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Testimony :: Celeste Wallander
Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program - Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mr. Chairman, and members of the Commission,
Thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about U.S. foreign policy and the implications of the upcoming elections in Belarus for our national interests. On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 673, expressing support for the efforts of the people of the Republic of Belarus to establish a full democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights and urging the government of Belarus to conduct a free and fair presidential election on March 19, 2006. This resolution, along with a number of important hearings, statements, and legislative acts authorizing programs and funds for democracy promotion efforts for the people of Belarus demonstrate the deep commitment and sustained interest of the American people through their elected representatives. Beyond the actual support for change in Belarus, change that must and will come some day, the support of the U.S. Congress is a tangible example of how foreign policy is rooted in democratic processes, rule of law, and the accountability of government officials to the country's citizens. So beyond specific policies on Belarus, we should remember that ultimately the U.S. leads by example, and this hearing is part of that leadership.
I would like to focus today on how support for democratization in Belarus fits U.S. security policy, the challenges of working with friends and allies for effective change in the post-Soviet region, and an argument that it is time to act very decisively if, as many expect, the elections on March 19 do not meet the clear and widely accepted international standards for free and fair elections. My colleagues on this panel are leading experts on Belarusian politics and society, and deputy assistant secretary David Kramer is a skilled leader on U.S. policy in the region. I hope to contribute by putting Belarus in a larger picture, and by making the case for a more vigorous transatlantic response to continuing repression and the trivialization of the democratic process in Belarus.
The fundamental foreign policy challenge for the United States is to build national security through democratic transformation across the globe in a way that serves immediate security requirements while not undermining long term strategy for a more prosperous and secure international system. Although in the short term, American security policy must address immediate threats such as the spread of advanced military capabilities, regional powers that threaten American allies, and radical movements that strike at American interests at home and abroad, there is no question that investment in liberal democracy and market-based economic development in a globalized world serves long term American interests in security and prosperity. As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice noted in January 2006, the greatest threats to security emerge from within states, and the "fundamental character of regimes now matters more than the international distribution of power." We see this throughout the Middle East and Asia, where repression, violation of human rights, and the denial of the rights of citizens to choose their leaders in free and fair elections so often breed radicalism, instability, and transnational terrorism.
In Europe, democratic political systems rooted in liberal values enable citizens to express their aspirations and choose leaders who will pursue national interests as defined by society, because the leaders are accountable to the citizens. The result is a continent where peace, security, and prosperity are the norm. However, the aspiration for a "Europe, whole and free" at the center of a successful transatlantic security policy remains unrealized. In the very heart of Europe, the authoritarian regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka has re-forged chains on the citizens of Belarus, amidst post-Soviet neighbors who have (with a few notable exceptions) shed repressive state control in exchange for opportunity, freedom, and choice.
As long as Belarus remains the "last dictatorship in Europe", Secretary Rice's call for a transformational diplomacy in support of security must apply as much to Europe as to the Middle East and Asia. Indeed, an American global transformational strategy has little credibility as long as the United States fails to directly confront the problem of a regime in Belarus that continues to repress Belarusian society and periodically stage show elections. If the United States is serious about democratic transformation as the centerpiece of its security strategy, the United States needs to get serious about democratic transformation in Belarus.
However, because Belarus is a European country, the United States cannot sustain an effective transformational strategy in Europe as long as the European Union does not take responsibility for the political and human rights of its fellow European citizens. The U.S. strategy can be successful only if it is transatlantic, as the effective unity of the United States and European Union in refusing to accept the fraudulent result of Ukraine's elections in November 2004 demonstrates. The United States and EU must face that their previous policies on Belarus have failed, and be willing to abandon tacit acceptance of the course that regime has taken. While there may be costs to a transformational strategy, the costs of appeasing dictatorial regimes are ultimately greater.
and European Policies
U.S. and European policies have combined criticism of the regime's repressive actions with the promise of engaging the country if the leadership changes its ways. As the Belarusian leadership continued to close independent media, harass and persecute political opposition figures, and launch pre-emptive policies to silence civil society groups, the transatlantic community has shifted assistance from state-to-state programs to support for nongovernmental and independent groups. In early 2005, Secretary Rice pledged that the U.S. government would help the Belarusian opposition in four areas: promoting independent media, supporting pro-democracy activism, encouraging an alliance of political parties and civil-society groups for seeking free government, and unifying the opposition around a single candidate to challenge President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in 2006. The U.S. Congress has increased funding for democracy promotion in Belarus to nearly $12 million, including substantial new funding for independent media. The Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 provides support for long–term democracy promotion, as well as sanctions against the Belarusian regime and leaders responsible for violations of international law.
Following fraudulent parliamentary elections and a rigged referendum in 2004 that allows Lukashenka to run for a third term in 2006, the EU imposed a visa ban on select officials, and shifted its funding to nongovernmental groups. The EU has increased its funding for independent radio broadcasts into Belarus to 2 million Euro in an effort to break the information monopoly of the Belarusian government, and reports a total of 8.7 million Euro for financing democracy and human rights in Belarus. Significantly, the EU changed its standard requirements on assistance which normally require prior agreement with the target government, a promising sign of the EU's determination not to accept the Lukashenka regime's policies.
