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When I got back to New Orleans, I noticed the "Save the Picayune" signs and tee-shirts around town.
With all respect to the good intentions behind this campaign, I feel it's the wrong approach.
Let me explain why. This could take a minute.
When I got back to New Orleans, I noticed the "Save the Picayune" signs and tee-shirts around town.
With all respect to the good intentions behind this campaign, I feel it's the wrong approach.
Let me explain why. This could take a minute.
Couple of weird dreams lately.
Two night ago, I dreamed we got an extra-thick Times-Picayune on our front porch. It was a Sunday. We don't subscribe to the Sunday paper. I realized the reduced print schedule must have kicked in. I got out a knife and stabbed the paper just to see how thick it really was. I got out my phone and was about to take a photo and post it to Twitter. But suddenly a man in a suit got in my way, wrestled the phone from my grasp. It was the publisher (or was it the editor?) and he crawled out on the balcony with my phone, threatening to kill himself. Then I woke up.
Last night, I dreamed of a city called Lotus, an international science research city located somewhere in Asia. Under threat of thermonuclear war, Lotus launched some escape pods into the Pacific Ocean. The attack did not in fact materialize, but one scientist was lost at sea for a couple years. Then one day she felt like she was being watched. She turned around to see an automated probe rising out of the water. The probe was shaped like a giant version of her own head. Adding to the eeriness, the whole dream was illustrated in the style of EC Comics.
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When I was changing planes in Philly I got two pieces of bad news from New Orleans, the second of which was so harrowing it made the first seem trivial.
First, I learned the Saints suffered their first defeat of the season, in overtime, no less; to the Atlanta Falcons, no less; at the Superdome, no less.
Next, I learned a that a young boy had caught a bullet and had been rushed to the hospital. When I landed in New Orleans I read the news that he had died. His name was Jeremy Galmon. He was two years old.
That certainly does put things in painful perspective, like Cliff says. It's hard to get too worked up about a football game when you're confronted with such an atrocity.
And yet when I picked up the paper Monday morning, what did I see? Yes, the story of Jeremy's death made a front page headline. So did the football game. But the football headline was two or three times as big. I felt a painful dissonance, looking at that front page.
In the days that have followed, we've had more coverage of the story of Jeremy's murder, the grief of his family, the circumstances of his death, the response by authorities, the arrest of one suspect, the hunt for another. We've also had plenty of continuing coverage of how the Saints are responding to their loss, bringing in other kickers, and so forth. I haven't done a serious analysis, but it's clear that more ink has been spilled on the latter story over the last four days.
I'm sure the folks at the TP would say that they are giving the people what they want. I buy that, but only to a certain extent. Does our media reflect our culture or create it? I believe it does both. It may be true that, as a society, we are more concerned with professional sports than the murder of a child. But this is a time for our media to exercise some leadership. This is a time to provide some in-depth reportage on the underlying causes of violence. Look at the amount of analysis that fills out the Sports section every day. If we had half that much analysis of social problems we'd surely make some progress.
The tragic death of Jeremy Galmon is a story that people will respond to. Such tragedies are also learning opportunities, and we desperately need to learn some lessons. Across the political spectrum, people understand that violence is a problem. We also need to share an understanding of the root causes of this endemic social problem, if we are to come to consensus on solutions.
I've been beating up on the media here, but I want to be clear that the real villain in this story is whoever pulled the trigger. Yet the media do have a role to play, and it is a vital one. They need to engage the issues when the public is engaged, and this story is an example.
And why does Jeremy's story move us so? Every loss of life is regrettable, regardless of age. If a victim is 20 or 200, it's still tragic. But there's something especially wrenching when a toddler is a victim of violence. Few of us are completely innocent; we're all caught up in a web of social complicity to some degree; we all bear some guilt for what we've allowed our culture to become. The main exception to this is children. They are truly and unquestionably innocent. (And please don't talk to me about "original sin.") I know very little really, about Jeremy, but I can guarantee you this: He never hurt anyone. He didn't deserve this.
Now that school's back in session and my daughter's back in daycare, I'm back to riding on the Jeff Davis bike path each morning on my way to work. That takes me past Comiskey Park and a sad tableau of signage for a community center that never materialized. I thought to myself a couple times over the past couple weeks that I should stop and take a photo. It would be one of those shots that tells much of the story all by itself.
Then, yesterday morning, I opened the paper to discover Eliot Kamenitz beat me to it. Imagine — scooped by a professional photographer.
So on the way home yesterday I snapped my own version. Better late than never.
I remember in late 2006 that a company named DNA Creative Media approached Mid-City Neighborhood Organization with a somewhat unusual proposition. They wanted to make a "reality show" about building something in New Orleans. One idea being floated was a community center at Comiskey Park in Mid-City, but they were also looking at other sites. MCNO rallied a bunch of neighbors to turn out and greet the producers when they visited Comiskey on November 29th of that year. I stopped by on my way home from work to support the cause. Many neighbors had made signs with slogans like "DNA + Mid-City = A Perfect Match." In short, as a community we pulled out all stops to land this deal.
Apparently the producers were impressed by the warm reception. In some other neighborhoods they'd visited, people were more skeptical.
Perhaps we should have been more skeptical too. The whole thing struck me as bizarre. But remember, we were still in full-on recovery mode. Our future was far from clear. We were still living in a surreal landscape of destruction. We were desperate.
For a while things looked like they were proceeding according to plan. It was announced that Louis Gossett Jr. would host the show. Neighbors developed a wishlist for features they wanted to see. Soon, plans for a beautiful community center were unveiled. Here's a description from the neighborhood discussion group:
The center will be a 2-story building which will include an indoor NBA-sized basketball court; a 4-station kitchen with commercial grade appliances (to be used for cooking classes and demos); and a general purpose room for meetings, theater, dance & exercise. A state-of-the-art computer lab with Internet access will encourage research by students of all ages as well as allowing families and friends still divided by the Katrina evacuation to keep in touch by email. The contract between DNA and the City was signed on February 6th. Demolition of derelict buildings on the site and construction of the new center is planned for later this year.
You can even listen to Damon Harman of DNA describe the project.
Some preliminary work began. In May of 2007 I took this photo.
