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Weekend Wine SipsPosted by Fredric Koeppel under Alsace , Argentina , California , Chardonnay , France , Italy , Mendoza , Merlot , mourvedre , Petite sirah , Piedmont , Pinot gris/grigio , Rose wines , Russian River Valley , Semillon , Sonoma County , Sonoma Valley , Spain , Stags Leap District , Syrah , Torrontes , Washington , Weekend Wine Sips
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Welcome back, Weekend Wine Sips, after a two week hiatus! "Thanks, FK, glad to be back!" So what do we have in store today? "Well, FK, since this segment of BTYH took some time off, I thought I'd assemble a vastly varied group of 12 wines that should appeal to just about every taste and pocketbook as well as hitting diverse regions." Sounds good, WWS, can you be more specific? "Of course! We have four white wines, three rosés and five reds, and we're looking at two regions of Spain, Argentina, Italy, Alsace, different areas of California and Washington state." Sounds exciting! "Thanks! I think our readers will find a lot to ponder and enjoy." And as usual –? "Right you are, FK! No tech notes, no history or geographical info, just quick, pithy, insightful notes and remarks that grab the essence of the wine and shake it out on the table!" Ah, perhaps I wouldn't have put the case exactly in those words, but what the hell! "Indeed! And I say, let the show begin!" Don't forget to mention, as per FTC regulations — "Oh, damn! These wines were samples for review."
Viña Reboreda 2011, Ribeira, Spain. 11.5% alc. 40% treixadura grapes, 20% each godello, torrontés and palomino. Pale straw-gold color; clean, fresh aromas of roasted lemons and spiced pears permeated by hints of dried thyme and limestone; taut, bracing acidity; texture indulges in lushness that feels almost powdery, like electrified talcum powder; citrus and stone-fruit flavors persist through a finish that pours on the limestone. Very Good+. About $13.
Una Seleccion de Ricardo Santos Semillon 2012, Mendoza, Argentina. 14% alc. 100% semillon grapes. Pale straw-gold with a faint greenish cast; fig and pear, green pea, hint of grapefruit; sleek and smooth but with a touch of wildness in its weedy-meadowy quality; ripe and almost luscious but quite dry, crisp and lively and truly spare and high-toned; hint of almond skin bitterness on the finish. Extraordinary power and character for the price. Production was 1,000 cases. Excellent. About $16, marking Tremendous Value.
Domaines Schlumberger Les Princes Abbes Pinot Gris 2009, Alsace, France. 100% pinot gris. 13.5% alc. Medium straw-gold color; beguiling bouquet of pear, peach and melon heightened by jasmine and cloves and a tinge of honeyed grapefruit; quite spicy and lively in the mouth, just this side of exuberant yet a wine imbued with the dignity of limestone and flint; slightly sweet initially but shifts smoothly to bone-dry through the mineral-and-grapefruit flecked finish. Drank this with the soup made from the Thanksgiving turkey carcass. Excellent. About $20. How can they sell it so cheaply?
Jordan Chardonnay 2010, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County. 13.5% alc. 100% chardonnay. Clean, fresh, spare, elegant; lovely balance and integration; pineapple and grapefruit scents and flavors permeated by ripe slightly spicy stone fruit and hints of ginger and quince; seductive texture that's almost cloud-like yet enlivened by crystalline acidity and an inundation of liquid limestone. Very dry, a bit austere through the finish; one of the most Chablis-like of California's chardonnays. Excellent. About $29.
Viña Zorzal Garnacha Rosato 2011, Navarra, Spain. 13% alc. 100% garnacha grapes. Entrancing bright cherry magenta; pure raspberry and strawberry, touches of watermelon and mulberry; dark, more full-bodied than most rosés; notes of briers and slate for an earthy undertone. Quite charming, but nothing light or delicate. Very Good+. About $13.
Heller Estate Merlot Rosé 2011, Carmel Valley, Monterey County. 100% organic merlot grapes. Light cherry-violet color; raspberry, mulberry and melon with a touch of pomegranate; very stony and spicy, with hints of damp slate and dusty herbs; vibrant acidity keeps it lively and thirst-quenching. Lots of personality. Very Good+. About $21.
Lasseter Family Winery Enjoué 2011, Sonoma Valley. 13.2% alc. 73% syrah, 24% mourvèdre, 3% grenache. Entrancing shimmering pale salmon-copper color; delicate, spare, elegant; dried raspberries and cranberries with hints of melon and pomegranate, backnotes of cloves and orange zest; quite dry but subtly ripe and flavorful; "I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows"; pert acidity, slightly stony but not austere. Quite lovely rosé. 570 cases. Excellent. About $24.
Michele Chiarlo Le Orme 2010, Barbera d'Asti Superiore. 14% alc. 100% barbera grapes. Medium cherry-ruby color; a beguiling mélange of smoky and sweetly ripe red cherries and red currants with hints of blueberry and mulberry; undertones of violets and potpourri and gentle touches of briers and graphite-like minerality, with a smooth segue into the mouth, all elements supported by moderately chewy tannins, bright acidity and subdued granitic earthiness. Excellent. About $15, marking Great Value.
Lasseter Family Winery Chemin de Fer 2010, Sonoma Valley. 14.8% alc. 49% grenache, 38% syrah, 13% mourvèdre. Medium ruby-purple with a hint of violet at the rim; wow, smoke on silk and tattered on briers and brambles; graceful, balanced and integrated but gathers power and dimension as the moments pass; luscious and spicy blackberry, raspberry and blueberry flavors but not over-ripe, held in check by a taut spine of acid and sinew of dense and dusty tannins. Love this one. Excellent. About $40.
Candaretta Windthrow 2008, Columbia Valley, Washington. 14.6% alc. 36% syrah, 29% mourvèdre, 18% counoise, 17% grenache. Very dark and dense in every way; deep ruby-purple color; spiced and macerated blackberries, black currants and plums with an undertow of blueberry; smoke and a charcoal edge, leather and graphite; touch of earth and wet dog; incredibly lively and vivid, royal tannins and imperial acidity. Drink through 2018 to '20. Excellent. About $50.
Nickel & Nickel Darien Vineyard Syrah 2009, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County. 14.9% alc. 100% syrah. Classic in shape, proportion and tone; dark ruby-purple with a violet-magenta rim; volcanic in its elements of smoke, ash, graphite; tar, leather, fig paste and fruitcake; black currants and plums, very spicy, very lively; finely milled tannins, dense and chewy; long dry, earthy finish. Drink through 2019 or '20.
Excellent. About $50.
Stags' Leap Winery Petite Sirah 2009, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley. 14.2% alc. 85% petite sirah, 15% field blend of at least 16 other grape varieties. Just what petite sirah should be. Deep ruby-purple color; dark, dense, ripe, packed with dusky blackberry, black currants and blueberry scents and flavors; plum jam and an intensely highlighted dusty graphite element; smoke and ash, leather and tar; robust and rustic, with large-scale but palatable velvety tannins. Bring on the braised short ribs or the grilled pork chops with cumin and chillies. Now through 2017 to '19. Excellent. About $80.


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I read the book The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (2006) by Jeffrey Sachs, a professor of economics and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia, some time ago and much of it consisted of him jetting around the globe meeting with heads of state and helping them solve their economic problems. He put out the hopeful message that global poverty could be eradicated and as an establishment liberal working within the system, he was high profile and you would find articles by him and about him all over the place. Then a couple of years ago, he seemed to suddenly disappear from the op-ed pages of the major newspapers.
I think I now know why. Yesterday an opinion piece written by him appeared in the Huffington Post and reveals that he has come to the conclusion that the political system is inherently corrupt, with both parties serving the oligarchy (though he does not use that term) and guilty of swindling the public.
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The Democrats of the White House and much of Congress have been less crude, but no less insidious, in their duplicity. Obama's campaign promise to "change Washington" looks like pure bait and switch. There has been no change, but rather more of the same: the Wall-Street-owned Democratic Party as we have come to know it. The idea that the Republicans are for the billionaires and the Democrats are for the common man is quaint but outdated. It's more accurate to say that the Republicans are for Big Oil while the Democrats are for Big Banks. That has been the case since the modern Democratic Party was re-created by Bill Clinton and Robert Rubin.
Thus, at every crucial opportunity, Obama has failed to stand up for the poor and middle class. He refused to tax the banks and hedge funds properly on their outlandish profits; he refused to limit in a serious way the bankers' mega-bonuses even when the bonuses were financed by taxpayer bailouts; and he even refused to stand up against extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich last December, though 60 percent of the electorate repeatedly and consistently demanded that the Bush tax cuts at the top should be ended. It's not hard to understand why. Obama and Democratic Party politicians rely on Wall Street and the super-rich for campaign contributions the same way that the Republicans rely on oil and coal. In America today, only the rich have political power.
Who runs America today? The rich and the multinational corporations. Who runs the White House? David Plouffe, whose job it is to make sure that ever word, every action of the president is calculated for electoral gain rather than the country's needs. Who runs the Congress, on both sides of the aisle? The lobbyists, who win in every negotiation. And who loses? The American people, who have said repeatedly that they want a budget that sharply cuts the military, ends the wars, raises taxes on the rich, protects the poor and the middle class, and invests in America's future not just in Obama's speeches but in fact.
