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- Where did the meat come from?
- Does the farmer regularly supply his stock with CB?
- Is it a common practice in Spain to dope your cattle with CB?
- Test several of his cows right now. Do they come positive for CB? If so, at what concentration?
- Is the level of CB found in AC's urine consistent with the amount that would be found in a person who ingested N grams of beef from stock that may have had N % of first generation CB in the bloodstream?
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Five Questions to Clear-up the Contador Clenbuterol Affair
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CB is illegal in the EU. No way, unless he went to Asia and ate meat.ReplyDelete
Just because it's illegal doesn't mean it isn't done by individual producers. Blood doping is illegal in Spanish bike racing but that hasn't stopped some athletes.ReplyDelete
So, let Contador present the cattleman who will take the rap for him. If he can do that, then he should be exonerated just for having developed that credible a back-story.
The answer to 1), 2) 3) and 4) should be easy to findReplyDelete
First, there's a Europe wide tracking scheme that means every cut of beef is logged and tracked http://theinnerring.blogspot.com/2010/10/rogue-steak.html for the very reason that any contaminated meat can be tracked backwards from the dish to the field.
It's illegal in Europe to treat cows with clenbuterol. But presumably if one cow has been doped then you should presumably find the whole herd probably got the same.
It's also illegal to treat cattle with this in the EU. It might not have stopped some unscrupulous farmers but if it happened more often then presumably there would be more positive tests, athletes across more sports would be showing up from time to time.
5) This is crucial. If the cow is found and some calculations are done then he's cleared.
I'd ask some more questions:
- why wasn't the hunt for bad butcher started earlier, it only seems to have begun recently.
- why the certainty over the meat? If you show up positive for something and have no genuine explanation, then you might come up with a few ideas but at best you'd have a few hypotheses.
We you can't be sure the meat is bad, it might well be something else that has been contaminated and ingested.
Just as it could be doping too.
Thanks for your follow-on questions, TheInnerRing. Much appreciated.ReplyDelete
Well done.ReplyDelete
1) Were public health authorities notified of the possibility of clenbuterol tainting local meat supplies, and if so, when?
2) What steps have public health authorities or anyone else taken to trace the tainted meat to the farm, and when did those take place?
3) How can you be certain it was tenderloin from Irun and not tenderloin your chef bought in Pau or from some other source?
Pertinent stuff, as ever, from one of the best cycling bloggers on the internet - thanks Joe. And an equally pertinent response from another - thanks, Inner Ring.ReplyDelete
Just to add to the debate, Professor Michel Audran, one of the founders of the UCI's Biological Passport system, told RMC the product might also have entered AC's system by doping with an undetectable substance that could also be contaminated." My assumption is that this hypothesis is based on precedent.
Did no one else in Astana eat this meat and test positive at the same time?ReplyDelete
Matt, thanks for the praise and the information provided by Prof. Audran. While I genuinely hope that there's a herd of clenbuterol-contaminated-cattle somewhere in Spain with AC's name on them, you're right to raise the possibility that the contamination was not of meat, but rather, some substance hitherto unknown to all of us.ReplyDelete
Ste, I believe that Contador attempted to explain his being the only one to test positive, though I don't remember the specifics - save for the fact that Vino ate earlier and/or he rejected the hotel chef's meat because it wasn't appetizing. ;)ReplyDelete
- Jonathan Williams04 October, 2010 13:15
Aren't we still dealing with a strict liability offense here? And won't that mean Contador will face at least some kind of ban? And won't that ban include stripping him of his TdF title?ReplyDelete
Unless, of course, Contador gets special treatment. Right?
JW - I'm assuming that, while strict liability would apply to you and me, they'll make an exception in the case of the TdF winner (as long as his name isn't Floyd Landis).ReplyDelete
- Jonathan Williams04 October, 2010 13:24
Yeah, I'm afraid you're probably right.ReplyDelete
One more:ReplyDelete
Do you take any nutritional supplements, protein powders, pills or capsules of any type, "homeopathic" remedies, or take in any other non-food substance that could potentially have been contaminated? If so, how did you rule it out for potential clenbuterol contamination?
- Anonymous04 October, 2010 15:22
If AC was running an extra quart post rest day... hmmm, what does that say about AS? He was so quick to jump out in support of AC.ReplyDelete
- Kineticjay04 October, 2010 21:55
Joe, I love the blog and the opinions. Thanks for both. This is kind of a tangent, but how do you think Floyd will react if AC is given a pass for this positive? I don't think he would take it too well and I think he would be compelled to ramp up his efforts.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous05 October, 2010 06:44
From a commentator called Robert G Thorne over at the Science of Sport blog:ReplyDelete
"Reporting in the New York Times, Juliet Macur writes: "Fernando Ramos, a professor at the University of Coimbra in Portugal who has studied clenbuterol contamination in meat for 20 years, said it was highly unlikely that Contador tested positive from eating meat other than liver, noting that the concentration would have to be so high that the animal would have died before being slaughtered."