Some time after the piles were driven, work stopped. In October we read in the paper that the project was bogged down in governmental red tape. In March 2008 we learned that DNA was filing for bankruptcy. They were also facing a lawsuit from Paul Davis National, the contractor (based in Wisconsin) they'd hired. Paul Davis claimed DNA still owed them money for work completed.
And that's brings us back to yesterday's article by Masako Hirsch and Gordon Russell. It seems the City of New Orleans will have to pay the $700,000 owed to Paul Davis National.
Doesn't seem quite right, does it? What I have to wonder — was the whole thing a scam from the beginning, or was it an "honest" bit of incompetent business, or did this run afoul of the global economic downturn, or did government bureaucracy slow things down so much it wrecked the project?
I was leafing through Lagniappe today and came across an article by Doug MacCash, about a guy named Charlie Bishop who noticed a hunk of concrete in City Park and labeled it a sculpture. As far as I can tell, no one else has bought into this idea, except possibly MacCash, who labels Bishop a "conceptual artist." Marcel Duchamp is cited as a precedent.
I thought this was just about the coolest thing I'd read in a while.
Persephone was sitting on my lap as I read. She pointed to the accompanying picture and asked "What's that?"
So I attached her seat to the old bicycle and we made our way to City Park in search of this (possible) sculpture. I wasn't confident that we'd be able to find it. I told Persephone we'd have to hunt for it. As we rode around the park I kept asking her if she saw it. Her consistent reply: "Everywhere." I'm not sure exactly what she meant by that. Perhaps she was saying the park itself was a work of art. Perhaps she was simply trying to one-up Bishop and Duchamp.
But, amazingly enough, we found it.
I have to agree with Bishop. This thing does have a certain resonance. It does have a "sad and lonely" feel. I didn't think it was "tragically ugly," though. I found it beautiful.
After our visit to Koan (Bishop's proposed name for the piece) we went over the footbridge to the playground, and after a while we ended up in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. It's free, and as anyone who's been there will attest, it's fantastic. Persephone was particularly taken by the giant three-sided Rodrigue blue (and red and yellow) dog.
But personally I thought Koan ranked right up there with the acknowledged sculptures in Besthoff. I hope that City Park has the fortitude and imagination to label Koan as a sculpture. Furthermore, I hope they credit Bishop as the artist, rather than follow his suggestion of Anonymous.
True, he didn't make it, but he recognized it, and he deserves some credit for making us see the world around us with fresh eyes.
The concrete structure that is Koan was once a "plug" that was used to fill a cavity in a tree. As MacCash writes, "In time, the tree disappeared, though the plug remains." I couldn't help but notice a number of other such sculptures appear to be in progress in the immediate vicinity. Some might take a hundred years to come into their glory. Others, not so long.
Perhaps some day there will be an entire collection here. It might be called the Bishop Sculpture Garden.
Stranger things have happened.
In the meantime, a tip of the hat to Doug MacCash for writing an article that quite literally made my day, and my daughter's too. And hats off to Charlie Bishop. You rock.
Here's a shot of the Times-Picayune, Section C, May 29, 2010.
I still remember when I discovered the existence of typos and other such mistakes, at the tender age of eight or ten. I was so taken by the concept that mistakes could make their way into print that I began to collect them. I kept my clippings in a box for a black light bulb, which was labeled "Black Light Blub." In fact, I think it was that "Blub" that first sparked my interest.
The collection is long gone, alas, but I still take a perverse delight in seeing mistakes in print. I'm sure this was an embarrassment to someone at the Times-Pic, but it provided me with a brief moment of amusement. So, thanks.
Yesterday's front page story really captured our attention. All credit to reporter Sarah Carr. I'd never heard of the school she focused on, but the parallels to Xy's experience are striking. I've quoted the story at length below, interspersing some of my own thoughts where relevant.
Early every morning, Akili Academy's teachers gather for a daily bonding ritual.
Clutching caffeinated beverages, they offer praise to one another for achievements large and small: calming down an upset student, teaching an outstanding lesson on "realistic fiction" to kindergarteners, sorting out unspecified "bathroom issues."
For the finale, the charter school's staff pulls in closer for a quick huddle, like a sports team preparing to take the field. "Who are we proud to be?" one teacher asks. "Akili Academy of New Orleans!" they shout in unison, sending their arms flying. They then head to class before the students arrive.
But this is no casual competition or recreational game. It lasts at least 10 hours every weekday, often spills over into the weekends, and, at times, consumes the lives of the mostly young Akili staff.
"I'm totally tired, and if I'm still working this many hours next year, I maybe wouldn't work a fourth year," said Francis Giesler, an Akili teacher. Giesler, 24, a 2008 graduate of Loyola University, grew up in St. Louis.
While Giesler praises Akili for its supportive work environment, she gives voice to a nagging concern of school reformers and charter leaders across the city and the country. How can a movement predicated in part on superhuman exertions of time and effort sustain itself and grow in the long term?
As Giesler puts it: "How good a school are you if you have really strong results, but can't take that model anywhere else because it was solely reliant on the bodies in the building, and kills people after two years?"
If the model kills people after two years, what do they become after, say, thirteen years? Do they become zombies? Or are they just miserable?
A growing number of schools, particularly charters, embrace a "no excuses" or "whatever it takes" attitude toward closing the achievement gap between poor, minority students and their wealthier peers. Poverty isn't an excuse for school failure. Neither is bad parenting. Or insufficient school funding.
But to overcome these obstacles, a school's staff and students must work harder — in the evenings, on weekends and through the summer — and give up some of their personal lives for their jobs.
Arguably nowhere is this trend so pronounced as in New Orleans, where charter schools mushroomed after Hurricane Katrina and hundreds of ambitious young educators like Giesler now live and teach. A looming question facing school leaders is how to maintain momentum as teachers and administrators inevitably grow up, burn out or move on.
Of course not all schools provide such a supportive environment, but the general approach of overloading teachers seems to be ubiquitous. Our schools are currently running on the efforts of the young and idealistic. Of course one has to wonder: What about the not-so-young, the veteran teachers who've been around the block, whose idealism may be a bit ragged, but who also have the experience and (dare I say it) the wisdom? Actually I don't wonder, because I'm married to such a teacher, and I've seen what this trend is doing to her first-hand, and it ain't nice.
