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Colts show up
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by BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer
The victorious Marist Vailima team cheer as captain Afa Aiono raises the cup of the 25th
Annual Marist Vailima Sevens Tournament after defeating last year’s champs Vaiala Blackie
[photo: Naenae Productions]
24-14 in yesterday’s final at Apia Park.
Marist St Joseph team
wins the cup in thriller
By L.A.F./Naenae Productions
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Many thought it was going to be a repeat of
last year’s final, with BBE Vaiala Ulalei taking
home the cup for the second consecutive year. But
Marist St. Joseph’s made sure it was only wishful
thinking by exploding into the game and taking
the defending champions completely unawares,
with three unanswered tries by halftime.
Leki Magela, Phillip Tuigamala and Etuale
Pitone put 19 points on the scoreboard for their
team, each scoring a try with two tries converted by Pitone. Vaiala seemed dazed and with
no ball possession coming their way, they could
only scramble to defend their tryline from the
Marist attacks.
However, after receiving instructions from
Coach Falefatu Enari on the areas they needed to
concentrate on, Vaiala came back in the second
half with guns blazing and within minutes from
kick-off, Oneone Faafou crossed the Marist tryline to put the first points for his team on the
scoreboard. The try was converted by Patrick
Faapale bringing the game score to 19-7.
This changed again minutes later to 19-14
when Lei’a Saofaiga dived across the line at the
corner of the field, and again Faapale banged
the ball between the posts.
With the time ticking away, the spectators
were sitting on the edge of their seats – the
Vaiala “Blackie” supporters cheering on their
team to score a converted try to gain a 21-19
lead, while the Marist supporters willed their
players to hold on to their lead.
Unfortunately for Vaiala, the green machine
did more than hold them off in the dying minMarist Vailima captain Afa Aiono who is
utes of the game. Pati Tele crossed the Vaiala also the current Manu Samoa Sevens captryline for the clincher and the game ended with tain, was awarded the MVP award of the 25th
Marist winning 24-14.
Annual Marist Vailima Sevens Tournament
(Continued on page B6) yesterday at Apia Park. [photo: Naenae Productions]
Andrew Luck quickly is erasing the pain of the divorce
with Peyton Manning for Colts fans. Now, he and the suddenly
playoff-contending Colts head to Jacksonville, where just about
everything about the Jaguars is painful.
The Colts (5-3) have won three straight and four of five to
firmly plant themselves in the AFC wild-card picture. Luck
comes off one of the great quarterbacking games for any rookie,
ever — better, even, than Manning managed with Indianapolis
in 1998. He completed 30 of 48 passes for 433 yards and two
touchdowns for a 105.6 quarterback rating in the victory over
Miami. The 433 yards set an NFL single-game record by a
rookie quarterback, and Luck became the only rookie aside from
Manning with four 300-yard passing games.
Indianapolis has risen to 12th in the AP Pro32 rankings and is
a 3-point favorite against No. 31 Jacksonville (1-7).
It’s a nice matchup for Indy, which has been stingy on defense
lately and timely on offense. Defensive leader Dwight Freeney
wants everyone, especially the younger players — and there are
plenty of them on the roster — to take things in stride.
“They’re experiencing it for the first time and it’s up to the
older guys to kind of keep them, ‘all right, look, it’s about this
week, who cares what happened last week, who cares how many
games we’ve won in a row, it doesn’t matter,’” Freeney said.
“We have to get this victory coming up.”
Jacksonville ranks last in total offense, has scored 117
points, 16 fewer than any other team, and has dropped five in
a row. But the Jaguars, 6-21 in their last 27 games, have three
of those wins against the Colts, including their only victory in
2012, 22-17 in Week 3.
Nearly three dozen Colts shaved their heads in a show of support for coach Chuck Pagano, who is undergoing treatment for
leukemia. The best way to show support is to keep winning.
COLTS, 17-13
No. 8 Denver (minus 4) at No. 25 Carolina
Broncos “manning up” behind Peyton and coach John Fox,
who was fired by Panthers.
BEST BET: BRONCOS 31, PANTHERS 24
No. 13 Detroit (minus 2) at No. 18 Minnesota
Lions trending upward, Vikings the other way. That ends
here.
UPSET SPECIAL: VIKINGS, 21-20
No. 2 Houston (plus 1) at No. 3 Chicago
On a neutral field, would pick Texans. Not in Soldier Field,
especially at night.
BEARS, 19-16
No. 32 Kansas City (plus 12 1/2) at No. 10 Pittsburgh,
Monday night
Steelers getting back to power game, will pummel awful
Chiefs.
STEELERS, 30-13
No. 1 Atlanta (minus 2) at No. 17 New Orleans
Falcons will lose this season, just not here.
FALCONS, 34-28
No. 28 Buffalo (plus 11) at No. 6 (tie) New England
Simple fact: Patriots are matchup nightmare for Bills.
PATRIOTS, 36-23
No. 27 Oakland (plus 7 1/2) at No. 9 Baltimore
Simple fact II: Raiders don’t handle travel to East Coast very
well.
RAVENS, 30-21
No. 19 Dallas (pick ‘em) at No. 20 Philadelphia
Once a prime matchup, now just an eyesore.
COWBOYS, 21-17
No. 26 St. Louis (plus 11 1/2) at No. 4 San Francisco
Niners don’t often have such a big spread. Maybe too big ...
49ERS, 20-10
No. 6 (tie) New York Giants (minus 4) at No. 22 Cincinnati
Giants need to rekindle offense and sliding Bengals might
provide opportunity.
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samoa news, Thursday, November 8, 2012
Notre Dame in
the Rose Bowl?
Well, just maybe
by RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer
Utah a 79-68 lead with 6:40 remaining.
SUNS 117, BOBCATS 110
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Shannon
Brown hit six 3-pointers in the fourth quarter
and finished with 24 points to lead Phoenix.
Brown, who played briefly with the Bobcats
before being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers
along with Adam Morrison, helped break
open an 87-all game early in the fourth quarter
when he suddenly got hot. Several of Brown’s
3-pointers were contested with a hand in his
face, but it hardly mattered.
Marcin Gortat had 23 points and 10 rebounds
for the Suns. Michael Beasley added 21 points
and 15 rebounds. Brown’s sharp shooting offset
a terrific night for Charlotte’s Byron Mullens,
who hit six 3-pointers of his own and finished
with 24 points and eight rebounds.
HEAT 103, NETS 73
MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade scored 22
points on 10-for-14 shooting, LeBron James
finished two assists shy of a triple-double and
the Miami Heat improved to 4-0 at home for the
first time in franchise history.
James had 20 points and 12 rebounds in
only 30 minutes, and Rashard Lewis scored 13
points for the Heat (4-1). Miami — which plays
its next six games on the road — has won its
four home games by an average of 17.8 points.
Kris Humphries had a double-double by
halftime, then was silent in the second half and
finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds for
the Nets (1-2). Deron Williams scored 14 for
College football’s most storied program, playing on its
grandest stage.
Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl. It could happen.
While most fans are focused on the four-team race to the BCS
championship game, another intriguing Bowl Championship
Series sidebar is developing. Will the Rose Bowl, if given the
opportunity, invite Notre Dame? The Fighting Irish have only
played in the Granddaddy of Bowls once before — in 1925.
“There is still so much that can happen, and of course the
biggest story out there is whether we would take Notre Dame,
but there is a lot to play out before it starts to become a serious
conversation within our group,” Rose Bowl spokeswoman Gina
Chappin said Wednesday.
