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BikeTown Los Angeles 2006
My blood pressure, weight and cholesterol levels have increased to the point where my physician wants to put me on drugs."
As I've gotten older, I've put on a few pounds. I was playing racquetball two or three times a week, but I wanted to do something more. I was kind of skeptical about biking, but I thought I'd give it a try. I started riding a mile and a half to work and back, and on little errands around town.
Within 30 days, I'd lost 10 pounds. My goal is to lose 15 or 20 more. Now that my office is 10 miles from where I live, I ride before work two days a week to a coffee shop. It's 5 miles one way, all uphill--I'm soaking wet by the time I get there. I used to have a pastry, but now I have a bottle of water and a yogurt, then I coast home. Since I started riding, I'm not as hungry. My cholesterol has dropped from 241 to 201. My bad cholesterol had been 160; now it's about 135. If I can maintain this, I won't have to go on medication.
Sometimes when I'm riding, I'll go by a group of guys--they all have road bikes and have spent $5,000 on all the clothes. They look pretty fit, but it always seemed to me a little extreme. I understand them a little bit better now, but you really can get a lot out of a bicycle without making it your entire life. I want to be someone who people can look at and say, "Look what he did. Look at the results he got--and it wasn't that hard."
Before BikeTown: "The BLC is a community center for people living with HIV/AIDS. Continuing to exercise is critical to their health."--Kris Hormann, BLC development director
Robert Dickerson
This time last year, I was sick with prostate cancer. For two months, I went to radiation treatment every morning. I live on the third floor, and some days I couldn't make it all the way up without stopping to rest. When I felt better, my doctor and I agreed that I should start an exercise program. Then all of a sudden I got this bike.
I'd never had one before, and I was skeptical that I'd even be able to ride it. I went up and down my block until I felt comfortable enough to get on the bike path. I got stronger and stronger until I could pedal all the way from my home to Boston--3 or 4 miles. It seems like the more you ride, the more energy you have--you don't want to come back in. It's not like being in a gym, where you're confined. With my immune system compromised, I'm not sure that would be a healthy environment for me. Maybe next I'll train for?what's that bike race? The Tour de France? I know I'm exaggerating, but that's how confident I feel.
Eddie Martinez
I've been living with HIV Since I was 14--I'm a long-term survivor. The main reason I got into bike riding was because one of my doctors said that being active would help my immune system. And it has helped me enormously. I've lost 10 pounds. My CD4 count went up, and my viral load is undetectable. Also, I recently found out I have late-stage osteonecrosis, and I was supposed to have surgery. But my legs are stronger now, and I don't need to use a cane anymore, so my doctor decided to do physical therapy instead.
You can ride around the block 10 times and notice something new each time--a new flower, a different tree. Well, the bike has also changed my perspective of me. As a Latin man, a gay man, with HIV, I'm a minority within a minority within a minority--it makes everything so difficult. But riding makes me feel free. It's like I've been given a second opportunity; I can still accomplish great things. I don't believe this is a disease--it's just a condition. And you can teach that condition to obey you.
Karen Phillips
I was diagnosed with HIV in 1999. I celebrated four years of sobriety on October 18th. I had my last cigarette July 3rd--I'd tried to quit lots of times before, but after I got the bike, I really didn't need them anymore. The bike was like a gift from God, a chance to get healthy. So why would I want to go back to smoking?
I hadn't ridden a bike in eight years, since I lived in Florida. But there's a bike path right across the street from my apartment, and over the summer I went there every day. It's opening up a whole new world. It's hard to explain, but I don't like to do things in public--I'm afraid to be around other people. So for me just to be able to ride out on the path is huge. Eventually, I'm going to go out and ride on the street, which is something I thought I'd never do.
It's like, wow--all of this comes from a bike?
John Garrou
Before BikeTown:
I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I have met with a dietitian and lost about 60 pounds so far. I am feeling a lot better, but I know I have a long way to go."
When I was in high school, I rode BMX half pipes. I used to be serious about mountain biking. I don't know why I stopped--I shouldn't have. When my doctor told me I had diabetes, he gave me a chance to control it on my own, without medication. I wanted to try it, and not just for me. I could see my habits influencing my kids. We were eating McDonald's three times a week.
The Giant rides like one of my old BMX bikes; it's easy on my back. When it was hot outside, I waited until night to ride. I worked up to riding for about an hour and a half, 10 to 15 miles. One night I just went out in the country to see where I could go. When I looked at my odometer, I'd gone 26 miles and I thought, "Wow, I just rode a marathon." I haven't felt this good in years. I've lost about 75 pounds in eight months. My blood sugar is normal now, with no signs of diabetes.
My doctor says, "Whatever you're doing, keep doing it." And I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that I will. I want to ride in the MS 150 this spring--180 miles from Houston to Austin. Everyone I've talked to says it's a big party. Before, I rode just because I enjoyed it. I still do, but this time there's also a bigger goal in mind.
Martha Black
Before BikeTown:
There was a time not long ago when even a casual bike ride was impossible. This all changed when a generous family donated its loved one's kidney to me."
After my transplant in 1999, I had all this energy and thought, "What am I going to do now?" I'd always liked biking when I was younger. I rented a bike to compete in the U.S. Transplant Games in 2002. Then I got my BikeTown Trek, and it was wonderful. I put in something like 800 miles on it that summer and got so psyched that I purchased a road bike and won an age-group bronze medal at the 2004 games, which qualified me for the 2005 World Transplant Games in Ontario. That was very competitive--I didn't win any medals. But this year I won a bronze again at the national Games in the 5K cycling race.
I ride as far as I can, usually 10 to 20 miles. I had bursitis in my hips--that's just age, I recently turned 60--but you know, you go on, one day at a time. With a transplant, you're really trading one set of problems for another. It's not a cure. I have to take high doses of immunosuppressants, so I'm more susceptible to infections. I try to get outdoors as much as I can. My doctors are all for it. They say a transplanted organ will last an average of 10 years. But I'm going to go 25 or more.
Shelby Toke
I live in a sober house for women who are recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Exercise is crucial in our recovery."
When you're addicted to alcohol, it pretty much becomes the most important thing in life, over family and friends, over going to work. You get used to numbing life out. I started biking about 15 years ago, when I was 20. I was already drinking a lot then--I'd been a party animal since I was about 11. I rode with a club, and we'd go on rides, then drink afterward. Sometimes we'd even have a beer truck follow us. About four years ago, I stopped riding. All I wanted to do was drink. I had about 15 jobs and couldn't keep any of them. I had to move in with my mother. I'd progressed to the point of being nonfunctional--I had no choice but to get help or kill myself.