"You're going to run out of people willing to work an 80-hour week," [principal Sean Gallagher] said. "Everyone here is single; no one has a kid. That's just not (replicable). I want us to look like something any school in New Orleans could do. Right now, we're not there."
Gallagher said he tried to recruit a diverse teaching staff: young and old, novice and experienced, natives and transplants.
But the time commitment proved a deal-breaker with most veteran, New Orleans educators.
At one recruitment fair, a job-seeker stopped by Gallagher's table.
"Longer school day? Longer school year?" the man asked.
When Gallagher nodded, the teacher quickly walked away, saying, "Don't need to talk to you."
We're not sure but we think the job-seeker was our friend James. I remember when he did that.
Educators will probably always debate the importance of experience, some of which boils down to the contrasting philosophies of school leaders. Some emphasize the importance of building a family-like school culture, where children can develop lifelong relationships with teachers who attend their churches, live in the neighborhood and might even have taught their parents. Others say they care about continuity, but will do whatever it takes to build a high-performing school, even if that means higher teacher turnover.
A growing group of educators and policy wonks say they are not particularly concerned about chronic teacher turnover in urban schools, as long as there's a pipeline of bright workaholics to fill the vacancies.
And with Teach for America, that pipeline looks inexhaustible. These kids are too young and fresh to realize they're being exploited. Maybe it's a viable model; maybe our schools are so screwed up that we have to resort to such measures; I really don't know. But I do know that it sucks to have the terrain shift beneath your feet, so to speak. It sucks to have your chosen career slowly turned into something you can no longer do. We seem to be moving in the opposite direction from the reforms we truly need.
"I don't think turnover is inherently bad," said Andrew Rotherham, publisher of Education Sector, an education policy think tank. "Planned turnover or turnover you can deal with without yielding quality is fine."
Translation: It's OK to use and abuse people so long as there's more fresh meat to victimize tomorrow.
Others stress that more value should be placed on making teaching a viable career for those who do not meet the typical Teach For America profile: young, well-educated and unattached.
Andre Perry, CEO of the University of New Orleans' charter school network, said he worries about relying too heavily on young teachers from out of town. He notes that schools that burn out their teachers after a few years must repeatedly reinvest in replacements. "It just seems inefficient," he said.
Perry encourages school leaders to foster the notion that "teaching is a way of living" that can coincide with having a life outside work.
"We are not creating that enough here in New Orleans," he said. "It's such a brutal lifestyle. We're so focused on performance in such a specific way that we've become robots."
Perry's quote brings tears to my eyes. "Such a brutal lifestyle." It resonates because I've seen Xy ground down over the years by the increasingly unreal regimen. It's like an endless demand for more that can never be filled. It's never enough.
The kicker came at the very end of the article.
Still, Giesler can't imagine ever balancing her 31 students at Akili with a child of her own.
"I couldn't imagine doing this job with a kid," she says. "I really could not."
And that is really what clinches the decision for Xy. She feels like she's missing out on her daughter's childhood.
And so that's why Xy has decided to seek a new career after thirteen years in the classroom.
Needless to say, if you're interested in this topic you really should read the whole story.
PS: It strikes me that this issue is appropriate to contemplate on International Women's Day as the teaching and rearing of children has been historically deemed as "women's work" in our culture. That teachers are chronically overworked and undervalued is perhaps not coincidental.
I wasn't going to post anything about the current e-mail foofaraw down at City Hall, because I figured I didn't have anything to say about it. I don't aim to just regurgitate news from other sources here. I write about my life. Of course, the headlines that I read daily affect me and become a part of my life in a sense, and some of the recent headlines certainly do stoke the fires, but still, I didn't think I had much to say.
There was a line in a recent Times-Picayune story that caught my eye:
White is black. Head is white.
That's a complete paragraph from a front-page story on Wednesday. I'm sure Frank Donze and the editors must have had a chuckle over that one. It's a reference to the race of Veronica White and Stacy Head. The only thing that could have made this better is if the council member's name was Stacy Black. That would have summarized the topsy-turvy spirit of things perfectly.
I actually clipped that paragraph out of the paper. But my wry little observation didn't seem substantive enough to share with the world. Better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt, as Einstein or Twain or Lincoln or somebody once said.
However, I just realized there is a personal connection to my life after all. Over the past three years I have sent and received plenty of e-mails from members of the City Council and their staffers. That means that my name has been put in this mess. My communications are (presumably) amongst those which Sanitation Director Veronica White handed over to activist attorney Tracie Washington.
Now if you're wondering what the Sanitation Director is doing handing over e-mails, you're not alone. Mayor Nagin recently stonewalled a request for his e-mails, and the City Council has gotten a judge to command Washington not to publish the e-mails as she apparently planned to do, and this is all about those garbage contracts, and the whole thing is incredibly polarized and polarizing along racial lines.
Oh yes. It bears mentioning that White and Head had an ugly confrontation a few months back. Which brings us to the following flashback mashup: Hate Rock White-Head [MP3, 5.4 MB]. That's just a little audio I mashed up back in December but never shared until now. Tip of the hat to HTRK for providing the perfect background music.
There's far more to this story which continues to develop, but I don't aim to provide coverage. If you want more substance check out We Could Be Famous or any number of other local blogs. If you find this all convoluted and confusing, don't worry. Some people say this is all a distraction from the real scandal, which might be crime cameras, or housing issues, or who knows what. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say to the world, as many a student in Xy's classroom might say:
Don't put my name in it!
That's all.
So William Jefferson won the Democratic Party primary Tuesday, beating out Helena Moreno. But we will have to go back to the polls to vote on this race a third time in December for the actual election.
We could save plenty of money and avoid a lot of hassle if we adopted Instant Runoff Voting or something similar. But I digress.
On the December ballot, I like the Green Party candidate Malik Rahim. It's my belief that Greens, and any third party candidates, need to make their case at the state and local level. There are any number of barriers to third party success at the federal level, and especially in the presidential race.
But at the local level, we have an opportunity to distinguish ourselves. At the local level, the playing field is a little more level, and we can get our message out a little more easily. At the local level, the Democratic-Republican duopoly is a little less firmly entrenched.
Or is it?
The Times-Picayune ran a story this morning about Jefferson's primary victory and the December election. Since the majority of voters in the 2nd Congressional district are registered Democrats, the T-P notes:
Jefferson is considered the prohibitive favorite in the Dec. 6 general election against four little-known opponents.