The U.S. and Europe have consistently called for free and fair elections in Belarus, and have sharply criticized the regime when it repeatedly violates those standards. Individual politicians have at times noted that the government is not legitimate, having been installed and maintained through actions inconsistent with both the Belarusian constitution and the country's international obligations as a member of the OSCE. Yet official U.S. and EU policy nonetheless recognizes the regime as the legal government of the Republic of Belarus.
Belarusian Foreign Policy
The foreign policy of the Lukashenka regime is focused exclusively on preserving the current state of affairs within the country. European or global integration are not objectives of the Belarusian government, because they would require reform, modernization, and political-economic openness that would weaken the sources of the regime's control within the country. Isolation from Europe and the modern international system entails significant costs, including lack of foreign investment and limited foreign trade. However, since the regime's priority is political control and self-enrichment rather than substantially improving living standards or focusing on modernization and growth of the economy, the benefits of integration hold little attraction.
Most recently, through its control of the media the regime has increased its rhetoric on external threat and the need for control and vigilance at home to counter alleged foreign plots against the country. NATO enlargement, NATO use of force in Kosovo, and the U.S. war in Iraq have in the past year been seamlessly woven with the peaceful democratic revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia into a picture of external threat justifying measures such as the closing of NGOs and criminalization of free speech. On the one hand, this can be understood as a cynical use of external threat to justify internal repression, much as the Soviet leadership used the threat of capitalist hostility to justify Stalinism and later periods of political control. But it is worth recognizing that in the Lukashenka regime there is a there is an element of genuine fear that the refusal of citizens in Serbia in 1999, Georgia in 2003, and Ukraine in 2004 to accept the results of fraudulent elections could happen in Belarus . Citizens in those countries were informed, educated, organized, and motivated, in part because they were partially integrated with global informational, economic, and political networks. They had the knowledge and ability to oppose the declaration of fraudulent election results, in part because they were not isolated from the outside world.
So it is important to understand that for the Lukashenka regime, self-isolation is not a price it must pay for its internal dictatorship: it is the foreign policy required to sustain control at home. It is unlikely that the strategy is sustainable over the long-run: the Belarusian economy cannot produce and grow enough to meet even very basic and low-level standards of living without the investment and dynamic trade that comes from global integration. But in the short run, self-isolation is in the regime's interests, if not the interests of the country.
The Russian Factor
However, Belarus' isolation is far from complete, and there is an important external source of support for the regime which enables it to reap the benefits of self-isolation without fully suffering the costs. Partly due to structural affinities in their two countries' economies, partly due to historical and cultural ties, and partly due to the coincidence of the narrow interests of their political leaderships, Belarus and Russia are one another's closets allies. Russia is Belarus' largest trade partner, accounting for over 45% of its exports and some 68% of its imports. Belarus' next largest trading partner is the European Union as a whole, which accounts for about 36% of Belarusian exports and almost 20% of Belarusian imports. Perhaps more importantly, Russia and Belarus trade in vital goods and services: energy primary among them, with substantial trade in manufactured goods, including advanced weapons production.
More than the volume of trade, however, is the fact that there are numerous important implicit and explicit subsidies from Russia to Belarus in the terms of trade. Although the price is due to increase, Belarus pays just $46 per 1000 cubic meters (cm) for Russian gas, compared to $230/1000 cm for Europe and the recently renegotiated $95/1000 cm for Ukraine. Combined with low interest loans, favorable terms of barter trade, and currency subsidies, it is estimated that Russia subsidizes the Belarusian economy by $2 billion per year. As long as these subsidies continue, there is less incentive for the Lukashenka regime to face the need for reform and end its global isolation.
What does Russia get for its $2 billion? On the economic front, genuine integration in the defense industrial spheres has meant that Russian defense industries can produce and sell more than they could if they were a disruption in production lines. Belarusian pipelines carry 20% of the natural gas Russia sells to Europe. The Russian and Belarusian militaries are highly integrated, and have increased their degree of cooperation and integration as NATO enlargement brought the western alliance to Russian and Belarusian borders: the two countries conduct a number of annual joint exercises and the Belarusian air defense system is fully integrated with Russia's, with countering NATO as the explicit objective. In early 2006, the Russian military announced that it will soon open a Russian air base in Belarus as well, as an explicit forward capacity for coping with NATO's proximity.
Politically, Belarusian support reinforces Russian efforts to build a set of close political and economic relationships in the post-Soviet space. Belarus, along with Uzbekistan, is the anchor of Russian initiatives for economic and security cooperation. Belarus is also a source of diplomatic support globally, as it can be counted on to support Russian initiatives on China, Iran, Syria, and other difficult issues in Russia's relations with the U.S. and Europe.
But perhaps most important of all in 2006 is the perceived identity of regime survival interests in Russia and Belarus. Both the Russian and Belarusian political elites reacted very negatively to the Orange, Rose, and Tulip Revolutions in which corrupt and undemocratic regimes were overthrown by motivated societies. The Russian leadership and even Putin himself have expressed barely concealed distaste for Lukashenka and the Belarusian regime, and Russia faces considerable disadvantages on many issues in the bilateral relationship. Nonetheless, for the short to medium term the Russian leadership has clearly decided that the survival of the Belarusian regime helps to reinforce its own neoauthoritarian consolidation.
