Primo – Anita – Hector – €quiman – €quimona – Juan David – Sebas

Después de la “fiestica” inaugural del Sub-G el sábado y los estragos que dejo del trasnocho, el domingo estaba planeado para ser un dia de descanso para poder afrontar la idea y venida a San Carlos en un solo día, pero una cosa es la que piensa el burro y otra el que lo monta. Definitivamente no se pudo cumplir el objetivo y por el contrario se trabajo todo el día… junto con el Primo decidimos hacerle una lavadita rápida a las motos, luego con la Mona terminar de limpiar un poco a K’trya que estaba vuelta ñolas por el tratamiento y terminar de ordenar la casa.

Para reatar tenía la moto en reserva y sin tiempo de tanquear en la mañana apenas estábamos saliendo cerca de las 21:00 a llenar full la moto en el Texaco del SENA -minorista- que la gasolina mas barata de Medellin, $6.900 el galon y ese fin de semana le rebejaron $100 mas. En ese momento, junto con la Mona recordamos la experiencia de regreso nocturno de Jerico con lluvia y como la visera estaba demasiado engrasada y junto con el agua y las luces de los carros que venían de frente no podía ver nada. Asi que decidimos pegar para Home Center de la 65 y comprar Antiempañante (el cual trajo de regalo un limpiador de viseras) y Lluviex un producto que ayuda repeler un poco el agua. Luego aprovechamos esta al lado de Carrec#!o Cehevere para poder llevar sanduches para el camino, por si no encontrábamos lugar decente para comer o si en San Carlos por ser el 7° encuentro de MCA no encontrábamos donde almorzar.

Lo peor de todo es que mientras estábamos mercando se larga un aguacero tremendo que nos obligo a quedarnos mas tiempo del pronosticado y que al salir la bella imagen de mi moto “recién lavada” y que iba dejar de estar reluciente para el viaje. A las 22:30 apenas estábamos llegando a la casa a realizar el ultimo trabajo.

Yo me dedique a realizar la limpieza de los cascos (25 minutos con cada uno) y la Mona a armar los sanduches. Una vez termine con mi labor, decidimos hacer la ultima tanda en conjunto como si se tratara de un proceso industrializado para un total de 30 sanduches a las 00:30 de la madrugada del lunes. Cumplimos con lo propuesto de acostarnos a dormir bien tempranito… pero la idea era hacerlo desde el domingo y no desde el lunes. Asi solo restaban 4 horas para dormir pues a las 05:00 habíamos programado el primer sitio de encuentro y a las 05:30 el segundo encuentro en la segunda bomba de Zamora.

Destino Final: San Carlos
Tiempo Recorrido: 8 horas (4 horas de ida y 4 de venida)
Hora de Salida: 05:00
Hora Regreso: 17:00
Recorrido Final: 300 Km

Por ahora los dejo con esta primera parte del relato de viaje.

Flickr: Sub-G: San Carlos

Some excellent prospects for the SF Giants in this Article.

LIVING IN THE MOMENT | Jeremiah Masoli’s resiliency has the Ducks flying high once again

By Adam Jude

The Register-Guard

Appeared in print: Thursday, Nov 5, 2009
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He suddenly found himself in the middle of it all as many in the record crowd poured onto the field, surrounding Oregon’s star quarterback after the historic victory.

Two fans then grabbed Jeremiah Masoli and hoisted him in the air, high above the crowd, right toward the top of the college football universe.

“It was fun. It was a once-in-a lifetime-type thing,” Masoli said of the wild celebration after the Ducks’ 47-20 victory over USC. “I was just embracing the moment. It was great.”

The scene was a stark contrast to another moment, more than four years ago, that he also will probably never forget.

It was Aug. 24, 2005 — Masoli’s 17th birthday — and he was alone, locked inside the Hillcrest Juvenile Hall in San Mateo, Calif., serving out a three-month sentence for his role in several strong-armed robberies.

His future, and his faith, were in doubt. Football, he figured, might be over.

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The Ducks trailed by one point when Masoli and the Oregon offense took the field with 2:18 left in the game.