Little-know, eh? I can accept that Malik Rahim isn't as well-known as Jefferson. After all, Jefferson has been in the spotlight for years as our Congressional representative. Lately he's garnered even more attention than usual. When the FBI raids your house and finds $90K in your freezer it tends to have that effect.
But Malik has some fame in his own right. Granted, he's nowhere near as famous as the incumbent. But around here, Malik Rahim is hardly an unknown. He especially shone after Katrina, when he helped found the Common Ground Medical Clinic and Common Ground Relief, organizations which are still active today.
Yet this article in the Times-Picayune goes on to focus on the Republican candidate, Anh Joseph Cao. Now this guy really is an unknown. I'm not disparaging him in the least, but the fact is that if you compare Malik Rahim and Anh Jospeh Cao, the little-known candidate is clearly Cao.
That, of course, is about to change, because Cao has the backing of (drumroll please) Republican power broker Jay Batt. He will be helping Cao raise money and get endorsements.
Cao gets mentioned by name twelve times in the article. Malik Rahim gets mentioned only once, in passing. And that's a shame.
I was tangentially involved in Malik's run for City Council back in 2002. Unfortunately that campaign was not well organized and never really caught fire. Running a good campaign is hard work. I'm less involved with the local Greens these days because of other life priorities, but it's my sincere hope that this campaign is more effective.
Coverage like this doesn't make it any easier.
As noted by the inimitable Oyster, our only daily paper is raising its rates. As of October 1st, a subscription to the Times-Picayune will cost $16.00 per month.
That seems like a lot. I certainly have many complaints I could lodge against the paper. Some of my more ardent activist friends refer to the paper as "virulently racist." I think that's a little much. I would describe them as a fairly moderate organ in a virulently racist and classist society. I certainly wouldn't expect the T-P to be at the vanguard of the revolution; I'd expect them to serve the power elite. But within that framework they still have a function to fulfill and can still be a valuable source of information.
But I digress. After much breast-beating and soul-searching, we decided to maintain our subscription. The reason is simple. Even at $16 per month, I'm hard-pressed to think of a single other daily source for all this information on what's going on in the city.
I'm quoted in an article in today's Times-Picayune.
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Just when you thought it was safe to look in the Times-Picayune's Saturday Inside Out section, here comes yet another installment in Stephanie Bruno"s series about our renovation. This is number #30 by my count. Yeah, yeah, I know — I said #28 was the final one. Then I said #29 was the final final. But trust me — this really is it: the final final final story in this saga.
Continue reading Story #30
I almost missed this story in today's paper… There's supposed to be an accompanying slideshow with audio on nola.com
but I can't find it here.
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So you thought Story #28 was the final chapter in our renovation saga? Not quite. Check today's Times-Picayune for installment #29, the final final chapter. Check the online version for cute pix by Kathy Anderson.
Continue reading Story #29
Wow. Check out the cover of the today's Inside Out, the Times-Picayune's weekly home and garden supplement. There's a picture of Kilowatt Rising rocking our house party, and sure enough there's Michael Homan (with unbroken clavicle) continuing his sinister project of confusing himself with me. Open it up and we're in the center spread with pictures and a timeline of our whole renovation. This is the final story in the series, ostensibly, #28 by my count. This can't be reproduced online easily, but head over to nola.com to for a reasonable approximation with some cool pictures. I'll include the text here for future reference just because you never know how long nola.com plans to keep their content online.
And of course I must note that although Stephanie gives my wife credit, that's actually my jambalaya.
Continue reading Story #28
This story in the paper made me feel ever-so-slightly vindicated about our decision to renovate.
A new study of home prices around the New Orleans area shows that buyers rewarded sellers who gambled and rebuilt in devastated areas like Lakeview, eastern New Orleans and Chalmette. Renovated homes in those areas recovered much of their pre-storm value last year, while prices continued to tumble on homes that were gutted but otherwise left untouched.
It's not that I take any glee in seeing others lose out. Take for instance our next-door neighbor. He hasn't even gutted his house, two and a half years after the flood. I'm not happy about that, and I hope he can get it together. I wish him well.
I'm just glad to know that we aren't being punished for having done the right thing. We have no plans to sell our home, but if we did, we wouldn't take a bath. There's a little solace in knowing that.
Something tells me the picture of Sharon Jasper sitting next to her widescreen TV on page A-14 of today's Times-Picayune will not advance the cause of public housing.
Turn to page 24 of today's Inside Out home and garden section of the Times-Picayune, and you'll see a devilishly handsome fellow in an orange tee-shirt. I look so much better in this picture than in the last one they published, but both were taken by the same photographer, Kathy Anderson.
I don't have a digital version of the picture, but to make up for it I've inserted a picture of the new marble counter which was installed one week ago today.
As for the story by Stephanie Bruno, it's the 26th installment in a series that I hope will not run to 30. Here it is:
Continue reading Story #26


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|CHICCO USA, INC. Patent applications
|Patent application number
|STROLLER BASKET - A stroller having a movable basket assembly with a basket frame pivotally connected to a stroller frame, a basket release mechanism disposed between the basket frame and a lower cross member of the stroller frame, and a basket fabric attached to the basket frame. The basket release mechanism includes a plunger, an actuator, and a spring associated with the plunger and actuator. The plunger has an engagement end that engages a corresponding groove of a link connected to the lower cross member. The actuator is movable between a first position, in which the plunger is engaged with the groove, to a second position, in which the plunger can be disengaged from the groove, in order to move the basket frame between an upper position and a lower position.
|RECLINABLE STROLLER SEAT - A stroller having a reclinable seat is provided, the reclinable seat includes a base connected to the stroller, a seatback pivotally connected to the stroller, and a seat recline mechanism arranged on the seatback. The seat recline mechanism includes a body defining a cavity having grooves and a release slider arranged within the cavity. The release slider has teeth that correspond to the grooves in the cavity and an end portion connected to an actuator. A spring is associated with the release slider, biasing the teeth of the release slider into engagement with the grooves in the cavity. A pawl is also arranged within the cavity and removably engages at least one of the grooves in the cavity. A recline link is pivotally connected at a first end to the pawl and pivotally connected at a second end to the stroller.