In a sense, those leaderships are right: each helps to reinforce the other against the global trends toward integration and openness in economic and political systems. From the point of view of American national interests, all the more reason why the elections in Belarus have an importance for security beyond the country itself. A Russia surrounded by democratically elected leaderships governing countries that are increasingly integrated globally is a Russia that will have to face the costs of its own failure to reform. It is a Russia that will have to someday see the value of subjecting its leaders to democratic elections and control by Russian citizens.
The 2006 Presidential Election
Support for democratic institutions, independent media, and a healthy civil society are vital components of a long term strategy on the transformation of Belarus and its integration as a fully European country. Current U.S. and EU policies are for the most part on the right track. Peaceful democratic revolutions throughout the post-Soviet space have occurred only where civil society is active and demands change, where independent media are able to report on the views and policy proposals of the entire spectrum of political parties, and where credible independent election monitoring programs either certify the results of free and fair elections, or expose fraudulent elections to domestic and international audiences.
It is no surprise that in the run-up to the 2006 presidential elections in Belarus, the Lukashenka regime has eliminated independent media, criminalized free speech, and shut down independent civil society groups. The Belarusian regime has learned (as has the Russian government) the lessons of the Orange Revolution quite well: to retain their grip on power, they must eliminate independent political and social forces, and restrict information that might lead citizens to question their government's policies. Indeed, a perfectly repressive regime would not need to commit fraud on Election Day itself: by restricting information and eliminating or enfeebling competitive political forces and civil society during an unfair election season, truly effective authoritarian regimes can conduct elections in which they win because the voters have no genuine or informed choice.
While the United States and Europe should expand their support for long term democracy promotion in Belarus and other non-democratic countries, we should also understand that such efforts have virtually no chance of affecting the conduct or outcome of the Belarusian presidential show elections in March 2006. The elections are already unfair, and they are very unlikely to be free. Efforts to support civil society and break the information blockade within Belarus are vital long term policies that will enable Belarusian citizens someday to hold the regime accountable, and chose the leadership that they believe will pursue the country's true aspiration. But we have to be hard-headed about the limited prospects for change in the short term. Because of the self-isolation of Belarus under the Lukashenka regime, because of Russian subsidization of Belarus' Soviet-style economy and social welfare system, because the regime has been brutally efficient in eliminating sources of independent political discussion over that past 12 years, the U.S. and EU must be committed to a long-term and patient strategy for supporting democratic change in Belarus.
The question is what the transatlantic community can do in the short term in order to create the conditions for success of the long term strategy, and how not to let short term expediency undermine a wise long -term strategy.
Policies for 2006
The international community, with the leadership of the U.S. and EU, should cease providing legitimacy to the show elections conducted by the regime in Belarus by recognizing their results. The purpose of elections is competition and choice: without competing political parties, free and diverse sources of information, and the presumption that citizens have the right to voice questions and their preferences, there are no true elections.
The international community is able to document when a country meets internationally recognized standards for free and fair elections. Credible international monitoring organizations such as the OSCE, Council of Europe, or United Nations issue reports identifying cases of failure to meet those standards when warranted. However, such statements are usually thoroughly irrelevant to the conduct of subsequent foreign relations, because important countries note their disappointment in diplomatic language and then conduct business as usual with regimes that have, in fact, no legal standing or legitimacy.
In the case of Belarus, violations of international standards for free and fair elections and of the country's obligations to its citizens have been thoroughly documented over nearly a decade. Violations of the requirements for a fair election campaign in the months leading up to the March 2006 election have already been documented. Last week, government security forces beat and detained one candidate (Alyaksandr Kazulin) and tried to prevent another (Alyaksandr Milinkevich) from meeting with his supporters. It is reasonable to expect that in the next week we will see many more violations of the processes of a fair election campaign, and that the actual conduct of the vote on March 19
will be fraudulent.
The Foreign Ministry of Belarus has announced that it will allow international monitors, including those from the OSCE, to observe the elections, which is a welcome development. Unless credible international organizations are allowed to monitor the conduct of the elections, and they will not be able to certify that the results reflect the free choice of Belarusian citizens. The presence of credible international monitors and their ability to observe the conduct of the polling freely and according to international standards should be a no-compromise baseline demand of the international community on the Belarusian authorities. If the OSCE observers cannot report that they were able to do their job, then the elections cannot be certified to have been free and fair.
In the context of Secretary Rice's call for democratic transformation as integral to
U.S. foreign policy, it is time to make elections meaningful, and to end the practice of complicity in recognizing blatantly fraudulent elections.
If after March 19th it is clear that the presidential election in Belarus does not meet those well-established standards for free and fair elections, the United States and the European Union must publicly declare that they do not recognize the results as the expression of Belarusian citizens, and that therefore they do not recognize the winner of such fraudulent elections as the legitimate head of state of the Republic of Belarus.
They should call upon the government to hold free and fair elections before the end of the year, and declare that they will take targeted measures against officials responsible for conducting yet another round of show elections.
As long as an illegitimate regime continues to isolate the country's citizens and deny them their basic political and human rights, the U.S. and EU should impose individual sanctions against those officials, such as denial of visas and seizure of assets, responsible for denying Belarusian citizens their rights.
The transatlantic community should also launch an international investigation into the unexplained disappearances of Belarusian politicians, businessmen, and journalists who had challenged the Lukashenka regime.