That kind of view quickly gets you booted out of the mainstream media and government circles. Sachs now joins a growing number of former establishment intellectuals who are increasingly being described as 'shrill' because they express views outside that narrow slice of so-called respectable opinion that requires you to pretend as if the two parties represent widely divergent interests. They have seen through the charade of politics in the US and talk about where power really lies and that is simply not allowed.


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Threat of the Week: What's Really Keeping You Up At Night
DDoS gets the press – "but it's fraud that gets the attention of our banking executives," said Lynn Price, an IBM security executive.
That may surprise given the blizzard of headlines Distributed Denial of Service attacks have won, but DDoS, so far, has not typically inflicted money losses. It may have shut down the websites of targeted institutions but it did no more.
Fraud, by contrast, is all about emptying the till. Sneakily. Quietly. No headlines sought. And exactly that is what bank and credit union executives really lose sleep over.
That reality is driven home in a recent, and detailed, report on the evolving threat landscape compiled by ENISA, the European Network and Information Security Agency. (The free report is here.)
What ENISA reports matters. It is an official agency of the European Union and this particular document is the product of an exhaustive analysis of data collected across the EU. Security vendors frequently color their pronouncements with breathy hype. Not ENISA. It's more a Jack Webb, "just the facts" style that aimed to uncover what really worries companies and governments in the EU.
Distributed Denial of Service made the ENISA threat list but it was far down.
What ranked as bigger worries in this in-depth survey of IT executives? You already know: attacks with fraud at their heart.
Top of the chart are drive-by exploits, which are nasty attacks on known vulnerabilities of Web browsers and plug ins such as Adobe Flash. The report ominously noted that drive-by attacks has also shown up on Android phones, which could augur a new frontier of cyber crime.
Drive-bys are technically simple. Often many of the details of the how-to are included in announcements by legitimate researchers of the discovery of a vulnerability – and then for the criminal it amounts to waiting for an unpatched browser to show up at a site.
Particularly favorite websites to exploit are low-budget sites, often ones maintained by non-profits.
Last year, security firm Barracuda Researchers analyzed the top 25,000 websites and found enough compromised with drive-by exploits that it estimated they had infected 10 million visitors in just one month.
The worse news about drive-by attacks is that they download malware to the victim's computer that will later interact with other sites – such as online banking. And that means credit unions have to be alert to members who arrive with infected computers.
The number two threat, per ENISA, are worms and Trojans, already well familiar to credit unions from the Zeus keylogger Trojan.
Especially worrisome to credit unions is that experts report uncovering Zeus kits – which are usually adapted to attack only customers of one financial institution – that have been written for very small institutions. One told me about discovering a kit adapted for a private bank that served under 500 (admittedly wealthy) customers. It's not only the big banks that are Zeus targets now, and credit unions need to brace themselves for Zeus invasions, experts have told me.
Another threat high up on the ENISA list are exploit kits, which are sometimes referred to as malware as a service. The bad news: would-be cybercriminals who lack significant technical skill increasingly can buy pre-packaged attacks that, for a few thousand dollars, turn a computer illiterate into a world-class hacker.
Some 28% of all Web threats are traced back to one exploit kit, Blackhole, by Internet security researchers Sophos. Particularly insidious about Blackhole is that it starts an attack with a scan of a victim computer and, having identified susceptibilities, it then downloads a precisely honed payload.
Technically, exploit kits bring little new to the party but what they do is multiply the number of threats out there and that just makes the IT security job more complicated.
Also on the increase, according to ENISA, is old-fashioned phishing, which exploits the willingness of many consumers, as well as credit union employees, to click on links in emails and to provide information that should never be given out (such as username and password for online banking).
The ENISA bottom line: threats are multiplying – and a grim reality is that the depth of defenses at credit unions is not necessarily keeping pace. Which is why the question to ask is this: has your credit union kept pace with the development of more malicious computer-based attacks?
The era of robbing a bank or credit union with a gun and a note is entering its twilight. It's all about bits and bytes now.


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Washington - Shamed HSBC executives admitted failing to apply anti-laundering rules on Monday, as lawmakers accused the global bank of giving Iran, terrorists and drug dealers access to the US financial system.
With the banking sector already under fire for manipulating interest rates and reckless trading, HSBC said more should have been done to prevent years of abuse amounting to tens of billions of dollars of illicit transactions.
The president of HSBC Bank USA (HBUS), Irene Dorner, was expected to apologise to US Senators later on Tuesday for what the bank has called its "unacceptable" level of compliance over nearly a decade.
"I recognise that there have been some significant areas of failure," David Bagley, the head of group compliance for London-based HSBC, said at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations.
"HSBC has fallen short of our own expectations and the expectations of our regulators," he said.
While Bagley said the bank has "learned a number of valuable lessons" he acknowledged that this "clearly took far too long to resolve".
In its 330-page report, the Senate found the lender allowed affiliates in countries such as Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh to move billions of dollars in suspect funds into the United States without adequate controls.
Lawmakers grilled HSBC executives and US Treasury officials for failing to guard against money laundering they said benefited Mexican drug lords and terrorist networks, and for their bypassing of US sanctions on Iran.
"It's pretty shocking stuff," subcommittee chair Senator Carl Levin said.
U-turn transactions
Among the findings was the revelation that HSBC and its US affiliate concealed more than $16bn in sensitive transactions to Iran, violating US transparency rules over a six-year period.
HSBC executives were aware of the "concealed Iranian transactions" - which stripped all identifying Iranian information from documentation - as early as 2001 but allowed thousands of transactions to continue until 2007.
A review of HSBC's use of so-called U-turn transactions, in which funds are sent into and then out of the United States through non-Iranian foreign banks, showed the bank conducted almost 25 000 US dollar transactions with Iran.
"The vast majority of the Iranian transactions, ranging from 75 to 90% over the years, were sent through HBUS and other US dollar accounts without disclosing any connection to Iran," according to the report.
The US prohibits doing business with nations it regards as enemies such as Iran and North Korea, and its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OPAC) imposes tight filters to halt potentially prohibited transactions.
Levin said the bank willfully circumvented the OFAC filters.
The senator said senior HSBC officials in London "knew what was going on, but allowed the deceptive conduct to continue".
Under the slogan "The World's Local Bank", the network that began life as the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation provides US dollars to HSBC banks in many countries under a procedure known as "correspondent banking".
But its compliance failures clearly spun out of control.
The report said HSBC's Mexican affiliate "transported $7bn in physical US dollars to HBUS from 2007 to 2008... raising red flags that the volume of dollars included proceeds from illegal drug sales in the United States."
And it said HBUS "provided US dollars and banking services to some banks in Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh despite links to terrorist financing".


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The 15-Minute Kettlebell Blasters Workout
Fresh kettlebell blasters that will reshape your abs, butt, and thighs in 15 minutes.
Amy Postle
Gunslinger Curl
Targets: Biceps, butt, and legs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding handle of kettlebell in left hand, with arms by sides, palms facing in.
- Lunge backward with left leg, bending both knees 90 degrees.
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Gunslinger Curl Step 2
- Quickly press through right heel to straighten legs as you bend left elbow into a biceps curl, bringing kettlebell to chest level so that bottom of bell points forward.
- Return to lunge position, lowering left arm by side.
- Do 12 to 15 reps. Switch sides and repeat. Do 2 sets.
Amy Postle
Renegade Row
Targets: Triceps, chest, abs, and obliques
- Holding handle of kettlebell in left hand, start on floor in full push-up position, balancing on hands and feet with arms extended, left palm facing in and right palm flat; step feet out wide. MAKE IT EASIER: Perform on knees.
- Bring kettlebell by ribs, left elbow bent directly behind you. Return to start.
- Repeat, this time rotating torso to left as you lift kettlebell so that shoulders are stacked, kettlebell in front of chest. Return to start to complete 1 rep.
- Do 10 reps. Switch sides and repeat. Do 2 sets.
Amy Postle
Halo Squat
Targets: Shoulders, arms, abs, butt, and legs
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, holding kettlebell handle with both hands in front of hips, bell facing down.
- Squat, lowering kettlebell toward floor, and then return to start.
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Halo Squat Step 2
- Trace a circle around head with kettlebell, bringing it first by left ear, then behind head and finally by right ear. Return kettlebell; to front of hips to complete 1 rep.
- Do 2 sets of 12 to 15 reps, alternating clockwise and counterclockwise circles.
Amy Postle
Rocking Torch
Targets: Arms, abs, and back
- Sit on floor with knees bent, feet flat, holding handle of kettlebell in front of chest with both hands so that bell is facing upward.
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Rocking Torch Step 2
- Keeping kettlebell close to chest, roll onto back and then lift hips off floor with legs extended up, toes pointed.
- Continue to engage abs and roll forward to start. MAKE IT HARDER: Extend arms to press kettlebell overhead when sitting upright.
- Do 2 sets of 15 reps.