Here’s how those conversations becomes serious.
If Oregon wins the Pac-12 and finishes first or second in the
BCS standings, the Ducks will pay in the BCS national championship game.
Depending on where the Ducks finish, that would give the
Rose Bowl either the first or second pick among the four BCS
games to replace one of its contractually bound champions with
an eligible at-large team.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 are longtime and lucrative partners
with the Rose Bowl, and game organizers would prefer to keep
their partners happy and dip back into those conferences for
replacement teams.
“Whenever we can protect our relationship with the Pac-12
and the Big Ten, that is very important to us,” Chappin said.
To be eligible for an at-large spot, a team must be ranked in
the top 14 of the final BCS standings and have nine victories.
No. 13 Oregon State (7-1) is in 11th-place heading into Saturday’s game at No. 16 Stanford. The Beavers also play California,
Oregon and Nicholls State on Dec. 1 (provided they aren’t in the
Pac-12 title game).
If Oregon State finishes 10-2, assuming a loss to the Ducks,
the Beavers should have no problem being BCS eligible, very
possibly in the top 10. And because Oregon State last played
in the Rose Bowl in 1965, the Beavers would check a second
important box for the selection committee.
“Have they played in our game recently?” Chappin said.
Bowl organizers love inviting teams who haven’t been to their
game in a long time, because fired-up fans gobble up tickets.
It would get interesting if Oregon State loses twice between
now and the end of the season.
At 9-3, the Beavers could still slip into the BCS top 14. But
at that point, they might not look so appealing to the Rose Bowl.
Especially, compared to Notre Dame.
There are other factors that could influence the Rose Bowl’s
decision. If Wisconsin wins the Big Ten, the Rose Bowl would
probably like to avoid a rematch of a regular-season game
between the Badgers and Beavers.
Or, if not Notre Dame, how about this possibility: A Rose
Bowl reunion of old conference rivals Nebraska and Oklahoma.
“There are so many variables that go into the conversation
of the matchup. It’s not a conversation we have a lot,” Chappin
said. “We’re at a position right now where it’s too early to focus
on the what-ifs.”
True, but they are interesting.
The picks:
THURSDAY
No. 8 Florida State (minus 14) at Virginia Tech
Hokies need to win two of final three to become bowl eligible
... FLORIDA STATE 28-17.
SATURDAY
No. 15 Texas A&M (plus 14) at No. 1 Alabama
Aggies QB Johnny Manziel has been contained by LSU and
Florida’s top defenses ... ALABAMA 35-17.
California (plus 28) at No. 2 Oregon
Ducks RB Kenjon Barner making late Heisman push ...
OREGON 55-21.
No. 3 Kansas State (off) at TCU
With or without Collin Klein ... KANSAS STATE 38-31.
No. 4 Notre Dame (minus 19) at Boston College
For first time in about a month, Irish get easy win ... NOTRE
DAME 35-10.
BEST BET
No. 5 Georgia (minus 15) at Auburn
Tigers haven’t shown much fight ... GEORGIA 42-14.
Louisiana-Lafayette (plus 26½) at No. 7 Florida
Sun Belt teams have been tougher outs for SEC squads this
season ... FLORIDA 42-14.
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Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh (1) shoots over Brooklyn Nets’ Kris Humphries and Brook Lopez
during the first quarter of an NBA basketball ame in Miami, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
(AP Photo/Miami Herald, Charles Trainor Jr.)
Nuggets slow Harden in
93-87 win over Rockets
HOUSTON (AP) — Ty Lawson scored 21
points and Kenneth Faried had 16 points and
16 rebounds to help the Denver Nuggets to a
93-87 victory over the Houston Rockets on
Wednesday night.
James Harden had a tough night for the
Rockets and finished with a season-low 15
points on 5-for-15 shooting.
A dunk by Andre Iguodala put Denver up
by six, before a pair of free throws by Jeremy
Lin made it 91-87 with 1:21 remaining. Lin
got knocked in the nose on the foul and was
bleeding. He had to shoot the free throws with
paper stuffed in his left nostril.
Faried blocked a layup attempt by Harden
and Chandler Parsons missed a 3-pointer seconds later. Faried got the rebound on the miss
and dunked it on the other end to secure the win.
JAZZ 95, LAKERS 86
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Al Jefferson
scored 18 points and Randy Foye added 17 on
five 3-pointers to lift Utah Jazz past the Los
Angeles Lakers.
Mo Williams added 16 points on 8 of 13
shooting for the Grizzlies (2-3).
Kobe Bryant entered the game shooting
nearly 60 percent but started 3 of 10 and finished 7 of 17 for 29 points as the Lakers fell
to 1-4.
Dwight Howard added 19 points for the
Lakers and Metta World Peace had 15.
The Jazz led by as many as 16 points early,
but the Lakers were within five with 8:27 left
before Foye hit three straight 3-pointers to give
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49ers RB Gore
loving big holes
made by O-line
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder (7) hands off to Adrian Peterson (28)
during the first half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012,
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
in Seattle. 8-0 Falcons try to play
down talk of perfection
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Todd
McClure can tell this is becoming a special
season for the Atlanta Falcons, just from all the
extra time he’s spending on the phone.
He’s getting hit up for tickets. And extra
tickets. And anything with a signature on it.
“I guess it comes with the territory,” the Falcons’ longtime center said Wednesday, “so I’m
embracing it.”
McClure is also embracing the idea of perfection, the goal that every team strives for but
few will ever reach. The Falcons have won their
first eight games, the best start in franchise history and halfway to a 16-0 season.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team
in the modern era to make it through an entire
year without a loss. The 2007 New England
Patriots are the lone squad to go undefeated
in a 16-game regular season (before losing, of
course, in the Super Bowl).
Now, along come the Falcons.
Can they reach perfection?
“We can,” McClure said without a hint of
hesitation. “There’s no reason we can’t. If we
play our game, go out and do what we’re supposed to go, we can. The sky’s the limit for this
team. Is it going to be hard? Yes. Will it be hard
this week? Yes.
“But,” he added, “if we approach it week by
week, it’s definitely possible.”
An 8-0 start is not all that usual — the Falcons are the 10th team to do it in the last two
decades, according to STATS LLC — but this
is where the pressure starts to mount. There’s
more and more media attention, more and more
questions about the streak. Opposing teams
start to play with a little extra fire, eager to be
the team that ends the unbeaten season.
That’s why another Falcons’ lineman,
right tackle Tyson Clabo, is realistic about the
chances of going 16-0.
“We’re only halfway there,” he said. “Statistically, the chances of that are really slim.
I mean, we base our game plans on statistics.
Statistically, this what’s going to happen, so
we’re going to do this. So I don’t think we
should deviate from our entire mindset based
on this big, golden cow that everybody thinks
we should try to get to.”
Besides, despite being the league’s only
unbeaten team, the Falcons are still searching
for a little national respect. Outside of Atlanta,
there’s still a great deal of skepticism about
whether this team will end up holding the Lom-
bardi Trophy at the end of the season, no matter
how good it looks at the moment.
The Falcons have defeated only one team
(Denver in Week 2) with a winning record. The
combined record of their first eight opponents is
a rather dismal 24-41. Perhaps the two toughest
games are still to come — Sunday’s contest at
New Orleans against the surging Saints, Atlanta’s fiercest rival. Then there’s a December contest against the defending Super Bowl champion
New York Giants, who thoroughly dominated
when the teams met last season in the playoffs.