If the regime uses force against peaceful demonstrators protesting fraudulent elections, the international community should be prepared to lay the groundwork for an international tribunal that would someday hold guilty officials accountable for any orders to harm citizens exercising their rights under European and international law.
Furthermore, there should be an economic dimension to a transatlantic policy response to fraudulent elections in Belarus, given how vital are economic resources to bolstering the regime's arguments that it is providing economic security at the price of political freedom.
The United States, in cooperation with Europe, should suspend negotiations on Belarusian membership in the World Trade Organization, until a legitimate government is elected.
The United States, in an effective partnership with Europe, should implement targeted trade sanctions to deny the regime access to the resources it needs to fuel its unreformed Soviet-style political-economic system.
If transformational diplomacy fails in Europe, where transatlantic relations have a long and successful record of cooperation, and where shared values and interests are strong, it has little chance for success on a global scale. If 15 years after the disappearance of the Soviet Union, the U.S. and EU tacitly recognize a regime which retains its grip on power by using methods to eliminate political opposition and control society that the Soviet regime relied upon, it seems premature to offer to support democracy in regions where societies are less modern than in Belarus. If the U.S. and EU do not take a stand against the trivialization of elections in Europe, the hope for democratic transformation is a slogan, not a strategy for peace and security. It is time for the term "free and fair elections" to carry the weight they deserve in transformational diplomacy, and Belarus is a primary test.


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The girls were the No. 6 seed and had to travel to Burlington to face the Lady Cougars. The Holyoke boys earned the fourth seed and played host to No. 5 Wray Tuesday night. Results of the two games will appear in next week's issue of the Enterprise.
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The Akron boys also earned the No. 1 seed and will meet the winner of Holyoke/Wray Thursday, Feb. 23 at 4:30 p.m. in Sterling.
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We at Re-Nest love us some Peg and Awl, so I was pretty excited last week when I rounded the corner at the American Craft Council Show to discover they were selling their wares. This innovative duo not only "uses foraged wood and antique images to create enduring accessories for the home and garden" but their work is also really beautiful and unique. Right now I'm all about their tree swing, book ends and desk caddy. Read on for details and pricing.
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1 Large Bare Reclaimed Wood Desk Caddy, $70
2 3 Reclaimed Oak Nesting Garden Boxes, $100
3 Tree Swing, made of reclaimed wood, $150
4 Female Criminal Minds Mugshot Bookends, made from reclaimed oak, $75
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Cyclones Wrap Up Action At Gopher Invite
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Iowa State got a second-place finish from junior Ksenia Pronina and third-place finishes by freshmen Samantha Budai and Lydia Green as it wrapped up the final day of play at the Gopher Invite.
Pronina lost her first match of the fall season Sunday afternoon, dropping a three-set match to Minnesota's Tereza Brichacova, 2-6, 6-3, 0-1 (5), in the finals of the "M" Flight, which was the tournament's top flight. Pronina is 6-1 this fall with a first and second-place finish in the first two weekends of the season.
Budai earned a third-place finish of the "U' Flight by defeating Minnesota's Paula Rincon Otero in another hard-fought three-setter. The final score was 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10).
Budai's fellow freshman Green took third in the Gopher flight with a default win against UNI's Kylie Haviland. Green played an extra match Sunday and won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0, against South Dakota State's Tiffany Filipovich.
Sunday's doubles action was highlighted by Green teaming up with fellow freshman Talisa Merchiers for an 8-4 win against North Dakota's Sprinkel/Bennett in the Maroon Flight.
"I was pleased with our play this weekend," head coach Armando Espinosa said. "Ksenia played well and I thought our freshman were pretty good as well. I think they are all improving and the competition was pretty good and we have to continue to get better. Overall, though, I was pretty happy, but there is still room for improvement."
The Cyclones will be back in action next weekend at the UNI Invitational in Waterloo, Iowa.
Sunday Results
"M" Flight Singles
Tereza Brichacova (MINN) def. Ksenia Pronina (ISU), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (5)
"U" Flight Singles
Samantha Budai (ISU) def. Paula Rincon Otero (MINN), 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10)
Meghan Cassens (ISU) def. Lacey Sprinkel (UND), 6-4, 6-2
"Gold" Flight Singles
Jenny Blackburne (SDSU) def. Talisa Merchiers (ISU), 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (4)
"Maroon" Flight Singles
Steph Petsis (UND) def. Emma Waites (ISU), 6-2, 6-2
Ana Gasparovic (ISU) def. Pernilla Wohlstrom (UW), Default
"Gopher" Flight Singles
Lydia Green (ISU) def. Kylie Haviland (UNI), Default
Alysa Straub (UW-M) def. Caroline Andersen (ISU), 6-4, 6-2
Extra Singles Matches
Lydia Green (ISU) def. Tiffany Filipovich (SDSU), 6-3, 6-0
Ruth Seaborne (IOWA) def. Ana Gasparovic (ISU), 6-3, 6-2
"Gold" Flight Doubles
Budai/Cassens (ISU) def. Hoch/Rabot (UW), Default
Chyphya/Rider (UW) def. Pronina/Gasparovic, 8-4
"Maroon" Flight Doubles
Green/Merchiers (ISU) def. Sprinkel/Bennett (UND), 8-4
Extra Doubles Matches
Maslova/Brankovic (USD) def. Waites/Andersen (ISU), 8-5
Budai/Cassens (ISU) def. Colarossi/Tokar (UW-M), 8-3


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Special Diagnostic Tests During Your Second Trimester of Pregnancy
Depending on your age and certain risk factors, your health care provider may recommend special tests such as an ultrasound scan, AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) screen, amniocentesis, and a diabetes screen. Make sure that you fully understand the benefits and risks of each test (use these questions about prenatal tests as your guide) before you give your consent.