Indeed, looking at the literature, it seems clear that cows concentrate clenbuterol in the liver and that a number of intoxication cases have been related to consuming liver from clenbuterol-contaminated animals, for example (note Ramos is among the authors):
Barbosa J, Cruz C, Martins J, Silva JM, Neves C, Alves C, Ramos F, Da Silveira MI. Food poisoning by clenbuterol in Portugal. Food Addit Contam. 2005 Jun;22(6):563-6."
Contador isn't claiming he ate liver, so I think his story may not stand up to scrutiny.
- Anonymous05 October, 2010 11:09
farmers grow things out of the groundReplyDelete
ranchers have cattle
often times they can and will be both
you don't farm cattle but you can have cattle at your farm
- Anonymous05 October, 2010 12:05
I don't follow, Anonymous... I'm a 4th generation Asparagus Rancher and I grow bulls in the garden.ReplyDelete
Kinetic - I don't want to give the impression that I think Floyd is motivated by a desire to get revenge on any particular rider, even if he's accused several of doping. I also can't say for certain how he would react to the possibility that AC would be given a pass and not sanctioned. If it were me in his shoes, however, and I had won the Tour de France with doping, only to have it taken it away from me, while the rider who won it before me, and the rider who won it after me both used doping and were celebrated and lauded for their efforts, which weren't 'markedly different from my own, well, I think I'd kinda take offense at that and perhaps redouble my efforts to expose corruption and hypocrisy WHERE I PERCEIVED IT TO EXIST.ReplyDelete
I just want to share this follow-up comment which was left by a reader, but deleted either by accident or w/o my being aware. I appreciate his taking the time to response, and especially bringing up the point about the lab that detected the clenbuterol levels being the only one with the equipment that has such sensitivity, and how that could mean that other meat-eaters or normal folk have clen in their system that came from non-doping administration.ReplyDelete
I hope Contador can prove his innocence.
"I enjoy reading the questions that turned up here but it's sad that those who post questions as evidence of guilt think so little about whether they've proven anything. By no means I am saying AC hasn't doped himself (more or less than any other rider) at some time, it would be hard to imagine anyone being able to win undoped against a bunch of doped riders but let's stick to the Clenbuterol dilemma this time. It all sounds very incriminating and everyone can extract a small detail to add some other detail and claim it becomes proof when there is no-one to question their logic so here goes:ReplyDelete
Regarding the levels found. Firstly, they are tiny, meaning several things:
As taken on the day of testing (deduction from none present in test the day before and less the day after), the amount was completely pointless for performance enhancing so we can safely say it wasn't ingested on purpose. So it was either ingested through something normal or as someone has suggested as a residue from from some other doping attempt. The latter seems unlikely for several reasons, firstly it would have to be some form of doping with immediate effect (crucial day) and unnoticeable to testing, now I'm no specialist but I don't know what you could take in large enough quantities to have an effect the next day whilst remaining invisible to daily tests. Secondly, say it was blood (maybe even Alberto's own) or some other form of human carrier, how did such a level of Clenbuterol (undetected at the time) get into the product when every cyclist knows Clenbuterol is a no go area for doping as it shows up immediately?
Going to the meat theory, well, sorry guys but its pretty plausible. The specialist who says it could only be liver is speaking out his *ss, several times there have been outbreaks of illness (especially in Spain and China) due to Clenbuterol treated meat consumed by hundreds of citizens, and it wasn't only liver. Not only that but the amounts just don't add up, those who fell ill had concentrations of around 50ng/ml in their urine, Contador's level was 50 pg/ml, 1000x less!!! So I'm not buying that as an argument.
There are also those using the naïve argument that it can't be meat because use of Clenbuterol is illegal, well, shall we make a list of illegal stuff added to food in the past? Driving too fast is illegal too, Clenbuterol testing in cattle doesn't get gone unless there's evidence it has been used, as long as it's used in small quantities, no evidence will ever show up because they don't test like they do for cyclists and no-one would notice any side effects at Contador concentrations.
If I understand correctly, this is the first time Clenbuterol levels have been able to be measured at such low concentrations, it is thus maybe normal no-one was found with it before, maybe if they test a few others (maybe normal citizens too as reference values) this way now they will find others with these kind of concentrations.
There are also those who find it strange anyone would remember what they ate what day, well I say, when you're cycling at that level, everything you eat, drink smell, fart and say gets noted and your diet is so regulated that you'll certainly remember eating anything not on your usual menu, especially on a rest day which stands out in a riders memory anyway, besides, Contador was informed of the result pretty early on so he didn't have to strain his memory much.