Masoli’s first pass attempt fell awkwardly at the feet of his receiver. Boos rained down from the Autzen Stadium stands, and the quarterback once again seemed as if he might be down for good.

But there he was a minute later, on third down, scrambling 25 yards to the Stanford 8-yard line. Three plays later, LeGarrette Blount scored the game-winning touchdown with six seconds left.

Starting with that 35-28 victory over Stanford on Nov. 8, 2008, the Ducks are 11-1, including last Saturday’s victory over USC that put the Ducks in prime position for their first Rose Bowl berth since 1994.

Oregon (7-1, 5-0 Pac-10) rose to No. 7 in the Associated Press rankings this week, No. 8 in the Bowl Championship Series rankings.

Similarly, after totaling nearly 400 yards of offense against the Trojans, Masoli is back in the Heisman Trophy discussion and drawing rave reviews from coaches and teammates.

Oregon’s first game of this final stretch run is Saturday at Stanford, marking a return home for Masoli, who grew up in the Bay Area and later starred at the City College of San Francisco.

From there, in a well-documented rise, he came to Oregon as the fifth quarterback before, in a matter of weeks, taking over as the starter.

This season he’s had to overcome questions about his ability to lead the team and a knee injury some thought was serious enough to end his season.

But before all that, he had to overcome something much greater.

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Masoli is unwilling to discuss the details of his guilty plea for the robberies in and around San Mateo, Calif., in 2005, which resulted in his expulsion from Serra High and a stint in the juvenile detention center.

But, speaking in general terms, Masoli acknowledged the significance of his experience in the detention center.

“I definitely grew up quickly,” he said. “Once you go inside, you definitely have to grow up quickly.”

Juvenile court records are closed, but media accounts and a source close to the school confirmed that Masoli was one of several Serra football players arrested in June 2005, and subsequently expelled, for targeting individuals at San Mateo’s Hillsdale Mall and isolated bus stops in the area, muscling them for money.

A respected student and a team captain, Masoli pleaded guilty to robbery, according to the San Francisco Examiner.

Citing California student-privacy laws, Serra football coach Patrick Walsh wouldn’t discuss specifics about Masoli’s involvement with the crimes but did say it had a tremendous effect on the school and the football team.

“Very shocking,” said Walsh, now in his ninth season as the coach at the private, all-boys Catholic school. “It was very difficult on all of us. He was an all-league quarterback, and he just got caught up in something he shouldn’t have.”

Masoli said his family and his faith helped him get through.

“It’s one of those things I was taught when I was little, just to persevere no matter what,” he said. “You just gotta lean on God. That’s really what I was brought up on. Everybody has their bad days, bad weeks, whatever. I just feel like I’m such a strong person because of the people who raised me that I could get through anything.”

He admitted, though, that there were moments his faith waned, moments when he wasn’t sure if he’d be given another chance to play football.

“It’s always tough. There’s temptation everywhere,” he said. “I’m just like any other person on the street.

“It is what it is,” he added. “It’s life, and that’s what happened. And now I’m here and doing this.”

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Masoli was named the national offensive player of the week by Walter Camp Football Foundation after the win over USC. He threw for 222 yards, rushed for 164 more and accounted for two touchdowns, and the Ducks amassed 613 yards of total offense.

The criticism he endured at the beginning of the season, and the knee injury he suffered a few weeks earlier, seemed as if they’d happened ages ago as Masoli darted around the field freely.

“We know we’re capable of those kinds of things,” Masoli said. “For it to happen against ’SC was just amazing.”

This week, a handful of prominent Web sites with watch lists for the Heisman now include the 5-foot-11, 220-pound junior quarterback.

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit, who was in Eugene as a host of College GameDay and to broadcast the game, went so far this week to rank Masoli in his top three for the Heisman.

Not that Masoli is paying much attention to his national profile.

“You see it, and you definitely acknowledge it,” he said. “But it’s one of those things (that) you can look at after the season. I mean, you can definitely have patience to wait on it because those are the types of things that get your head big, and we don’t really want that here.”