Amy Postle
Touch Down
Targets: Shoulders, triceps, abs, obliques, and legs
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, holding kettlebell in right hand with arm extended overhead (grip handle so palm is facing forward and ball of kettlebell rests on back of right forearm).
- Keeping right arm extended toward ceiling, look up at kettlebell as you squat and rotate torso to right from hips to touch left hand to floor between feet. Return to standing.
- Then bend right elbow 90 degrees to lower kettlebell behind head. Return to start to complete 1 rep.
- Do 15 reps, switch sides and repeat. Do 2 sets.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, September 2011.


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The numbers don't lie.
Health officials now estimate the West Nile virus infected more than 80,000 residents in Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin counties. Most suffered only minor headaches and fevers or no symptoms at all from the mosquito-borne virus.
While Dallas County confirmed more of the severe cases, government estimates suggest it was Tarrant County that experienced a much larger West Nile outbreak, including serious illness.
Based on newly released estimates, Tarrant County appears to have underreported its serious, or neuroinvasive cases. The actual number of cases could have been nearly three times as high as the number reported.
As of Aug. 25, Tarrant had the highest number of West Nile-infected blood donors in the state, enough to suggest it would have as many as 281 neuroinvasive cases. As of this week, Tarrant officials had confirmed 96.
Dr. Anita Kurian, chief epidemiologist for the Tarrant County Public Health Department, said her staff counted all West Nile cases that met the federal government's definition for the disease.
"These cases are reported to us after their doctors order the test and it comes back to us positive," she said. "We come into the picture after the diagnosis has been made by the doctor."
The issue of counting severe West Nile cases goes beyond mere accuracy. The worst cases of illness also define the severity of an outbreak, which, in turn, determines how a community responds to it.
In the case of a mosquito-borne disease such as West Nile, more severe illness could trigger public demand for mass spraying of insecticide to control the disease.
"With fewer severe cases diagnosed, there's less public concern, and that would cause less pressure on public officials for spraying," said Dr. Robert Haley, the top epidemiologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Elected officials in Dallas and Denton counties declared public health emergencies in mid-August, ordering aerial spraying for the first time in decades. The officials pointed to the growing number of severe West Nile cases and deaths to explain their actions.
Tarrant County did not opt for aerial spraying, although various cities sprayed insecticides by truck in several hard-hit areas, including Arlington, Grand Prairie and Fort Worth.
As the planes began spraying, Dr. Sandra Parker, Tarrant's medical director and health authority, said she endorsed a variety of approaches to fighting mosquitoes. She told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that aerial spraying could have negative consequences, such as killing helpful insects.
The latest estimates of West Nile infections put Tarrant at the top with 42,000, compared with Dallas County's estimated 26,000. Denton was estimated at 8,500 and Collin more than 4,500.
"In the grand scheme of things, it's only a tiny fraction of the population that became infected," said Dr. Wendy Chung, chief epidemiologist for Dallas County Health and Human Services.
"But it's the severe cases that are our main focus. It's a more reliable indication of the intensity of activity in an area."
Those neuroinvasive cases can lead to encephalitis, meningitis, paralysis and death.
Chung and another Dallas County epidemiologist, Dr. Christen Buseman, calculated the size of the West Nile outbreak based on blood-donor data from Carter BloodCare, the largest blood bank in North Texas.
Of the 71 West Nile-positive blood donors this summer, 30 were from Tarrant County, 13 from Dallas, six from Denton and five from Collin.
"It takes into account the total number of donations and the size of the general population you're looking at," Buseman said. Donors begin showing signs of infection within about six days from the exposure to the West Nile virus, she said.
After estimating the size of the outbreak, Buseman said, it was possible to calculate how many people in each county were likely to have suffered severe West Nile infections.
Dallas County, which reported 166 such infections as of last week, fell within the range of expected cases of 103 to 172. Denton's 49 cases also hit its range of 34 to 56, as did the 22 cases in Collin, just inside the range of 18 to 31.
Only Tarrant County was at major odds with the formula.
As the hardest-hit county, it was expected to report between 169 and 281 severe West Nile cases, but it tallied 96.
Chung and Buseman said they had no explanation for the discrepancy. The formula was a long-accepted means for double-checking West Nile outbreaks across the country.
"It will require further study to figure out what happened in Tarrant County," Chung said.
State and federal officials, who also track West Nile outbreaks, said it was not unusual to miss some cases, although usually not the most severe ones.
"We do know there's a measure of underreporting," said Dr. Ingrid Rabe, a medical epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"There are limitations in a passive surveillance system such as ours," she said. "People must report [West Nile infections] to the health care system, rather than having us calling the hospitals or medical providers," looking for cases.
State regulations require all medical laboratories to report positive West Nile test results to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Sometimes, those results can be delayed or misinterpreted, which can reduce the count temporarily, said state officials.
"I'm fairly certain that we have a pretty good handle on the number of neuroinvasive cases," said Jim Sidwa, manager of the zoonosis control branch of the state health department.
"If you have meningitis or encephalitis, you're going to be hospitalized, especially in the metroplex. A lot of people are in a position to order a West Nile test, and then we get the results."
North Texas unquestionably was the epicenter of the West Nile outbreak in the state, and possibly the nation, this summer.
In recent weeks, as the mosquito season — and the West Nile outbreak — is waning, Sidwa and others have begun reviewing cases reported throughout the summer to see if any were missed, including those in Tarrant and other North Texas counties.
So far, the state has uncovered several deaths in Dallas and Tarrant counties that had not been counted.
Haley said it would be a good idea to review how well local health departments handled the epidemic, including how doctors were notified about the disease and what symptoms to watch for in sick patients.
Many of the most severe cases involved elderly patients who had underlying illnesses and conditions such as dementia, which makes it difficult to recognize new symptoms, officials said. "The hardest part is getting a doctor to recognize the [West Nile] symptoms and order the blood test," said Haley. "To make a diagnosis of West Nile neuroinvasive disease requires an additional test of the spinal fluid."
He praised Dallas County for working closely with the medical community. "We had faxes and email all the time, getting everybody on board," he said.
Tarrant County physicians might not have had the same level of communication, several officials said.
Kurian said her department sent out several health alerts to local hospitals, health clinics, day care facilities and medical society contacts. The recipients were supposed to spread the word about West Nile.
Parker, the department's medical director, also met regularly throughout the summer with fellow members of the Tarrant County Medical Society, said Brian Swift, the physician group's chief executive.
"She gave presentations to the board," he said. "I think physicians in the area were very well notified through the media."
Parker was unavailable for comment Tuesday.
Kurian stressed that Tarrant County officials made a concerted effort to count all the West Nile cases they were aware of.
"We sincerely believe we counted every report we got," she said. "Could we have missed some cases that weren't reported to us? That's a possibility."


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, April 18, 2008, 10:42 AM
Town Square
Who killed Tina Faelz?
Original post made on Apr 18, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, April 18, 2008, 10:42 AM
a resident of Castlewood
on Apr 18, 2008 at 6:41 pm
The Pleasanton Weekly continues to sensationalize crime against Pleasanton citizens. There was no constructive point to this article.
The only possible reason to print an article on this crime would be to honor the child. If that were the case, there would be a full picture of the child's face, not half her face. The headline wouldn't be 'Who Killed..." but "Remembering Tina Faelz." I'm sure her family would appreciate it if the article were about the life of their child.
There could still be a plea to contact the police if someone had any information.
Wouldn't you prefer that if it had been your child that was killed? Or would you rather have a large photo of your child's face, cut down the middle, and "Who Killed...?" next to half your child's face?
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 19, 2008 at 7:01 am
So much for how well this forum software works when a new thread is created. We've got a dupe running here.
As I stated in the thread I opened one hour before Mark's, my 2nd home here in town was in Valley Trails. No one ever mentioned Tina's loss in the 6 years I lived there, but I can only imagine her Mother's heartache.
May she finally get some closure and Tina some justice!
a resident of Livermore
on Apr 19, 2008 at 7:27 pm
When a cold case is reviewed, new information sometimes comes forth and old information might be viewed differently. Hopefully, publishing this story might help solve this tragic case.
Often, the only way to catch the attention of the public is to sensationalize a story.
a resident of Walnut Grove Elementary School
on Apr 20, 2008 at 9:22 am
Gatetree I think another human life was taken from/near that area. I remember when I was in high school a lady was kidnapped as she was either walking or standing at a bus stop near Lucky's. They found her up in the mountaints somewhere and I remember a man and a woman being arrested. So along with this, Tina, and Eileen's, I know of 3 from here in the Tri Valley; there could be more.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 20, 2008 at 12:01 pm
So much for Pleasanton being "pleasant" and crime-free. It appears stories like these are ones that many forget in their complacency and misguided belief that we live in a nice, safe little town.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 21, 2008 at 8:36 am
Compared to some other surrouding cities, we do live in a nice safe little town and there is nothing wrong with wanting to keep it that way and feel safe....Everyone is so hellbent on wanting to say "see Pleasanton isn't so safe", see, see...I am sure our little safe town won't be that way in 10 years, so can we please just enjoy it now!
a resident of Livermore
on Apr 21, 2008 at 10:22 am
Hi Chris...I must confess that we don't agree on much but on this one you're right! HOORAY!
a resident of Birdland
on Apr 21, 2008 at 11:04 am
I'd like to see if any of her former classmates have a record, it might be worth looking at.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 21, 2008 at 11:10 pm
This happened very close to my home. I recall coming home from work and seeing all the police vehicles on Muirwood. Our neighborhood was devastated. Everyone was wondering how this could happen during daylight hours and no one saw anything suspicious. Although none of us knew her, those of us living on our court at the time this happened still have a sad memory of what happened to this young girl.