Anyway, there's plenty AC can do to provide evidence and there's plenty doping authorities could do to cross-check their findings but I've never noticed them being interested in objective analysis, this all seems slightly too political to me, someone trying to show the power they have."
So there you go, that quote above was a comment that I wish the reader hadn't deleted. I appreciate his taking the time to leave it and hope he returns.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 October, 2010 17:30
Hi JMP,ReplyDelete
I'm back. Didn't delete the post but got a message saying the URI was too long to handle, thought it wouldn't post but the 2nd time it appeared as if it had, then it was gone again. Plenty left to do in software development on the internet to make it more user-friendly.
Thanks for the blog.
We didn't mention the other allegations but just to touch on the plasticiser polemic, can anyone state as a fact that that plasticiser is ony found in bags used for holding blood? If not it's another substance that could enter the body through any number of harmless ways.
- Anonymous13 October, 2010 15:11
Someone in another discussion I'm having quoted some figures to raise the comment it would be highly unlikely to find Clenbuterol in EU meat these days, I do not agree, once again the logic is faulty. Over two recent years the EU found only one meat sample tested +ve for Clenbuterol in over 80000 with almost 20000 from Spain where none did. That's their proof Clenbuterol is no longer used. I say it shows nothing because their testing is not configured to find traces of Clenbuterol but to find dangerous levels, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack with a pitchfork and saying it isn't in there because the fork didn't pick it out. With AC we're going through the haystack with a metal detector, I reckon if the EU used that metal detector on their meat samples it would freak out more often than a geiger counter at Chernobyl. With meat we are looking for nanograms in kilos, with Contador the lab is looking for picograms in milliliters, 1000x less in 1000x less or a concentration 1 million times smaller than what is searched for in meat. Start applying those kind of tests in general and you can guarantee you see the following kinds of headlines: Pope tested +ve for cannabis when in fact all he did was forget not to breathe as he passed over Amsterdam on a transatlantic flight. Jeez, I mean if you can measure the number of heroin users in a town by analysing the tiny amounts of by-products carried by urine found in river water then we really need to ask ourselves what levels we consider doping, as far as AC's samples go, if he had zero the day before, 50pg one day and 20 the next its safe to say this was not Clenbuterol doping, he will however have to get some evidence the residue was not from some other dubious intake.ReplyDelete
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Stampede Trade Mansfield To NAHL
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Sioux Falls Stampede announced on Friday that forward Ian Mansfield has been traded to the Odessa Jackalopes of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) for future considerations.
Mansfield missed the beginning of year due to off-season surgery and appeared in three games with the Stampede this year, posting four penalty minutes. The Lakewood, CO native spent the previous two seasons with the Stampede, tallying 22 points in 88 career games.
The Stampede organization would like to wish Mansfield the best of luck in his future hockey endeavors.
The Herd return to action Friday at the Sioux Falls Arena when they host the Indiana Ice at 7:05 PM.
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East Tennessee State took an early 4-0 lead after scoring a run in the first inning, two in the second and one in the third.
Buccaneer junior right fielder Shane Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) hit an RBI groundout in the first after senior second baseman Nick Crowe (Johnson City, Tenn.) led the inning off with a double down the right field line. Sophomore third baseman Mike Giroud (St. Petersburg, Fla.) drove in a run on a squeeze bunt in the second and junior shortstop Chuck Hargis (Powell, Tenn.) followed with a RBI double down the left field line. In the third, Byrne hit a one-out triple followed by an RBI double to right by sophomore left fielder Stephen Douglas (Kennesaw, Ga.).
Tennessee tied the game with four runs in the top of the fourth. Eric King drove in a run with an infield single and Eli Iorg drove in the Vols second run with a groundout. With two outs, J.P. Arencibia hit a two-run single to center.
ETSU regained the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Douglas and junior first baseman Blake Church (Roswell, Ga.) hit sacrifice flies after Byrne walked and senior catcher Caleb Moore (Knoxville, Tenn.) doubled.
But UT came right back in the top of the sixth, scoring three runs to take a 7-6 advantage. After Arencibia singled and Chase Headley walked with two outs, Kelly Edmundson hit a three-run homer over the right field wall.
The Bucs fought right back, scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth to regain the lead, 9-7. Moore hit a double to center with the bases loaded, driving in Hargis and pinch-runner Trevor Smith (Newport, Tenn.). Junior center fielder Matt Traylor (Knoxville, Tenn.) also scored on the play, crossing the plate on a throwing error.
The Vols took the lead for good, scoring four runs in the top of the seventh. Iorg hit a three-run homer to right and Edmundson hit his second home run of the game, a solo shot to deep right-center. Tennessee added a run to its lead in the top of the eighth on an RBI double by King.
East Tennessee State rallied to cut the Vol lead to 12-11 with two runs in the bottom of the eighth. After a single by Hargis, Byrne belted a two-run homer over the right-centerfield wall, his fourth of the season.
