24-35 90.

Las Positas (6-21, 1-11)

Shabazz 1 3-3 6, McConner 1 0-0 2, Evans 1 2-2 5, Sweetwyne 5 1-1 11, Contreras 9 9-12 29, Cazeres 1 0-0 3, Redmon 3 0-0 9, Wolf 1 0-0 2, Womack 2 3-3 7. Totals 24 18-21 74.

Halftime: SFCC 55, LPC 32. 3-point goals: Robinson 4, Slocum, Wright, Contreras 8, Redmon 3, Shabazz, Cazeres, Evans. Fouled out: S. Smith, Cazeres. Technical foul: S. Smith.

Ohlone 80, Canada 53

Ohlone (20-8, 8-4)

Norris 1 0-0 2, Miller 4 1-2 10, Jackson 2 0-0 5, Mitchell 1 2-4 4, Read 8 2-2 20, Stephens 2 0-0 6, Bucuk 4 0-0 8, Boehn 3 0-0 9, McCarthy 5 2-2 12, Wright 2 0-0 4. Totals 32 7-10 80.

Canada (10- 16, 2-10)

Seyer 1 0-0 2, Brackeen 5 0-0 14, Kirkendall1 0-0 2, Wan 2 0-0 5, Ali 6 0-0 15, Tuason 2 0-0 4, 3 1-2 9, Dickerson 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 1-2 53.

Halftime: Ohlone 42, Canada 24. 3-point goals: Boehn 3, Stephens 2, Read 2, Jackson, Brackeen 4, Ali 3, Osorio 2, Wan.

Friday Big 8 Diablo Valley 65, American River 51

American River

Carvin 2 0-0 5, Ray 0 0-2 0, King 2 0-0 6, Anumu 2 5-5 10, Hoston 2 1-3 5, Thompson 1 0-0 2, Watkins 3 5-8 10, Haysbert 5 3-5 13. Totals 17 14-23 51.

Diablo Valley

Hardaway 3 0-0 6, Jean 12 0-1 30, Jones 2 0-0 6, Harris 4 5-7 13, Fashola 1 2-2 4, Ocon 3 0-0 6. Totals 25 7-10 67.

Halftime: Diablo Valley 34, American River 16. 3-point goals: Carvin, King 2, Aunumu, Jean 6, Jones 2. Fouled out: Jones.

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NCS playoffs Quarterfinals Division II Newark Memorial 66, Las Lomas 50

Las Lomas (17-11)

Milner 1 0-0 2, B.Wood 9 5-8 28, Drewsser 2 0-0 4, A.Wood 2 0-0 4, Nerland 5 1-1 11, Henry 0 1-1 1. Totals 19 7-10 50.

Newark Memorial (21-7)

Frenchwood 8 2-5 19, Zamora 8 3-3 22, Wilson 1 4-4 6, Banford 0 3-4 3, Moncaleano 0 0-1 0, Parker 1 0-0 2, Rockwell 5 2-4 12, Thomas 1 0-0 2.

Las Lomas ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ? ?21 ? ? ? ? ?13-- ? ? ? ? ?50

New. Memorial ? ? ? ? ?8 ? ? ? ? ?19 ? ? ? ? ?19 ? ? ? ? ?20-- ? ? ? ? ?66

3-point goals: B.Wood 5, Zamora 3, Frenchwood. Highlights: LL -- A.Wood 6 rebounds. NM -- Banford 10 rebounds, 3 steals; Moncaleano 5 rebounds; Frenchwood 5 assists.

Division IV Salesian 75, Moreau Catholic 42

Moreau Catholic (18-10)

Solomon 1 0-0 2, Suarez 3 1-2 8, Simmons 2 5-6 9, Regner 0 1-2 1, Klingenbeck 1 0-0 2, Lawrence 4 0-1 9, Frayer 1 3-3 6, Hampton 1 1-2 3, Carscadden 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 11-16 42.

Salesian (28-3)

Coleman II 2 0-0 5, M. Dunn 1 2-2 4, D. Dunn 4 2-2 10, Leonard 3 0-0 7, Robinson 2 0-0 4, Ali 1 0-0 2, Bird 12 0-0 25, Edmonds Jr. 1 0-0 3, Galloway 2 4-5 8, Shepard-Creer 1 0-1 2, McGhee 2 0-1 5. Totals 31 8-11 75.

Moreau Cath. ? ? ? ? ?4 ? ? ? ? ?18 ? ? ? ? ?13 ? ? ? ? ?7-- ? ? ? ? ?42

Salesian ? ? ? ? ?20 ? ? ? ? ?21 ? ? ? ? ?17 ? ? ? ? ?17-- ? ? ? ? ?75

3-point goals: Suarez, Lawrence, Frayer, Coleman II, Leonard, Bird, Edmonds Jr., McGhee. Highlights: S -- Edmonds 6 rebounds; Bird 5 rebounds.

Division V St. Joseph Notre Dame 52, Urban-S.F. 42

Urban (19-10)

Tran 0 2-2 2, Lieberman 1 0-0 3, Monges 6 4-4 22, Cohen 2 2-4 6, Golbing 3 0-0 9. Totals 12 8-10 41.