There was a rumor floating around many years ago that authorities suspected someone but had no proof. That person was said to be in prison at the time the rumor was circulating. No other info was given, it was simply a rumor. Nothing more.
If it's done in a respectful manner, I have no problem seeing articles such as this. As Cholo said, it might jog someone's memory and be helpful in solving this devastating crime.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Apr 22, 2008 at 6:53 am
I was in her class. I didnt know her that well but it was very shocking. I always thought it was a classmate who lived very close to where she was murdered. That guy was always a trouble maker and showed up to school drunk the day it happend. I remember the police investigated him quite a bit but nothing ever came of it. I do hope they figure out who it was with the dna eveidence and the family can get some justice.
After moving away from pleasanton years ago my mother told me about this story and website. I must say after reading about all the people who think pleasanton is dangerous and unsafe, get real! As a kid pleasanton is the only place I've ever been pulled over for loud music, clear fog lights (not amber) and had one cop inspect my headers to make sure they were smog legal lol! Its a shame that pleasantons become so snobby. Before the mall, and stop signs and stop lights on foothill rd pleasanton residnets werent like that.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 22, 2008 at 8:39 am
Agreeting with Cholo as well on this, when a cold case is reviewed the memory can job alot of things and no one should forget what happened to this girl until someone is arrested for it. I can relate, as I had someone taken from me in 1985 in a similar fashion in San Jose, haunts me to this day and it is still a cold case, it does not get revisited as there is so many cold cases down there....but being a family member i always wonder who is around me and is that person in my own backyard, so to speak....hopefully Tina's mom will get some closure in her life on this...someday.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 22, 2008 at 9:16 am
Please do not take my intent wrong. I fully believe in pushing and reinvestigating cold cases. Had that not happened, Michael Skakel would still be running around shouting he is a "Kennedy" after having murdered Martha Moxley many years ago in Greenwich. I really do hope the perpetrator of the crime involving Tina is brought to justice, just as Michael Skakel was.
My only point in making my "So much for Pleasanton being "pleasant" and crime-free" comment was this -- much of what happens in Pleasanton gets swept under the carpet to the detriment of many. I am not "so hellbent on wanting to say "see Pleasanton isn't so safe." In fact, compared to many cities it's size, P-town is VERY safe -- but it does have it's ugly secrets.
Again I say, I hope Tina's Mother finally gets the answers and peace she deserves. I also pray Tina gets the justice that is so rightfully hers.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Apr 23, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Tina was a friend of mine. We grew up on the same street. I don't view this story as sensationalism. It answers some questions I've had. I'll never lose hope.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 24, 2008 at 7:09 am
Tina's Friend -- You should NEVER lose hope.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 24, 2008 at 11:11 am
As a relatively new resident to Pleasanton, I appreciate the story. I hope they find the person who committed this horrible crime. I am no detective, and I did not live in Pleasanton at the time, but it sounds to me (entirely my opinion) that this was not a random attack, and the police really should look into the Foothill students of back then. There is a post above of a former student who says she suspects a certain person who was a trouble maker. The police should reopen the investigation. A crime like this should not go unpunished, and I hope someone comes up with some sort of information that leads to solving this horrible and senseless crime. As for the safety of Pleasanton... until you have lived elsewhere in the Bay Area, you cannot possibly appreciate how safe and nice P-town really is.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Apr 24, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I don't think it was random either. I saw what Tina went through first hand, and suffered from it myself that school year. I had a rough time in junior high, but I cannot put words around the psychological turmoil I endured my freshman year, and what Tina went through was so much worse. There was a whole gang of kids in our neighborhood and beyond who set out to make our lives miserable, but Tina was their focus. When Tina was at my house, they would stand outside and yell out threats. After Tina died, I lived in fear that I would be next, and it's never completely gone away. In fact, I wonder if it's wise for me to even post this missive, but I'm hoping Tina's killer, who ever he or she is, is too retarded to know how to use the Internet.
It's too impossible to try to capture it on this forum, but the police have heard my story, many, many times. I don't believe the person was acting alone. There was a certain sense of entitlement displayed by this whole gang of kids, like they seemed to think they were doing something worthwhile stalking us after school, as if we deserved it. What they told us one day, shortly before homecoming, when two girls jumped out of the bushes in the park at us, was: "We have a whole gang of girls ready to kick your a**es. The choice is yours. Do we kick your a** today, or do you want the gang."
"Get the gang, get the gang," I said. I was shaking as I spoke, but somehow, they interpreted my involuntary, nerve wracked response as a smart a** comment, which nearly got us a beating. They asked their friend, who was leaning against the fence, if he had a knife. He said he didn't want to be a part of it. I think that's what spared us that day. They told us to take even the longer way home, because they didn't want to look at our ugly faces.
Tina and I had a falling out that December, during lunch time in the locker room, where we always met. She had this new friend from out of state, a lot more fun than I was, because I was very much a goody-goody, I'd say. I drove Tina nuts. The first thing I'd do is run and tell my parents about all this stuff, something Tina had no patience for. She said I was very immature, that I needed to grow up. You didn't go telling people about your problems, she said.
Well, they didn't want to hang out with me that day, they said. They had certain things to do, they said, and I couldn't be there. I felt hurt and humiliated.
The next day, I walked by her house, on our way to the bus stop farther from our street (the one nearby was too dangerious). Tina walked out our door behind me, and she said, "Fine, be that way," which is what she'd always say when I was mad at her, and somehow, I wouldn't be mad at her anymore. She had that way. But I wasn't going to let her win this time. This time, I was going to let her know just how mad I was, and then she was supposed to run after me and just once say, "I'm sorry," but she didn't. She let me go, I never looked back. And she never rode the bus again.
The Monday before she died, I was walking home from the bus, and she was walking home from school (from the tunnel from under the freeway). She was wearing large, hideous ski sunglasses, which I thought was funny. She was such a funny, funny girl, with a slapstick sense of humor. She snorted at me, which I also thought was funny. I had to try not to laugh. I was sick from school the rest of the week, but Thursday, my sister told me there were police cars in front of her house. I called our friend from junior high who lived in Dublin, and we spent the rest of the day on the phone, talking about the good ol' days (the 8th grade), worrying about details that were slowly coming together. Our parents, whom I guess had already been told, wouldn't tell us anything. Our friend told me they'd started taking karate (or something like that) lessons together, and that Tina was so funny, a physical comedienne, though that word wasn't in our vocabularies at the time, but that's what Tina was. She'd make us laugh and laugh. We loved that about her.
So our friend told me that Tina said she thought I might like the class, too.
"Do you think she wants to be friends with me again?" I said.
"I think so," she said. "She misses you."
I was on the phone, in the hallway on my house, it was dark out, our friend and I'd been on the phone for hours. My mom let me keep on talking, which was a first. There was a knock on the door, a message from a neighbor, my mom wouldn't open the door all the way, she talked in muffles, there was something about flowers, and all I remember after that is crying into the phone, and seeing Tina's face on the ten o'clock news.
Maybe I shouldn't even send this. Tina would not appreciate it. I look at Tina's face, now from the eyes of a near forty-year old. She was so pretty. My mom said when we got older, the boys would be fighting over us, just wait. I love my mom.
Tina was so misunderstood. She would reach out to people in ways that seemed like practical jokes, and they didn't always go over that well, but what she wanted, more than anything in the whole world, was to be loved.
One thing I can tell you is that if Tina read this, she'd have a field day. She had no patience for my cries for help, and this is one of them. I think she'd want me to just shut up about it and grow up already, but I can't stop.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Apr 24, 2008 at 3:14 pm
tinas friend,
We must have been in the same class 87? I remember Tina got teased alot, but like you said seeing that picture now its hard to believe. I dunno why but kids say and do the meanest things. I new her a little bit at wells but ran with a different group of friends at foothill. Shoot me an email if you want, I knew a few girls from valley trails way back in the day it would be interesting to compare notes. sprinkit @ yahoo . com
a resident of Valley Trails
on Apr 26, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I grew up in Valley Trails and was in Junior High at Wells when this happened. I didn't know Tina, but I remember this very well. If I'm not mistaken, Tina played soccer and although she was a 2 years older than me, we scrimmaged against each other at practices.
A classmate of mine had a brother in her class who was one of the ones to come across her in the creek. I remember her telling me he thought it was her mother lying there.
Tina's death really haunted me as a child. Strange, I know for someone who didn't know her. To this day, when I hear a certain Phil Collins song, I think of her and have even told my husband of the story. It was just so sad to me. I live on the east coast and have for over 12 years now. I found this story by mistake looking for something else back home.