“At this point, we have so many other goals
that are more important than” going 16-0, Clabo
said. “Like winning the division. Like trying to
get a game in the (Georgia) Dome in the playoffs. We have a whole bunch of things we have
to do before we even worry about doing that
other thing.”
Still, the odds of the Falcons running the
table start to look much better if they get to 9-0.
Other than the NFC East-leading Giants (6-3),
the remaining opponents on the schedule are a
cumulative 17-24 (Atlanta still has two games
left with division rival Tampa Bay). Four of
the last seven games are at the Georgia Dome,
where the Falcons have a 30-7 record since
Mike Smith took over as coach in 2008.
“I think we’ve got the pedigree to do it,”
receiver Roddy White said. “Offensively and
defensively and how we are as a team. The
locker room is very, very united right now. We
go into every week expecting to win. ... We’ve
still got to be consistent, don’t turn the ball over
and get turnovers. That’s been the key to winning games all over this league. If we continue
to do that, we’ll be just fine.”
Indeed, Atlanta is among the league leaders
in two categories that Smith considers the key
to success: turnovers and penalties.
The Falcons have lost only one fumble all
season — when quarterback Matt Ryan took a
hit — and are plus-10 in turnover ratio, which
ranks fourth behind Chicago, the Giants and
New England. They are by far the least flagged
team in the league, called for just 26 penalties
(17 fewer than any other team) accounting for
207 yards (118 below the next-lowest total).
“Coach Smith is always pointing out the
penalties that players have and how they affect
the game,” defensive back Robert McClain
said. “You don’t want to be the guy who gets
called out.”
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Frank Gore looks at his
three 100-yard rushing performances, four touchdowns and
overall stellar output in the season’s first half and is quick to
praise an unheralded offensive line that plays such an integral
part in helping him do it.
Helping San Francisco’s entire offense shine, too. These
big boys block all over the field, every which way — even if it
means taking on a speedy, more athletic defensive back.
“It’s fun because they look at you like you’re not supposed
to be down there,” right tackle Anthony Davis said Wednesday.
“We’re a lot bigger than them.”
Gore appreciates every athletic block, every hustle play.
The three-time Pro Bowl running back insists he has never
had such huge holes ahead of him to run, and that is the ultimate compliment to the 49ers’ talented, much-improved
O-line. Gore is now gearing up for a strong stretch the rest
of the way with the NFC West-leading Niners (6-2), as long
as these guys keep doing the dirty work ahead of him to keep
things clicking toward another playoff berth.
Gore has run for 656 yards on 119 carries, averaging a
career-best 5.5 yards — topping his 5.4 average in 2006.
“My O-linemen are doing a (heckuva) job of springing me
and giving me big lanes that I’ve never seen before,” Gore
said. “So I have to give it to them, and to the receivers blocking
down field.”
While Gore has only played alongside two Pro Bowl
linemen during his eight NFL seasons with San Francisco —
Larry Allen in 2006 and left tackle Joe Staley last season —
recognition hardly means much to this tight-knit unit that truly
enjoys going to work together each day during the grind of a
16-game season.
Early last year, the line faced criticism for a slow start, then
took more heat after quarterback Alex Smith was sacked nine
times in a Thanksgiving night loss at Baltimore. Staley, Jonathan Goodwin and Co. have done their best to ignore — and
sometimes even call out — the skeptics and move forward by
sticking together to stay the course.
“There’s a lot of talent in that room, on that line. The one
thing I’ll say about this line is it’s a hard-working line, it’s a
line that’s not satisfied with a little success,” Goodwin said.
“I think everybody wants big success for themself and this
team.”
And the Niners are getting more of a push from opposing
defenses within the division this season, as every team has
either upgraded or just plain improved on that side of the ball.
Rams coach Jeff Fisher realizes what a load his defense
faces on Sunday in stopping Gore, slowing down Smith and
his large cast of receivers — and doing all that against a physical, do-everything offensive line.
“I can’t remember having to prepare for an offense that was
so well-coached and so diversified in the run game and so talented, the different types of run concepts,” Fisher said.
Smith connected with nine different wideouts in a 24-3
road rout of the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football
on Oct. 29, and like Gore the quarterback gives much of the
credit to the line.
Smith was also sacked four times that night and has been
taken down 22 times this season for 128 lost yards — yet the
2005 No. 1 overall pick recently said he takes the blame and
would rather be sacked than risk throwing an interception.
“They have a lot on their plate, week in and week out,”
Smith said. “We ask them to do a lot, run and pass. Really, our
balance starts with them, the ability in the run game and then
protect in the pass game. They continue to execute, not just
physically but mentally.”
That’s just part of the job, said left guard Mike Iupati.
He and Davis were both first-round draft picks in 2010 and
became instant starters. Now, they’re veterans.
“We’re all on the same page. We want to win. That’s the
key to it,” Iupati said. “Just sticking together, camaraderie. We
have each other’s back, and also the communication factor.”
Whatever makes them work, other teams are taking notice.
There’s so much to deal with on San Francisco’s offense.
“They have a lot invested in the O-line and do a very good
job. It just makes that play action a nightmare when you try
to stop the run,” St. Louis linebacker James Laurinaitis said.
“And when you have an O-line like that, they have some weird
running plays.
“They’ll run some running plays I don’t think I’ve seen
since the Tecmo Super Bowl, playing that video game.”
“Big Mac” returns
to SoCal as hitting
coach for Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark McGwire is coming home as
hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, lured by the chance to
spend more time with his wife and five young children.
He was hired Wednesday to replace Dave Hansen and improve
an offense that struggled last season when All-Star slugger Matt
Kemp was hobbled by injuries. The Dodgers were 13th in the
National League in runs scored and RBIs and 15th in home runs.
“It’s the first time in my baseball career I have an opportunity
to live at home and work at home,” McGwire said on a teleconference. “To do what I love, still be in the game of baseball and to be
at home, it just fit perfectly.”
McGwire spent the past three seasons in the same job with the
St. Louis Cardinals, where he starred during parts of his 16-year
major league career. During McGwire’s tenure, the Cardinals led
the National League in batting average (.269) and on-base percentage (.337), ranked second in runs (2,263) and fourth in slugging percentage (.416). He worked with All-Star sluggers Carlos
Beltran, Lance Berkman, Matt Holliday and Albert Pujols, while
helping develop 2011World Series MVP David Freese. But as
much as he enjoyed the job and the team’s success, McGwire said
last season “was probably one of the hardest on me family-wise.”
His two sons, ages 9 and 10, have started playing Little League,
and he and his wife, Stephanie, have 2-year-old triplet daughters.
McGwire also has a 25-year-old son from a previous marriage.
The couple lives in Orange County.
“Being away from the girls, it took a little bit for them to realize
Daddy was back a couple weeks ago,” he said, adding that he
wasn’t certain he would have returned to St. Louis if the Dodgers
hadn’t pursued him. Once they did, he turned down the Cardinals’
contract extension and started phoning the team’s players and staff
to say goodbye. “It was very, very hard to call everybody,” he said.
McGwire is from the Los Angeles suburb of Pomona. He
played college baseball at Southern California and was a member
of Oakland’s 1989 World Series champion team.
“I grew up a Dodger fan,” he said.
McGwire is a 12-time All-Star who in winter 2010 ended years
of denials and a self-imposed exile from the sport by admitting
he took performance-enhancing drugs during his career, including
when he broke Roger Maris’ record of 61 home runs with 70 long
balls in 1998. He retired in 2001 with 583 career homers, ranking
10th on the all-time list. “It’s a mistake that I’ve made, I’ve owned
up to it, I’ve moved on,” he said. “That’s something I have to live
with the rest of my life.”