St. Joseph Notre Dame (20-11)

Harris 3 3-4 11, Voisenat 2 4-4 8, Brown 3 1-4 7, Banks 1 2-3 4, Yussuf 7 6-9 20, Noble 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 16-24 52.

Urban ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?15 ? ? ? ? ?8 ? ? ? ? ?13-- ? ? ? ? ?41

SJND ? ? ? ? ?14 ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?17 ? ? ? ? ?15-- ? ? ? ? ?52

3-point goals: Monges 6, Golbing 3, Harris 2.

Oakland Section playoffs First round Oakland Tech 63, Fremont 57

Fremont

Waters 5 0-0 10, Wheat 5 6-6 20, Gaines 5 3-3 15, Zaref 6 0-0 12. Totals 21 9-9 57.

Oakland Tech (19-8)

Smith 6 6-6 19, Johnson 2 0-0 4, Daniels 2 0-0 5, Woodfolk 2 0-0 4, Verduzco 2 2-2 6, Thompson 2 5-6 9, Standley 8 0-2 16. Totals 24 13-16 63.

Fremont ? ? ? ? ?18 ? ? ? ? ?12 ? ? ? ? ?19 ? ? ? ? ?8-- ? ? ? ? ?57

Tech ? ? ? ? ?12 ? ? ? ? ?23 ? ? ? ? ?14 ? ? ? ? ?14-- ? ? ? ? ?63

3-point goals: Wheat 4, Gaines 2, Smith, Daniels.

Skyline 59, Castlemont 43

Castlemont (7-16)

Evans 4 10-15 18, Wilder 4 4-10 12, Pittman 2 1-2 5, Cotton 0 5-6 5, Beard 1 0-0 3. Totals 11 20-33 43.

Skyline (14-13)

Wright 3 2-3 8, Rivers 4 1-3 9, Payne 5 0-2 12, Coleman 2 4-5 9, Williams 2 0-0 5, Woods 1 1-2 3, Dright 1 1-2 3, Wallace 2 4-5 8, Hasan 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 13-22 59.

Castlemont ? ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ? ?8 ? ? ? ? ?16-- ? ? ? ? ?43

Skyline ? ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ? ?19 ? ? ? ? ?14 ? ? ? ? ?17-- ? ? ? ? ?59

3-point goals: Beard, Payne 2, Coleman, Williams. Technical fouL: Evans. Highlights: S -- Wright 8 assists; Rivers 9 rebounds.

Friday NCS Playoffs Quarterfinals Division I De La Salle 42, Berkeley 25

Berkeley (16-12)

Key 4 2-2 10, Bordelon 1 0-0 2, Rice 1 2-2 5, Nelson 1 0-2 2, Cornelius 2 0-2 4, Allen 1 0-1 2. Totals 10 4-9 25.

De La Salle (24-3)

Inman 2 0-0 6, Peters 1 1-2 4, Pitts 7 1-1 16, Asiasi 0 2-2 2, Hill 1 2-2 4, Marr 0 3-4 3, Rosselli 2 0-2 4, Ratinho 1 0-3 3. Totals 14 9-16 45.

Berkeley ? ? ? ? ?4 ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?2 ? ? ? ? ?13 -- 25

De La Salle ? ? ? ? ?14 ? ? ? ? ?13 ? ? ? ? ?7 ? ? ? ? ?8 -- 42

3-point goals: Rice, Inman 2, Pitts, Peters, Ratinho. Highlights: B --Nelson 5 rebounds. DLS -- Pitts 9 rebounds; Marr 5 rebounds, Hoffman 5 rebounds.

Division III Bishop O'Dowd 86, Encinal 48

Bishop O'Dowd

Perri 7 4-6 18, Austin 3 2-2 8, Anderson 2 0-0 4, Gomes 2 0-0 4, Kalmbach 1 0-0 2, Rabb 10 1-5 21, Davis 3 4-7 11, Sandhu 2 1-2 5, Hagmaier 4 0-0 9, Crudo 0 2-2 2, Owens 1 0-0 2. Totals 35 14-24 86.

Encinal

Hamilton 3 0-0 6, Evans 1 2-2 4, Canalin 4 6-7 17, Masonovic 0 0-2 0, Ibrahim 1 0-0 2, Augustine 3 0-2 6, Brown 1 0-0 2, Davis 1 1-1 3, Callum 4 0-0 8. Totals 18 9-14 48.

O'Dowd ? ? ? ? ?25 ? ? ? ? ?22 ? ? ? ? ?19 ? ? ? ? ?20-- ? ? ? ? ?86

Encinal ? ? ? ? ?18 ? ? ? ? ?12 ? ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ? ?8-- ? ? ? ? ?48

3-point goals: Davis, Hagmaier, Canalin 3.

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NCS playoffs Quarterfinals Division IV Salesian 78, St. Patrick-St. Vincent 42

St. Patrick-St. Vincent (15-14)

Desrosiers 1 0-0 3, Yap 3 6-8 13, Meshack 4 0-0 9, Faucett 1 1-4 3, Dennis 1 0-0 2, Bibb 1 2-2 3, Caoile 2 0-1 4, Bates 0 0-2 0, Polintan 1 0-0 2, Mendoza 0 2-2 2. Totals 14 11-19 42.