After a couple months at the house, I started exercising again. I'd been there nearly 14 months when I got the bike. About 30 women have used it. After years of substance abuse, we've really depleted our endorphins, and exercise is a way to feel good naturally. I need to ride--even in the winter--or else I start feeling depressed. And a lot of the women don't drive, so the bike has been a great way to get from point A to point B.
I was afraid that I was going to want to drink if I rode my bike. Before when I rode, I knew I could reward myself by getting wasted afterward. I was really grateful after a couple of times when I realized that riding was enough. Now, I want to be one of those old ladies who rides everywhere with a basket on her bike.
Sean Cryan
The only exercise I get is my daily bike commute. I would like a fresh set of wheels as I train for the true ride of my life--open-heart surgery.
In February of 2005, I was diagnosed with mitral-valve regurgitation--the cords that operate the valve had snapped. I wanted to be in prime condition when I had surgery in June. When I went in for pre-op testing, my resting heart rate was in the low- to mid-50s. All these people kept saying, "Wow, you're a real athlete." I said, "Athlete? All I do is ride my bike to work."
For the first three weeks I wasn't allowed to lift more than five pounds per hand, so I couldn't put any weight on a handlebar. I had to wait three months for my sternum to set before riding outside. They cut the sternum down the center and close it with stainless-steel wire. I have a titanium ring and some Gore-Tex in my heart, too. I was able to ride my BikeTown bike on the trainer five weeks after surgery. I was pretty tentative the first week, but the next week I rode the equivalent of 65 miles. I had a good incentive. My coworkers started the Cryan Bicycle Challenge: Our architectural firm would contribute a dollar for every mile employees biked or walked to work during Bike to Work Week. We raised $1,600 for two new office bikes, Wilbur and Orville. We have a lot of local projects, and it's easier to bike to the sites than to try to park downtown.
After his recovery, Sean lent his BikeTown Giant to a coworker:
Ken Boyd
I tore my ACL playing soccer last winter. After surgery, the physical therapists suggested I get on a bike. I had an old Trek 800, but I'd taken it apart and couldn't get it back together again.
I set Sean's bike up in a trainer, and I would start by rocking back and forth on the pedals for about five minutes to loosen my knee. At first I could go only 15 or 20 minutes, tops. I felt lopsided--the muscles on that side had atrophied, so I had to make a conscious effort to use both legs. By summer, I started commuting. At first, I took the bus part of the way because I couldn't stand up on the pedals or use clips because of my knee. By the end of the summer I'd worked up to riding the whole route, 16 miles. I'm not a die-hard cyclist, so when the weather turns I switch back to running. But yeah, I'll ride again this spring. I may have to get my own bike--or get my brother to fix mine.
Lynda Thomas
Before BikeTown:
I feel like a marshmallow in the Granola State: white, fat and squishy."
I've lost and gained weight all my life. When I got my bike, I was depressed. I didn't like myself. I love to swim, but I'd stopped doing that--you don't want to go to the pool when you feel like a whale. But I was worried about diabetes. And I wanted to live for my family. I have 12 grandchildren, and I wanted to be able to be active with them.
My sister, Diane Shindler, of Irvine, California, got a BikeTown bike in 2004. When she told me she'd lost 80 pounds, I almost fell over. Diane taught me about the South Beach diet, and encouraged me to try for a bike. The first time I rode it, I went for about five minutes and thought, "Oh my god, I'm going to die." Now I can ride for more than an hour, and I look for the hills. I'm down 50 pounds, to 140, and I've kept the weight off for a year and a half.
Whenever I feel lazy, I remind myself that I haven't come this far to go backward--I remember how that felt. I do something, even if it's just a 30-minute ride, or walking my dog. Besides, I've gotten rid of all my fat clothes; it feels great to put on a size 8 instead of a 14 or 16. I look in the mirror and go, "You sexy thing, you!" For the first time in my life, I feel like a woman. My advice for others: Take time for yourself, because you know what they say: If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. And I absolutely love my life right now."
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Welcome to the inaugural installment of "ViewPoint"! As the senior officer for supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, I look forward to using this segment of Financial Update to periodically share with you our perspectives on the performance and condition of the banks in the Sixth Federal Reserve District and to discuss the supervisory priorities, challenges, and emerging risks on our radar screen.
While I cannot speak for any of you, I frankly do not remember a time in my career marked by as much uncertainty as we are experiencing today. Hopefully, through this quarterly column, I can bring some measure of clarity and focus to what at times can be a confusing supervisory landscape. Likewise, I trust you will feel at liberty to engage me on matters you find to be of mutual interest by using the dedicated e-mailbox at email@example.com.
But before we get into this edition's content, I thought I would share with you just a bit of my background leading up to my current position at the Atlanta Fed. I am a career bank supervisor, having started with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in 1985. As you can imagine, I gained tremendous experience working during the S&L and banking crises of the time. In 1995, I moved to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, where I was able to broaden my supervisory exposure even further to include roles in international and large bank supervision. Beginning this year, it has been my pleasure to lead our supervisory efforts here with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and I am looking forward to a long tenure and, like you, a return to stability in the financial industry.
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When Monsignor Pace's Fredrick Jones walked off the stage after receiving the Class 2A state title in the shot put last April, he took his medal off and put it in his pocket.
It went in a bedroom drawer when he got home until his mother took matters into her own hands, collecting his trophies and designating an area for them.
Jones had become the third boys' state shot put champion from his school, joining Efrain Herrera (2005) and DeAndre Johnson (2009).
"I wanted to get better," Jones said. "I'm not the type of person who shows off for everyone."
Three months later, Jones found himself glued to the TV, watching the world's top competitors during the London Olympics and hoping to learn from their different techniques.
Upon entering high school, Jones had dabbled in the sport – but nothing serious. His father, Fred, jokes that Fredrick came home one day and wanted to try it. For whatever reason it piqued his interest.
As a freshman without proper knowledge of how to throw, he placed fifth at districts. Jones, who also plays offensive guard and defensive tackle for the football team, started his sophomore season late because of a knee injury.
Upon his return, track and field coach Pearson Sutton assigned him a shot put coach two weeks before district play. His numbers jumped from 44 feet to his state score of 52-4.
The technique, which took around two months to hone, focuses on resting the ball on his chin and trying to whip it, using his legs to explode. Jones' torso remains straight as he kicks back.
Last August at the AAU National Junior Olympics Championships in Texas, Jones placed second with a then-season-best 54-4.5. It gave him an idea of where he stacked up against kids his age from around the country.
Since then, his routine has evolved to improve his score — his state-best mark is now up to 61-7.5.
On the initial insistence of his father, Jones runs either one mile or one and a half miles before throwing. He watches video of shot putters and lifts weights.