There was little public outcry when McGwire returned to the
Cardinals as hitting coach, and Dodgers general manager Ned
Colletti said he can live with McGwire’s past.
“He’s owned up to making a mistake, but there’s so many other
great qualities about him that you forgive the mistake,” he said.
“That he apologized is very important.”
McGwire will be working with an accomplished group of hitters on the Dodgers, including All-Stars Kemp, Andre Ethier,
Hanley Ramirez and Adrian Gonzalez.
“I absolutely love the job of being a hitting coach,” he said. “I
love teaching and being around the game of baseball.”
Colletti said he sought McGwire partly after seeing how wellprepared the Cardinals’ hitters were, including their ability to make
in-game adjustments. “We kept thinking about guys that had had
success both with veteran players and also young players. We kept
coming back to Mark,” he said. “We benefited from Mark’s love
of his young family and where he resides. We’re very privileged
and thrilled to have a person of this quality be our hitting coach.”
Colletti said the Dodgers would hire an assistant hitting coach
later this week.
McGwire said he has no immediate managerial aspirations.
“But I would never rule it out,” he said. “Right now I’m having
way too much fun working with the hitters.”
the MLB considering wider
expansion of instant replay
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Baseball is considering a
broader expansion of video review for umpires than first discussed.
Instant replay in baseball began in August 2008 and has been
limited to checking whether potential home runs were fair or
cleared over fences. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud
Selig has been saying since early 2011 he wants to expand it to
two additional types of calls. “He was talking about really basically fair-foul, trap plays. But we’re looking into more than that,”
Joe Torre, MLB’s executive vice president for baseball operations,
said Wednesday at the general managers’ meetings.
MLB experimented with the Hawk-Eye animation system and
the TrackMan radar software during tests late this year at Yankee
Stadium and Citi Field.
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In this Oct. 10, 2012, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire watches
batting practice before Game 3 of the National League division baseball series against the Washington Nationals in Washington.
McGwire was hired Wednesday, Nov. 7, as hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he
will work with All-Star sluggers Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Raiders need to rely
heavily on QB Palmer
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Carson Palmer
could be in for another busy day for the Oakland Raiders. With top two running backs Darren
McFadden and Mike Goodson slowed this week
by sprained right ankles, the Raiders may need
to rely on their passing game when they visit the
Baltimore Ravens.
Palmer threw the ball 61 times last week
against Tampa Bay as the Raiders (3-5) were
forced to play catch-up in the second half after
losing McFadden and Goodson to the injuries.
Neither back practiced Wednesday and their
status remains in doubt for Sunday’s game
against the Ravens (6-2). “We’ve got a plan in
place if either or both of those guys are not able
to play,” coach Dennis Allen said.
That likely will involve lots of passing with
no other proven halfback on the roster. Palmer
set a career high in attempts in last week’s 42-32
loss to Tampa Bay, completing 39 passes for 414
yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions.
With McFadden out for the entire second half,
Goodson getting hurt in the fourth quarter and
Oakland falling behind by 18 points, the Raiders
ran the ball just three times in the second half —
their fewest in eight years.
“You got to adjust to what your health is of
your team, but you know it’s a team that’s had
some yards rushing on them, especially the last
couple of weeks,” Palmer said. “It’s very odd.
I have never seen that before in my career. So,
there are some things we want to take advantage
of in the run game.
“But you can’t be one-dimensional at the same
time, too, and throw it and throw it. We’ve got to
figure out a way to get Darren back as quickly
as possible and maybe have a selected or limited
game plan for him or Marcel (Reece) or whoever
is going to be back there.”
Palmer is quite familiar with the Ravens,
having spent the first eight seasons of his career
in the AFC North with Cincinnati. Palmer’s nine
regular season wins as a starter against Baltimore
are the most of any quarterback.
He has completed 61 percent of his passes for
3,202 yards, 15 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and
an 84.5 passer rating in those games. Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs said Palmer looks as good
as he did with the Bengals and when the two
faced off in college when Suggs was at Arizona
State and Palmer starred at Southern California.
“I don’t fear any quarterbacks, but I’m always
worried when I play Carson Palmer,” Suggs said.
“Me and him come from the same draft class,
2003. This guy has kind of tortured me through
all my college and professional career. I’m very
aware of the talent. I know he can make every
throw. If you ask me, he’s very highly underrated. He’s definitely one of the premier quarterbacks in the league.”
He will likely need to be that way Sunday with
Oakland’s running game in the situation it is.
The Raiders chose not to sign another running
back this week and will likely go with little-used
third-stringer Taiwan Jones or fullback Marcel
Reece if McFadden and Goodson can’t play.
They also could activate Jeremy Stewart from the
practice squad.
“It’s really a next-man-up philosophy and
we’re going to have to count on some guys to
step up potentially and fill a bigger role,” Allen
said. “We’ll know more at the end of the week
exactly what we’ve got to do.”
Jones, a speedster drafted in the fourth round
in 2011, has been slowed by hamstring, knee and
rib injuries during his brief career. He has just 17
carries for 75 yards and three receptions for 29
yards. He has played just seven snaps on offense
all season with one run for 2 yards and he also
caught a 4-yard pass on a fake punt.
“Since I’ve been here I’ve waited for him to
get his opportunity and it hasn’t worked out and
here it is,” Palmer said. “He’ll get his touches and
I can’t wait. I mean, he’s so electrifying. He puts
his foot in the ground and goes. He wiggles out
of hits, he wiggles out of tackles. Can’t wait to
throw him the ball, get him in the open field. He’s
so much fun to watch at practice it’s, like I said, a
long time coming.”
Reece, a converted receiver who excels in the
passing game, had his most productive game last
week with eight catches for 95 yards and a touchdown. He has 48 career carries for 234 yards and
could get time as a single back on Sunday.
“I feel comfortable doing anything in this
offense,” he said. “They’ve prepared me a long
time ago to do anything in this offense and I’m
prepared to do it. Whatever happens on Sunday,
whatever they ask me to do I’m going to go do it.”
NOTES: DT Desmond Bryant was a full participant in practice after spending Sunday night
in the hospital with an irregular heartbeat. ... RT
Khalif Barnes returned from a groin injury that
has sidelined him since week two and Allen said
he would know later this week whether he’d be
able to play Sunday. ... DT Richard Seymour
(knee, hamstring) and CB Shawntae Spencer also
missed practice.
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GIANTS, 22-17
No. 16 San Diego (plus 3) at No. 14 Tampa Bay
Vincent Jackson can’t wait to get back at Chargers.
BUCCANEERS, 33-17
No. 29 Tennessee (plus 6) at No. 15 Miami
Until Titans stop someone on defense, we’re not picking them.
DOLPHINS, 26-14
No. 24 New York Jets (plus 6 1/2) at No. 11 Seattle
Watch out for Seahawks in NFC wild-card race.
SEAHAWKS, 17-13
2012 RECORD:
Against spread: 9-5 (53-75-3). Straight up: 10-4 (76-56)
Best Bet: 4-4-1 against spread, 7-2 straight up.
Upset special: 6-3 against spread, 4-5 straight up.
➧ College Picks…
First runner-up of the 25th Annual Marist Vailima Sevens Tournament Vaiala Blackie after
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losing 24-14 in the final to Marist Vailima.