Salesian (25-5)

McNair 3 3-5 9, Moore 4 11-11 19, Ampon 1 0-0 2, Correal 6 3-6 15, Stallworth 3 0-2 6, Crowder 3 0-0 7, Toailoa 1 1-8 3, Horton 2 0-0 4, Williams 2 0-0 4, Maramba 2 0-0 4, Lizarraga 1 1-2 3, Ross 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 19-34 78.

SPSV ? ? ? ? ?14 ? ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ? ?9-- ? ? ? ? ?42

Salesian ? ? ? ? ?18 ? ? ? ? ?18 ? ? ? ? ?20 ? ? ? ? ?22-- ? ? ? ? ?78

3-point goals: Meshack, Yap, Desrosiers, Crowder. Highlights: SPSV -- Caoile 6 rebounds; Faucett 6 rebounds. Sal -- Moore 7 rebounds, 7 assists; Correal 8 rebounds.

St. Mary's 82, Justin Siena 20

Justin Siena (23-7)

Mertens 2 0-0 5, Irvine 1 2-2 4, Cremen 5 1-2 11. Totals 8 3-4 20.

St. Mary's (27-4)

Camello 1 0-2 2, Negron 3 0-0 8, Berry 4 0-0 8, Cowling 8 1-2 18, Serell 1 0-0 2, Masuoka 2 0-0 6, Chinn 2 2-2 7, Goodwin 3 0-0 6, Arciaga 1 1-2 4, Thompson 1 1-2 3, Green 7 3-3 18. Totals 33 8-13 82.

Justin Siena ? ? ? ? ?4 ? ? ? ? ?2 ? ? ? ? ?7 ? ? ? ? ?7-- ? ? ? ? ?20

St. Mary's ? ? ? ? ?34 ? ? ? ? ?20 ? ? ? ? ?23 ? ? ? ? ?5-- ? ? ? ? ?82

3-point goals: Mertens, Masuoka 2, Negron 2, Cowling, Chinn, Arciaga, Green.

Division V Valley Christian 55, Sonoma Academy 32

Sonoma Academy (22-5)

Gallagher 5 0-0 11, Olson 1 1-2 4, Ashley 1 0-0 2, Herold 2 5-8 10, Gimpel 1 3-5 5. Totals 10 9-15 32.

Valley Christian (28-2)

E.Ayad 5 0-0 12, Woodson 1 0-0 3, Cunha 2 0-0 4, Bessolo 5 3-4 13, Pilz 1 0-0 2, I.Ayad 5 2-3 13, Frierson 2 4-7 8. Totals 21 9-14 55.

Sonoma ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?14 ? ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ? ?3-- ? ? ? ? ?32

Valley Ch. ? ? ? ? ?13 ? ? ? ? ?15 ? ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ? ?18-- ? ? ? ? ?55

3-point goals: Gallagher, Olson, Herold, E.Ayad 2, I.Ayad, Woodson. Fouled out: Gimpel. Highlights: VC -- Cunha 6 assists.

Division VI Ca. School for the Deaf 45, Waldorf-S.F. 29

California School for the Deaf

Harmount 1 0-0 2, Dike 1 0-0 2, Daniels 4 4-7 12, Thomas 4 2-7 10, Castaneda 5 0-0 12, Williams 2 1-1 5, MacAulay 1 0-0 2. Totals .

Waldorf

Alba 2 0-0 4, Silverman 0 0-2 0, Molesworth 1 1-4 4, Gallardo 5 0-0 11, Young 2 4-6 9, Kelah 0 1-4 1. Totals 10 6-16 29.

CSD ? ? ? ? ?11 ? ? ? ? ?2 ? ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ? ?22-- ? ? ? ? ?45

Waldorf ? ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?5-- ? ? ? ? ?29

3-point goals: Castaneda 2, Molesworth, Gallardo, Young. Highlights: CSD -- Thomas 11 steals, 10 rebounds; Daniels 9 rebounds, 5 steals; Harmount 6 rebounds.

Friday NCS Playoffs Quarterfinals Division II Montgomery 53, Newark Mem. 46

Newark Memorial (20-8)

Brown 4 4-6 13, Matos 1 0-0 22, Ratu 0 2-2 2, Norman 7 7-12 25, Clark 2 0-0 4. Totals 14 13-20 46.

Montgomery (24-6)

Hess 0 0-2 0, Nordby 1 0-0 3, Evett 1 7-10 9, Donnelly 5 5-7 15, Harris-Bloom 2 0-0 5, Sweeney 2 0-2 4, Hawkins 0 1-2 1, Wilson 5 5-7 16. Totals 18 18-30 53.

Newark Mem. ? ? ? ? ?2 ? ? ? ? ?15 ? ? ? ? ?11 ? ? ? ? ?18 -- 46

Montgomery ? ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ? ?18 ? ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ? ?15 -- 53

3-point goals: Norman 4, Brown, Nordby, Harris-Bloom, Wilson. Fouled out: Clark.

Division III Bishop O'Dowd 61, Eureka 15

Eureka (16-9)

Glavich 1 0-0 3, White 0 1-2 1, G. Moua 1 0-0 3, Thayer 1 1-2 3, O. Moua 1 0-0 3, Purify 1 0-0 2. Totals 5 2-4 15.