|STROLLER WITH TRAVEL SEAT ATTACHMENT - The stroller includes a frame having at least one front leg, at least one rear leg, and at least one wheel mounted on each leg. The frame defines front and rear portions and right and left sides. The stroller also includes a seat having a seat base and a seat back pivotally mounted to the frame. The seat back has a front surface, a rear surface, a top portion and a bottom portion and is rotatable relative to the frame between at least one substantially upright or reclined back support position and a travel seat support position wherein the top portion of the seat back extends towards the front portion of the frame and is capable of supporting a travel seat thereon.
|STROLLER - A stroller having a frame with front and rear portions and right and left sides. A seat having a seat base and a seat back is mounted to the front portion of the frame. The seat back is rotatable relative to the frame between a back support position and a travel seat support position where the seat back is substantially parallel to and above the seat base when the stroller is in an operating position.
|CHILD TRAVEL SEAT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A restraint system for a child travel seat which includes a frame dimensioned to rest upon a vehicle seat. The frame defines front and rear portions and a center line. An adjustment assembly is coupled to the frame and positioned at a selected one of the front and rear portions of the frame. A strap assembly is connected to the adjustment assembly. The strap assembly has first and second points removably securable to a vehicle anchor and a third point movably secured within the adjustment assembly.
|THREE DIMENSIONAL FOLDING STROLLER WITH INFANT CARRIER ATTACHMENT AND ONE HAND ACTUATED SEAT RECLINE - A three-dimensional folding stroller featuring movable infant carrier mounts for securing an infant carrier to the stroller. The infant carrier mounts move between a first position, where the infant carrier may be secured to the stroller, and a second position that facilitates folding. The stroller also features a reclinable seatback support that is operable by one hand.
|FOLDING STROLLER ACTUATING SYSTEM - An actuating system for a foldable stroller including a foldable stroller frame having left and right front legs and left and right rear legs and a wheel mounted to each leg. The frame includes an operator handle having left and right support rails extending therefrom and connected to the left and right rear legs. At least one locking member is movably connected to at least one the support rails and biased toward a locking position to secure the connection between the left and right support rails and the left and right rear legs. A support member having an actuator connected thereto is connected between the left and right support rails. The actuator is coupled to the at least one locking member. An operator tray is removably connected to the support member and includes at least one recess formed therein for receiving at least a portion of the actuator.
Patent applications by CHICCO USA, INC.

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Garbage collection runs automatically. How and when it runs and actually frees up unreferenced objects is entirely implementation specific.
If you want something to get freed, you just need to clear any references to it from your javascript. The garbage collector will then free it.
As far as I know, there is no way to trigger garbage collection manually.
If you explain why you even think you need to do this or want to do this and show us the relevant code, we might be able to help explain what your alternatives are.
I went out on a small journey to seek an answer to one of your questions: Is it possible?
People all over town are saying that deleting the references will do the trick. Some people, say that wiping the object is an extra guarantee (example). So I wrote a script that will try every trick in the book, and I was astonished to see that in Chrome (22.0.1229.79) and IE (9.0.8112.16421), garbage collection doesn't even seem to work. Firefox (15.0.1) managed without any major drawbacks appart from one (see case 4f down below).
In pseudo-code, the test goes something like this.
So what happened? In case 4a and 4b, no browser's garbage collector (GC) kicked in. In case 4c to 4e, Firefox did kick in and displayed some proof of concept. Memory was reclaimed shortly within the minute. With current hardcoded default values on some of the variables used as test configuration, case 4f and 4e caused Chrome to hang, so I can't draw any conclusions there. You are free to do your own testing with your own variables, links will be posted soon. IE survived case 4f and 4e but his GC was dead as usual. Unexpectedly, Firefox survived but didn't pass 4f. Firefox survived and passed 4g.
In all of the cases when a browser's GC failed to kick in, waiting around for at least 10 minutes didn't solve the problem. And reloading the entire page caused the memory footprint to double.
My conclusion is that I must have made a horrible error in the code or the answer to your question is: No we can't trigger the GC. Whenever we try to do so we will be punished severely and we should stick our heads in the sand. Please I encourage you to go ahead, try these test cases on your own. Have a look in the code were comment on the details. Also, download the page and rewrite the script and see if you can trigger the GC in a more proper way. I sure failed and I can't for the life of me believe that Chrome and IE doesn't have a working garbage collector.
Yes, you can trigger garbage collection by re-loading the page.
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You can trigger manually JavaScript garbage collector in IE and Opera, but it's not recommended, so better don't use it at all. I give commands more just for information purpose.
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This answer suggests the following garbage collection request code for Gecko based browsers:
Came across this question and decided to share with my recent findings. I've looked to see a proper handling of a WeakMap in Chrome and it's actually looks okay:
at this stage weak map holds the entry cause d is still referencing the element
at this stage nothing references the element and it's weakly referenced object, and indeed after a couple of minutes entry disappeared and garbage collected.
when did the same but appended the element to the DOM, it was not reclaimed, which is correct, removed from the DOM and still waiting for it to be collected :)


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Pros: do what every psp does
Cons: It comes with the motherboard that everyone hates in a PSP SLIM -.- thats probably the only con lols
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GREAT for people on the GO!
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Pros: Music, Photos, Movies, TV Shows, WOW! This thing is the THIRD PSP I've owned, and is faster than the original. I bought a few memory sticks and load some with music (A TON of music), DVD concert videos, DVD Movies, DVD TV shows, and now with the Dgital Download stuff that's on some DVDs. GREAT! The screen is perfect for traveling, being stuck at the airport, WOW! AND.... you can get the SONY headphone/mic setup and use SKYPE! What are these people talking about..."there's no phone in it"! I am constantly amazed at this little thing, especially when I connect it wirelessly into my PS3! It becomes the controller, or I can play stuff from the PSP through the PS3 onto the HD TV! And I can play stuff from the PS3 onto the PSP?!?! I can also connect this thing directly into my HDTV using the Component Cable? FANTASTIC! I LOVE THIS THING!
Cons: I wish SONY would have made the PSP use the MiniDisc format, rather than UMD. UMD is okay, and it's not a bad technology. But if you're going to use a disc as part of the system, please put out a recordable version of it for a computer so I can put stuff on the disc. If the UMD was re-writeable like MiniDisc is for audio, then that would be cool. But it doesn't detract from the 5 egg rating!