"He's more focused," Fred Jones said. "He wants to be good now. It took him to get moving. Now he does it on his own. He's asking me to take him for lifts. He's trying to be the best he can be."
Sutton calls Jones the "Gentle Giant" because he's soft-spoken and mild-mannered.
The 6-2, 265-pounder would like to receive a collegiate football scholarship and continue with track. If he earned a track scholarship, he'd walk on to the football team.
More short-term goals include reaching 64 feet on the shot put and breaking the record of 65-8.25 by his senior season. Jones wants to not only be the top shot putter in the nation, but the top overall competitor in both shot put and discus events.
At Friday's Region 4-2A championship in Belle Glade, Fla., Jones finished first in both, qualifying him for next week's state final in Jacksonville. Last year he finished seventh in the region in the discus.
"He sets goals trying to get better," Sutton said. "He knows that he wants to repeat last year and you can't get complacent because there are others behind him working hard as well. Everyone's trying for that spot of state champion."


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What's one of the biggest risk factors for suicide? According to a new SAMHSA white paper, the answer is substance abuse.
"The connection between substance abuse and suicide has not been sufficiently well understood," said Richard McKeon, Ph.D., M.P.H., Public Health Adviser for Suicide Prevention at SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services. "People in both the mental health and substance abuse fields have likely had experiences that would demonstrate the connection, but I think that probably few appreciate the magnitude of the relationship between substance abuse and suicide."
Recently released by SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), "Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention: Evidence and Implications: A White Paper" summarizes what's known about the interrelationship. "The paper provides an overview of advances that have been made in the last decade," explained Project Officer Jorielle R. Brown, Ph.D., a public health adviser in CSAT's Co-Occurring and Homeless Activities Branch.
Calling for a public health approach to suicide prevention, the paper urges practitioners in both the mental health and substance abuse fields to use that knowledge to improve suicide prevention efforts.
"The paper underscores the need for people in the mental health field to be aware of substance abuse issues and co-occurring disorders as well as for substance abuse professionals to be aware of the risk of suicide," said Dr. McKeon. "There needs to be increased collaboration."
The white paper's first section focuses on the epidemiology of suicide. In the U.S. alone, suicide kills more than 32,000 people a year. That's the equivalent of a death by suicide every 16 minutes. In addition to the tragedy of lives lost, suicide costs the Nation almost $12 billion in lost income.
The paper's next section offers an overview of what's known and unknown about how substance abuse—both drugs and alcohol—affects the risk of suicide. Since the Surgeon General issued a call to action to prevent suicide in 1999, the paper notes, scientific knowledge about suicide prevention has increased dramatically.
According to the white paper, a growing body of evidence suggests that alcohol and drug abuse are second only to depression and other mood disorders when it comes to risk factors for suicide. In one study, for example, alcohol and drug abuse disorders were associated with a six-fold increase in the risk of suicide attempts. And substance abuse and mental disorders often go hand-in-hand, the paper emphasizes.
The paper ends with a call for a more integrated, public health approach to preventing suicide.
Because of cultural taboos, the paper notes, it has only been in the last decade or so that the public health field has focused its attention on suicide. With the realization that people with mental health and substance abuse disorders can recover has come the recognition that people at risk for suicide can be treated.
What's needed, the paper argues, is an approach that targets the entire population, relies on best practices, and addresses the full range of risk factors, adding substance abuse to better-known risk factors such as mental illness and certain biological and environmental characteristics. The approach should focus on prevention just as much as diagnosis and treatment.
The paper ends with descriptions of 10 proven suicide prevention programs drawn from SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP). It also includes a chronology of Federal suicide prevention policy, plus a list of resources available from SAMHSA, other Federal agencies, and nongovernmental organizations.
"There's a need for a comprehensive approach if we want to reduce suicide attempts and death by suicide," emphasized Dr. McKeon. "It's not sufficient to rely simply on mental health treatment, since we know that the majority of those who die by suicide have never had any mental health treatment. To reduce suicide, everyone needs to be involved."
Download a free copy of "Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention: Evidence and Implications: A White Paper."
Recently added to SAMHSA's priority programs, suicide prevention efforts include the following:
What happens if you see a YouTube video and you think the person behind it is at risk for suicide?
To help, SAMHSA's National Suicide Prevention Lifeline has partnered with YouTube to offer suicide prevention resources to the YouTube online community.
Lifeline content on the new YouTube Abuse and Safety Center includes information on what to do if someone on YouTube may be at risk of suicide or if someone posts harmful messages about suicide.
Also posted are the Lifeline number (1-800-273-TALK), a public service announcement, and a link to the Lifeline channel, where you can find suicide warning signs.
For more information about this partnership and about SAMHSA's other efforts to prevent suicide, visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
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Depressive symptoms can interfere with your clients' recovery and ability to participate in treatment.
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SAMHSA's National Suicide Prevention Lifeline took center stage when it was promoted as a resource on "Dr. Phil."
Recovery Month celebrates its 20th year in September!
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In 2007, 24.3 million adults age 18 or older experienced past-year serious psychological distress.
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SAMHSA News in print has a whole new look! Find out what we changed and why.
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"My husband discovered he has celiac disease a couple of years ago, and I've had to find a whole new way of cooking." These nutty, chocolaty bars are perfect for those with gluten intolerance. Pam Gianetti - Girard, OH
30 Servings
Prep: 25 min. Bake: 15 min. + standing
2/3 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup white rice flour
1/3 cup potato starch
1/3 cup tapioca flour
4-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
4-1/2 teaspoons garbanzo and fava flour
2-1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
In a small bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg yolk; mix well. Beat in applesauce and vanilla. In a small
bowl, combine the rice flour, potato starch, tapioca flour,
cornstarch, garbanzo and fava flour, xanthan gum and salt; gradually
add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Spread into a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan coated with cooking
spray. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
Sprinkle with chocolate chips; let stand for 5 minutes. Spread
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Read all ingredient labels for possible gluten content prior to use. Ingredient formulas can change, and production facilities vary among brands. If you're concerned that your brand may contain gluten, contact the company. This recipe was tested with Bob's Red Mill garbanzo and fava flour.
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1 bar equals 136 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 18 mg cholesterol, 94 mg sodium, 18 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.
Diabetic Exchanges:
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Better isn't best: Heat 98 – Bucks 86
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|Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, PF 33 MIN | 3-7 FG | 0-2 FT | 1 REB | 2 AST | 2 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 6 PTS | -6Milwaukee did a better job dealing with LeBron James on Tuesday night and as always, that starts with Luc Mbah a Moute. Before the series started I suspected Milwaukee's defensive specialist would have to play 30 minutes a night, but there was a good part of me that hoped I wasn't right. So far, I've been right. Terrifyingly right, when it comes to Luc.