➧ Marist wins the cup in thriller…
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The Marist supporters went wild with joy and they jumped up and down on the grandstands
chanting and cheering. Marist St. Joseph’s skipper Afa Aiono who is also the current captain of
the Manu Samoa Sevens, won the MVP award and he acknowledged with thanks the effort by his
teammates in all their games and especially the finale.
“I would like to thank the boys for playing their hearts out,” he said. “We knew this game was
not going to be easy but we gave it our all.”
Marist coach and former Manu Samoa first-five Roger Warren echoed Aiono’s sentiments.
Warren stated that they came into the tournament as “underdogs which in a way was good
because the focus wasn’t on us and we slowly advanced through the pool games to eventually
reach the finals.”
“Our game plan was to defend our tryline and counterattack and I think the boys did that with
dexterity in the first half of the game,” Coach Warren said. “Taking the cup home for our 25th
anniversary was another motivation for the boys’ exceptional performance.”
The Marist coach also acknowledged the Vaiala BBE Ulalei team for a tough and actionpacked game.
Results of the other divisions of the 25th Annual Marist Samoa Vailima Sevens are as follows;
Vailele def. Laulii 33-7 for 3rd and 4th places.
Letava def. Moamoa 24-22 in the Shield division
Vaimoso def. Tepatasi 14-7 in the Bowl division
Moataa def. SCOPA 12-5 in the Plate division
No. 23 Mississippi State (plus 14½) at No. 9 LSU
Bulldogs have lost 10 straight trips to Death Valley, 12
straight overall to Tigers ... LSU 24-13.
Maryland (plus 31) at No. 10 Clemson
Tigers QB Tajh Boyd is another late-blooming Heisman contender ... CLEMSON 50-14.
UPSET SPECIAL
No. 11 Louisville (minus 2½) at Syracuse
Unbeaten Cardinals face tricky trip to improving Orange ...
SYRACUSE 28-24.
Arkansas (plus 14) at No. 12 South Carolina
Razorbacks need two wins against tough schedule to become
bowl eligible ... SOUTH CAROLINA 38-21.
No. 13 Oregon State (plus 4½) at No. 16 Stanford
Cardinal making QB switch from Josh Nunes to Kevin Hogan
... OREGON STATE 28-24.
Baylor (plus 21½) at No. 14 Oklahoma
Bears snapped 20-game losing streak to Sooners last season
... OKLAHOMA 55-24.
No. 17 UCLA (minus 14½) at Washington State
First season at Washington State has been a mess for Mike
Leach ... UCLA 44-14.
Penn State (plus 7) at No. 18 Nebraska
Cornhuskers control their road to Big Ten title game ...
NEBRASKA 28-14.
No. 19 Louisiana Tech (minus 20) at Texas State, 7 p.m.
La Tech has scored at least 50 in seven of nine games ...
LOUISIANA TECH 54-31.
Iowa State (plus 10) at No. 19 Texas
Cyclones won in Austin two seasons ago ... TEXAS 31-17.
Arizona State (plus 9) at No. 21 Southern California
Sun Devils have lost three straight ... USC 48-21.
Army (plus 17) at No. 24 Rutgers
Scarlet Knights have won eight straight in series ... RUTGERS 38-17.
Kansas (plus 25½) at No. 25 Texas Tech
Jayhawks averaging 12 points in conference ... TEXAS
TECH 42-12.
Last week’s record: 17-2 (straight); 11-8 (vs. points)
Season record: 163-35 (straight); 94-86 (vs. points)
Best bets: 4-6.
Upset specials: 6-4.
➧ 8-0 Falcons try…
Le taaloga mataina o le suega siamupini o le taamilosaga lona 25 a le Malisi Sagato Iosefo
i le va o le Malisi Vailima ma le au sa siamupini i le tausaga na tea nei, le Vaiala Blackie. O
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le iuga o le taaloga manumalo Malisi e 24 i le 14 a Vaiala.
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The Saints (3-5) have shown signs of bouncing back from an
0-4 start, and they’ve won their last three meetings against the
Falcons. New Orleans would love nothing better than to snuff
out hope of an unbeaten season in Atlanta.
“We’ve got an opportunity to do something nobody’s been
able to do this year, and that’s beat Atlanta,” Saints offensive lineman Jahri Evans said. “I’m kind of glad that they’re
undefeated.”
But much like the Falcons have to ward off the natural tendency to look ahead, New Orleans must guard against putting
too much emphasis on ruining the Falcons’ perfect season.
“That doesn’t make a difference really,” linebacker Jonathan
Vilma said. “It would be great for the fans. I know Saints fans
would love that, but for us, we can’t get caught up in all that
hype and hoopla. They’re a good team. They’re 8-0 for a reason.
It’s not by luck that they’re 8-0, so we have to understand who
we’re facing.”
The Falcons know that this season won’t be judged on how
many games they win during the regular season. This team has
been one-and-done in all three trips to the postseason under
Smith, so there truly are bigger goals than going 16-0.
Winning in the playoffs is the main thing.
“That’s what everybody is waiting for us do,” running back
Michael Turner conceded. “We’ve been winning here for a
while now. This is nothing new. We just happen to be 8-0.”
Steelers “thriving”
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Will Allen knows he’s not Troy Polamalu. He also knows the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t need him to be
for the defense to play with its typical cruel efficiency.
The checklist for Allen on a given week never changes: Run to
the ball. Don’t get beat deep. Go where you’re supposed to. When
appropriate, hit somebody.
Allen has no delusions about what will happen whenever Polamalu’s right calf finally heals. He’ll go back to the bench and
watch one of the best safeties of his generation go to work.
Until then — and Polamalu has already been ruled out for
Monday night’s home game against Kansas City — Allen will do
his best to be Polamalu-lite. Very lite. “I’m just doing my job,”
Allen said Wednesday. “I just want to be on my Ps and Qs and I
want to be effective and have urgency. When I’m reading my keys
and I’m helping this team, that’s the main thing that I care about.”
The Steelers turned to Ryan Mundy to fill in when Polamalu
initially hurt his calf in the season opener against Denver. Mundy,
however, struggled in pass coverage and earned a couple of costly
penalties at crucial times, most notably an unnecessary roughness
penalty against Oakland that send wide receiver Darius HeywardBey to the hospital.
Polamalu returned against Philadelphia on Oct. 7, though his
comeback lasted all of a quarter before he reinjured the calf, this
time more seriously than the first. He hasn’t stepped on the field
since, though the secondary hasn’t missed a beat.
Pittsburgh (5-3) leads the NFL in pass defense at the midway
point, allowing 174 yards per game. That number is dropping
every week and took a big plunge when Allen and company shut
down Eli Manning and the defending Super Bowl-champion New
York Giants last week in a season-turning 24-20 victory.
Manning completed 10 of 25 passes for 125 yards and an interception as the Steelers frustrated one of the league’s most dynamic
passing attacks. Then again, it’s becoming a habit.
Pittsburgh has beaten Andy Dalton, Robert Griffin III and Manning during its three-game winning streak, three very different
quarterbacks with three very different ways of going about their
business. None of them were successful against a defense that has
rediscovered its bite even without Polamalu and his flowing locks
freelancing all over the field. The only place where the Steelers
have really missed Polamalu is in splash plays.
There are few — if any — better than Polamalu when it comes
to instinctively creating turnovers. With the four-time All-Pro
standing on the sideline for the last month in grey sweats, Pittsburgh has taken the ball away just three times.