Keeping a peripheral watch of his former quarterback, Walsh said he’s proud that Masoli has remade himself, and isn’t surprised by his success, or his toughness to come back from the knee injury.

Walsh recalled that in Masoli’s last game of his junior season at Serra, the quarterback broke his left collarbone in the first quarter of a playoff game, but he continued to play, leading the team on a “miraculous” drive for the tying touchdown in the final two minutes, forcing overtime.

“He must’ve been just cringing inside,” said Walsh, who didn’t realize the extent of Masoli’s injury. “I felt horrible. You just don’t play a kid with a broken collarbone. But that just shows the sacrifices he’s willing to make for his team.”

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Oregon defensive tackle Simi Toeaina, Masoli’s cousin, attended high school in American Samoa, but he had heard about Masoli’s ascent as the quarterback at Serra High and, then, his sudden dive into crime.

Toeaina, who lives with Masoli now, has also witnessed firsthand how Masoli has rebuilt himself with the Ducks.

“Jeremiah’s story is just amazing,” Toeaina said. “Just from how far he came, the world he came from, it’s just amazing that somebody could get through something like that. At the same time, once he got here, he’s made the most of it.

“The things that happened before definitely have an effect on him now,” he added. “He’s learned how to deal with certain situations and get through adversity.”

UO athletic director Mike Bellotti, the former head coach, said he was aware of Masoli’s past when the Ducks were recruiting him.

“I delved into that,” Bellotti said. “I confronted him immediately about that, and he was fine.

“We have a lot of kids (with a similar history), based on who they hung out with in high school, the kind of crowd they ran with or the environment they were in,” Bellotti added. “And luckily for him in some regards, he removed himself — or his family removed him — from that environment, and it paid dividends.”

Masoli moved with his father to Hawaii and attended St. Louis High in Honolulu, where he was the backup quarterback. (If dismissed from a California school, students are banned from competing in sports at any California school for one year.)

After graduating, he moved back to the Bay Area and attended City College of San Francisco, grayshirting in 2006.

Upon his return to the field, in his first significant role in three years, he shined in 2007, leading the Rams to an undefeated season and a national championship.

“He competed every day, worked hard every day, did everything the way you would want someone to do it,” CCSF coach George Rush said. “Everybody deserves a second chance. … Do you vilify him, or give him a chance to redeem himself? The purpose of our college is to give guys an opportunity, that’s what’s great about the Jeremiah Masoli story — he grabbed the opportunity and didn’t let it go.”

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When he first arrived at Oregon, Masoli only acknowledged “getting into a little trouble” in high school.

“No comment,” he said last year, when asked to elaborate. “It was something in my past that helped me be who I am today.”

Still, it’s a comeback story worth telling, and Masoli said he hopes to do so, in some way, by speaking at the John Serbu Youth Campus, a juvenile detention facility across the street from the stadium.

It was at that same facility that Blount, the Ducks’ suspended senior running back, and a dozen other Ducks spoke to a group of troubled teenagers last month.

In the meantime, Masoli this weekend will head back to the Bay Area for a game to be played less than 20 miles from San Mateo. In a way, it’s a chance for him to come full circle.

With a dream of playing in the NFL, he believes he hasn’t quite completed the comeback.

“We gotta half a circle to go still,” he said, smiling. “We’re not done with the circle. … I got too many people anxious to see what I do in the future.”

Oregon vs. Stanford

12:30 p.m. Saturday at Stanford Stadium. TV: FSN. Radio: KUGN-AM (590),KZEL-FM (96.1).

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Hopefully you’ve already started following the Elections Office on Twitter at @smcvote. Did you know that a number of other government organizations and cities within San Mateo County have explored social media outreach?

Twitter utilizes hashtags (#) to mark tweets with a distinguishable phrase that allows users to search and easily find a string of conversations relating to the topic. A popular hashtag is #followfriday, where people recommend others for following. Often, the recommendation is supported by a reason for suggested follow.

Here’s our list of local entities to check out on Twitter in honor of #followfriday. And if we missed you, make sure to add yourself in our comments section!