He's important, but considering how much of a team effort it is to defend James, that's a lot of four on five on offense the Bucks are playing out there. He's not killing them on offense, but he's more or less just hanging out in the corner, not a real threat most of the time. The Heat aren't playing off of him to the extent that it's changing every play, but the Bucks desperately need more offense.
|Ersan Ilyasova, SF 29 MIN | 9-14 FG | 1-1 FT | 6 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 21 PTS | +5He established himself early and looked far more comfortable in game two than in game one. The Heat are always going to make Ersan put the ball on the ground and make a move off the dribble if they can. They realize that Ers is a deadly shooter and a mediocre creator.
To Milwaukee's credit and Ersan's credit, he was moving around a ton all night. The Bucks weren't just relying on him popping out after screens or filling back to the perimeter while action was else where, he was cutting towards the hoop more than ever adn generally very active off the ball. The Bucks countered Miami's defensive moves on Ers in game one well.
But only getting your most productive offensive player out there for 29 minutes seems like a problem.
|Larry Sanders, C 28 MIN | 6-7 FG | 2-4 FT | 6 REB | 2 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 5 TO | 14 PTS | 0Way more typical Larry. 4-of-4 within five feet. A dunk, a couple short hooks that he was able to drop in. He was much more natural and, for whatever reason, had far more space to operate. Miami seemed pretty aggressive in trapping on pick and rolls, which gave Sanders room to get to the basket or take open jumpers. He obliged and finished well.
|Monta Ellis, PG 34 MIN | 2-7 FG | 3-4 FT | 4 REB | 5 AST | 2 STL | 1 BLK | 4 TO | 7 PTS | -5Given how ineffective Jennings was, I'm moderately surprised that Boylan didn't end up running with the Ellis-Redick back court really. But you never know when either Jennings or Ellis is going to start to get going. It was surprising to see Ellis so restrained, but it was pretty clear that Miami put an emphasis on cutting off any lanes he had with extra defenders looming.
|Brandon Jennings, PG 41 MIN | 3-15 FG | 2-4 FT | 3 REB | 5 AST | 2 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 8 PTS | -15Very disappointing. Milwaukee needs four or five threes out of Jennings at minimum. He got looks that were good enough and wasn't really forcing the issue, but the results weren't there. This is a results business and he didn't deliver. The first two games of this series are pretty much perfect for Jennings. Game one: get hopes up with strong performance. Game two: lay a complete egg. Game three: no one knows what to expect.
|Mike Dunleavy, SF 25 MIN | 6-9 FG | 2-2 FT | 6 REB | 5 AST | 2 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 16 PTS | -12Didn't play at all in the first quarter? Seemed very strange, especially with Daniels, Redick and Henson getting some burn. Dunleavy helped spark an 8-0 Bucks run in the second quarter that saw them briefly take a 35-33 lead. Every moment he's on the bench and Daniels is on the court drives me insane. Also, lineups with both of them, crazy.
|Marquis Daniels, SF 15 MIN | 4-6 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 2 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 8 PTS | -15Made some shots at the hoop, generally looked more effective, was apart of Milwaukee's worst lineups on the night, but that's probably more Boylan than Daniels. I still don't think he should take any minutes away from Dunleavy … or Ilyasova for that matter.
He played the first five minutes of the fourth quarter as Milwaukee's power forward. Over that stretch, the Bucks allowed six offensive rebounds and saw a 68-65 Heat lead turn into a 83-69 Heat lead.
|J.J. Redick, SG 8 MIN | 1-1 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 2 PTS | -3With Ellis and Jennings both logging big minutes and the Heat generally being a larger team on the wing, the stock of the Harris-Redick trade was at an all-time low Tuesday night. Just eight minutes for Milwaukee's prized mid-season acquisition. We've still yet to see a Jennings-Ellis-Redick lineup in this series, which has to have something to do with either the total ineffectiveness of those lineups over the regular season or the impracticality of playing three small guards against the Heat at once. But if Redick can't play the three, there really aren't many minutes available if the Bucks are completely tied into the idea of Jennings suddenly getting hot, which they probably are.
|Samuel Dalembert, C DNP COACH'S DECISION MIN | FG | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | No word on whether or not he left Miami with a lease signed.
|Jim BoylanAgain: Marquis Daniels started the fourth quarter as Milwaukee's power forward. In a lineup that included Ish Smith. I like Ish, but there's a time and a place for everyone and Tuesday was neither for him. Milwaukee has been so bad on offense, they needed some kind of punch so badly, but going to Ish instead of sitting Jennings for Redick was questionable. I think the idea behind it was driven by Ish's speed and athleticism, two things Redick lacks, but Milwaukee needs some threes, Jim.
Three Things We Saw
- It's very difficult to see what Milwaukee is capable of doing better, outside of making more threes and shooting better on free throws (10-17 at the line). Doing those two things and playing exactly as well as they did on Tuesday would make for an interesting game three, especially with a loud Bradley Center crowd.
- It seemed like LeBron James was more or less coasting through the game. I can't tell if that's because Milwaukee worked hard to remove him or if he just decided to take it easy on Tuesaday night and let Chris Andersen do the heavy lifting. Wait … what? Andersen was a difference maker again. His offensive rebounding early in the fourth and attacks to the rim swung the game for Miami and made a nail-biter into a junior blowout.
- As much as I think Milwaukee's shooting could come around … I'm equally as certain Miami's will too. The Heat made just six of 19 three-point attempts and Ray Allen missed one open three after the next. I think he might stop doing that eventually. That'd be trouble.
About the Author (Author Profile)Jeremy Schmidt writes the Milwaukee Bucks blog Bucksketball. He founded it in January of 2009 because he hated his job. It's like basketball, but with Bucks instead of basket. I know ... I'm sorry. He might come off as a bit negative, but I'm really not so bad. He just wants the Bucks to succeed, so he points out areas where they are coming up short. Someone has got to do it and he's ornery and opinionated enough to take on that task. He isn't sure if this should be in third person or not. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com if you must use e-mail.
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I honestly think Ish Smith starting the fourth quarter contributed more than anything else to the blowout ending (nothing like staking the defending champs 7 points to start the fourth in what had been a close game), and for that reason ALONE Boylan should be fired. Tomorrow, if needs be. Smith had no idea what he was doing, lost the ball a couple times, offered nothing in either size or court sense, and by the time he came out the game was basically over. Redick might be a little overmatched in this series, but he's a professional who's been in the situation before and can shoot.
I think Smith could be a good backup PG in a year's time, but that particular moment (within three, had some momentum, road playoff game against the champs) was no time or place for a guy still so obviously learning the game and the offense and completely unfamiliar with the implications of performing on such a stage. Worst decision Boylan's made all year, and this in a season with so many.