The Steelers hope those numbers will pick up against the
woeful Chiefs (1-7), whose minus-21 turnover differential is by
far the NFL’s worst. Pittsburgh just doesn’t need to get its hands
on the ball to survive, though. The defense is just fine sending
the opposition trudging off the field to punt, something happening
with increasing regularity.
Pittsburgh is allowing teams to convert just 30 percent (11 of
37) of third down opportunities during its winning streak thanks to
better execution on first and second down, and a sudden burst of
chemistry in the secondary.
“We’re starting to put the pieces together for where we need to
be,” cornerback Keenan Lewis said. “The (defensive) line, they’re
getting to the quarterback much faster. The linebackers are playing
out of control. It’s helping us out in the back end.”
Then again, Lewis and fellow corner Ike Taylor are doing their
part. Victimized early in the season — particularly in road losses
to Oakland and Tennessee — the duo have shut down the likes of
A.J. Green and Victor Cruz in recent weeks.
Lewis sent a message on the first play against New York, swatting down a deep ball from Manning to Hakeem Nicks. It was
Lewis’ way of saying he wasn’t going to be intimidated by the
surroundings or the circumstances. “I just wanted to let ‘em know
that they can’t catch us off guard,” Lewis said.
The Giants never did. Taylor collected his first interception of
the year late in the first quarter with a spectacular diving grab. It
was a difficult catch, one that allowed him to laugh about the easy
one that clanged off his chest in the end zone later in the game.
“I’m inconsistent,” Taylor said. “You know my hands (are)
suspect, that’s just how it is.”
Taylor knows he can afford to joke about it when the Steelers
win but he’s only too aware the drop extended a New York drive
the Giants eventually scored on. “Is it something we can work on?
Yes,” Taylor said. “Does it help your team out? Yes, because it
gives the offense more opportunities to make plays.”
Just don’t expect the defense to take any unnecessary chances to
make them happen. That’s what Polamalu does. Until his familiar
No. 43 is back in the lineup, Allen and the rest of his buddies are
fine just sticking to the fundamentals.
Besides, in a way, Allen notes the only difference between a
punt and a turnover is who gets to run around with the ball.
“The more and more we play together, the better we’re getting,” Allen said. “We’ve just got to continue executing and
having a sense of urgency and attention to detail and playing fast
and playing hard and I think that’ll take us a long way.”
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Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Keenan Lewis prepares for the NFL football team’s practice in
Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The Steelers’ secondary is finding there is life without
injured star safety Troy Polamalu.
Polamalu has played in just two games this season due to a right calf injury and will sit out yet
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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➧ NBA ROUNDUP…
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Brooklyn, which got 12 off the bench from MarShon Brooks.
HAWKS 89, PACERS 86
ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Korver scored eight straight points
in a late 18-0 run as the Hawks rallied from 14 points down early
in the fourth quarter. Indiana led 83-69 before Atlanta started
the comeback. Korver hit back-to-back 3-pointers and added
another jumper, cutting the lead to 83-82.
Korver then missed another jumper but Josh Smith grabbed
the rebound and passed to Jeff Teague, who hit a 3-pointer with
1:04 remaining to give Atlanta an 85-83 lead. Teague added
another basket to cap the 18-0 run.
David West and George Hill each had 20 for the Pacers.
TIMBERWOLVES 90, MAGIC 75
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Luke Ridnour had 19 points and
five rebounds, and Greg Stiemsma got Minnesota’s rout started
with six straight points to end the third quarter.
Stiemsma finished with 12 points and five rebounds, and Derrick Williams added 14 points and six boards for the Timberwolves, who are 3-1 for the first time since 2001. They led an
ugly game by three points early in the third period before going
on a staggering 28-6 surge that blew open the game.
J.J. Redick had 16 points, but the Magic shot just 35 percent
and turned the ball over 20 times to lose their second straight
game. Arron Afflalo added 12 points for Orlando.
CELTICS 100, WIZARDS 94, OT
BOSTON (AP) — Brandon Bass scored five straight points
in overtime, helping the Celtics win the back end of a home-andhome set with Washington.
Kevin Garnett led the Celtics with 20 points and 13 rebounds,
Rajon Rondo had 18 points and 14 assists and reserve Jason
Terry had 16 points. Bass finished with 11.
Bradley Beal, Kevin Seraphin and Martell Webster each
scored 16 points for the Wizards (0-3).
Bass hit a tiebreaking free throw, making it 93-92, then
scored on a twisting layup on the next possession. He added a
breakaway dunk with 37.7 seconds left to help seal it.
Boston (2-2) beat the Wizards 89-86 in Washington on Saturday night.
GRIZZLIES 108, BUCKS 90
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Zach Randolph had 18 points and 13
rebounds, and Memphis shot 53 percent from the floor in a win
over Milwaukee.
Rudy Gay added 17 points and Marreese Speights contributed 16 off the bench to help the Grizzlies win their third straight
after a season-opening loss.
Milwaukee, which was looking to start 3-0 for the first time
since the 2005-06 season, shot just 38.5 percent from the field.
Brandon Jennings led the Bucks with 19 points, but he was only
6 of 20 from the field. Monta Ellis added 15 points on 5-of-18
shooting.
Memphis withstood a third-quarter rally and pulled away in
the fourth.
76ERS 77, HORNETS 62
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jrue Holiday had 14 points and 12
assists, and Philadelphia held New Orleans to its lowest point
total ever.
Evan Turner also scored 14, and Thaddeus Young and Lavoy
Allen each added 12 points for the Sixers, who dominated the
second half defensively. The Hornets committed 14 of their 24
turnovers after halftime and scored only 25 points during the
final two quarters. Young also grabbed 10 rebounds.
Al-Farouq Aminu was the only Hornets player to score in
double figures with 10 points to go with 16 rebounds.
The Hornets, who lost for the first time in three games, played
without first-round draft choices Anthony Davis and Austin
Rivers. Davis was not cleared to return from a recent concussion
and Rivers had a sprained finger.
MAVERICKS 109, RAPTORS 104
DALLAS (AP) — O.J. Mayo and Chris Kaman each scored
22 points as the short-handed Mavericks won their third straight.
The Mavericks, who jumped out to a 16-point lead early in the
second quarter, improved to 4-1 for the first time since 2007-08.
Dallas played without forwards Shawn Marion and Elton
Brand. Marion was sidelined with a sprained left knee ligament,
and Brand left the team for the birth of his second child.
Andrea Bargnani scored 25 points for Toronto and DeMar
DeRozan added 24. Raptors starting point guard Kyle Lowry
didn’t play after he sprained his right ankle Tuesday night
against Oklahoma City.
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tulsi Gabbard easily beats
Crowley for US House seat
HONOLULU (AP) — Former Honolulu
Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard has easily won
a bid to represent Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional
District in the U.S. House, beating a homeless
handyman who surprised many by winning
the Republican ticket but didn’t have enough
resources to seriously compete in the general
election.
Gabbard easily beat Kawika Crowley on
Tuesday night. Gabbard rose quickly among
Hawaii Democrats, coming back from a
double-digit deficit in polls in the Democratic
primary to beat former Honolulu Mayor Mufi
Hannemann. She went on to speak at the Democratic National Convention, appearing with
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
Gabbard resigned from her council seat
to allow the city to hold a special election to
replace her. Crowley lives out of his van and
does odd jobs.
Hanabusa defeats
Djou for US House
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Rep Colleen
Hanabusa has won the race for urban Honolulu’s 1st Congressional District.
The Democrat Hanabusa defeated former
U.S. Rep. Charles Djou Tuesday night with
more than 53 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting.