Bishop O'Dowd (24-3)

Thomas 1 0-0 3, M. Williams 4 0-0 8, Bostick 5 0-2 10, Brown 3 1-1 7, Andrada 2 0-0 4, Merriman 1 0-0 2, Kalmbach 1 0-0 2, D. Williams 3 0-0 6, Robertson 2 0-0 4, Chidom 5 1-2 11, Waters 2 0-0 4. Totals 29 2-5 61.

Eureka ? ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ?5 ? ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ? ?1 -- 15

O'Dowd ? ? ? ? ?27 ? ? ? ? ?17 ? ? ? ? ?13 ? ? ? ? ?4 -- 61

3-point goals: Glavich, G. Moua, O. Moua, Bostick.

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NCS Playoffs Division I championship De La Salle 1, San Ramon Valley 0

Halftime: 0-0. Scoring: Dildine (Bell) 90:00. Saves: Murphy (SRV) 1, Wraith (SRV) 2, Konstantino (DLS) 4. Records: San Ramon Valley 18-7-3, De La Salle 18-3-6.

Division II Championship Concord 1, Campolindo 0

Halftime: 1-0. Scoring: Con, Farmer (Altamirano) 19:00. Saves: Jimenez (Con) 2, Price (Campo) 3. Records: Concord 16-2-5, Campolindo 18-8-2.

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NCS Playoffs Division I Championship San Ramon Valley 1, Monte Vista 0

Halftime: 0-0. Scoring: SRV, Turner 42:00. Saves: Clark (MV) 5, Bauman (SRV) 4. Records: San Ramon Valley 20-0-5, Monte Vista 12-6-6.

Division II Championship Bishop O'Dowd 0, Piedmont 0

(O'Dowd wins 3-2 in shootout)

Saves: Platt (P) 12, McElrath (BOD) 3. Records: Bishop O'Dowd 26-2-1, Piedmont 16-5-4.

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Nonleague Miramonte 12, Elsie Allen 1

Miramonte ? ? ? ? ?335 ? ? ? ? ?10-- ? ? ? ? ?12 ? ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ? ?1

Elsie Allen ? ? ? ? ?001 ? ? ? ? ?00-- ? ? ? ? ?1 ? ? ? ? ?2 ? ? ? ? ?5

Alford, Pagan (4) and Mottier; Giampadi and Flowers. W: Alford. L: Giampadi. 2B: Barosky (M). Records: Miramonte 2-0, Elsie Allen 0-2. Highlghts: M -- Barosky 1 for 3, 2 R, 2 RBIs; DeVecchi 1 for 1, 4 R, 4 SB; Ochs 1 for 1, 2 RBIs.

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Friday Big 8 Diablo Valley 8, Shasta 1

Singles: Presnell (S) d. Le 6-4, 6-4; Dugan (DVC) d. Miller 6-0, 7-5; Lofquist (DVC) d. Huocong 6-4, 7-6 (3); Kim (DVC) d. Loader 6-0, 6-0; Galpin (DVC) won by default; Hamilton (DVC) won by default. Doubles: Le/Kim (DVC) d. Presnell/Miller 8-4; Dugan/Lofquist (DVC) d. Huocong/Loader 8-0; Sakai/Ko (DVC) by default. Record: Diablo Valley 3-3, 1-1 Big 8.

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Friday Big 8 Diablo Valley 9, Shasta 0

Singles: Ashim d. Hanson 6-2, 6-0; Lee d. Richmond 6-2, 6-4; Le d. Odurukwe 6-3, 6-0; Kusumo d. O'Neal 6-0, 6-0; Rojas d. Herrer 6-0, 6-1; Gleason by default. Doubles: Ashim/Hoshino d. Hanson/Richmond 8-2; Lee/Kusumo d. Odurukwe/O'Neal 8-0; Gleason/Howard by default. Record: Diablo Valley 5-0, 2-0 Big 8.

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De La Salle Invitational Dougherty Valley 9, De La Salle 0

Singles: Wang d. Bakos 6-3, 4-6, 10-7; Kotecha d. Karachewski 7-5, 1-6, 10-8; Kogali d. Philip 6-1, 6-1; Eaton d. Trinkus 6-2, 6-0; Anuj d. DeMartini 6-0, 6-1; Rishi d. Bebarta 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Sri/Prudhui d. Hawkyard/Dundon 6-1, 1-6, 12-10; Prateek/Sarth d. Brown/Jones 7-5, 6-7 (7), 10-6; Edar/Elliot d. Schlagel/Hunziker 6-3, 3-6, 10-8.

De La Salle 8, Northgate 1

Singles: Bakos (DLS) d. Nakagawa 6-4, 7-6 (8); Rhinehart (N) d. Karachewski 6-1, 6-4; Phlip (DLS) d. Master 6-2, 7-6 (8); Trinkus (DLS) d. Schtein 6-1, 7-5; DeMartini (DLS) d. Pierce 6-0, 6-2; Bebarta (DLS) d. Getahun 6-1, 7-5. Doubles: Hawkyard/Dundon (DLS) d. Sisneros/Bunday 6-4, 6-2; Jones/Brown (DLS) d. Lovie/Prasad 6-3, 6-2; Schlagel/Hunziker (DLS) d. Dyess/Ramikilishnan 6-3, 7-6 (7).