Starters: BJ, Ellis, Luc, Ers, Sanders
Bench: Redick, Udoh, Dunleavy, Henson, Daniels
AS NEEDED: Ayon, Smith
Have to run with what you've got, and that right there is it.
Agree completley with the roatation and comments on Ish. However I think it was termendously unfair to him. Yes he is a professional athlete, but I bet he was just as surprised as we were that he got the call to go in at that time, so I am guessing that it is easy to presume he was not mentally ready to play in that situation which just made it worse for him.
ya it was unfair to ish, he looked lost. If Boylan was wanting some rest for ellis and jennings, why not play reddick more. You have a three guard rotation there, why not use them more. THeres tons of scenarios he could have chosen using reddick instead of ish. I think id rather have skiles back than Boylan. Only good thing about Boylan is Illyasova seemed to turn the corner once he took over. That was more Boylan reinserting confidence into him than coaching tho. Finally, when we are getting killed on boards by "birdman", why not throw Dalembert out there. He couldn't have done any worse than the Udoh, Dunleavy, Daniels rotation.
put Dalembert at center, with Udoh at PF, and Dunleavy at SF. It would have only been for about 5 minutes anyways. Although, we saw what a bad 5 minute rotation could do to the game. Why didn't Boylan take a timeout when we were down by eight?! The heat are way too much of a momentum team especially at home to allow them to gain momentum to the point where we are out of the game and the Bucks seemed disinterested knowing they cant climb a 15 point hill. When they keep it close they are WAY more engaged
Ish was in for two offensive possessions with one turnover, it wasn't the reason we were blown out. Ish exited the game and Ellis turned the ball over the very next possession.
I just wanted to get off of my chest that even though I don't think I could have hated on Marquis Daniels more than I have all season, the time he played last night he was surprisingly effective. I agree he shouldn't be out there but give the man higher than a D+ because he produced something offensively and was capeable on defense. Boylan needs to recieve an F as his lineups just killed, with Ish and Daniels and Udoh. Also in the midst of a 12-0 run the least he could do is call a timeout a little earlier and realize he screwed it up pretty good before it was too late. Obviously as was stated this game is the low point of the Redick era, it shows clearly how fractured the organization is that they would give up so much for something that they don't even use.
Mike Dunleavy is the man, Im gonna miss him
Mike is like the team blankie. Even when he is having a bad game, I still FEEL BETTER when I see him on the court.
I missed the first 5 min of the forth quarter. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED??!! Sorry for yelling – - it's a shame that a close game was lost in that period of time.
Boylan started the fourth quarter with Ish Smith, Jennings, Daniels, Udoh and Dunleavy.
That's what happened…..
I think the Boylan discussion is more complicated that it may seem. I was impressed with the first half of last night's game. Adjustments were made from game 1 and you gotta credit coaching for that. But, then there was the Smith sub…a move that, even if I could defend, I wouldn't defend.
Oh, and I agree with Alex that Daniels deserves better than a D+. And – I'm just gonna say it – Jennings gets off easy in this assessment.
Hoping very strongly the Bucks get swept, Management needs no encouragement to continue on this ludicrous path they've been on for the past 10 seasons.
Let Jennings walk
Let Ellis walk
Don't sign Josh Smith or any other FA to a huge long-term contract
Get the right coach
Come out in 2013-2014 with a skeleton roster featuring veteran journeyman and discount players on short term contracts along with promising young players like Sanders, Henson, and our 2013 draft picks.
Suffer through a bad season or two.
Make the right draft picks in the future.
Never sign a bad deal again.
Man, you guys make it great to be a Bucks fan. Though I may not totally agree on player assessments, your comments sure show you care. Welcome me to the BuckWagon, but I will save the criticals for the off season. We still have a pulse in this Post Season and I am going to milk with high hopes that we can win the next game…Go Bucks.
Really? Seriously? One place I read about the technical foul on Lebron James that was rescinded, one. Not on ESPN, FOXSports, CBSSports, or here. That's not a big deal to anyone? That you can successfully argue a technical foul called against you and have it rescinded. Not a chirp here or a chirp there. He said he was yelling at himself, really? When he was clearly screaming at the referee at that play. When he was yelling at them constantly on any play he missed a shot or turned the ball over. But he doesn't get the technical foul because he "argued" against the ref correctly. That's not mentionable? We just ignore one of the strangest and blatant homer refereeing occurrences in NBA history. Was I high or something? Did that not happen? Blows my mind.
For as bad as Jennings shot, getting murdered every time you touch the lane really doesn't help.
I'm glad you brought up the technical foul on LeBron
that was rescinded. That was weird, and maddening,
but I kind of forgot about it. It should be looked into.
How often is a player allowed to talk himself out of
a technical already given? Suspicious!
I actually really enjoyed Game 2 and was generally
impressed by the play of the Bucks!
I think I actually saw…um…that's it, TEAMWORK:
Two or three or four passes before a shot, balanced
scoring, good effort on defense, heads-up play,
resilience when the Heat looked like they might pull
way ahead. I was even happy to a great extent with
Monta and Brandon, how they passed up shots to pass
the ball around. I liked the way that Luc took the
ball strong to the hoop. I actually thought Marquis
was good. Also, even after things got out of hand in
the 4th quarter, it seemed like the Bucks played hard
through to the end.
I don't want to get carried away, but I was genuinely
excited for the Bucks. Please, guys, keep it up, and
if you go down, go down with dignity and fight!
For Thursday: We can't give up on Henson so fast,
even though he looked bad in his all-too-brief stint.
I really didn't think Ish looked that bad, and would
give him minutes in the first half, then possibly the
I like the way Luc bothered LeBron, but mostly I wouldn't
cover LeBron or Dwayne outside the free-throw line –
make them shoot jumpers. Find a way to keep Larry and
John close to the basket for blocks and rebounds. Make
their three-point shooters take two-pointers.
Good job, guys! Now keep it up! Let's beat these
South Beach Bums! I'm rooting for a continuation of
the new and improved Bad News Bucks!!!
Boylan knows it's a little late to be tanking for a higher draft pick… right?
This series is honestly making me a little sick. I thought we had the talent (unproven though it was) to make a run at a few games against the Heat. Sure they are great, but we seem to match up pretty well.
But no, we just get absolutely crushed, make seemingly horrendous coaching/lineup decisions, and look like a the joke of the playoffs.
Lastly, USE REDICK! The man can shoot when he's given the minutes and he's not worse on D than Monta or Brandon.


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What is the calculation for longitude?
I recently have been doing a calculation for a new GPS system but can not crack Longitudes decreasing properties as Latitude Increases...
Basically as Latitude increases to 90 Longitude is 0 and as it hits 0 Longitude hits 100%..