Tennessee put the game out of reach with three runs in the top of the ninth. Edmundson capped a huge evening with a two-run double down the left line. Julio Borbon then drove in Edmundson with a single to right.
ETSU scored their final run of the game in the bottom of the ninth. Church singled up the middle with one out and advanced to second on an error. He moved to third on a wild pitch and crossed the plate as sophomore catcher John Weddle (Knoxville, Tenn.) reached on an error. The Bucs did bring the tying run to the plate, but UT's Joey Andrews was able to close out the game.
Chris Howell (1-1) earned the win for the Vols after allowing three runs (none earned) on one hit in an inning pitched. Andrews earned his first save of the season after giving up two earned runs on three hits while striking out five over the final three innings.
Buccaneer junior lefty Brian Lovett (Knoxville, Tenn.) was charged with the loss (2-2) after allowing three earned runs on two hits in one-third of an inning.
Byrne and Moore led the Bucs with two hits on the evening while Byrne also scored three runs and drove in three others.
King had a game-high four hits for Tennessee while Edmundson and Michael Rivera each had three. Edmundson also scored three runs and drove in six in the win.
The Bucs return to SoCon play this weekend as they travel to UNC Greensboro for a three-game weekend series. Friday's game is set for 7 p.m. while Saturday and Sunday's games are scheduled for 1 p.m.


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Monday, March 05, 2007
Thoughts on the Forbearance Nerf
I'm not too thrilled with the nerf, as it does hit paladins hard, but I do see the problem. Using BoP on a mage, who gets 12s to freely nuke a melee class, is insanely powerful, especially in Arenas where it is to the first death. So that could stand to be nerfed. But by hitting Forbearance, you hurt paladins--who already have the lowest DPS--even more. Especially when you consider that the debuff lasts 3 to 5 times longer than the ability you used. It's really over-kill, and I think that a more targetted nerf would be more appropriate.
Here's what I would suggest:
1. Blessing of Protection grants the Forbearance debuff, which gives -20% to all damage and healing spells.
2. Avenging Wrath and Divine Shield do NOT grant Forbearance.
3. Avenging Wrath and Diving Shield share the same cooldown. You can't use both of them back to back, or at the same time.
I think this restores some balance to the situation. It returns Blessing of Protection to an emergency cast, and does not allow multiple paladins to chain BoP. A paladin can now chain BoP and Divine Shield, but her healing and damage will be significantly reduced for a full minute. A heavy price, in my opinion.
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- Anonymous3:59 AM, March 06, 2007
I dunno, I just dont think it needs a nerf at all. I haven't played a paladin in a long time (retired him June 2006), and I haven't played at 60-70 for a bit (stopped playing at 10/06 and have been leveling). But so far, to both my mage and warlock, paladins are still the joke class they always were. They're fearable, kite-able, seducable..killable. I don't see AW changing anything if they can barely TOUCH me. The only classes who are effected by AW areReplyDelete
1. druids have 17k armor, ok
2. rogues have evasion, ok
3. warriors...well, warriors are already in a really bad shape and you cant blame it on the paladin
I just think the nerf is unnecessary. maybe they can have it so you cant use AW/DS right back to back and separate them by saying that if you use one, it puts a 30 second cooldown on the other...but a nerf? come on blizz, let the suckers have some fun.
I like your suggestion but I'd also ask that the shared cooldown be reduced from 5 min to something like 3 min. It seems a little too harsh to say you can use AW OR DS once every 5 min.ReplyDelete
Wow, a lot of great stuff in this blog, I'm definitely going to link here from my blog. For now I've written up a bit of an entry that leads up to a link to your guide for Paladin melee in raid situations, great stuff!ReplyDelete
WoWGrrl's player blog and newbie guide
To the first poster, I don't think that the Paladin needs nerfing, but I do think that the Paladin's effect on a Mage needs a bit of nerfing.ReplyDelete
Small, but important difference. This suggestion is my attempt to have the nerf, but have it not affect the paladin. Now, maybe linking AW and DS is too much, but I think being able to use AW and DS at the same time would be a bit overpowered, especially with the Protection talent that gives you full attack speed.
- Anonymous4:22 PM, March 06, 2007
Blizzard isn't nerfing paladin/mage combos, its trying to nerf paladin burst. BoP/Mage is balanced because any smart shaman comes, sees the sphere of protective doom, purges, mage dies in 2 hits. The combo is fine, it was never a problem and it shouldnt be considered one.ReplyDelete


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Vitaminwater has been declared to be 'not nutritious' by a British Advertising Czar.
The Advertising Standards Authority said Coca-Cola broke ad rules when it described its popular line of flavored water products as "delicious and nutritious" in an ad last summer, explaining that consumers wouldn't expect a drink marketed as nutritious to have between four and five teaspoons of added sugar.