Other Thoughts: I love the cry babys here. I've worked in technology so long that I remember when BETAMAX was brought into homes. Yeah, I'm 53, a techno freak by profession, but my nieces and nephews love it! I've got all the cool stuff for them to try and play with before they buy it! I've got 3 iPods, an iPhone, 3 PSPs (1000, 2000, and 3000 series), Minidisc, Cassettes, Beta, VHS, LaserDisc, on and on and on.....
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Pros: Gets very bring after a while....unless you have the money and or time to play games....do not purchase. Sony is a very good distributor. They sucked me into the PSP world and i finally got out.....3 years later. Its pretty addicting....thats not a good thing. If your a hardcore gamer and can control it....fine....waste ur money....
Cons: Great games,music,photos,video,browser......yep....thats it..
Other Thoughts: THIS THING IS FREAKING BORING!!!!
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Dont know what's going on.....
This review is from: Sony PlayStation Portable Slim
Pros: None so far...
Cons: I ordered it 3 days before a friend ordered it from another company, and they received theirs before mine. I still haven't got mine yet.
Other Thoughts: Maybe I should have ordered from the same company they did.
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Pros: My son loves this thing!
Cons: I don't have one!
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Pros: This thing does so much stuff besides playing games. The games look excellent and gameplay is very good. I really like my PSP.
Cons: None so far...
Other Thoughts: I bought this to pass time at work and I'm glad I did. Even when it's slow the day still flys by!
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Pros: Great buy... fast shipping... Just in time for Christmas!!!! No problems.... New Egg is awesome!!!!! prices were better than Walmart... and Walmart was always out of stock... New Egg had them in stock and shipped FAST
Cons: Can't think of any.
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TA-088v3? No good.
This review is from: Sony PlayStation Portable Slim
Pros: Very high screen resolution - graphics are AMAZING for a hand held console in my opinion. Can connect to my TV, wireless network, PS3, camera, etc. Can get PS1 games on it from the Sony online store. Can get demos through PSP sony store, and it works great as an MP3 player!
Cons: I bought this specifically so I could put PS1 games on it and play multi-player on long trips. Received it, updated to 5.02 firmware so I could get to the PSP store, got a PS1 game from the Sony store, and turns out it's not multiplayer? What's up with that! I thought it had regular Ps1 support. Anyways, went online, looked for ways to play PS1 games multiplayer, and found out I have to mod it. Did more research, found out about the battery mod to make it "Pandora". Tried EVERY METHOD for modding the battery, and nothing worked. It still boots the PSP normal, without putting into service mode. Well, anyways, find out it's the version of the battery that can't be modded. Something about certain "Made in China" types that don't work. Anyways, read about these new "TA-088v3" motherboards that can't be modded. Looked at my PSP serial number, and turns out that I have one.
Other Thoughts: Well, I would return it, but it's not fair to Newegg, as it was probly my fault for not looking into the PSP store a little more. Besides, I already tampered with the battery. I got a little too jumpy at the thought of hand held PS1 and jumped myself into $160 down the drain. The online selection of PS1 games available for the PSP through Sony is ASTOUNDINGLY smaller than what I thought it was. Buyer beware - if you're buying for PS1 games like I am, beware of TA-088v3. No good. Also - PS1 games aren't multiplayer through PSP Sony Online store: even tekken. IT = LAME. Only Psone multiplayer on PSP is through Modding, which can't be done with TA-088v3! I think I'll try to sell it so I can buy another one from a regular store where I can check the numbers on the box before buying. I still want my PSone in my pocket; my PSone with LCD screen is way too large for trips, and keeps sliding off my lap in the car.
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Pros: Has more than a few functions. With the right tweaking this thing is an all-in-one mp3 player, movie player, web browser,
Cons: Could do with more storage space (highest capacity mem. stick is 8Gb). The only solution I can think of is to buy multiple sticks, which gets costly. Tweaking takes jumping threw a couple hoops (time and either money or danger). New Memory duo sticks are outrageously expensive; $80 for 4GB!
Other Thoughts: If your wanting a cheap solution to getting a console don't look here. After all is said and done, if your hooking it up to your TV, might as well just buy a PS2. But if your a frequent traveler or just someone who walks or commutes a lot this is definitely the best choice. Especially after you tweak it.
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Pros: I made my order and 2 days later they were at my house and I just made another order late last night and they have already shipped them out less than 24 hours later they are awsome and I got exactly what I expected.
Cons: No cons at this point.
Other Thoughts: I will be using them for ALOT!
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Has the LOTR RP died?
No, on hold
yeah its on hold for a month as people have school tests and such
But I can still make the Dachean Kingdom a reality right? Because a month is not short.
give me a few minutes with this...
*The Orcs of Cair Andros are approached by Ren the Unclean. He leaves behind 6 Rings of Power, 6 Rings of the Dwarves. One is yet to be found. He tells the orcs to leave, and that a peace Treaty between Mordor and Gondor and Rohan is being held, for 2-8 weeks.*
OOC: Ya know, I can always take up my Physical form xD but it would be too weak, the strength would only match that of an Istari and the Witch King's. And pretty much the only way to kill me without the Ring, is for me to be hit by Anduril, or Glamdring.
IC: (No idea where to post this lol) An orc force of 5,000 is left to guard The Red Mountain. They have been posted there because of the news... the news of the Ring being found.
Guys we need to wrap up the quest xD
With the forces gathered and combined a march on Isengard begins. Around 15,000 men march on the black tower, knowing Saruman's end has come.
I presume we arrive tomorrow? (hopefully) Some of us have school in the morning xD
Yeah same. Tomorrow will be good ;)
No Palintir powers as they are not lore.
That is my decision and that is going to be my decision always.
Never was gonna use them anyway lol.
IDK I might create a small power for myself, but I off course prefer fighting too magic. I really despise magic as it always kills me in Skyrim >.<
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I never thought in all my life I would be the mother of a little girl. When we learned Addison was in fact a her I cried tears of joy on video and laughed hysterically as my husband had the ultrasound tech double, and triple check.
The pregnancy taught me a lot, and her birth taught me even more. About myself, life, my body, the list goes on. But now as I sit here only 6 days away from her first birthday I am looking at all the deeper lessons she has taught me. Not only just as a mother, but as a woman, a daughter and a human.