Any conclusions? I am stuck and need help so anything will help stimulate the thought...
Latitude is working... Longitude is not so much...
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John Smith 30+Oct 1 2012: You can calculate longitude based on the meridian the same way you calculate lattitude based on the equator. Can you explain what you use to find the distance between the meridian and equator and the point you want to know the lattitude and longitude of? Does Google Maps provide a distance in km, or does it use its own coordinate system, have you compensated for the distortion resulting from representing our spherical planet as a flat surface?
Oct 1 2012: If I could use both the same calculation how would I determine sign change and the fact that it is a circle...
The prime meridan Idea Is not going to work on this end because we are wanting a non specific calculation system that while be defined by the observer not pre diagnosed regulations...
Google I have no clue but I am returning Excellent Latitudes but Longitude Is all over the map If I can pin down why then I can solve it but I first have to Iron out my logic...
Oct 1 2012: "If I could use both the same calculation how would I determine sign change and the fact that it is a circle..."
It should be exactly the same for longitude and lattitude, just rotated 90 degrees (if you rotate clockwise north becomes aest and south becomes west). You need trig functions for the actual math but you probably know that laready since you got the lattitude function working.
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Madrid • They were burned at the stake, forced to convert or chased into exile. Now Spain is moving to right a half-millennium old "historic mistake" against its onetime flourishing Sephardic Jewish community: the EU country is on the verge of offering citizenship to descendants of victims — estimated to number in the millions.
The Spanish conservative government plans to make amends with a law expected to be passed within weeks or months in Parliament that offers citizenship to the legions of Jews forced to flee in 1492. Asked whether the new law amounted to an apology, Spanish Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon replied: "Without a doubt."
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"What the law will do, five centuries later, is make amends for a terrible historic mistake, one of the worst that Spaniards ever made," Ruiz-Gallardon told The Associated Press in an interview.
Descendants of Sephardic Jews, he said, will be considered "children of Spain."
The term "Sephardic" literally means "Spanish" in Hebrew, but the label has come also to apply to one of the two main variants of Jewish religious practice. The other — and globally dominant one — being "Ashkenazic," which applies to Jews whose lineage, in recent times, is traced to northern and eastern Europe.
Because of mixing between the groups and other factors, there is no accepted figure for the global Sephardic population — but reasonable estimates would range between a fifth and a third of the world's roughly 13 million Jews. Hundreds of thousands live in France — and so already have an EU passport. But the largest community is in Israel, where almost half of the 6 million Jews are considered Sephardic.
It is not completely clear how much of a historical link Spain will require. Most of Israel's Sephardics hail from northern Africa and southern Europe, which were early ports of call after the expulsion from Spain, and so they may be able to easily show direct links. But other communities, from places like Iraq and Yemen, are considered Sephardic by religious practice yet may have trouble proving a connection to Spain.
Either way, interest is already running high.
Hundreds of Israelis claiming Sephardic ancestry have contacted the Spanish Embassy, begun researching their family histories and taken to the airwaves to discuss their newfound citizenship possibilities.
To some, the prospect of Spanish citizenship marks a significant dose of historic justice.
To others, it simply offers a European Union passport. That's a big deal in a country that is still technically at war with many of its neighbors and where prosperity is a relatively recent phenomenon.
Israel's per capita GDP of nearly $40,000 year is significantly higher than that of Spain — which has been wracked by economic crisis in recent years — and on a par with rich nations like France and Britain.
But the Sephardics in Israel, despite their large numbers, have yet to close the socio-economic gap with the European Jews who founded the country and control most levers of power. There has never been a Sephardic prime minister, and the Ashkenazi Jews still earn more on average and are overwhelmingly dominant in academia and other key areas.
"I want to live somewhere else, and if I can do it without too much of a fuss I will," said Maoz Mizrachi, a 25-year-old salesman whose father's family traces its roots to Spain. "It's tough for young people to get ahead here and this gives me the opportunity to try somewhere else."
The fact that Israel's economy is actually in better shape than Spain's didn't seem to concern him: "If I get it (Spanish citizenship), I'll be the happiest guy in the world," he said.
Leon Amiras, who heads an association of immigrants to Israel from Latin countries, said his phone hasn't stopped ringing since the news emerged. "People from every corner are interested, from professors to doctors, engineers to plumbers and bus drivers," he said. "Everyone is talking about this."
The reform will allow dual nationality, enabling the newly minted Spaniards to retain their previous citizenship. Such an arrangement would give Sephardic Jews the same dual nationality privilege Spain currently grants only to Latin Americans. Elsewhere in Europe, Germany offers citizenship to descendants of Jews forced to flee the Nazis. Israel itself, of course, offers automatic citizenship to Jews.
Previously, under a 1924 law, the government had discretionary powers to award Sephardic Jews nationality, but the new law is much more far-reaching: According to Ruiz-Gallardon, Spanish nationality to those who can prove ancestry will be a right the authorities must honor.
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How does the status quo design of student - faculty interactions diminish innovation in the classroom? How to hack higher ed?
This Live Conversation with TED Fellow Kyra Gaunt will open on June 15th, 1pm EDT.
Note: Conversation has been extended until June 17th.
There are many TED talks about innovation in education, but most focuses on K-12 education. There are also amazing talks about breaking the code on our relationship to work, to learning, and to our application of knowledge (aka wisdom).
Students call me Professor G. I am a professor of anthropology, ethnomusicology and racism studies. I am also a 2009 TED Fellow. My students in cultural anthropology are interested in engaging the TED community in a conversation around how to hack the design of the higher ed classroom where emerging adults and their supposed mentors, if a design was scalable, could truly become the consumers of their own productivity as students.
My aim as a professor is to help students realize they are great students, great citizens and great human beings NOW not after graduation.
To truly explore this question, we need diverse perspectives and we intend to discover the power of extending the classroom beyond its four walls with a weekly TED conversation around a question related to hacking the higher ed classroom.
What if the classroom interactions were designed for sustainability, for curiosity, and for innovating thinking? What would we talk about? What could we talk about? And wouldn't we talk about anymore?
Consider grading (but we do need so way to measure accurate thinking). Consider the power dynamics of the student-teacher conversation around grades, assignments, and dialogue. And consider the role of the repositories of knowledge and experience that often goes unnoticed, the students themselves.
Do we need textbooks anymore? Would Google and the students' experience be enough in an anthropology or social science course? #justaskin
Also consider issues of ethnic and gender representation relative to issues of power and training emerging adults to be leaders in a globalizing world.
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Jun 3 2012: You might wonder why I chose some of these videos. I loved Jimmy Wales video on Wikipedia and always wondered why professors around the country do not use, rather than denigrate, the open source potential of Wikipedia to alter the listening of their particular disciplines since it is accessed by millions daily.