To Tina's friend: I think you "grew up" just fine.
a resident of Val Vista
on Apr 28, 2008 at 10:09 am
I also grew up in the area and was attending Wells when this happened. Tina did play soccer and she was a team of mine a year or two before this happened.
I completely understand how you feel about be "haunted" by this event. I didn't know Tina well but I certainly knew her from soccer. Your story is very similar to mine - didn't know her well but was affected in a strange way.
I have since moved away, living in Colorado, and our mailboxes are at the beginning of an overflow creek/retention pond area. It's full of plants and cat-tail foliage with some standing water. Its fun to walk the path to the playground in the day light but you won't catch me going to get the mail after dark - Tina's tragedy is in the back of mind.
I find it odd that so many years later I am affected by something that happened (although very tragic) to someone that I wasn't close too.
Guess that's the blessing and the curse of growing up in the close knit community of Pleasanton.
TO: "A neighborhood kid" or any other poster... feel free to email, it's interesting to compare stories.
StephRicker @ comcast . net
a resident of Valley Trails
on Apr 28, 2008 at 2:13 pm
To Cholo: I can see the connection, but I don't think it that applies here. The first paragraphs of that first article do resonate.
To Stephanie: your name rings a bell. I don't know a person who wasn't affected by it. How can anyone not be. We can all empathyze.
To read these responses here is comforting. It shows people give a damn.
a resident of Livermore
on Apr 29, 2008 at 10:31 am
Has the FBI ever investigated any of the kids that were in the gang that bullied Tina? Who are they and where are they now? Are they all alive?
Are any in prison? Addicted to alcohol or drugs. Do any of them have histories of criminal activity? It seems reasonable to name them now that they are all adults and for a grand jury to question them.
Also, I would never rule out a possible clergy connection.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 30, 2008 at 11:18 am
The first two things police look for in investigating a murder are motive and opportunity -- some members of this 'gang' need to be reinvestigated.
When Tina was at my house, they would stand outside and yell out threats. After Tina died, I lived in fear that I would be next, and it's never completely gone away. In fact, I wonder if it's wise for me to even post this missive, but I'm hoping Tina's killer, who ever he or she is, is too retarded to know how to use the Internet.
It's too impossible to try to capture it on this forum, but the police have heard my story, many, many times. I don't believe the person was acting alone. There was a certain sense of entitlement displayed by this whole gang of kids, like they seemed to think they were doing something worthwhile stalking us after school, as if we deserved it. What they told us one day, shortly before homecoming, when two girls jumped out of the bushes in the park at us, was: "We have a whole gang of girls ready to kick your a**es. The choice is yours. Do we kick your a** today, or do you want the gang."
I'd have to agree w/ Tina's friend ... If there were some kids 'bragging' about it and some of them were in the 'gang' ...
that ought to be enough to re-open this.
a resident of Livermore
on Apr 30, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Jas...you are absolutely right! Each and every gang member that can be named and located needs to be held accountable. The anti-social behavior that they engaged in might be viewed differently today. Recent incidents recorded on utube re: girl gang violence is horrific and demonstrates how unchecked gang violence harms the entire society. What are their names, any photos to publish on utube? If the police are unable to solve the tragic murder, perhaps John Walsh would retell the story about Tina on TV. It's worth a try.
Like Oprah said, a $50,000 reward might help capture the murderer. I'm ready to write a check. What a tragic tragic story.
Who are the gang members? Do any live in Pleasanton today?
a resident of Valley Trails
on Apr 30, 2008 at 4:40 pm
To Jas and Cholo, these are very good points. I have told the police my story on three separate occasions, but this was twenty years ago.
I actually called the Pleasanton police earlier this year, spoke with someone, left my number, and they never called me back. I've been apprehensive about calling again, fearing the same reaction, but I will call again, rest assured.
a resident of Livermore
on Apr 30, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Don't forget Nancy Grace/TV show. She revisits cold cases. Make the call to the police and then call John Walsh and Nancy Grace. If the police don't care to pursue the information that you present, you might also want to give Mark Klas a call. One of the above might be very interested in Tina's story enough to tell it again on TV or they might make suggestions that you would find very helpful.
When thousands of students and other activist's disappeared in Argentina, mother's marched in public with pics of their disappeared families for decades. Everybody had to slip away or disappear. Many of the families that slipped out of Argentina are still afraid to return. Keep Tina's story in the light and something positive will happen.
a resident of Valley Trails
on May 3, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Cholo - You weren't living in the tri valley area at this time. You have know right to speak......
a resident of Livermore
on May 4, 2008 at 10:27 am
I repeat: call Nancy Grace, John Walsh and anybody who will listen to you. There will someday be justice for Tina.
a resident of Livermore
on May 4, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Can it be....Cholo does have a soul?
Say it's not so!
a resident of Livermore
on May 5, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Isittrue...I prefer to be known as jefe Coyote. I changed my online handle because the name Cholo upsets too many Plutonians...tee hee hee, tee hee hee...
a resident of Danbury Park
on Oct 11, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Steve Carlson.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 12, 2008 at 8:49 am
I hope the PW passes this tip on to the PPD.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Oct 12, 2008 at 6:59 pm
If you seriously have information, please contact the PPD. You can do this anonymously if you desire. This young lady's family needs closure and the person needs to be taken off the streets before this happens again...
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Dec 4, 2008 at 12:43 am
hopefully some day they will find out who did this.... i grew up in highland oaks... we always felt safe but i always knew that crime happens EVERY WHERE ... unfortunatly., pleasanton sucks it was snobby before but its really bad now....
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Mar 22, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I remember Tina's case very well. My family and I were living in the Highland Oaks neighborhood at the time; we'd moved there from Valley Trails just a couple of years before. I was a couple of years older than Tina and attending Amador Valley High School, though my siblings and most of my friends went to Foothill. The reason I went to Amador instead is that the culture at Foothill was just so incredibly "persecuting" and even violent. I'd gone to Wells Junior High for a semester before transferring to Fredrickson because I didn't feel I could survive (emotionally or whatever) another day at Wells, and I knew that a lot of those terrible kids would be going to Foothill. So, it was Amador all the way for me, which really was a better environment; still some bullying, etc., but nothing like what I heard went on at Foothill.
What was it about the culture back then? Seemed like so much propensity for real violence among the kids of our generation in Pleasanton. Really strange. I remember my brother and me getting attacked by some bullies in the same place where Tina was murdered (quite a few years earlier; I think I was 12) and they just about drowned my brother in the drainage before finally letting us go, after maybe half an hour of tormenting us. Lots of stories like that from those days...
When Tina was killed, it sure sent shock waves through the community, and especially haunted everyone who was of school age at the time. There was mention that a homeless guy may have been spotted in the area for a day or two leading up to the murder, but it seemed like most of the rumors coming out of Foothill and the neighborhood kids at the time leaned toward the "gang of bullies" (mostly girls) hypothesis. No doubt the rumors referred to the same gang mentioned in this thread. Were these girls (and any guys they associated with) thoroughly investigated at the time or seriously considered suspects? Not from what I heard at the time... It seemed (and still seems) like the police just assumed that it was a male, young adult, maybe a rapist or just some serial killer nut; you know, the statistically standard profile for this kind of crime.
But, honestly, all these years later (in my 40's now), I'm still a little haunted by the youth culture in Pleasanton in those days, and I can imagine (not as a scared, imaginative kid, but as a grown man with a business and a family of my own) one or more school kids back then being capable of committing the most heinous of acts... Maybe it's not like that nowadays in the Valley (I suspect it's not), but it was a bizarre time back then...
I agree with one of the earlier posters: Maybe a call to Nancy Grace wouldn't be the worst idea!!
a resident of Valley Trails
on Apr 22, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Tina was a sweet little girl on my street. As teens my siblings and I all took that same route to Foothill High School. I had hoped they had found her killer by now. I'm still as sad today as the day it happened.