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What is even more stupefying is how government, especially the U.S. government, has managed to coerce consumer food choices with its collaboration with the very powerful Big Agra-Big Food establishment that is enabled by agricultural subsidies, FDA policy, the medical establishment, and the congressional complex that assigns and directs the privileges and power. These companies – such as Monsanto, Archer Daniels Midland, Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo, Tyson, ConAgra, Cargill – rely on government decrees to gain acceptance, markets, and exclusivity for their products. Vitaminwater is owned by the very powerful Coca-Cola Co. As per the usual, the company relies on catchwords such as "natural," "healthy," "vitamins," etc. to win over ignorant consumers who make no effort to understand the simple truth on the other side of the bottle. Here are the ingredients for Vitaminwater (one flavor).
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Mike Adams, who tends to be hysterical and left-wing on all things food, states this in his article about the U.S.-based, anti-consumer Center for Science in the Public Interest and its lawsuit against Coca-Cola Co. for deceptive advertising in the case of Vitaminwater:
But most consumers don't read labels. Even if they attempted to, most consumers are simply unable to decode what food labels really mean. People simply believe whatever is most prominently displayed on the front of the package, which in this case are the two words "vitamin" and "water."
On top of that, mainstream consumers are disturbingly gullible. If a product is positioned as being healthy, that's what people believe it's for, even if it makes no sense whatsoever. After all, why do so many people believe Slim-Fast will make them lose weight even though it's made mostly from processed refined sugar?
I agree completely with those two paragraphs. But for Adams, when the consumer is deemed to be inept, it is government's job (or the job of some collective group that works in the "public interest") to step in and sort it all out. And always, government politicians and agencies that regulate have their own agenda and their own beneficiaries who steer government policy in their favor. Somehow, that becomes a preferred option as opposed to corporate interests with their own agenda and beneficiaries?
What is the libertarian or freedom-oriented solution? It's up to the consumer – whether the end decision is good, bad, or destructive. Additionally, the rest of us wouldn't be paying for the consequences of the bad decisions of others through the redistribution of income via the welfare state. With government out of the way, private interests would step in to audit, test, and certify food – as well as labels and ingredients – and make recommendations to consumers in for-profit endeavors. Consumers could then choose among these various for-profit (or philanthropic) private interests to assist them in making educated choices without interference from the many competing political interests that seek to control consumer perception, choice, and access.
The other option is for human beings to actually be accountable for their own body that they own and become informed enough to make fairly educated choices. They'll do this when it comes to making choices between 4 different models of smart phones, or when choosing car, but they leave food choices – a product that gives life – up to organizations, companies, and governments that have their own very explicit interests. But since individualism is constantly being stripped away in favor of collectivism, the concept of self-ownership, and hence self-accountability, is almost extinct among the majority of the masses. As a result, the reliance that individuals place on government to direct and regulate every aspect of their lives is driven by this collective culture.
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I think that the government has a share of the responsibility in ensuring that food products being sold in the market will not be harmful and will give what they promise. Protecting the public's interests is one of the reasons why the government exists. But, it's disappointing that the government cannot fulfill this purpose in this case.


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IRVINE — The Corona del Mar High girls' soccer team took much of the drama out of the match early.
The Sea Kings needed to win or tie Friday's rescheduled Pacific Coast League finale against University to capture their third straight outright league title. And, with first-half goals by sophomore Shelby Brown and junior Jayden Smith, Coach Bryan Middleton could feel comfortable at halftime.
Corona del Mar has not given up three goals in a match all year.
As it turns out, CdM is not giving up its perch atop the league either.
Senior captain Annie Alvarado also scored in the second half as the Sea Kings cruised, 3-0, at Irvine High. They claimed that third straight outright league title, and fourth league title in the past five years.
With their third league win of the week, they also showed they have momentum going into the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.
"We played to our game plan, the same way we've played the last four games," Middleton said. "It's been a total team effort. We're playing exactly how we like to play. Just keep possession of the ball, move it, go forward with pace and we'll get our opportunities. The biggest thing is, we've been finishing our opportunities. We've got our confidence back."
If University (10-5-4, 5-3-2 in league) had beaten CdM (15-3-4, 7-1-2 in league), the teams would have had a three-way tie for the title with Northwood (6-2-2 in league). Middleton said Northwood would have taken the top league designation for CIF due to its head-to-head record among the three teams, while CdM and University would have had a coin flip for the second designation.
CdM, ranked No. 6 in Division 1, made sure that didn't happen. Even better, the Sea Kings are getting healthy just in time for the CIF playoffs. University of Arizona-bound senior defender Alexa Mamatas (ankle) played nearly a half Friday, and Middleton said sophomore center back Brianna Westrup (knee) could be close to returning.
Brown and sophomore Elise Roche played on the back line against University.