Derek Sivers and Tim Ferriss are innovators around work and organizational behavior and their thinking is so undervalued in academic environments. I'd also add the video by technologist Josh Klein "The Intelligence of Crows"
Liz Coleman's talk on reinventing the liberal arts and Barry Schwartz videos speak to the culture and discourse, the hidden and unspoken social constructs that keep the status quo in place in my POV. I'd add Dan Ariely's video too esp. because it addresses cheating which is a ripe subject for a future conversation relative to college classrooms.
TED curator Chris Anderson's talk on the power of TED's videos speaks to the key role TED Talks have played in my classrooms since early 2008. Sometimes i think just playing talks and talking about them with emerging adults is a fine education and then having them study, write and research from there. TED talks are more than the next Harvard.
And finally what would a conversation about education be without Ken Robinson's videos? Where is the design element for creativity in education? Where is the sustainability of genius we all had as young people?
Look forward to the conversation.
Laurie NoeJun 15 2012: I teach early childhood education (ECE) at a community college and we use a lot of video clips from a variety of places. The ones that seem to work especially well are the ones that students find themselves. Our ECE faculty have a few video clip services that we send students to. We ask them to find clips that demonstrate a particular developmental stage, for instance. Then they post the video they found and their understanding of how it links to the work we are discussing. It is the search that seems to prove so beneficial for everyone. Of course we use TED talks as well.
Jun 15 2012: Sorry, having all sorts of tech issues. Didn't get this until just now. In ECE there is a lot of discussion around child-directed activities and teacher-directed activities and the balance between the two. Then we talk about the same thing in relation to the courses they take at the college. What works for some...doesn't work for others but the constant change and availability of options for learning activities is what seems to work. Some days I set up "learning centers" that my students filter through at their own discretion just the same way preschoolers would during "free play."
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Were you able to guess what was in this photo and where you could find it?
Alas, it does not draw lottery numbers, nor does it make margaritas, as some of you suggested for our first Access Points game. But it took parents reading the blog about two seconds to identify the images correctly: it's the ball machine at Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta, also known as the "Tools for Solutions" exhibit. The first reader to correctly identify both in the comments was Liviangel! Thanks to all who played!
I visited the children's museum last week to check out their Imaginator theater troupe — story coming soon! — but it's impossible to keep your eyes off the machines sending an endless supply of rainbowed balls through the air. (Fun fact: stray pieces of plastic fruit from the museum's "Fundamentally Food" exhibit have attempted to make the journey through the tools. They failed.)
A little history…
"Tools for Solutions" opened with the children's museum in March 2003. Kraemer Design & Production Inc. designed the exhibit — they're the the same folks worked on the High Museum's Greene Family Learning Gallery. It was built by BossDisplay, which also handled the Discover H20 exhibit at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center. To imagine the wear and tear these machines take, consider that more than 200,000 people visit the museum in a year — about 1.2 million since it opened.
What goes into it?
Six simple machines: an inclined plane, screw, lever, wheel & axle, wedge and pulley. At its highest point, its 15 feet tall, which makes it way cooler than my ninth grade Rube Goldberg-inspired science project. There are hundreds of hollow plastic balls rolling in and around it, colored red, orange, yellow, green and blue. Parents tell me it's impossible to peel kids away from it. Can you blame them? It's giant toys spitting more toys!
What does it teach?
The idea is that wee ones will gain an early understanding of simple machines and how they work. It also works on fine motor skills and teaches about alternative power sources like wind and water. But the exhibit wedges one more in there, too: you see, it takes at least two people working together to make the machines move all those plastic balls around. Oooh, those sneaky adults.
Want to see it?
It's in the museum's "learning zone," on permanent display toward the museum entryway. Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta is at 275 Centennial Olympic Park Drive N.W. in Atlanta. Admission is free for children younger than 2 and $12.50 for visitors age 2 and older. For more information, call 404-659-5437 or visit www.childrensmuseumatlanta.org.
We'll have another round of Access Points at 4 p.m. Wednesday next week. What do you think — was this too hard, too easy or just right? Share your perspective in the comments or on Twitter @insideaccess.
July 31st, 2009
3:42 pm
Viginia's ignorance aside, there's no law that says that you have to take your child some place that costs too much. Part of being a responsible parent is teaching your child how to spend money wisely. It's a good idea to show them that they don't have to spend a lot of money in order to have fun. There are parks and festivals that are free, and there are other museums where the admission is a lot less.
July 31st, 2009
3:42 pm
Wow while this does sound pricey just look for coupons. Everyone take a deep breath and laugh at Stephen Hawkins comment b/c I'm sorry thats just funny. While it may be expensive it may be one of the best times your kids have this summer. You never know.
July 31st, 2009
3:26 pm
Thank you Nicole, well said!!! We need more responsible parents, single or married, black or white. Good luck raising your son!!
July 31st, 2009
2:11 pm
Virgina- Come to my house with the museum manager and lets settle all of this over a beer. After all- Obama is teaching us that we can solve the worlds longest hatred over a 12oz draft (as long as the white house media is there to take the photos) PS- Virgina, I bet may even chip in the $1.75 for the beer so you could enjoy it.
July 31st, 2009
1:31 pm
Let's stay focused here. Playing the race card was the wrong thing to do Ms. Virginia. Keep it simple…..!!
July 31st, 2009
10:29 am
Thats way too much money.
July 31st, 2009
9:39 am
I am a single parent who loves taking my kid out on adventure days (Zoo atlanta, fernbank, krispy kreme, Cleveland Ga, etc). I dont expect things to be always be free. I give up getting my nails done, buying new jeans, Starbucks (that was hard to do) and other things I WANT just to afford the oh so pricey adventure days my son has grown accustom to. I know how hard it is with one child, but Virginia, I did myself a favor, I stopped at one child. You choose to have more than one child, and you knew that taking care of them and providing for them was not going to be free. So suck it up. Shop around for the best deals, take advantage of online coupons, and certain offers/discounts your credit card company give away. Oh, and just in case you havent notice, I am BLACK
July 31st, 2009
9:19 am
Virginia, I was in agreement with you until I read your comment about "guess they thought we could afford it, since we were not black".
Not all black families expect things to be free, nor do all black families get everything free..
If you have 2-3 kids, then you and your husband need to figure out what y'all want to do without in order to take your children places that you have to pay to get in..That's what me and my husband do in order to take our 2 greandkids places…Oh, and by the way, I'm not black..