Hanabusa has beaten Djou, a Republican,
for the second time in two years. She bounced
him from office in November 2010. Djou represented the district for seven months when he
won a three-way special election.
Djou, a judge advocate general in the Army
Reserve, easily won the Republican nomination in August. Before that, he took a detour
from the campaign with a deployment to
Afghanistan.
Hanabusa is a former state senator.
Kilauea Volcano surface
lava flows pick up speed
HONOLULU (AP) — A webcam shows
that surface lava flows from Kilauea Volcano have been picking up speed across the
abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision on
the Big Island. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
reports that according to the U.S. Geological
Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory the
flows have progressed to within about a halfmile of the coast.
The observatory says the surface activity at
the middle east rift zone vents comes during a
period of relatively unremarkable activity at
Kilauea’s summit.
Jan. 3 will mark the 30th anniversary of
Kilauea Volcano’s current eruption.
Hirono defeats Lingle in
U.S. Senate race in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Congresswoman Mazie Hirono has defeated former Hawaii
Gov. Linda Lingle to become Hawaii’s next U.S.
senator, prevailing in a race many believed key to
shifting power dynamics in Congress.
Hirono said tears came to her eyes after
seeing the first printout of her victory.
Lingle told supporters that the result of the
election “had nothing to do with you.”
Hirono said before the race was called that
she’s happy for her advantages as a Democrat,
but she took nothing for granted in the race.
Lingle said she considered herself an underdog
with a strong chance to win.
Meanwhile, Democratic Congresswoman
Colleen Hanabusa defeated former U.S. Rep.
Charles Djou Tuesday night with more than 53
percent of the vote with all precincts reporting.
In the 2nd Congressional district, Democrat
Tulsi Gabbard defeated Republican Kawika
Crowley.
Kenoi, Kim to close to
call in Hawaii mayor race
HONOLULU (AP) — A race between
incumbent Billy Kenoi and his former boss and
ex-mayor Harry Kim for Hawaii County mayor
is too close to call.
Kenoi had a slight lead on Kim by just
over 2 percentage points in vote totals early
Wednesday, with results not expected to be
immediately certified.
Kim was mayor from 2000 to 2008. Kenoi
was Kim’s executive assistant for part of that
time.
Kenoi succeeded Kim when he was elected
mayor in 2008.
The two men entered the general election
for a runoff after no candidate won a majority
in the primary.
In that race, Kenoi had 42 percent while
Kim got 34 percent of the vote. Hawaii County
Council Chairman Dominic Yagong came in
third with 19 percent.
Earthquake poses no
Hawaii tsunami danger
HONOLULU (AP) — A strong earthquake
that struck Mexico Wednesday morning poses
no threat of tsunami for Hawaii.
Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn with the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says energy
from the 7.5-magnitude quake is slowly headed
in Hawaii’s direction, but the islands are not
directly in its path.
Hirshorn says that was not the case in late
October when a more powerful earthquake
occurred off British Columbia’s northwestern
coast. He says energy from that 7.7-magnitude
quake headed directly toward Hawaii as if it
was a “bull’s eye.”
That earthquake triggered tsunami warnings
along the British Columbia coastline and as far
away as Hawaii.
Wednesday’s earthquake in Mexico struck
along the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. It rocked
the capital and shook buildings as far away as
Mexico City and El Salvador.
Poor planning led to
Oahu ballot shortage
HONOLULU (AP) — State elections officials acknowledge they failed to order enough
paper ballots for Oahu, causing long waits
for a turn at electronic voting machines and
leading many people to walk away in frustration without casting a vote.
Office of Elections spokesman Rex Quidilla
said Wednesday an investigation into Election
Day problems could take weeks, but initial
findings show officials simply underestimated
the number of ballots needed.
At least 20 locations in Mililani, Waianae,
Kailua, Waimanalo and elsewhere ran short of
paper ballots before the close of polls Tuesday.
Quidilla said there’s no way to know how
many people decided lines were too long and
left without voting. Most polling stations had
only one electronic voting machine on site.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie has called on lawmakers to review voting procedures.
Oahu home sales soar
HONOLULU (AP) — Home sales on Oahu
soared last month.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser says data
released Wednesday by the Honolulu Board of
Realtors of previously owned homes soared by
around 30 percent in October.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser says median
prices also were up.
Data shows that the median price for singlefamily homes was $625,000, up 7.9 percent
from a year earlier.
The median condo price in October was
$325,000, up 6.6 percent from $305,000 a year
earlier.
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FAMILY, DRUG & ALCOHOL DIVISION
FDA/JR No. 46-12
(Refer toHCJR 10-02 & JUV 34-00
THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY OF
AMERICANS AMOA,
Petitioner,
In the interests of a minor child,
NOTICE OF HEARING
SADIE’S BY THE SEA, Utulei Beach.
TO: AUKUSITINO LIULEVAEGA
Somewhere in American Samoa 9
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the abovenamed respondent that a petition has been
filed before the High Court of American
Samoa to determine your parental rights in a
female child born on April 24, 2011, at LBJ
Tropical Medical Center, Fagaalu, American
Samoa. A hearing will be held after two
months and ten days from the date of the first
publication of this notice, in which the Court
may enter an order that you have not acquired
any parental rights to the minor child and
place the child for adoption. If you have any
objection, or wish to claim or assert your
parental rights, you must appear within two m
onths and ten days from the date of the first
publication of this notice and file an objection
or a claim with the Court.
O LE FA’AALIGA E TU’UINA ATU ia te oe, le ua
ta’ua i luga, ua i ai le talosaga ua failaina i le
Faamasinoga Maualuga o Amerika Samoa e
iloilo ai ou aia fa’a-matua i se teineitiiti na
fanau o ia i le aso 24 o Aperila, 2011, i le
Falemai i Fagaalu, Amerika Samoa. O lea
iloiloga e faia pe a tuana’i le lua masina ma
aso e sefulu mai le aso o le ulua’i
fa’asalalauga o lenei fa’aaliga, ma e ono tuuina
atu ai se poloa’iga a le Faamasinoga e fa’ailoa
ai ua leai ni ou aia fa’a-matua i lea teineitiiti.
Afai e te tete’e, pe e te finagalo e faamaonia ou
aia faa-matua, ia e failaina se talosaga tete’e i
le Fa’amasinoga i totonu o le lua masina ma
aso e sefulu mai le ulua’i faasalalauga o lenei
fa’aaliga.
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This position reports directly to the CFO and is responsible for completion and issuance of LBJ
Tropical Medical Center’s (LBJ) financial preparation and reporting.
Minimum BS in Finance, Accounting or Business
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finance and accounting.
Application can be obtained from the Department of Human Resources at LBJ Medical Center.
Deadline for filing application for this position is November 09, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
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Universal Crossword
Thursday,
November 8,
2012
Edited by Timothy E. Parker November 8, 2012
ACROSS
1 Course
listing
5 One who
mollycoddles
10 Bartender’s
measure
14 First czar of
Russia
15 Good-night
girl of song
16 Cryptologist’s
interest
17 Dove’s
retreat
18 Letter
flourish
19 Orchestral
“tuning fork”
20 Teach baton
class?
23 Undulating
fish
24 “___ to
worry!”
25 Well-put
28 Lusitania’s
undoing
32 Fox rival
35 Plumlike fruit
37 Politician’s
pursuit
38 Group of Girl
Scouts, e.g.