a resident of Val Vista
on Nov 24, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I was seven years old and in the same 2nd grade class as Tina's brother, Drew, at Donlon when this happened. Even though I can't remember most things from 2nd grade, I will never forget this. Remembering back, it really seemed like a piece of my innocence was lost at this time. Suddenly our safe little community was turned upside down, and the concept of death became suddenly all too real. It is unfortunate that somebody has gotten away with this, and I hope one day he or she is brought to justice. I still think about Drew from time to time, and hope that he and his family have found some form of closure and peace to such a horrible event in their lives.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Jul 22, 2010 at 10:48 am
My friend Jay&I were the ones' who found Tina that day. They actually narrowed down the time that she had been killed to about 15minutes before we arrived. At first I thought that it had been a girl who had done this horrible deed. I had heard someone at school early that day talking about how she was going to "kick her ass after school" so naturally when we found Tina my first thought was "OMG she friggin' did it!!" I was in shock. The scene was soo surreal, like right out of a slasher film, only this was reality. I knew Tina from seeing her around school, but I didn't really "know" her. The one time we did cross paths, I think she called me an asshole or something?? not sure why. I knew she was picked on, and a loner. looking back, I feel sorry that her life was so bad. I really was in a rage when I found her lying there face down that day with multiple stab wounds all over her body, and a big hole cut into the side of her abdomen!!I didn't know it was Tina right at that moment,only some poor girl who had just been brutally murdered!! I thought "Who would do such a F**KED up thing to another human being!!?? I felt for a pulse on her neck, but I knew she was gone, there was so much blood and she was so still.My friend turned and threw-up. I ran up the hill and saw a guy mowing his lawn and told him to call 911 because there was a girl down the hill that was stabbed really bad!!He thought I was joking!!?? Really?? Why would I joke about something like that?? I told him. I was 16, and a sophmore and so was my friend Jay. The paper came out to interview us and put our names and ages in the paper, which is illegal since we were minors, and also what if the killer had thought that we had seen them!!?? So not cool. To this day I believe that Steve Carlson killed Tina(sorry steve) Here's why; On that day I know for a fact that "Crazy" Carlson as the police refer to him cut school, and stole a moped and was cruising around all day. Two guys that I hung out with told me that they went to a house that day and raided the liquor cabinet. They said to Steve "Your parents are going to be pissed that we drank all of their booze!!" to which he replied; "This aint my house!" he had broken into someones' house that day unbeknownst to the two other guys. Here's the reason I think he did it; during the drinking,the two others I'll just call them Rob&Brent were teasing Carlson. They said to him;"you are such a loser I bet you couldn't even get laid by Tina Faelz!" That day Tina was found by Jay&I after detention.... Coinsidense?? The cops interviewed tons of people and even gave Carlson a lie detector test to which he passed, so I've heard. In 2009 I Googled Tinas' name because I had told my mother-in-law about it and there was an article about how even 25yrs later they still didn't have closure for this case. I called the pleasanton PD and asked them about any suspects, that's when the officer referred to "Crazy Carlson" and how even though he'd been interviewed numerous times, still passed questioning.
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on Feb 23, 2011 at 7:58 am
I was at Foothill during that time period when Tina was killed, I was in her class. I had 5th period ceramics class with Jay and Steve Carlson. It was weird to sit at the table with someone who found her and the other, that everyone knew he was the one who did it. Jay would tell us what she looked like and how he responded when he found her body, and Steve would just quietly sit there and listen (this was before the whole school suspected Steve). I always thought it was weird because it was such a big deal, but Steve never said anything or asked Jay any questions like the rest of us did. Pretty soon Steve just stopped coming to class. I was never sure if it was because he was sick of hearing it, or because he was too busy smoking pot and getting drunk like most of the students in the school. I hung out with Rachel Scarlett at the time, not the best person to hangout with because she was actually a bully, very disrespectful and just mean to a lot of people. Recently, it has been discovered that Rachel was arrested for trespass and burglary, and has at least 14 years of criminal arrests on her record in Arizona. She now goes by the name of Rachel Davile. The reason I bring Rachel into this is because she was questioned by the Pleasanton police several times, as well as years after we had all graduated. She was seen throwing rocks at Tina the day she was murdered, forcing her to miss the bus and walk home through the field where she was murdered. I always wondered if someone was waiting for Tina, how would they know she would be walking through the field that day if she normally took the bus. This would not be her regular pattern. But since have been reading these blogs, it seems as though she did take that route to walk home. Someone on this blog had written to check for criminal history for any suspects. I'm almost 100% sure Rachel did not commit the crime, but I do think it's an excellent idea to check Steve Carlson's past history with the police department, if he has any. Years ago, my car broke down by Stoneridge Mall. A Pleasanton police officer stayed with me until the AAA tow truck came. We started talking about the case. He said he was a brand new cop on the force at that time, and it was one of his first cases. When I mentioned Steve Carlson, he just shook his head, yes. I really hope they keep this case open and re-visit ANY suspects to one of Pleasanton's biggest unsolved murder cases.
a resident of Dublin
on Apr 19, 2011 at 5:57 pm
I heard that Rachel Scarlett/Davila was the one that had threatened to kick Tina's ass after school that day. I went to Junior High at Fredericksen that year. I was the prime target for bullies as well. My parents had moved us to Dublin from San Jose in the middle of 6th grade. I was a simple kid in a stuck up town with girls that wore $100 pairs of jeans and shoes and my stupid parents still ordered my threads out the Montgomery Wards catalog once per year. I became an instant target! I often feared for my life. There was always an intense rivalry between the girls at Wells and the girls at Fredericksen, regular, weekly group brawls. I didn't know Tina, but I knew what she went through, and I heard about the murder when it happened. Later, I ended up at Valley High School with Rachel Scarlett/Davila and I although I had finally made some friends, won some fights and was no longer a target for bullies, I can tell you she was one mean bitch. Even though I didn't have to worry about being beat up anymore, she made sure let her presence be known to me. She was the last bully I ever had. She had a cold dark heart. Some of my Valley High School friends and I had recently been chatting about her on Facebook (in February this year) and one of them Googled her and found a mug shot of her that she had been arrested that very morning that we had all been randomly chatting about her...it was REALLY weird. Yes, she had been arrested (again) in Phoenix on a felony burglury. From what I understand, many states including Arizona and California will take a mandatory DNA sample from anyone arrested for a felony. I would like to see her DNA matched to what was left at the scene. You know, they didn't have the DNA matching technology back then. That really wasn't introduced until 1993 or something like that. I would think that the Pleasanton PD would be doing right by Tina to run killer's DNA through CODIS maybe every 6 months and hope for a match someday. One final thing...a friend of mine and I spoke about this the other night and he told me that the Pleasanton PD had pretty much ruled out any high school kid in this crime because Tina was so brutally stabbed that there was no way a teenager could have the strength and force to stab someone that brutally. But I can tell you, my bullies had some great strength and unbelievable hate. I completely believe that anyone of them could have done this me at anytime. God Bless Tina and her family.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Apr 22, 2011 at 12:14 am
Y'know, you guys (and i know a few of you commenters personally) saying that "Creepy" or Rachel had something to do with Tina's death are seriously messed up! You guys picked on Creepy almost like Tina at times. I'll guarantee he didnt have anything to do with this, he was stupid and crazy, but not mean/violent like that...and to say Rachel, yeah, you all may have had issues but that is a long shot away from killing someone! You are all jumping to conclusions nobody has any firm reasons to make those accusations...and it isn't cool, it's hurtful and stupid high school rumors.
a resident of Foothill Farms
on Aug 8, 2011 at 11:09 am
The Mercury News just posted an updated story:
"The suspect is 43 years old and was a 16-year-old Foothill student at the time. According to police, his name is not being released now because he was a juvenile at the time of the crime. Once he is referred to the adult court, which should be within 48 hours, his name will released, police said."
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a resident of Livermore
on Aug 8, 2011 at 12:54 pm
this was before my time in pleasanton but it appears they have a DNA match ona habituial loser. maybe the same guy referenced above ?. SFgate.com chronicle has the story
hopefully they nail this guy to the wall.
RIP Tina. may your parents and family get closure
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 8, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Someone posted elsewhere that this Steve Carlson is now listed in the inmate directory online as arrested yesterday for murder. If all of you who were around at that time knew he did it, and sounds like the cops suspected, too, why has it taken so long to test his DNA in this case? Very weird.
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 8, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Steve Carlson was arrested for her murder
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 8, 2011 at 1:26 pm
It is Steve, did an inmate search on his name....it's him.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Aug 8, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Tina Faelz killer was arrested, he is enroute to Santa Rita as we speak. Guess who it is? Steven John Carlson.
Type in his name and you will see for your self. This was also just on the Chanel 2 news.
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a resident of Valley Trails
on Aug 8, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Ya I see the samething on the inmate search.
I remember this very well too, growing up in Valley Trails. My neighbor was Jay. (I forget his last name) As kids, we thought he did it, since he had found the body. Later just thought it was some crazy guy out there that had done it.
I agree with some of the other people on here about Foothill. It was one of the worse place to go. I HATED that school. Something about our generation and violence. There was a lot of it. Lot of drug use, sex, crime and alcohol. More than what the "average" teenager is doing now a days. It was really a crazy time. I know some of the parents never believed us, but there was some crazy kids there.
Valley Trails was a great place to grow up. There was a few bad apples here and there, but I never remember any gangs. I do remember not wanting to go on the South side. We usually stayed on the North side and around the small basketball court in the park.
Jay was a nice guy to me and my friends. After the whole Tina thing, we never saw him at all. Then they moved. It was a strange and scarey time for us.
Hope this is some closer for her family. RIP Tina.
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on Aug 8, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Trails local....guess you were wrong.
a resident of Valley Trails
on Aug 8, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Guess Carlson was a registered sex offender. Here is the link:
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a resident of Del Prado
on Aug 8, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Yep, Creepy Carlson and anyone who really knew Steve also suspected him as the murderer of Tiny for over 25 years now...and so did the Plesanton police dept. RIP Tina
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on Aug 31, 2011 at 1:26 am
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A "Yes" vote provides: (1) 90 new jobs, (2) new payroll checks that will increase sales and sales tax, (3) a new store with an estimated assessed value of $7 million for tax purposes that will provide a huge amount of additional property tax revenues for the city, county and schools (compare this to almost nothing for the now-raw land), and (4) the competition that guarantees cheaper groceries and top-notch service.