July 30th, 2009
10:04 pm
$12.50 for a child 2 and up? That's absurd, especially with the economy the way it is! I'm sure to the wealthy and upper class, it's just a drop in the bucket for them, but when you have two adults and 2-3 kids 3 and up, that's $100 and up(not to mention transportation, food, etc.). maybe you shouldn't start charging kids til they're school age-like 6,for example. Why 6? I took a couple of kids to Sci Trek once and only the two older kids understood it well enough to participate in the events. The younger two cried too much,were crying for food constantly,and I had to stop to take them to the bathroom every 15 minutes or so.There were no free tickets for us like the Atlanta family behind me (I guess they assumed we could afford it because we were not black). No wonder they went out of business.


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Before & After: File Box Goes for the Gold
It was a little over a year ago that this little file box came home with me and received its first makeover, going from a dull gray to a vibrant yellow. A lot of things have changed in my apartment over the past year, so it's time for the file box to get another makeover…
When I painted this file box last year, yellow was the perfect color. It suited the room where it lived, and I've always been partial to the color of the sun. Since then, the file box has changed locations and with that change, the color had to go.
Making use of contact paper from an old project, I set out to transform the file box once again. I started by removing the contents of the box (beloved magazines) and thoroughly wiping it down with a soapy cloth to remove all dust and kitty fur. Once it was clean and dry, I started by applying the contact paper to the front edge of the box. My thinking was that it would be easier to apply the paper to the sides of the box without wrapping it around the front edge - an assumption that proved correct.
Once the front edges were covered, I applied the paper to the sides of the box. By measuring the depth of the box, I cut one large piece of contact paper that I was able to apply to the sides of the box in one big piece. I started at the bottom of the left side, slowly going up to the top, using my driver's license to smooth out air bubbles. With one side finished, I flipped the box back onto its base and smoothed the paper onto the top, being careful to keep it straight as I wrapped it around from the side.
After covering the box, I removed the handle and file marker from the drawer face and applied the contact paper. I wrapped the excess paper around the back of the drawer to create a seamless look and to be sure the paper wouldn't loosen up with repeated opening and closing.
All told, the project took less than an hour and I'm quite pleased with the result. The white and gold pattern has completely transformed the look of the file box and I was able to use leftover paper from an old project — now I just need to find a new home for it in my apartment.
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Too much make up.
I like it morning with out make up yellow. The handle and tag give it away that there's been an attempt to hide the wrinkles. My suggestion would of been to not reinstall the tag holder and handle. Instead drill a small hole in the rear where once can push the drawer slightly open to then completely open from front.
I used black leather look contact paper to cover an old IKEA PS locker looking cabinet. I love it and have been surprised by how well it has stood up. Definitely a quick/inexpensive DIY.
I don't think those are wrinkles rather than shadows. The contact paper isn't my taste but it's a neat idea as long as it holds up. I would have spray painted the hardware brefore reinstalling it.
I'm not a huge fan of the pattern, either. I liked the pop of yellow, especially against the gray couch/chair.
What bothers me is the fact that the pattern doesn't line up on the different surfaces. It's like an inexpensive shirt where the patterns don't line up at the seams.
But ultimately, if you love it, that's all that really matters.
(BTW: Kudos for wrangling the contact paper though — it's not an easy thing to work with.)
I think it needs wheels to raise it off the floor. Or legs or bun feet. Something to lift it off the floor. Maybe set it on a little plywood or mdf platform with wheels/ feet on it.
It's fun to have pieces like this that you can play around with. Next iteration, try leaving off the label holder and install some kind of fancy new handle.
Love it! Nice Job.
where did you get that cute little filing box to begin with?
Not all = English first language. Be nice.
I don't think Lyonstill was saying "HUH" about the language.
I too was confused by the actual suggestion made by Abel de la Torre. I'm really thinking about it -- Abel, do you mean you'd be willing to give up the functionality of one motion to open the drawer? Its "before" picture shows it up against a wall -- if that's where it will be used, your suggestion makes it very hard to open the drawer. If it's being used out in the open as a table, it still means two motions to open.
By the way, thank you for the phrase "morning without makeup yellow" -- I had a kitchen that color once, and now I know how to describe it.
Personally not a fan of the pattern, but why contact paper? Seems it would be so easy to tear/peel/shred/crack.
I am also confused by Abel's suggestion. I'm not a fan of the pattern either but if it suits the new location better and the owner likes then thumbs up! Good job, I don't think mine would look as good lol.
I'm curious what the file box is made of?
I love the paper, I have a roll and used it to line the drawers in a pair of vintage nightstands (high gloss cream with brass accents). The pattern is a great detail when I open the drawers, I wouldn't use it for an exterior but it may make sense in the context of the room (would like to see a wider shot in it's natural habitat). Nice example of a drastic transformation for minimal dollars and time. For a little extra impact, you might try painting the interior drawer, I see a bit of the previous yellow, might look cool to introduce an accent color (I vote royal or navy blue) visible only when the drawer is open.
Abel probably wrote that on his phone and it auto corrected it weird.
@baba yaga... calm down, you completely missed the point of @lyonstill saying "Huh".......
Why would you drill a hole in the back of a filing cabinet?? How annoying every time you want to open it, and I can't imagine what a safety hazard that would be, sticking your finger in to poke at a metal mechanism?? Sorry, @abel de la torre, but that's crazy!
Good work contacting this little cabinet. I just re-did my kitchen shelves and it almost drove me insane! Sad to see the yellow go, but I'm sure this cabinet will have many more reincarnations.... I do agree that it's odd that the pattern isn't continuous. It would look a lot better if it had all been lined up!
Just no.
The symbol on reminds me of the logo from a Canadian national news service. CBC.
I expected to see it repainted in another color and was pleasantly surprised to see pattern--and more surprised to read that it was contact paper. That stuff can be tricky to work with, especially when trying to match up pattern. I tried that once and the stuff had stretched in manufacturing so that the pattern wasn't exactly precise and could not be matched up perfectly.
Nice job!
I love it. Love the pattern. Didn't notice anything not lining up.
Agreed, it's totally the CBC logo!!! Canada's news source. I don't like it b/c of that, reminds me of 80s newscasts...but that's just b/c of the similarity, love the idea. I also like the suggestion to lift it up with wheels or something and spraying the hardware...guess it never ends! Well done!
Yay CBC! My first thought when I saw it, too. Why do I suddenly have an urge to watch This Hour Has 22 Minutes?...
I knew someone or two would have to say they liked it better before! You guys are so predictable.
well done! I can understand why some prefer the cheery yellow box but I like both.


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From running warehouse raves to his tracks being played on Radio 1, Alexis Raphael is the epitome of a modern DJ. Alexis's love of electronic music ignited in the early 90s as he immersed himself in the heyday of London rave culture. Countless hours on the dancefloor were his apprenticeship as a DJ, giving him a clubber's view of how music can move a crowd, what works, and what stirs the soul.
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