40 Gets revenge
43 Crude
counters
44 List ender,
briefly
45 Analogous
46 Blanc who
voiced many
a toon
47 Afternoon
performance
50 N.Y. minutes?
51 Rightmost
pedal
52 Helmet
add-on,
on TV
54 Exerts
11/8
control
63 Soprano’s
strain
64 What stealth
planes avoid
65 Not halfbaked?
66 “The Fountainhead”
novelist Ayn
67 Famous San
Antonio
mission
68 Command
shouted
in many
Westerns
69 Away from
the storm
70 Middle
Eastern
country on
the Red Sea
71 Sails
crookedly
DOWN
1 Julep flavor
2 Continuously
3 Exploration
organization
4 Free, as
laces
5 Reveal, as
medical
information
6 Nabisco’s
bestseller
7 Fork-tailed
shore bird
8 Sooner State
city
9 IRS payout
10 Patton
portrayer
11 Freight car
hopper, stereotypically
12 Reminder to
take out the
trash, maybe
13 Golf-range
props
21 It’s behind
the uprights
22 Crotchety
types
25 State in
Northeast
India
26 West Point
freshman
27 Smash up
irreparably
29 Button for
bowlers
30 LuPone or
Page
31 Wharton’s
Frome or
actor Hawke
32 Rock and roll
legend Sam
33 Karloff or
Godunov
34 Threw euros
around
36 Plus
additional
things
39 1986 GE
takeover
41 Succotash
beans
42 Negative
particle
48 Off course
49 Van Gogh’s
love offering
51 Forest
clearing
53 Annapolis
student,
briefly
54 Troopers’
head?
55 ___ Mountains (EuropeAsia dividers)
56 Contour
57 Clearly in
good health
58 Dutch
cheese
59 Repetitive
order (with
“the”)
60 Best-selling
author
Roberts
61 Chew like
mice do
62 Performs
stitchery
PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER
11/7
© 2012 Universal Uclick
www.upuzzles.com
ORCHESTRATION By Harper Dantley
Happy Birthday: Maintenance will be required.
Double-check what you do and who and what you
are responsible for. You mustn’t leave anything to
chance if you want to advance. Don’t act on emotions. Get the facts and sum up whatever situation
you face before you react. Strive to do and be your
very best. Your numbers are 2, 7, 13, 24, 32, 37, 40.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Staying active is key.
Exploring new avenues and discovering information
that will help you make financial gains or finalize a
settlement, contract or investment will pay off. Love
is highlighted. Reconnecting with people from your
past will be enlightening. ✸✸✸
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Think outside the
box. Check out new interests. Positive thought and
action will bring excellent results. Love is simple;
don’t make it so complex. Settle into a routine that
will enable you to show stability, discipline and good
intentions. ✸✸✸
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Not everyone is on
your side. Don’t share your thoughts and plans.
Have a secondary plan ready and know ahead
of time what your bottom line is. The quicker you
resolve negative situations, the sooner you can get
back on track. ✸✸
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Strut your stuff and
share your thoughts. Socializing, networking and
discovering what’s available that can help you excel
will lead to an interesting turn of events. Dependents will offer wise suggestions that should be
considered. ✸✸✸✸
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Be careful how you
approach personal change. Not everyone in your life
will be on the same page as you when it comes to
how you should proceed emotionally, financially or
physically. Talk is cheap and will help you sort out
what’s best. ✸✸✸
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Participate in activities that get you pumped up and ready to make a
difference. A challenge will motivate you to make a
life-altering change. Listen to what’s being offered
and respond diplomatically. Don’t let your emotions
get you into trouble. ✸✸✸
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Mobility and versatility will help you get ahead. Posturing and playing
to win will keep you in the game. Love is in the
stars. Being vocal about what you want and expect
from someone in your life will bring you personal
rewards. ✸✸✸
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A serious attitude
coupled with originality and discipline will lead to
an interesting offer, but before you settle for what’s
being suggested, you are best to consider what you
are worth and if you need to defer to others. ✸✸✸✸
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Update your
look and boost your confidence. Don’t let the
changes going on around you cause self-doubt.
Prepare for new beginnings. It’s up to you to pave
the way for others who would like to follow in your
footsteps. ✸✸
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stick to work
and finding original ways to market what you have
to offer. Not everyone will be in agreement with the
way you do things, but you must follow the path that
works for you. Avoid making personal changes of
any kind. ✸✸✸✸✸
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Getting involved
in a cause you believe in will lead to working with
interesting people. The connections you make will
have an impact on the way you handle your financial
affairs in the future. Make home improvements that
will ease your stress. ✸✸✸
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t say anything
if you cannot give an honest opinion. Walk away
from anyone trying to put you on the spot regarding
a situation you face at work or in your personal life.
The less said, the better. Avoid excessive behavior.
✸✸✸
Birthday Baby: You are a doer and an organizer. You are precise and punctual.
Dear Abby
by Abigail Van Buren
VETERANS APPRECIATE GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE
DEAR ABBY: As Veterans Day approaches, may
I share a few guidelines that can be helpful when
interacting with veterans or service members?
1. It is never OK to ask a veteran if he or she
has killed someone or to joke about it. If we have,
we can’t even talk about it with our spouses, much
less a stranger.
2. When you thank us for our service or pay for
our meal, it is really appreciated. We also appreciate packages and notes.
3. Please don’t tell us that wars are a waste
of dollars or lives or were fought for oil. What we
hear is that, in your opinion, our best friend died for
nothing. We know many people disagree with war,
but it’s better to keep your opinions to yourself.
4. Many of us now have PTSD. If you see us
acting anxious or moving away from crowds,
turning our backs to the wall or fidgeting, simple
kindness or a little distraction will be appreciated.
Talk to us about something interesting and give us
some breathing room.
5. Please remember that 15 percent of those
who serve in the military are women, and some have
been in combat. It’s better to ask, “Are you a veteran?” rather than, “Was your husband a soldier?”
6. As with any person who has a disability, please
do not stare at us. We can be sensitive about our
scars or injuries and would prefer not to be asked to
relive a difficult experience by being quizzed about
what happened. Please also understand that war
injuries today are very different than in the past and
are often not visible. It is not OK to tell someone they
“don’t look disabled” or appear to need help.
Those of us with disabilities appreciate light
conversation and assistance if we look like we are
in need. It was my pleasure to serve our country.
-- AMANDA C., U.S. ARMY DISABLED VETERAN
DEAR AMANDA C.: Thank you for your service. And thank you, too, for your helpful suggestions, which are sure to be appreciated not only by
civilians, but also by active and retired members
of our military.
Readers, as the war in Afghanistan winds
down, many thousands of service members
are returning home and entering the job market.
Please, if possible, honor their courage, dedication and sacrifice by doing your part and providing
them with employment. Considering what they
have done for us, it is the least we can do to show
our appreciation.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
DEAR ABBY: I’m afraid I’m an abusive girlfriend. When I get mad at my boyfriend, I yell at
him and call him names. Sometimes I hit him. Even
though he really makes me angry, I do love him.
I’m not crazy, but I don’t know how to control
myself. It’s not like I’m threatening to kill him.
I don’t want to go to counseling or group
classes. I don’t really hit him a lot. I yell more. I also
have jealousy issues. What can I do? -- PROBLEM
GIRLFRIEND
DEAR GIRLFRIEND: Your concern is justified, because you ARE an abusive girlfriend. While
I applaud your growing self-awareness, it is very
important that you understand the reasons you are
behaving this way so you can stop. While you may
not like the idea of counseling or group anger management classes, it would be much better if you
went voluntarily rather than one day having them
court-mandated.
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