"We all play really well together, me, Alexa and Brianna and Brynne [Motal]," said senior defender Alana Hunter, a team captain. "I think that having that back during CIF will definitely benefit the whole team, but we did really well with Shelby and Elise back there. They did a really good job. I just think we connect really well with each other."
Brown provided the first goal on a free kick from the left in the 18th minute. The ball was deflected by the University goalkeeper, but the referee ruled that it had crossed the goal line.
Smith struck in the 35th minute, just moments after she was subbed into the game. Her run up the left found her in the box, where she flicked a shot into the right corner.
University was missing a top player, junior midfielder/defender Chloe Hemingway, in each of its two losses to CdM this season. Coach Dominic Fratantaro said that on Friday, Hemingway was at an United States under-18 national team training camp at The Home Depot Center. He said his side was also missing junior defender Amanda Evertz.
The Trojans did have back UCLA commit Reema Bzeih, another junior defender who helped limit her team's bleeding.
But CdM's third goal, by another UCLA-bound player late in the game, was an example of CdM finishing its opportunities. Alvarado took the cross from the right from Oregon State commit Miranda Stiver, found an opening in the box and scored. Sophomore Birkley Sigband also aided in the play, shielding out a University defender on the pass.
Sigband's older sister, senior midfielder and team captain Karsten, said everyone on CdM has had to come together through the short-handed times.
"Losing players kind of hurt our flow, but we figured it out," Karsten Sigband said. "Everyone had to step up and contribute in ways they didn't think they would have to, maybe, going into the season. I think that made us even closer, and made us work together even better."
Junior Kendall Mulvaney (first half) and freshman Kat Hess (second half) combined to make four saves in goal for CdM.
The Sea Kings now await Monday's release of the CIF pairings. They will host a first-round match Thursday, more than likely at Jim Scott Stadium.
CdM finished the league season by outscoring teams 14-2 in its last four matches, all wins.
"There were a few games there where we didn't have the confidence going forward," Middleton said. "The greatest thing is that getting the subs in off the bench and getting them playing time lifted their confidence. They've started to score goals for us and produce for us. Now I know that if something happens in a big game and one of my starters goes out, one of the players off the bench can come in and fill the role just fine. We're deep now."
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In Boulder-White Cloud mountains, another wilderness compromise
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue's feature story, "Riding the middle path."
A hundred miles north of the Owyhee Canyonlands, another bold wilderness deal is brewing in Idaho, and the brewmaster is another conservative Republican congressman.
"We have a rare opportunity to control our own destiny, by crafting our own legislation that fits our needs, without staring down the barrel of (any future Clintonesque actions in Washington, D.C.)," says Rep. Mike Simpson.
Simpson is close to announcing the terms of a bill that would designate about 250,000 acres of wilderness in the Boulder Mountains and the White Cloud Peaks, between the booming resort of Sun Valley and the small, remote town of Challis on the Salmon River. The bill is the culmination of two years of talks with environmentalists and locals in Custer County, where Challis is the county seat. The trade-offs built into it are advertised in its title: The Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act.
If the deal holds, it will hand the county several thousand acres of federal land — isolated tracts not considered important for wildlife — which could then be sold for homesites and other economic development. Simpson wants the sale proceeds, along with additional money from the federal government, to be used to create a new Central Idaho Education Center, which would stimulate the local economy by offering a suite of higher-education services from Idaho's universities, and perhaps from a vocational college.
The Idaho Conservation League — the lead negotiators for the environmentalists' side — and the BlueRibbon Coalition, which represents off-road vehicle users, both see benefits in the deal. It would end a stalemate on a wilderness study area that was established nearly 30 years ago, on land that is a haven for many sensitive species, including wolves, lynx, wolverines, fishers, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, bull trout, and rare plants.
And in sprawling, Connecticut-sized Custer County, the deal couldn't too come soon. Like many rural Idahoans, the county's 4,300 residents struggle to get by. Mines that once provided jobs have closed, or are winding down. Net income from farming and ranching has plummeted 80 percent since 1970, according to the Sonoran Institute think tank. The tax base is also choked off, with 95 percent of the land in the county owned by the federal government. The nearest post-high-school classes are a couple of hours' drive away.
"For us, education is the key to economic development," says Gynii Gilliam, a local economic development official.
The education center could host conventions and serve as a base for wildland scientists, Gilliam says. And the new wilderness area could bring more visitors to the rest of Custer County; nearby Sawtooth National Recreation Area now attracts 1.5 million tourists each summer.
Simpson's bill would protect only half of the total 500,000 roadless acres in the area, which is said to be the largest roadless area in the Lower 48. Snowmobilers and ATVs would have increased access to the unprotected land. The bill would authorize land trades and buyouts to reduce conflicts over grazing. But some of the most controversial wildland — prized, for different reasons, by both sides — has been left out of it altogether.