An ultrasound scan uses sound waves to create a picture (called a sonogram) of the fetus. Ultrasound scans can be used anytime after five weeks of pregnancy. Your doctor or midwife should have a medical reason for performing one. Although no known side effects have been identified, no one really knows what the long-range effects are. Ultrasound scans are done for many reasons, including determining whether you are going to have more than one baby; more accurately estimating your due date; and seeing how well the baby is growing.
The alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) screen is a blood test usually offered between 15 and 18 weeks of pregnancy to screen for certain birth defects like spina bifida or Down Syndrome. The AFP only indicates increased risk for some birth defects; it does not establish that a birth defect exists. Therefore, if an AFP shows an abnormal result, further testing (usually extensive ultrasound and/or amniocentesis) is required.
Amniocentesis is usually performed between 14 and 18 weeks. The test involves inserting a long, thin needle through your belly into the uterus (using ultrasound as a guide) to withdraw a few teaspoons of amniotic fluid. It is used to determine whether the fetus has a genetic defect. The results, which are very accurate, are available in about two weeks. Amniocentesis carries a small risk of infection, hemorrhage (bleeding that is difficult to stop), leaking of amniotic fluid, and/or miscarriage.
Diabetes screening may be conducted between 24 and 28 weeks. It is a simple test called a glucose tolerance test and involves drinking a liquid containing glucose (sugar) and taking a blood sample one hour (and sometimes at one-, two-, and three-hour intervals) after. Some pregnant women develop a temporary condition known as gestational diabetes. This means they have a higher than normal sugar level in their blood and need special monitoring.
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23rd Annual Goodguys West Coast Nationals - A Pleasant DestinationWritten by on March 1, 2010 The 23rd Annual Goodguys West Coast Nationals
For the past 22 years, some of the finest hot rods, customs, and classic cars on the West Coast have gathered at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California, as part of the Goodguys West Coast Nationals. Over 3,500 cars rolled in for the August weekend festivities which included hot rod seminars, vendor exhibits, swap meet and car corral, and our favorite, the mini engine display. The Goodguys staff was busy all weekend handing out endless awards to a sea of worthy cars, while we seemed to have the easy job: picking 10 cars to add to the Turtle Wax Top 100 finalists list.
While the show formally kicked off Friday morning, the week preceding the event was packed full of gearhead activities for those who wanted to get things started early. Known as "Hot Rod Week," the Goodguys had tours planned each day that left the Hilton host hotel departing for different Bay Area destinations, taking in various local shops, sites, and museums that catered to us hot rodders.
This year, the West Coast Nats had a very special feature in the Roy Brizio Street Rod Reunion. Gathering over 100 Brizio-built cars for the first time in history, it was definitely an impressive sight to behold. The Brizio crew was on hand fielding questions and Roy was signing copies of his new coffee table book, Roy Brizio Street Rods: Modern Hot Rods Defined. It's easy to forget the impact the shop has had on the traditional hot rod movement until their body of work can be taken in at once, in person; it truly is spectacular.
We managed to fit in the weekend's events on our way home from Bonneville Speed Week, capping off a most excellent road trip. From the hot rods on the salt to the hot rods cruising the fairgrounds, we definitely needed to decompress upon returning to the daily grind. Next year, we're going to try to make it out early for Hot Rod Week and put some more miles under our belt. Hope to see you on the road!
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Block hugger headers for Ford small-block engines have long been around but they have often caused interference with the motor mounts. To keep a street rod look but with more options for motor mounts check out Ford Racing's SR header (M-9430-SR302), which features a semi-clamshell design to resist cracking.
Modular engines seem to be getting more popular due to their unique look and excellent driveability but headers can be an issue. Luckily Hanksville Hotrods (www.hanksvillehotrods.com) makes Two-Valve block huggers and lake-style headers and Sanderson (www.sandersonheaders.com) produces Four-Valve block huggers. In some cars like the Factory Five Hot Rod we built last year, you can use factory-style headers originally designed for Mustangs. In fact BBK just began producing their Two-Valve header with a Three-Valve flange to make it easy to squeeze a Ford Three-Valve into a Factory Five. If you'd prefer to build your own headers, SPD Exhaust produces flanges for just about any Ford engine you can imagine (www.spdexhaust.com).