@CityofSanCarlos
Bio: Headlines from the City of San Carlos. Located in Silicon Valley, San Carlos is well known by many as The City of Good Living.

@sustainablesmc
Bio: Local resources for sustainability in San Mateo County. SSMC is a non profit organization dedicated to the long term health of the county.

@RWCSchools
Bio: Redwood City School District

@hmbchamber
Bio: City of Half Moon Bay

@belmontcapolice
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@burlingameblog
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@SFBART
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@CityofMenloPark
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@LWVSSMC
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@CityofBrisbane
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¿Será esta la nueva imagen de San Luis?

En el mercado de aguas los santos se están renovando. Primero, hace algunas semanas, PepsiCo relanzó San Carlos con la imagen de Aquafina, su marca de agua en EEUU. Ahora Corporación Inca Kola Perú solicitó ayer el registro de un nuevo logotipo de San Luis, marca de agua de The Coca-Cola Company. ¿Se viene otro cambio de imagen?

Lee también:

- Agua santa: PepsiCo ‘resucita’ a San Carlos con nueva imagen.

PRIMERA DIVISIÓN

Herediano 2-1 Brujas FC

HEREDIANO 2-1 BRUJAS: El equipo rojiamarillo se rencontró con la victoria el día de ayer ante el Brujas. Este partido definía el primer lugar del Grupo B ya que Brujas llegaba con 11 puntos y Herediano con 10. El juego estuvo entretenido ya que ambos equipos buscaron el resultado. Al minuto 5 Jorge Drovandi marcó un golazo espectacular después de recibir un gran pase de José Carlos Cancela. El ariete argentino recibió el balón y sin pensarlo mucho le pegó a marco, el balón se estrelló en el horizontal, pico adentro y salió. El delantero Andrade de Brujas pudo empatarel juego un minuto después en un mano a mano con el arquero De Lemos, sin embargo la tiro a un lado del marco. El empate de los hechiceros llegó al minuto 24 cuando Josimar Arias ejecutó un tiro libre que entro pegado al poste izquierdo del arquero herediano. Para el segundo tiempo, los florense tuvieron la oportunidad de adelantarse nuevamente en el marcador. Una falta de Danny Fonseca sobre Cancela fue marcada como penal. Andy Herron lo cobró y la sacó del estadio. La afición herediana se metió mucho con Herron después de ese error. Pero la alegría les llegaría cuando al 74’ Felix Montoya recibió un pase de Cristian Blanco, se acomodó el balón y remato colocado a la base del poste derecho del portero Sequeira para sellar el juego.

PÉREZ ZELEDÓN 3-3 ALAJUELENSE: Alajuelense visitó al conjunto generaleño después de su victoria 3-0 en el clásico, pero esta vez el conjunto manudo no la vio tan sencilla. Diego País marcó el 1-0 a los 2 minutos. La Liga empató con un gol de Erick Scott después de una jugada de Argenis Fernández al 15’. Nuevamente Diego País anotaría para los de Pérez Zeledón, esta vez de cabeza al 27’ y otra vez País completando su hat-trick anotaría, esta vez fue una espectacular chilena que pondría 3-1 las cosas para los locales. En el complemento los guerreros del sur tuvieron para ampliar la diferencia sin embargo ocurriría todo lo contrario. Argenis Fernandez hizo un clavado en el área que el árbitro compró y Cristian Oviedo marcó el 3-2 al 48’. Y otra vez Oviedo en otro penal marcaría el definitivo 3-3 al 68’. Esta vez la falta fue sobre Mario Camacho. La Liga mantiene el liderato general.

LIBERIA MÍA 1-0 SAPRISSA: El equipo liberiano ganó 1-0 con gol de Víctor Núñez al minuto 82. Liberia sube al segundo puesto del grupo A y Saprissa ligó su octavo partido sin ganar (5 de campeonato local y 3 de CONCACAF).

SANTOS 1-0 CARTAGINÉS: Santos de local hace pesar esa condición, esta vez su víctima fue Cartago. Ariel Rodríguez al 83’ marcaría el único tanto del juego con un remate en el área chica. Santos es tercero del A y Cartaginés tiene 3 partidos sin ganar y sin marcar gol.