A "No" vote provides: (1) comfort to those who don't want a new West Main store using even a small part of Vancouver Street, (2) comfort to a few people who can't evaluate change so they prefer the Carpenter property remain raw land, (3) probability that Walmart will abandon the West Main project for a more welcoming community, and (4) a precedence and reassurance to competing stores that they can prevent competition by opposing zoning.
This issue exposes the best and worst of Russellville. Greed could cost Russellville jobs, additional tax revenues and cheaper groceries for its residents. Is it easier to take what we are given, manage the growth, solve the problems, and grow our way out of this recession, or should we spend our time questioning zoning regulations? I sincerely hope that everyone recognizes how important this rezoning is so we can focus our attention on the question, "Is rezoning for Walmart best for the majority in the community?"
Written on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013: The time now is 1:09 in the middle of the night.
Tonight, the thoughts that would not allow me to sleep were concerning the State of the Union address that our president presented so eloquently tonight on television.
I do not normally watch this address, thinking that it is just rhetoric and holds no weight in the halls of Congress. As I lay awake tonight, thinking of the words of the president, my mind started to question. Does our president understand that his many ideas presented are an increase in spending?
Oh, they were so many wonderful ideas to help many people. They were even noble ideas. In the back of my mind I had to wonder if the president really understands addition. I have been made aware in the past month of the amount of debt that our country is adding each day. That number is over $3 billion a day.
I am not a mathematician by trade. I was a registered dental hygienist when I was in the work force. Three billion dollars a day is so hard for my brain to comprehend. I know that our country cannot continue on this path and still be the "land of opportunity" for the coming generations — like my 11 grandchildren. I am deeply concerned for them.
I must have been subconsciously hoping that our president would talk at length about how (in definite terms) he planned to resolve this looming dark cloud that is on the horizon. As I lay in bed thinking tonight, the image of a snake in the grass just kept creeping back into my thoughts.
I found myself asking God if that is what we are dealing with. Is this man really trying to lull us to sleep like the python in the movie "The Jungle Book"? "Go to sleep, go to sleep" so that we can be devoured by the debt. Don't think about the consequences of all of this spending on all of these wonderful projects, just "trust me." I pray for a "smart cat" to come along and wake us from our slumber.
I am aware of the fact that this president has signed more executive orders than all previous presidents combined. The fact that our country is "at war" is what gives him the "privilege" to put these orders into law without the voting consensus of the Congress. He has only to write as many as his presidential hand can pen in order to move issues into our land and budget. I say "Enough." Please, someone in Congress, stand up for us Americans.
I am reading "Cotton meets with constituents in Clarksville." Representative Cotton says that he voted against help for the people devastated by Hurricane Sandy. I feel this will some day prove to have been a mistake. We in Arkansas have been plagued by vicious tornadoes and some times call upon government to assist us just as the peoples who are victims of Sandy are doing now.
Suppose that we have a town devastated by a tornado and we need federal help, and our getting help depends on the vote of someone from someone in the Northeast, and they say I will do unto them as they have done unto me. I think that we in the U.S.A., and perhaps elsewhere, should act like one big family, and when it is in our power to help some one in another part of our state or the world, we should do so as much as it is possible.
To not come to the aid of others who have suffered devastation is like sending your mother in the snow with no shoes. I am not picking on Representative Cotton because he is Republican, I would say the some if he were a Democrat. I have to wonder if this idea emanated from his own mind or if some of the Congress are giving him lessons in how to be obstructive.


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I haven't seen Run Silent Run Deep since I was a little kid in the 70s but it was pretty good as I recall.
I haven't seen Run Silent Run Deep since I was a little kid in the 70s but it was pretty good as I recall.
The Train
Delta Force
Sahara (the original, spoofed in Top Secret!)
Empire Of The Sun
Day The Clown Cried
I pretty much agree with everything that has been mentioned. I'd like to add some that I think haven't been mentioned.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
All Quiet on the Western Front
Good Morning Vietnam
A Few Good Men (is it a war movie?)
Three Kings
Taking Chance
The 3 HBO series - Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, The Pacific
Yastremski is on the right team for a change...
Adding a few old ones
Paths of Glory is great early Kubrick
Longest Day
Five Graves to Cairo (really a mystery more than a war movie, but still great)
Desert Fox
Santa Fe Trail
Fort Apache/She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/Rio Grande
Little Big Man
Charge of the Light Brigade
Eagle Has Landed
Dirty Dozen (okay, gotta have a little Jim Brown)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Dawn Patrol
Full Metal Jacket
Patton (just to give it another vote)
The Warlord
El Cid
Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut only)
Lord of War.
Lots of good movies already listed. One of my faves in any genre is Lord of War. Not really a Nicholas Cage fan either. Just a great script and unique story.
A lot of people have listed Josey Wales which was also one of my favorite Eastwood pics growing up. But I re-watched it the other night, first time in a long time, and gotta say it is so full of cliched scenes and cringe-worthy dialog I'm not sure I'll watch it again too many times. When Wales says to Ten Bears, "... I came here like this so you'll know my word of death is true. And that my word of life is then true." Puke. Lines this cheesy, it takes serious effort not to throw up in your mouth. Also there's something fairly creepy in the grizzled, 40ish Eastwood/Wales plowing the 13-14 year old Sondra Locke character.
Eastwood tried so hard to make Wales an iconic figure that he just comes off as cartoonish and clumsy...Rambo in the saddle.
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The Patriot
Full Metal Jacket
Born on the 4th of July
Johnny Got His Gun
More of an anti-war flick, but one that really gets you thinking.
I love many of the movies listed. They are great, but one that hasn't been mentioned yet is Casualties of War.
Apocalypse Now
Hamburger Hill
Dr Stranglove:or how I learrned to love the bomb and stop worrying so much
Full Meal Jacket
Starship troopers. ( I know its kind of an abortion, but its fun)
Force 10 from Navarone
Tropic Thunder
Surprised it hasn't been mentioned... The Hunt for Red October...
Impossible to make a top 10 list. So many great movies. I would add a few (apologies if I missed the post where they were included)
The Green Berets
Thin Red Line
Lion of the Desert
We Were Soldiers
The Hurt Locker
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That seemed to me to be more in the espionage domain.
Did anybody mention Sargent York?
And Battle of Britain... first 20 minutes are remarkable.
Battle of the Bulge
A Bridge Too Far
Also, we shouldn't forget documentaries, which are probably the best of all:
Ken Burns' Civil War
The World at War (about 10 episodes narrated by Laurence Olivier). The beginning of the one on the Germans' Russian Campaign still sticks with me. The great German Panzer general, Heinz Guderian, is quoted from his book. The Germans wheel their tank into the Russian Steppes expecting an easy run and victory. Guderian describes how they come out into the open plain and he looks out with his binoculars. All that can be seen is open plains, endless open plains to the horizon. They are stunned by the vastness of it. And then it begins to snow.
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This one is a bit esoteric: Roberto Rossellini's Paisan. It's a bit slow and shot in a semi-cinéma vérité style (six vignettes). But, it's power depicting
various parts of war-torn Italy stays with you.


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In a lineup filled with sluggers, outfielder Shelley Duncan contributed to New York's high-powered offense by slugging seven home runs with 17 RBIs in just 74 at-bats as a rookie. Duncan, whose upbeat personality was credited for bringing some light-hearted youthfulness to the Yankees' veteran clubhouse, had two hits in three postseason at-bats. He recently answered some questions from MLBPLAYERS.com.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Are you the type of player who replays your performance over and over in your head?
Duncan: Over the winter is the time for me to really sit down and reflect. But during the season, my focus is on the next game and what I have to do that game. I am about looking forward. I think that is the best way to keep an even keel attitude. It also allows me to not focus on the success or the failures. I try not to get too high or too low.
MLBPLAYERS.com: A good percentage of your hits this season were home runs. Is power a big part of your game?
Duncan: I don't know. I sort of let other people judge me as a player. I just go out there and have the same approach. Things then happen. I don't try to be someone who I'm not. I try and concentrate on the little things that will make me successful.
MLBPLAYERS.com: After some of those home runs, you have showed a great deal of emotion. Is that a big part of your personality?
Duncan: I think so. I try to have a lot of fun playing this game and I'm really competitive. I love to be a part of a team, and even though I didn't play a whole lot, I love to be a part of the wins. It's a lot of fun when you and your teammates do well, and it's a lot of fun to win ballgames.
MLBPLAYERS.com: As a young outfielder, it seems difficult to find playing time when you have guys like Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Bobby Abreu playing ahead of you?
Duncan: I guess so, but I don't worry about it too much. Preparing yourself to be ready every single day is the biggest key. When Joe Torre did call upon me at any given moment, I wanted to be ready and confident I would get the job done. The Yankees always have a really good team here all the way down to the bench. It's a lot of fun because you have confidence in everyone on your team.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Was this the first time in your career that you have not played on an everyday basis?