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Ron Beard's well-traveled '33 Ford is based on a Speed33 body and features a 3-inch extension in the wheelbase and similarly lengthened fenders. The custom dash features Classic Instruments gauges set into an instrument panel painted to match the tan upholstery. The convertible is powered by a Ford DOHC V-8 and rides on a Heidts IFS and 9-inch Ford rearend sprung-on coilover shocks.Jon Hall's Saginaw, MI-based Lombard Blue roadster pickup is based on a Shadow Rods XL-27 body designed to fit a '32 Ford chassis. A 302ci Ford engine coupled with a Tremec five-speed transmission provides the motivation for the hot rod while disc brakes, a John's 9-inch rear, and Pete & Jake's 4-inch dropped I-beam axle sort out the suspension duties.Jim and Kim Watson drove their homebuilt '34 Ford three-window coupe from Elko, NV. The coupe sports a Chevy 350ci engine mated to a five-speed with a Halibrand Champ rearend putting the power to the pavement via Firestone dirt track tires.Pinkee's Hot Rod Shop recently completed this Deuce coupe for Larry Christensen from Arvada, CO. The five-window features a Momar-injected LS1 engine backed by a T56 six-speed transmission with a Winter's quick-change out back. Burgundy Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels shod in blackwall big 'n' littles and a Washington Blue-hued paintjob complete the hot rod theme.Built in Chandler, AZ, by Hot Rods by Glen, Frank and Lousie Ledesma's '48 Buick Special now resides in their hometown of Hollister, CA. The Buick features contemporary amenities such as a Chevy 350ci engine, Mustang II IFS, and a Camaro rearend.Jon and Kali Budda's kustom '57 Chevy was purchased new in Seattle, WA, before being customized in the early '60s with Ford pickup headlights, '59 Chevy taillights, Impala buckets seats, Thunderbird wrap-around rear seat, a DeSoto front bumper, and filled door handles. The Buddas purchased the hardtop at a Spokane swap meet and decided to restore as an original custom with a 283 Corvette V-8, dual quads, and a four-speed trans.Hailing from Mansfield, TX, is Don Smith's '32 Ford sedan "HemRod." The Slime Green sedan sports a 4x2 induction setup atop a 392ci Chrysler engine mated to a five-speed driven through a quick-change.The Deuce features numerous one-off parts fabricated by Pinkee's Hot Rod Shop, who built the car for Don.Dan Morris just finished building this exquisite Modified roadster in time for the West Coast Nationals Show. Dan started with the front half of a '27 Ford phaeton, lengthened it 2 inches, then used1 1/2-inch tubing to create the upper body edge. A Model B four-banger engine was equipped with a Miller OHV head and an SU side-draft carburetor mated to a '33 Ford gearbox. An implement tank mounts above the '33 Ford rearend, while Ford wire wheels are shod in Firestone rubber.
Vic Herrmann built this gorgeous '34 Ford three-window coupe using gennie Ford steel and Chevy drivetrain parts. A 2 1/2-inch chop got the roof sitting right before a Chevy 350ci engine backed by a T-10 transmission was installed between the framerails. Herrmann used '37 Ford spare tire covers to fabricate the front cycle fenders while the rears were bobbed.Doc and Elsie Kinney brought out their gorgeous '37 Chevy coupe all the way from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Powered by an LS7/4L60E combo, the champagne-colored coupe also received plenty of attention in the Builder's Choice section of the show.The Best Ford in a Ford award went to Dan and Britt Bogue for their homebuilt Green Mica Metallic '54 Mercury Monterey.We dig the hood straps and lack of hood sides on Dan and Suzanne Varosh's Livermore, CA-based '36 Ford cabriolet.
...gathering over 100 cars that rolled out of the famous South San Francisco shop for the first time in history.Among the hot rods at the 'grounds were a number of righteous customs, including Gary Morales' '54 Chevy 210...One of the cars brought out for the reunion was none other than STREET RODDER's own flagship roadster, the McMullen Deuce. Now owned by Jorge Zaragoza, the Brizio crew restored it to its April '63 Hot Rod magazine cover guise.Dave Houston opted to go the "Chevy in a Chevy" route with his Deuce but used a 302ci inline six-cylinder instead of the more common small-block. A handful of Strombergs and straight pipe headers are traditional hot rod cons.We caught Ray Simpson's '41 Willys pickup while it cooled down in between cruise laps of the fairgrounds. Hailing from Whitefish, MT, the gasser is powered by a blown 350ci Chevy.
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|Progress is consistent toward district goals; elementary data shows significant increase
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Grade 3-10 TCAP results released
Holyoke School District's 2013 Transitional Colorado Assessment Program results for grades 3-10 showed consistent progress toward district goals and much to celebrate in the elementary school results.
The district met or exceeded the state average of proficient and advanced students on 12 of the 27 tests, up from nine tests one year ago and 10 tests in 2011. In addition, the proficient and advanced scores increased in 20 of the 27 tests compared to last year.
According to growth measures, the district exceeded the median growth percentile for the state in 12 of 21 measures, two more tests that last year and four more than two years ago.
"There is a great deal to celebrate this year as we look at the steady increases districtwide in both the proficient and advanced scores, as well as the growth scores," said Superintendent Bret Miles.
"This year also marked a significant achievement by Holyoke Elementary, bringing in the best scores in the last six years as a building. We are all so proud of the extra efforts from our teachers and principals in both buildings. Their work is making a difference," added Miles.
Holyoke Elementary exceeded the state average in all four reading tests, all four writing tests and three out of four math tests. "It is a result of hard work, dedication and focused efforts in all tested grades as well as the primary grades where so many of the key skills are first developed," said Miles.
Extra support from reading specialists, special education and the English as a Second Language department are also evident in the fact that every test in the elementary was better than the state average for unsatisfactory students.