"I have mixed feelings about the bill. I want to see wilderness there, but don't want to pay too high a price for it," says Jerry Jayne, a director of the Idaho Environmental Council. Jayne doesn't like giving away federal land and increasing ATV access, and says more of the roadless land needs to protected.
But Bart Koehler, director of The Wilderness Society's Wilderness Support Center in Durango, Colo., says, "This is Idaho's time in the sun. You can't be afraid of your shadow. You can't be reckless, but you should do everything possible to strive for a workable resolution."


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The glory of summer on the Newport Coast was celebrated recently at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club as over 200 guests converged for the annual "White Party." Benefiting the Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation (founded in 1997), the annual summer tradition raised $43,000 net, which will be used to fund local Newport-Mesa high school sailing teams. Also receiving support will be the sailing teams from Sage Hill School and Mater Dei High School. Event chairs Leslie and Dennis Shannon advised that the financial assistance helps the sailors with traveling expenses, which can be costly given the fact that regattas and races take place worldwide. Presently, sailors are preparing for competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. More than 100 local sailors are assisted through the foundation's programs.
Committee members deserving kudos for their volunteer efforts include Kirsten Potter, Cari Peets, Molly Calder, Leslie Mais and Lisa Briggs. Foundation president Warren Person joined Newport Harbor Yacht Club Commodore Paul Marshall and his wife Kelly in the crowd dressed in white along with locals Barbara and Alex Bowie, Shelly and David Clark, Michelle and Tom Dallape, Alison and Ryan Eastman, Francine and Steve Horton, Hubie and Linda Laugharn, Joan Riach Gaynor, Carol and Jim Sever, Nikki and Travis Winsor and Sarah Veitch with Jefferson Hall.
One of Newport's chic style houses, known as the Hampton Salon, run by hair stylist to the local stars Condren Hampton, is inviting the community to help a friend in need. Paul Anthony Salazar, a stylist who has worked with Hampton and a wide client list in the Newport-Mesa family for nearly 25 years, has been seriously ill with pancreatitis and has been hospitalized for some 10 weeks in intensive care.
To help Paul and his family meet the astronomical expenses, Hampton and his staff have organized an all-day cut-a-thon set for Aug. 4, joining with some eight other Newport salons and all of their stylists volunteering their time and talent cutting and styling customers' hair to raise money for Salazar. To make an appointment, call the Hampton Salon and ask for manager Christine at (949) 864-6100.
Sugar Ray on top
It has just been confirmed that the iconic local band with an international following Sugar Ray will perform at the 25th-anniversary fundraising dinner benefiting Costa Mesa-based Serving People In Need (SPIN). The black-tie gala, which will take place Nov. 1 at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa, will star Sugar Ray, fronted by Newport Beach native Mark McGrath, in a performance that is certain to sell out. Funds raised will support the vitally important housing programs offered to those in need in the Orange County community by SPIN volunteers. Recently, McGrath's lifelong childhood pal McG, who has become an enormously successful director of major motion pictures and television programs, probably most recognized for the small-screen series "The O.C." and currently working on the TV series "Supernatural," also lent his famous face and formidable support to SPIN, fronting a 25th-anniversary video explaining the work of the organization and specifically how its programs save the lives of both individuals and families in need of housing and other support services created to enable folks to turn their lives around and become productive members of the Orange County community.
Jean Wegener, longtime executive director of SPIN and major community advocate, also reports that the 25th-anniversary gala proudly welcomes one of America's most famous chefs, Charlie Palmer, who will work with the team at the Hyatt Regency lead by Chef Manfred Lassahn, creating a spectacular dinner event themed around "an evening in Palmer's precious Sonoma Wine Country." Invitations will be out shortly, with individual tickets priced at $250. Sponsorship opportunities are available. SPIN is seeking major underwriting donors to meet rental housing expenses topping $500,000 this year. For more information and to reserve space for this special event, please call Kim Frazier at SPIN at (714) 751-1101.
THE CROWD runs Fridays. B.W. Cook is editor of the Bay Window, the official publication of the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach.


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As this is a not for profit group, we would like something that is not to commercially orientated. We would like something that would be like a shield type of logo, possibly round that would have hands in the center and showing elements such as fire, flood, tornados and hurricanes. The name "Emergency Helping Hands" would be displayed around the edge of the logo. The colors would be basic primary colors such as, yellow, blue, green along with the colors that would represent the fire, water, hurricane, tornado etc.
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I scour our local Multiple Listing Service every day, looking for homes that for my clients. It's part of the service that I provide to each and every client. I delight in finding homes that match the criteria of my clients. Finding just the right home is difficult! There are a variety of different search options and needs for every client.
As I go through the Multiple Listing Service, I realized that you might enjoy seeing a list of the homes in Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, and Pleasanton that are Best Buys. They are home that are listed for under $700,000. You might be looking for your 1st home, an investment home or know someone who might be looking.