I am sure as she continues to grow she will be able to teach me so much more than just the simple stuff too. She is such a bright spirit and she certainly is going to take right after her big brothers.
She is already a huge clown.
She has a smile that could brighten up the darkest day.
And a laugh that could just melt you into a puddle of mush right where you stand.
Ok all the sappy stuff to the side… now all the things she has taught me!
A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words 1 of 5I can't even imagine how many words I have written about this little girl over the past year. She has made me know how truly priceless she is and how much of a blessing every single smile of hers is.
I don't know what I would do without her!
Be Anything! 2 of 5She can be anything... I can be anything... anyone can be anything if they put their mind to it. Since I found out I was pregnant with her, she has given me so much, and I hope that some day she is able to reach her own dreams!
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It is OK to Cry! 3 of 5In the past year I have probably cried more than any other year. Tears of sadness, happiness, joy, sorrow. Anything. And no matter what I have gone through there has been the comfort of this beautiful little girl letting me know that everything is going to be ok, and that there is so much to be thankful for in our lives.
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I Am Loved 4 of 5No matter what, Addison has taught me I am loved. We all have our difficult parenting moments when we think we are failing as a mother, but no matter what our children love us. Know that always!
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Miracles Happen 5 of 5Miracles happen all the time. In the end of my pregnancy I had a number of problems. In the end I had something called IUGR or intrauterine growth restriction which is sometimes detected after a stillbirth. When I learned that I realized how lucky I was for a healthy baby girl. She is my small miracle.
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Mary Frances Spegal's mother put her on a Greyhound bus bound for Louisville.
Her advice was don't sleep with Julian Wills unless she found a preacher.
So Julian and Mary Frances did just that.
They went to the Broadway Methodist Church where a large wedding was planned for that very night. The church was decked out in its finest and there they found the Rev. Russell Gilmore.
By Jerry Morris
The Grant County Braves traveled just a few miles south on Feb. 18 to take on their rivals the Williamstown Demons in the first game of the district tournament.
The Braves handily defeated the Demons 67-26.
Braves Coach Jim Hicks said before the game there are three seasons, one before Christmas, one after Christmas and then the post season.
Wanda Crupper Hammons finally has the seat on the Grant County Fiscal Court that eluded her in the 2010 election.
Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Hammons on Feb. 7 as magistrate for the second district to replace Brian Linder, who resigned after being elected state representative.
The unexpired term ends Dec. 31, 2014.
"I was surprised and humbled by being appointed," Hammons said. "I'm deeply appreciative that Gov. Beshear selected me after a long deliberation."
Friends, family and educators gathered Feb. 8 to make sure the memory of fallen soldier Daniel Wallace was not forgotten.
With purple flowers pinned on their shirts, attendees remembered the 2001 Grant County High School graduate not only as a father, a brother, a son and a friend, but also a student.
National College in Florence, where Daniel was a graduate, dedicate a framed memorial to their former student.
Daniel had a 3.4 grade-point-average when he graduated in National College's Business Administration and Management program.
Carol Jean Sponcil took advantage of last week's warm temperatures to get outside and help her husband with their business, Crittenden Storage.
To other family members, that's not a surprise.
"I would like to nominate my sister, Carol Jean Sponcil. She is the most caring and loving person you could ever meet. For many, many years she as helped her husband in all aspects of his business ventures. Her three grandchildren are a big part of her life and she loves to babysit whenever possible.
My name is Jessica Code. I'm a fifth grader at Sherman Elementary School. I nominate Ronnie Atha for my special Valentine because he gets me to school safe and on time.
He feels like family because he's been my bus driver for five years and also has been a bus driver for over 40 years. He is a good bus driver. Virginia Conner also nominates her grandpa, Ronnie Atha because he gets her to school safe and on time as well. She also goes to Sherman Elementary as well and is in kindergarten.
When I use to think of the word "Valentine" as a little girl, it meant I got a Spiderman card and some candy for all the boys in class. Then as I got older, that idea changed.
I would think of that special guy who made me happy, like my heart would explode from all of the bottled up love it held...like I was the most important thing in his world.
These days, I still feel that way. Only this time that guy is a blonde- haired, blue-eyed, mischievous, out-going little boy and that feeling my heart feels is none other than that of a mother's love.
Whether it's cooking a meal for someone or dropping off a jar of homemade jam or jelly or even giving a Williamstown student a scholarship, David Mason of Dry Ridge is the man.
"I would like to nominate Mr. David Mason for the special valentine. Each year, Mr. Mason has a scholarship opportunity for the seniors at Williamstown High School in memory of his late wife, Janice Mason, who was a teacher at Williamstown.
I would like to nominate my mother, Edna Fogle, for a Special Valentine.
My mom and dad have been married for 56 years and are a devoted couple. From Nov. 2007 until Jan. 24, 2013, my dad has had five major surgeries and six months of chemotherapy. Mom has been by his side through it all.
On Jan. 22, 2013, dad fell breaking his leg. Mom left her supper on the stove, climbed in the ambulance and at this writing is still at the hospital never leaving his side.
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"Catfish: The TV Show," about the misadventures of folks seeking love online, returns on MTV on May 7. The season with hosts Nev Schulman and Max Joseph promises an emotional ride about romance on the Internet. "The lies, love ... will not only make you think twice about online love, but will ... change the way you think about society," said Schulman.
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"Peter Pan" on ice
Evelyn O'Rourke reports from the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre where the JM Barrie story Peter Pan is being turned into an ice show by the Russian Ice Stars
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Evelyn O'Rourke reports from the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre where the JM Barrie story Peter Pan is being turned into an ice show by the Russian Ice Stars
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Actor/writer Michael Harding and director Padraic MacIntyre talk about their 50th anniversary production of John B Keane's "The Field"
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DruidShakespeare are embarking on a new pared-down version of Shakespeare's four history plays, adapted by playwright Mark O'Rowe and directed by Garry Hynes
'Hollow Ground' is the name of a new play by Katie McCann which tells the story of a brother and sister as they revisit a dark and troubled shared past. Katie herself plays the girl and the male character is played by Rex Ryan. Katie, Rex and director of the play Karl Shiels, are in studio.