In fact, there was not one unsatisfactory score in Holyoke Elementary on the writing test this last year, Miles noted.
Holyoke School District has set its own targets for student achievement, outlined by the Standard of Excellence team and included in the district's strategic plan, Destination 2016.
The goals of the district are clear—to have students achieving in the top 25 percent in the state. Each test has a target for proficient and advanced, which will equal the top quartile in the state. The 2016 goal for growth is to have each test at the 67th percentile.
Several tests met the mark set in Destination 2016, including 6th-grade reading, 3rd-grade writing, 5th-grade writing and 5th-grade math.
Several other tests are within one or two students of making that mark, such as 3rd-grade reading, 5th-grade reading, 6th-grade writing, 3rd-grade math and 10th-grade science.
In terms of growth scores, four tests also met the long-term goal this year: 5th- and 6th-grade writing and 5th- and 6th-grade math.
"The board and administration is interested in steady improvement over time, and this year we continue to see that instructional decisions in the classroom are making a difference," said Miles.
Celebrations in this year's status results include:
—12 of 27 tests beat the state average (9 in 2012 and 10 in 2011).
—20 of 27 tests are better proficient and advanced scores than last year (15 better 2011-12 and 16 better 2010-11).
—22 of 27 unsatisfactory scores improved from last year.
—7 of 27 tests have best P&A scores in the last seven years, and 8 of 21 in growth scores.
—4 tests beat the 2016 goal for P&A, and 4 tests beat the 2016 goal for growth.
—Every elementary test was better than state in unsatisfactory.
—11 out of 13 elementary tests beat the state average in P&A.
—8 of 9 tests in elementary exceed state average growth.
—3rd-grade math had 45 percent advanced scores.
—5th-grade math had 36 percent advanced.
—7th-grade writing has best score for P&A in seven years.
—2nd-highest score since 2007 and notable gain in 7th-grade reading P&A.
—Large gain in 9th-grade writing in both P&A and in average growth.
Principals met with each of their teaching staff Wednesday, Aug. 14 to review 2013 TCAP results as well as other student achievement data. Each building began the process of adjusting building goals and improvement strategies based on the new data.
This has been an annual practice which results in the publishing of unified improvement plans on the department of education's website.
Reports from both teacher data sessions were positive, noting that the teachers balanced finding celebrations in the data and focusing on areas needing improvement.
Transitional Colorado Assessment Program was formerly known as CSAP (Colorado Student Assessment Program) from 1997 until last year.
The statewide mandatory assessment was renamed this year as the test began to transition into the newly adopted state standards. The 2014 tests will mark the end of TCAP for reading and math as the state will start its new test in 2015.
Results from TCAP come in two forms—status and growth. Status results for all TCAP tests are classified into one of four categories: advanced, proficient, partially proficient and unsatisfactory.
Typically, students who fall into the advanced or proficient categories are considered to be meeting the state standards.
Growth scores are calculated by taking all the students in the state who scored the same in one year, and then determining how the same are distributed the next year. Being at the 50th percentile is the state average.
The Holyoke Enterprise Aug. 22, 2013


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Executive Opinions On Fighting
It was coincidental, but two successful N.H.L. team executives, Detroit's Jimmy Devellano and Toronto's Brian Burke, spoke out about fighting in the game last Thursday. They represent diametrically different points of view on the subject, and they...
January 8, 2012, Sunday
Versteeg Joins Vanquished Stanley Cup Opponent
The Flyers traded draft picks for Toronto forward Kris Versteeg
February 15, 2011, Tuesday
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Everyone Wins in Deals for Fisher and Beauchemin
As was the case with the Devils and the Maple Leafs last season, the Nashville Predators and the Anaheim Ducks did not wait until the Feb. 28 trade deadline to make their moves.
February 11, 2011, Friday
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Crosby's Assist Helps Penguins Top Rangers
The Rangers held Sidney Crosby to an assist in a loss, but accused him of playing dirty when he got tangled up with Ryan Callahan in the first period.
November 30, 2010, Tuesday
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November 4, 2010, Thursday
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Born on Sept. 9, 1960 in London, England, Grant was raised by his father, James, a British Army officer who served with the Seaforth Highlanders who became a carpet salesman and successful artist, and his mother, Fynvola, a teacher of French, Latin and music. As a descendant of British royalty that included the 4th Viscount of Strathallan and the 1st Earl of Nottingham, Grant was afforded a rather comfortable upbringing, though he later admitted it was far from affluent. After beginning his education at the Hogarth Primary School, he attended the Latymer Upper School on scholarship, where he excelled in his studies and played rugby, soccer and cricket. Continuing his education, Grant earne... Continue Bio >>
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Posted: 03/24/2014 - Ever need something to snap your little one out of a funk? Try a little music.
Updated: 12/31/2013 - New Year's Eve is a great time of reflection and a great time to look forward to all a new year will hold.
Posted: 12/03/2013 - This is one of my favorite parenting rules, but it's not always easy for me to follow.
Updated: 11/05/2013 - My daughter learned a valuable lesson in toddler party planning today: ask Mom.
Posted: 10/29/2013 - On Monday morning, my husband noticed the two big pumpkins on our front porch were gone. "What do we tell Lauren?" he asked. Good question.