Duncan: Yes, it was. It's different, but I tried to prepare myself as if I was going to play every day. That gives me added confidence. When I don't start, I am still preparing myself during the game if, and when, I get the call.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Your brother, Chris, plays for the Cardinals and your dad, Dave, is that club's pitching coach. How often do you watch their games?
Duncan: Whenever they're on TV I try and watch the game. If I can't see the game, then I definitely check out the highlights.
MLBPLAYERS.com: How often do you talk to them during the season?
Duncan: Every single day I probably talk to at least one of them. We all have a good relationship and it's not just about baseball. We are very close.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Your dad was a catcher in the big leagues and now he is a pitching coach. What do you remember about that transition in his life/career?
Duncan: That was something that happened before I was born, but having talked to him about it, I have come to realize just how intelligent he is as it relates to pitching. He understands them, likes to talk pitching and that's a trait he has passed down to me. He always has an open mind and you can learn a lot from him.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Away from Yankee Stadium, what do you find yourself doing in your spare time when you are in the city?
Duncan: There is so much to do there. I can't pinpoint one thing in particular. I have one of those tourist books that tell you everywhere to go, but I haven't cracked it open yet. We don't have much time with our schedule. Just leaving the hotel and walking around is fun.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Has there been a player on your team or on an opposing team that you really looked forward to playing with or against?
Duncan: Alex Rodriguez is someone I have really paid attention to. I watch his approach to the game and his will to win. He plays real hard and he works real hard. I look up to how he goes about his business. He's been great to me and answered all of my questions.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Assuming you go on to have a long career at this level like Rodriguez has, is it safe to assume then that you too will be active in talking to the younger players and helping them in any way that you can?
Duncan: Absolutely. It's something that I appreciate no matter what level I'm at. At Triple-A, Ron Villone and Andy Phillips really looked out for me and I looked up to them. I don't think I would be a Yankee today if it were not for their advice and help. I look forward to doing the same down the road one day.
Jeff Moeller is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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List of Americans Abroad
Dempsey's first goal allows Fulham to draw 1-1 with Rovers.
Howard helps Everton pick up surprise point from Manchester United.
Villa beats Everton; Friedel bests Howard in meeting of American keepers.
Hahnemann, Howard meet; Everton, Wolves draw 1-1.
Altidore scores for Villareal, hopes it's his ticket to stay.
Adu is looking for team after Benfica cuts him loose.
Bocanegra moves across France to Saint Etienne.
Johnson strains hamstring with Aris in Greek playoffs.
Beasley bids farewell to Glasgow Rangers after late benching.
For Fulham, Dempsey set to become first U.S. player in European final.
Davies' desire to make World Cup team is dealt a blow.
Cherundolo, Hannover register big win 4-2 over Schalke.
Hahnemann posts another shutout for Wolves in 0-0 draw with Stoke.
Dempsey absent with thigh injury, Fulham makes Europa Cup semifinals.
Back in good graces, Adu makes rare start for victorious Aris.
Friedel, Aston Villa suffer 7-1 rout at hands of Chelsea.
Friedel, Aston Villa fade in English Premier League despite unbeaten streak.
After long layoff, Dempsey scores decisive goal, Fulham edges Juventus in Europa Cup.
Donovan's highly successful Everton tenure ends on quiet note.
Both succeeding in Greece, Johnson gets critical U.S. call, Adu does not.
'Player of Month' Donovan, Howard help Everton stun Chelsea, Man. United.
Americans Abroad
(Tuesday, September 28, 2010) -- United States midfielder Benny Feilhaber scored three goals, including the decisive tally and a second penalty kick in overtime to lead AGF Aarhus to a 6-3 decision over rival Skive in the third round of the Landspokal (Denmark Cup) last Wednesday.
Feilhaber made it four goals in four days, also scoring the a dramatic winner in stoppage time in Aarhus' league match Sunday
Aarhus and Skive both play in Denmark's second-tier First Division. Aarhus will face Varde, one of two other remaining First Division teams in the fourth round.
With the score tied 3-3 two minutes into extra time, Feilhaber made a run to a far post and put away a cross from Stephan Petersen for a 4-3 lead. Nine minutes later, Peter Grauland was pulled down in the penalty area and Feilhaber again was successful on his second PK of the day to make it 5-3.
Midway through the first half, Feilhaber netted his first penalty. He has become his club's go-to guy from the penalty spot.
On Sunday, Feilhaber scored in stoppage time for a 3-2 triumph over Koge. Hoping to return to the Superliga after being relegated last season, Aarhus is 6-0-2 with 20 points in the First Division, in first place by four points.
In the English Premier League, two matches featured Americans on both sides.
On Sunday, it was Brad Friedel in net for Aston Villa and his fellow American Marcus Hahnemann was in goal for host Wolverhampton, and it was Villa that came away a 2-1 winner on a late goal by Emile Heskey at Molineux Stadium.
Both goalkeepers had strong matches with each recording six saves, and the contest looked to be heading to a 1-1 draw when, in the 88th minute, an unmarked Heskey rose up and nailed a header into a far corner of the net.
On Saturday, Tim Howard was in net for visiting Everton and his United States World Cup teammate Clint Dempsey on the attack for Fulham when the two sides played to a dull 0-0 draw.
Dempsey started and went the distance, while former U.S. striker Eddie Johnson, who has been seeing more minutes lately, entered in the 55th minute for Fulham. Dempsey had three golden chances over the course of the match, one thwarted on a great block by defender Phil Jagielka, once forcing Howard into a brilliant save and a final attempt which he sent inches over the crossbar in the second half.
At 0-3-3 with three points, Everton dropped to the bottom of the 20-team table, struggling with its inability to score.
U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden went 90 minutes for Bolton Wanderers, who played their finest match of the year, forcing Manchester United to twice come from behind in order to salvage a 2-2 draw in a visit to Reebok Stadium Sunday.
Holden, playing a defensive midfield role, helped shut down United time and again as it tried to force the ball into Bolton's box. United did not gain its draw until the 74th minute when Michael Owen headed home a free kick.
U.S. defender Jonathan Spector did not dress for West Ham United in its 1-0 victory Saturday over visiting Tottenham Hotspur.
In the second-division League Championship action, forward Conor Doyle was the only American dressed and he didn't get in for Derby County in its 5-0 win over Crystal Palace.
In the third-tier League One, American defender Frank Simek went the distance for Carlisle United, which fell 2-0 to host Bournemouth.
In France, U.S. defender Carlos Bocanegra went the distance for St Etienne, which used a 1-0 victory over regional rival Lyon to climb to the top of the Ligue 1 standings. The win was St Etienne's first over Lyon at Lyon's Stade de Gerland in 17 years.
Lyon outshot St. Etienne by a huge 28-5 margin, but thanks to a strong Etienne defense, only four of those shots were on goal.
In the German Bundesliga, U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley came up with a nice goal in Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-2 draw Saturday at FC Schalke 04.
In the 43rd minute, Mönchengladbach brought the ball quickly down the left side and from near the base-line, it was pulled back into the box to Bradley, who shot under Schalke keeper Manuel Neuer.
Gladbach took a 2-1 halftime lead, but could not hold it after it was reduced to 10 men in the 78th minute and Schalke's big-money signing Raul notched the tying goal with two minutes to go.
German-American midfielder Jermaine Jones, still fighting to regain match fitness after his long layoff from knee surgery, started and went 51 minutes for Schalke. He played a full match in the middle of last week and visibly tired in the second half Saturday.
On Sunday, U.S. midfielder Steve Cherundolo went the distance for Hannover 96 in its 1-0 decision over Kaiserslautern. U.S. midfielder DaMarcus Beasley did not dress for Hannover.
U.S. midfielder Ricardo Clark was again dressed, but didn't play for Eintracht Frankfurt, which defeated FC Nürnberg 2-0.
In the 2.Bundesliga, American Luis Robles was backup keeper, but didn't play in Karlsruhe's 2-0 loss to FSV Frankfurt.
In Scotland, U.S. midfielder Maurice Edu played the final 16 minutes in Rangers' 3-2 win at Aberdeen, its first victory there in four seasons.
In Belgium, U.S. midfielder Sacha Kljestan did not dress for Anderlecht in a 5-0 win over Mechelen.
In Italy, U.S. defender Oguchi Onyewu was not dressed for AC Milan in its 1-0 triumph over Genoa.
In Greece, U.S. midfielder Freddy Adu was not dressed for Aris Thessaloniki's 1-0 victory over Ergotelis.
In the Danish Superliga, U.S. defender Michael Parkhurst returned from injury by going the distance for Nordsjælland which continued its defense of the Danish Cup with a 1-0 decision over Hjørring IF Thursday night.
On Sunday, he went the distance in Nordsjaelland's 3-0 win over Horsens.
In Norway's Tippeligaen, American defenders Clarence Goodson and Hunter Freeman went the distance for IK Start in a 0-0 road draw Monday with Hønefoss.
In Spain Monday, U.S. striker Jozy Altidore watched from the Villarreal bench as his club dropped Malaga 3-2.
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