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NCS Championships

Team scores (top 25): De La Salle 253, James Logan 236.5, Windsor 201.5, Liberty 182, Freedom 134.5, College Park 118, Livermore 113, Upper Lake 103.5, Las Lomas 93.5, Castro Valley 89.5, Ukiah 89.5, Sonoma Valley 88, Amador Valley 82.5, Foothill 75.5, McKinleyville 74.5, Terra Linda 74, Healdsburg 73.5, Rancho Cotate 68.5, American 62.5, Lower Lake 62.5, Eureka 62, Deer Valley 60.5, Granada 59, Antioch 58.5, Mission San Jose 57.

Finals

106 -- Luty (American) d. Perez (Windsor) 12-6; 113 -- Vigil (Heritage) d. Guerrero (Rancho Cotate) 4-0; 120 -- Coster (Freedom) d. Cervantes (DLS) 1-0, OT; 126 -- Flores (James Logan) d. Fore (Wind) 9-2; 132 -- Solari (Lib) d. Lazares (Castro Valley) 8-0; 138 -- Macalooly (JL) d. Beltran (Granada) 9-6; 145 -- Lange (Livermore) d. Russum (DLS) 3-2, OT; 152 -- Rardon (Liv) d. Clay (Rancho Cotate) 5-3; 160 -- Campiotti (Granada) d. Merlo (Healdsburg) 10-1; 170 -- Aaron Pease (DLS) d. Blank (Lib) 5-2; 182 -- Aiello (DLS) d. Clark (Fort Bragg) 4-2; 195 -- Hartwell (JL) d. Price (McKinleyville) 2-1; 220 -- Keeve (Terra Linda) d. Lacy (Sonoma Valley) 2-1; 285 -- Walsh (Las Lomas) d. Clausen (Newark Mem.) 3-0.

Third place

106 -- Guerrero (DLS) d. Gardiner (Justin Siena) 7-5; 113 -- Conte (DLS) d. Ah-Yeung (Wind) 6-4, OT; 120 -- Donato (JL) d. Moreno (Eureka) t.f.; 126 -- Yozzo (AV) d. Lyle (Lib) 10-4; 132 -- Trunick (Wind) d. Benton (Mt. Diablo) 15-4; 138 -- Silva (Wind) d. McCoy (Clayton Valley) 2-0; 145 -- Heath (Novato) d. Urbina (CP) 5-0; 152 -- Coleman (UL) d. Black (Hlds) 9-5; 160 -- Bazan (Freedom) d. Papalagi (Antioch) 11-2; 170 -- Norris (Redwood) d. Cosce (Hoopa) 6-0; 182 -- Christiansen (El Molino) d. Hanson (Lib) 7-4; 195 -- Rios (Wind) d. Amandoli (Sonoma Valley) 2-1; 220 -- Barretto (St. Patrick-St. Vincent) d. Iakopo (Deer Valley) 3-2; 285 -- Dorgan (Hoopa) d. Kosinski (Marin Cath.) 7-3.

(Top three advance to CIF State Championships, March 1-2 in Bakersfield)

Oakland Section Championships

Team scores: Skyline 193, Castlemont 96, Oakland Tech 78.

Finals

113 -- Odom (Sky) by forfeit; 126 -- Lira (Sky) d. Chen (Oakland Tech); 138 -- Alaskari (Sky) d. Melieck (Sky); 145 -- Mabon (Sky) d. Johnson (Cast); 152 -- Borrego (Sky) d. Villoria (Sky); 160 -- Uyong (Sky) d. Marmol (Sky); 170 -- Logwood (Cast) d. Debose (Sky); 180 -- Reed (OT) d. Pickens (Cast); 195 -- Steen (Sky) d. Thornton (OT); 220 -- Smith (Sky) d. Phillips (Cast); 285 -- Kiel (OT) d. Stubblefield (Sky).

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CIF Championships

At Lemoore HS

Finals (East Bay results only)

126 -- Chanel Chawalit (Albany) d. Teasia Lizama (Lindhurst) 9-3.

189 -- Sinorti Stegman (Berkeley) p. Pubill (Sacred Heart Cathedral) 2:37)

Source: http://www.contracostatimes.com/high-school-sports/ci_22656939/east-bay-high-school-community-college-scoreboard-saturday?source=rss_viewed

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FDA expands approval of Bayer cancer drug

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded approval of a Bayer cancer pill to treat tumors of the intestinal tract that don't respond to other treatments.

The drug is called Stivarga and regulators approved it to treat gastrointestinal stromal tumors that cannot be surgically removed and no longer respond to other FDA-approved drugs.

The FDA previously approved Stivarga to treat colorectal cancer. It works by blocking several enzymes that promote cancer growth.

The FDA approved the drug for the new use based on a study of nearly 200 patients who were randomly assigned to take Stivarga or a placebo pill.

Patients taking the drug experienced a nearly four month delay in the growth of their tumors compared to taking placebo.

The most common side effects of Stivarga in clinical trials included liver damage, severe bleeding, blistering and peeling of skin, high blood pressure, heart attacks and perforations.