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Sophie Gorman is in reviewing 'The Pillowman' by Martin McDonagh which had its Irish Premier at Dublin's Gaiety theatre last night. It stars Peter Campion and David McSavage and is a dark, gruesome play about stories and storytelling.
The Pillowman' runs at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin until March 14th, the Everyman Theatre in Cork from March 16th to the 21st and the Lyric Theatre in Belfast from March 24th to April 19th.
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The truth: Mulder and Scully reunite for 20th anniversary
Mulder and Scully are back!
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reunited Thursday at Comic-Con, surprising fans at the panel for the 20th anniversary of the TV hit "The X-Files."
The fans — some of whom camped overnight — welcomed the duo back with a standing ovation.
Joining them were series creator Chris Carter and many of the writers from the show, including Vince Gilligan, who earlier in the day was nominated for an Emmy for his work on "Breaking Bad."
One fan who walked up to the microphone said the show changed her life because Scully had inspired an interest in physics that led her to get her doctorate.
With the show's huge success has come plenty of inspiration for other projects, including the comic books that will come out soon.
As for a future "X-Files"?
Duchovny and Anderson seemed open to the idea. But creator Carter seemed less enthusiastic. He did say, however, that seeing the large turnout for the show at Comic-Con might be just the motivation he needs.
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'Divergent' footage brings some familiar buzz to Hall H
Based on the best-selling novel by Veronica Roth, "Divergent" was the first Comic-Con panel that generated that familiar Hall H buzz. The film, starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, was finished only two days earlier, but director Neil Burger put together exclusive footage for Hall H fans. (It's scheduled for a March release.)
"When I write, I don't have the most detailed mind and seeing it realized in an incredibly detailed way was really wonderful," Roth said after watching the short clip. "To me, it's true to the book, which is a surprise."
Like "The Hunger Games" series, "Divergent" explores themes of a dystopian society with a strong female teen character figuring out her role in it. The series also has similarly devoted fans, evidenced by desperate teens looking for front-row seats in the 6,000-seat convention room.
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'Ender's Game' panel big on laughs, low on controversy
It was a controversy-free "Ender's Game" panel in Hall H. Mostly.
The film, based on the novel by Orson Scott Card, has come under scrutiny because of Card's feelings against gay marriage. The cast and crew didn't bring up the issue during the moderated panel. But it was the first question asked during a Q&A with fans.
As a woman asked about the controversy, people shouted things like "Let it go!" and "Leave it alone!" But writer/producer Roberto Orci was happy to address it.
"You never want to invite controversy and we were concerned with anyone who might have been hurt," he said. "But rather than shy away from the controversy, we're happy to embrace it and use the spotlight to say we support LGBT and human rights."
The bigger deal at this panel was, of course, the appearance of Comic-Con hero Harrison Ford. The actor who played Han Solo in "Star Wars" was a bit cranky when dealing with fans. But when he was asked about why he signed on to do the movie about aliens set to destroy humanity, Ford was passionate and eloquent.
"I was drawn to the complexity of the moral issue," he said. "And the complex moral issues that are involved in the military. The book was written 28 years ago and it imagined a world with the ability to wage war removed from the battlefield. That is one of the realities of our life now, with drone warfare, but this was unknown 28 years ago."
He went to the Con and all he saw were T-shirt slogans
While it may seem that everyone at Comic-Con is dressed in Stormtrooper or Wonder Woman costumes, in fact, the most popular garment is the common T-shirt.
This simple item often carries a pointed, printed message. As in:
"Don't make me go all Dexter on you"
"The hardest part of the apocalypse is pretending I'm not excited"
"If I like comic books, am I comic 'pro' or comic 'con'?"
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Participants cheered the national anthem and observed a moment of silence for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, but runners at Sunday's Cherry Creek Sneak expressed little fear that terrorists might target the annual race.
"I have concern just going to the grocery store anymore, so it doesn't matter if I am here or somewhere else," said Katie Golenzer, 44, as she readied to run the 5K, one of several races in the event.
Police on hand at the race were on "a heightened sense of awareness" after the bombing earlier this month, said Denver police spokesman John White.
It was the 31st year for the Sneak, which attracts runners — and walkers — of all ages.
Photos:The 31st annual Cherry Creek Sneak
But it was the first time visually impaired runners joined in the fun, many of them running with guides provided by Lending Sight, a U.S. Association of Blind Athletes sport club that offers free guides and training for visually impaired runners.
Kathleen Winfield, 63, was joined by guide Colby Harmon, 72, for the first 5K she had ever been involved in. Winfield, who has some residual vision, was planning to walk the event. "I'm not athletic enough" to run, she said. "I just came because I thought it would be fun and a chance to participate in an event with a lot of people."
Every year more than 10,000 runners participate in the 10-mile, 5-mile, 3.1-mile (5K) and 1.5-mile courses, according to a website for the event, which is sponsored by Sports Authority, Volkswagen and others.
John R. Garcia, 38, said he has been participating in duathlons over the past year. Unlike triathlons, in which participants run, cycle and swim, duathlons require only running and cycling.
"I'm not a good swimmer, since I sink," Garcia said. Duathlons provide plenty of training for the Cherry Creek run, he said. "I'm just coming out here for fun."
Justin Glantz, 32, a Broomfield police officer, arrived with a group of friends, some of whom had run the 5K race in the past. "They invited us down to enjoy it with them," he said.
The most difficult part of the run, he said, was "getting out of bed and getting going."
Donna Sammons, 67, doesn't run regularly and didn't train for the event, which she heard about at Cherry Creek Wellness Center, where she takes physical therapy. "They encouraged clients to do this. I am going to walk it."
Beth Gage, 43, said she has participated for the past three or four years, and the Cherry Creek Sneak has become part of her spring ritual. "I only jog between March 1 and the Cherry Creek Sneak, then I quit for the rest of the year," Gage said.
Tristan Mitchell, 27, a personal trainer, won the men's 10-mile race with a time of 56 minutes, 59 seconds. Throughout the year, he said, he runs an average of 50-plus miles a week. "It's an addiction for me, it keeps me happy. I am a grumpy, grumpy man when I'm not running."
Nicole Chyr, 35, placed first in the women's 10-mile run with a time of 1 hour, 4 minutes. Chyr was planning to run another 6 miles before calling it a day. "I'm training for the Colfax Marathon. I'm going to do another 6 so I will get 16 miles all told."
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