SAN RAMÓN 0-0 SAN CARLOS: Ambos equipos debutaron técnicos el sábado pasado, en el caso de ramonense fue Javier Delgado y por los norteños debutó Frank Carrillo. El juego fue peleado pero con poco fútbol. Al minuto 74 se detuvo el partido varios minutos por fallas en el fluido eléctrico. Ambos equipos ocupan los dos últimos puestos del grupo B y la tabla general.

PUNTARENAS – UCR: Se disputará el domingo 11 de Octubre.

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SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN

Merced a cuatro victorias consecutivas, la AD Carmelita ha alcanzado la punta del grupo A y la comparte con Grecia y Guanacasteca.

RESULTADOS

ALAJUELENSE 1-1 LIBERIA MÍA
Alajuelense dejó escapar dos puntos muy valiosos en casa ante Liberia en el último minuto. Los manudos ganaban con gol de Diego Estrada tras una pésima salida de Mesen. Al minuto 90’ Víctor Núñez sacó las marcas de Dawson y Marín eludió un defensa más y remató con potencia cerca del área chica para empatar el juego. El partido tuvo algunas broncas, especialmente al cierre una entre Luis Marín y William Sunsing. Cristian Oviedo y Ólger Guzmán se fueron expulsados y no jugarán el clásico, además se conoció en las últimas horas que Pablo Gabas y Geancarlos Solórzano no jugarán el duelo ante Saprissa de este miércoles por lesión.

SAN CARLOS 0-2 HEREDIANO
Finalmente el equipo rojiamarillo ganó como visitante. Jorge Drovandi al 8’ definiendo ante la salida del arquero Grant, después de recibir un excelente pase de José Cancela y un autogol de Carlos Picado al 65’ desviando con la cabeza un tiro libre de Cancela sellaron no solo la victoria herediana, sino también la clasificación a la siguiente fase. San Carlos es colero y ya está eliminado.

SANTOS DE GUÁPILES 2-2 SAPRISSA
El equipo del Santos dejó pasar una gran oportunidad de acercarse a la siguiente ronda y de dejar prácticamente eliminado al Saprissa. Los goles fueron de Arrieta de penal para Saprissa al 31’ y Víctor Cordero al 75’. Para Santos marcaron Sequeira al 39’ y al 61’ un autogol de Cordero los había adelantado. Saprissa perdió a Yader Balladares al 51’ por acumulación de tarjetas amarillas.

PÉREZ ZELEDÓN 1-0 CARTAGINÉS
El equipo generaleño se afirma en la punta del grupo A y de la tabla general con su victoria de antier ante el Cartaginés, con gol de Kenneth Gamboa al minuto 60. Pese a ser líder general los pezeteros no han asegurado su clasificación a la próxima ronda.

PUNTARENAS 2-2 BRUJAS
El equipo porteño igualó en casa ante un Brujas que supo regresar de dos desventajas en el juego. Mario Víquez aprovechó un desconcierto en la defensa hechicera para adelantar a los chuchequeros y con remate potente adelantó a Puntarenas 20’, al 33’ Moitland de cabeza igualría para Brujas pero tan solo un minuto después Porfirio López volvería a adelantar a los naranjas. En la segunda parte así como en la mayor parte del juego Puntarenas fue más, sin embargo Allan Alemán remató imposible para el arquero el empate a dos en el 77’. Brujas amarró boleto con ese empate y Puntarenas requiere de un punto para pasar a la próxima ronda.

SAN RAMÓN 2-1 UCR
El equipo ramonense sigue con una muy leve chance de clasificar, para ello requiere ganar los dos juegos que le faltan y esperar que PFC no puntué. El pasado fin de semana doblegaron a la UCR 2-1 con goles de Julio Morales (autogol de cabeza) al 26’ y Alejandro Sequeira al 53’. Para Universidad marcó Ever Alfaro al 88’ desviando un pase de José Garro. UCR y San Carlos son los únicos equipos eliminados en el torneo.