Other drugs approved to treat intestinal tumors include Gleevec, from Novartis, and Sutent, made by Pfizer Inc.

Bayer HealthCare is a subsidiary of Germany's Bayer AG

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fda-expands-approval-bayer-cancer-195130061.html

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Steve Jobs' Birthday: Remembering a Visionary

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/02/steve-jobs-birthday-remembering-a-visionary/

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George Heymont: Sweating Out A Surrealist Nightmare

Do your nightmares make you feel like you've entered The Twilight Zone? Do you feel trapped in a surrealistic cesspool? You are not alone.

Written and directed by Christopher Graybill, The Great Gastromancer is a short film that started off with one goal, didn't quite get there, and (even though it's billed as "without a doubt, the strangest short film at the SFIndie Film Festival") became hopelessly confusing. On his Kickstarter page, Graybill explains that:

"The Great Gastromancer will be a short narrative about Charlie Grumbles, an amateur ventriloquist with an innocent heart. His genuine pursuit to make people laugh ultimately leads him to dark places, where this same innocence seems to bring out the malicious talent of peering through time. In these experiences Charlie finds that not only do beauty and generosity hold divine qualities, but on the contrary, so does the overwhelming power of hate and destruction. There are many themes visited in the current script. Old America and new America, hate, love, atheism and animism, demons or autonomous complexes. I've been practicing ventriloquism for the Charlie role. Alan Semok, the famed Dummy Doctor, who has worked on such films as Dummy and Cradle Will Rock is possibly supplying a vintage figure. Also Matthew David has agreed to lend his musical talents."

Christopher Graybill as Charlie Grumbles in The Great Gastromancer

If you click here, you can watch a brief video that features some of Graybill's storyboards and hear him explain that the storyboards are about a ventriloquist named Charlie.

"He's kind of modeled after Myshkin from The Idiot. He just wants to make people laugh and just has a real kind of simple demeanor. He's a good guy, this Charlie, and so he kind of ends up being this innocent victim. When this is established, Charlie kind of starts to become ill. Then it's discovered that he has another talent, which happens to be listening to the undead through the noises in his stomach."

The finished product is a confusing film which never really takes off. One reason is that, whereas in live performance, an audience can watch a ventriloquist trying to project his voice onto his dummy, dubbing a film with someone's voice (Graybill is a talented voiceover artist) completely shatters the dramatic illusion. The cruelest irony is that the trailer for The Great Gastromancer stands head and shoulders above Graybill's completed film.

That's not to say that dubbing a ventriloquist's voice can't work. In the following clip from the talented folks at Rubber Chicken Cards, ventriloquist Jack and and his French dummy, Jacques, have another one of their bizarre conversations.

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It's a mere hop, skip, and jump from Jack and Jacque's absurd little world to one of the most famous artistic landmarks of the Theatre of the Absurd. Years ago, in a series he entitled "Unlikely Casting," the great theatrical caricaturist, Al Hershfield, fantasized about a production of Waiting for Godot that starred Jack Lemmon and Zero Mostel.

Al Hirschfield's fantasy casting for Waiting for Godot

I've been waiting for years to see Samuel Beckett's 1953 masterpiece and now, thanks to the Marin Theatre Company, my long wait is finally over. While some explore Samuel Beckett's play in search of trenchant symbolism, I find that its greatest reward is its elasticity and the numerous opportunities it offers to create comic moments that are not in the text. Beckett's play requires actors whose comedic instincts and teamwork allow them to approach his work as if it were a piece of chamber music written for clowns trapped in a nonsensical no-man's land.

Vladimir (Mark Bedard) and Estragon (Mark Anderson Phillips)
in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (Photo by: Kevin Berne)

While academics may search for deep meaning in Beckett's play, I prefer to think of Waiting for Godot as the inspiration for such popular films as 1993's Groundhog Day and 2004's 50 First Dates. Set on a nearly barren stage (with only a rock, a tree, and the rising moon), Vladimir/Didi (Mark Bedard) and Estragon/Gogo (Mark Anderson Phillips) are two confused clowns trapped in an absurdist time warp. Although each day starts anew with similar expectations, Vladimir has better luck at remembering what happened the previous day. Estragon's memory seems to have been wiped clear each morning.

While there are slight variations in their day (Lucky and Pozzo cross the stage in opposite directions, two boys who work for Mr. Godot take turns informing Vladimir and Estragon that Godot won't be showing up, but might make an appearance the following day), it's best to approach Waiting for Godot as if it has been set in the kind of snow globe one shakes and inverts in order to witness its peculiar magic.

Pozzo (James Carpenter) and Lucky (Ben Johnson) in
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (Photo by: Kevin Berne)

MTC's Jasson Minadakis directed this production with a superb cast. As Pozzo, James Carpenter's booming basso offered the perfect counterbalance to the ever optimistic twinkle in Mark Bedard's eyes. Likewise, the hulking resignation of Ben Johnson's Lucky was relieved by the physical goofiness and wide-eyed, confused bulldog stare of Mark Anderson Phillips as Estragon. Lucas Meyers and Sam Novick were innocent, unknowing boys who arrive bearing messages from the mysterious Mr. Godot.