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Some folks look for answers, Others look for fights
Some folks up in treetops, Just look to see the sights
I can tell your future, Look what's in your hand
But I can't stop for nothing, I'm just playing in the band – Bob Weir
Report after report today is talking about how the iPad's adoption rate is the fastest in the history of the market, far outpacing the iPhone and even DVD players. We're all becoming app users and it's just the first inning, clearly, as we're talking about tablet app adoption for the first time. Speaking of us all playing in the band and becoming app users, I've gotten dozens of requests from readers and friends in the investment business asking me if we've got Top 5 Apps lists for investors. Hell, yeah. So without further ado, here are some of the results that came from my simply searching my AppConsumer.com site for money, investment, and finance:
- Android:
Top 5 Best Free Finance Apps for Android
Top 5 Best Android Apps for Personal Finance
Top 5 Best Business Apps for Android
Top 5 Best Android Apps for Managing Your Budget
Top 5 Best Android Apps for Business
Top 5 Best College Student Apps for Android
Top 5 Free iPhone Apps for Stock Market Quotes
Top 5 Best Investment Apps for iPhone
Top 5 Best Finance Apps for the iPhone
Top 3 iPhone Apps for Budgeting Your Money
Top 5 Best Money Management Apps for iPhone
Review: Bloomberg App For iPhone
Top 5 Best Business Apps for iPhone
Top 5 Best Free Money Saving iPhone Apps
Top 5 Best Financial Apps for iPhone
If you're investing in tech, or even if you're just a money money in general, I'd highly recommend getting on board the app revolution train. Get an Android or an iPhone and download some of these apps and not only will they help improve your productivity and business, but they'll also help you figure out how apps will be impacting your biggest positions too.
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Addressing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among Latinos in America
September 15, 2011
When we talk about ethnicity and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in this country, somehow the media (myself included at times) tends not to be as inclusive as it should be. Too many times, Latinos are either excluded, lumped in with other groups or not given enough of their own spotlight. And that's problematic, especially given that Latinos are the fastest growing population in the U.S. -- their population rose 43 percent between the years 2000 and 2010.
Mind you, in no way are we comparing epidemics here. Yes, HIV is a "black disease," but it's crucial to recognize that it's a "brown" one too.
According to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, of the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV/AIDS in this country, over 200,000 of them are Hispanic. Latinas account for roughly 19 percent of all newly diagnosed HIV cases in the U.S., a whopping 4 times the rate among white women. They also account for 25 percent of all HIV diagnoses among Latinos, with heterosexual men accounting for 28 percent.
Unfortunately, Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) fare worse: Hispanic MSM represented 72 percent of all new infections among all Hispanic/Latino men, and nearly 19 percent among all MSM. Also, 43 percent of new infections occurred in Hispanic/Latino MSM under age 30.
What is fueling HIV in the Hispanic community?
Many of the same factors that affect black Americans, rendering them vulnerable to contracting HIV, also impact Latinos. This includes:
It's important to point out some of the issues that Latinos specifically have to contend with as well.
Traditionally, Latinos are late testers with four out of 10 Latinos receiving both an HIV diagnosis and an AIDS diagnosis concurrently. Immigration and constant movement around the country also play a role. There are too many immigrants who do not have access to health care and who are not reached by the traditional prevention awareness programs. At the same time, there is a serious language barrier; for example, some AIDS service organizations (ASOs) geared toward Latinos lack Spanish-speaking employees. And finally, there are the issues with machismo, shame and religion that make it difficult to assess actual risk, get tested and disclose one's HIV status and sexual orientation.
In a New York Times op-ed titled "My Hopes, My Fears, My Disease," the late Dennis deLeon, the founder of the Latino Commission on AIDS, talked about how he wrestled with publicly disclosing his HIV status. He wrote, "There were always too many compelling reasons not to say anything. Every such excuse started with the word 'fear' -- fear of employment discrimination, fear of the politics of AIDS, fear of becoming a pariah."
These fears and their ability to dictate a person's life are crippling the community as a whole and undercutting the progress that is being made. One way to change this is to create spaces for Latinos living with HIV and those who dedicate their lives to working in the HIV/AIDS field to be more visible.
This is why we created our HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Latinos.
By providing a diverse range of articles, first-person interviews and resources about HIV in the Latino community, our goal is to not only equip you with important information, but to also break down the barriers erected by stigma on behalf of everyone in the community. This is why this resource center is for everyone, not just those who are living with HIV. So, if you are a loved one or a caretaker of someone living with HIV, or you're simply interested in learning more about HIV, AIDS and safer sex, this is a place for you too.
We hope that our HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Latinos inspires you to join the fight and become more educated about the disease. But most importantly, we hope that by putting a Latino face to the epidemic, it will remind you that you are never alone.
Kellee Terrell is the former news editor for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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