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How's this for an opening moment? The lights come up on a man and woman in a messy apartment. Neither one can remember their names or how they got there. As they struggle to come to their senses, they notice some drug paraphernalia on the table and a syringe lodged in the man's forearm.

"And.....scene!"

Powerfully directed by Loretta Greco, the Magic Theatre recently presented the world premiere of Se Llama Cristina, a challenging new drama by Octavio Solis which takes the audience on a wild roller coaster ride as Miguel (Sean San Jos?) and Vera (Sarah Nina Hayon) struggle to figure out the who, what, why, when, and where of the moment (as well as how in the name of hell they got there).

Vera (Sarah Nina Hayon) and Miguel (Sean San Jos? ) in a
scene from Se Llama Cristina (Photo by: Jennifer Reiley)

Is this a nightmare? Are they trapped in a bad meth trip? If so, why is some angry man named Abel (Rod Gnapp) pounding on the door and threatening them? As director Loretta Greco notes:

"I find three qualities particularly and consistently thrilling in Octavio's work. First, it features emotionally viable, poetic, and muscular language. Second, he displays a keen fascination with people who are divided -- or rather, he shares a meditation on divides of every ilk, be they cultural, economic, or spiritual. Characters in Octavio's plays are straddling borders (both literal and figurative) and trying desperately to fill the chasms. Lastly, an Octavio Solis play always uncovers plenty of skeletons in the closet -- deep, dark secrets whose gradual revelations change the courses of the lives they enshroud. This play deals with two people who truly resuscitate each other, who help each other traverse the most treacherous of pasts in order to transcend and bring new light and hope to the future."

The abusive Abel (Rod Gnapp) confronts Vera (Sarah Nina Hayon)
in a scene from Se Llama Cristina (Photo by: Jennifer Reiley)

With Andrew Boyce's stark unit set and Sara Huddleston's sound design, the actors don't have many props at their disposal. Se Llama Cristina is a drug-addled, 80-minute rocket ride through psychosis, temporary amnesia, and a woman's panic over possibly being pregnant in which a sweet-talking abusive boyfriend can be foolishly forgiven and a deep fried chicken drumstick can be mistaken for an infant. As the playwright explains:

"Se Llama Cristina is a lot more challenging than my other plays because I set up a very complex labyrinth for myself, for the audience, and for the characters to traverse that has its own kind of poetry. Language is the way to enter the darker moments because the things that are happening are often not depicted in the rawness of their reality (they are spoken about). You seldom see an actual murder onstage or something sexually violent in front of you. If you do, it's elevated to a poetic level. It happens in language.

I've always been attracted to language because English is a second language to me and I like to figure out its nuances. I'm more interested in how language remains active (and not just how it exists for its own sake), but how language can BE an action. I'm not a 'realistic" writer.' I freely mix lyrical language with our profane and/or mundane vernacular because language always has to be in service of the action, which is why there is a kind of immaculate ecstatic melody coexisting with down-to-earth gritty dialogue."

Vera (Sarah Nina Hayon) and Miguel (Sean San Jos? ) in a
scene from Se Llama Cristina (Photo by: Jennifer Reiley)

If Waiting for Godot is a shining example of the Theatre of the Absurd, Se Llama Cristina comes from the blazing forge of the Theatre of Broken Dreams and Tough Love. It burns with the fevered fright of a meth-induced frenzy. Sarah Nina Hayon and Sean San Jos? deliver bravura performances as the two anguished and confused leads. Rod Gnapp adds another sterling portrayal to his extensive rogues gallery of angry, confused straight men.

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Baseball fans brave winter conditions for Brewers tickets

MILWAUKEE (WITI) ? Dedicated Brewers fans braved winter weather conditions Friday morning, February 22nd ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers seventh annual Arctic Tailgate party at Miller Park on Saturday, February 23rd.

Fans have been lined up and camped out in order to be the first to get their hands on Brewers tickets ? which fans can receive Saturday morning.

?It was like a hurricane. We had an inch of snow in our tent,? says camper David Barriere. Barriere claims the strong winds even broke the pole to their tent.

Dedicated Brewers fan, Paul Killian was first in line ? setting up camp around 9:00 Wednesday night. ?It Feels terrific. It?s nice to see all these people behind you ? and know you are going to be the first ones in. The first ones to get our tickets. And the first ones to be outta here.?

At this time, the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for all of southeast Wisconsin until 6:00 p.m. Friday.

This first push of early morning snow left an average of 2-4? of snow in many areas. An additional 1-2? is expected to fall Friday evening for storm totals around 5? in most areas.

Source: http://northshore.fox6now.com/news/news/170930-baseball-fans-brave-winter-conditions-brewers-tickets

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The mystery above: Military's X-37B mission

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An Atlas 5 rocket blasts off on Dec. 11, 2012, beginning the Air Force's third X-37B classified space plane mission.

By Leonard David
Space.com

The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is quietly chalking up mileage in space more than two months after its latest launch into orbit.

The robotic?X-37B space plane?soared into orbit atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 11. The mini-shuttle's mission is known as Orbital Test Vehicle-3 (OTV-3), since it is the third classified mission under the Air Force's X-37B program.

How long OTV-3 will remain in Earth orbit is unknown. The hush-hush?space plane?mission is officially on Air Force space tracking books as USA-240.

"The mission is ongoing," Air Force Maj. Eric Badger, a spokesman for the X-37B program, told Space.com. "As with previous missions, the actual duration will depend on test objectives, on-orbit vehicle performance and conditions at the landing facility." [Photos: U.S. Military's X-37B Space Plane]

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NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center image shows on-orbit functions for the reusable X-37 space plane, now under the wing of the U.S. Air Force.

A new reusable space plane
The current flight under way has attained one known major milestone ? that of reusability.

This same vehicle was flown on the maiden voyage in the X-37B program back in 2010. That OTV-1 mission lasted nearly 225 days in orbit and then zoomed back to Earth on autopilot over the Pacific Ocean, gliding down onto a specially prepared runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The OTV-2 mission, which used a different X-37B vehicle, also made a Vandenberg touchdown on June 16 of last year after remaining in orbit for 469 days, more than doubling its sister ship?s stay.

There's a possibility that OTV-3 may not land in Vandenberg. There have been discussions about bringing the space plane down at the space shuttle landing strip at NASA's?Kennedy Space Center, next door to Cape Canaveral, as a possible cost-cutting measure.

"The possibility of using the former shuttle infrastructure for future X-37B landing operations is still being investigated," Badger said.

Boeing

Stretching 29 feet in length and weighing 11,000 pounds, the second Boeing-built X-37B became the longest on-orbit space vehicle on June 16, 2012 when it completed a 469-day mission with an autonomous landing at Vandenberg Air Force Station in California.

Space test platform
The X-37B looks a bit like a miniature?space shuttle. The vehicle is 29 feet (8.8 meters) long and 15 feet (4.5 m) wide, with a payload bay about the size of a pickup truck bed.

Only two X-37B space planes have been constructed for the Air Force by Boeing Government Space Systems, officials say. Flights of the space plane are conducted under the auspices of the Air Force?s Rapid Capabilities Office.

According to an Air Force fact sheet, the Rapid Capabilities Office is working on the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle "to demonstrate a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the United States Air Force."

Mission control is handled by the 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron, 21st Space Wing, of the Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Skywatcher insight
While little is known regarding what OTV-3 is toting in its cargo bay, amateur skywatchers offer some insight into the mission.

"All does seem quiet," said Ted Molczan of Toronto, a leader in an ever-vigilant, worldwide satellite sleuthing network.

"OTV-3 remains in its initial orbit, maintaining altitude with periodic engine firings," Molczan told Space.com. "Unlike the first two missions, its ground track does not closely repeat at the frequent intervals that would suggest an imaging reconnaissance mission."

Confusion and speculation
While missions of X-37B remain obscure, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., criticizes the program as a less-than-cost-effective way to conduct space activities.

UCS space experts assert that, while the space plane is versatile and capable, there are better, more efficient and more cost-effective ways of carrying out the X-37B's possible missions.

"And because it is an Air Force project and its details are classified, the plane has generated confusion, speculation and, in some cases, concern about its actual purpose" a UCS document issued prior to the OTV-3 mission launch said.

Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. He is former director of research for the National Commission on Space and a past editor-in-chief of the National Space Society's Ad Astra and Space World magazines. He has written for Space.com since 1999.Follow Space.com on Twitter?@Spacedotcom. We're also on?Facebook?and?Google+.?

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Big bucks flowing to California home owners under mortgage settlement

Nearly 72,000 Californians have had their mortgages reduced or forgiven under terms of a multi-state mortgage settlement with five major banks, according to a report Thursday from the state appointee monitoring the banks' compliance.

"California is faring very well under this deal," said Katherine Porter, the UC Irvine law professor who is serving as the state's monitor of the settlement with 48 state attorneys general.

About 41 percent of the relief so far has gone to Californians, she said.

"We think that's the result of two things -- a California commitment by three banks and the attorney general who made itclear how serious she was about enforcement of this deal. My office also worked really hard to educate borrowers," Porter said.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris held out for a special "California commitment" from three of the six banks -- Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America -- which is increasing the state's share.

The three banks committed to $12 billion in principal reductions and the appointment of a monitor. "The banks that participated in the California commitment are exceeding what they said they would do to help," pushing the expected total of all forms of relief to struggling home owners in the state to $20 billion, Porter said.

An additional 24,377 borrowers are "in progress" on mortgage reductions, and the total is expected to reach 100,000 before the settlement ends. Out of a total

of $16.9 billion so far, $7.5 billion has been in first or second mortgage reductions or forgiveness, Porter said.

Other relief includes assistance on short sales and "cash for keys" to homeowners who want to leave their homes.

Six banks agreed to a $25 billion multi-state settlement of charges stemming from a "robo-signing" scandal involving improper foreclosures. They are Citibank, JP Morgan Chase/Washington Mutual, Bank of America/Countrywide, Wells Fargo/Wachovia, and Ally Financial

Contact Pete Carey at 408-920-5419 Follow him on Twitter.com/petecarey

Source: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/business/ci_22632361/big-bucks-flowing-california-home-owners-under-mortgage?source=rss_emailed

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