Posted: 10/20/2013 - At the risk of sounding like a completely ridiculous mommy, I pretty much live for these girls to be wearing the same adorable outfit.
Posted: 09/20/2013 - Kate recently had tubes implanted in her ears after a difficult battle with ear infections.
Posted: 07/29/2013 - She sleeps at day care, but Lauren has been refusing to sleep at home for almost a year now. That is, until, we told her she didn't have to sleep.
Posted: 07/26/2013 - What words of phrases do your kids say that crack you up?
Posted: 07/24/2013 - I am confident I'm not alone that when Prince William and Kate emerged from the doors of St. Mary's, tears started welling up in my eyes.
Posted: 07/11/2013 - Some thoughts about my second child, five months after she was born.
Posted: 07/02/2013 - It's always humbling when you take your child to the doctor thinking you know what's wrong with them, but you find out, you're wrong. WARNING: this blog entry might have TMI (too much information) for some readers.
Posted: 06/25/2013 - Do you teach your children to say "sir" and "ma'am?"
Updated: 05/07/2013 - I am wishing I could be two places at once.
Updated: 04/12/2013 - How many times have you heard, "let me know if I can do anything to help"? When you have a new baby, this is a constant anthem. How often do you accept that help?
Posted: 04/11/2013 - It's never fun to have a sick child, and a sick baby seems even worse.
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Posted: 03/05/2013 - Kate is three weeks old, and we're still in the "getting to know you" phase.
Posted: 02/21/2013 - Lauren gave Baby Kate a lovie, but her true gift is that of parental confidence.
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Posted: 01/15/2013 - In my closet, you'll find a shopping bag with two frilly pink tu-tu's inside. One is size 3T, the other 3 months.
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Last month, a dad in Utah wasn't happy about the short shorts his teenage daughter was wearing . . . so he tried to shame her by making his OWN cut-off jean shorts, and wearing them all over town. Eventually the photos of him got online, and he says his daughter HAS started dressing a bit more appropriately.
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MOBILE, Ala. - The crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship pulled into dock here Thursday night, ending a cruise that turned nightmarish for more than 4,000 passengers and crew..
Passengers could be seen waving to people waiting for them on shore.
Wind, sea currents and slow tug boat operating caused a delay in towing the crippled ship to port, further hampered by a snapped tow line as the ship began entering the approach to port , Carnival Cruise Line Vice President Terry Thornton said.
Getting passengers off will be delayed because there is only one functioning elevator on the Triumph and because of the size of the ship - the largest ever to dock at the Alabama Cruise Terminal.The channel narrows to 400 feet inside Mobile Bay, and the ship was about 115 feet wide. It was traveling about 5 mph.
"This is going to be a long day," Thornton said. "There is no way we can speed up the process."
A Sunday fire in Triumph's engine room cut power to the ship, leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico and turning a fun holiday cruise into a hellish nightmare for scores of passengers and crew. Passengers have been complaining about terrible conditions on board, with backed up toilets, feces and urine on floors, little food and electrical power. Some passengers were sleeping in tents outside to escape sweltering temperatures in overheated cabins.
Television images showed passengers with signs of "Help" and "I love you" hanging from the 14-story ship. And as the ship neared port and came within range of cellphone access, passengers sent out pictures of sewage-stained carpets and walls, and garbage-strewn hallways.
"Under normal operation, if the ship had normal power ... that transit would normally take three hours," Thornton said. "But because of the circumstances with the power of the ship, we are expecting the transit to take somewhere between seven and 10 hours."
Once on shore, passengers face long rides home or overnight stays in hotels.
As the slow-moving ship came within sight of shore and cellphone range Thursday afternoon, Renee Shanar of Houston, who was on board with her husband, said Carnival told passengers that they won't make port until midnight.
ALSO ONLINE: Families of Carnival Triumph passengers 'furious'
Shanar said passengers have food, but toilets aren't flushing. She said some people have food poisoning, and older people have fallen and injured themselves.
Shanar said the couple has a windowless cabin, so they have been sleeping outside. She said the food has been distributed on the ninth floor, and some of the elderly have needed younger people to bring it to them. They were initially only given cold meals, like turkey and vegetable sandwiches. Then another cruise line dropped off hamburgers and chicken sandwiches, but the line for that fare was nearly four hours long.
"And then people started getting sick from the food," she said.
Family members awaiting the Triumph on shore are just as angry and frustrated.
"It's been a nightmare for me and my wife, and (our experience) is nothing compared to what they are experiencing on ship,'' says Rickey Felts, 55, of Houston. Felts drove seven hours to be here when the Triumph arrives. His daughter, Ashlie, had been excited to take the cruise. That changed when the engine-room fire disabled the ship.
"She called me up screaming. She said it's horrible,'' Felts said. "She said they were handing out poop bags, and that was her exact words, and telling them to
pee in the showers."
Mike Padilla arrived in Mobile from Houston Wednesday night to meet his wife, Kerry, a Triumph passenger. The trip was a surprise gift for Kerry's 40th birthday. She went with her mother, sister and two friends.
Padilla was able to speak to Kerry at about noon Thursday and said she was handling the situation well. "She said it was awesome," Padilla said. "She said it was like a tent city, that it was like a big camping trip for her. She said they were still having fun and still trying to make the best of it."
Thornton said pilots to navigate the channel into the port, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Carnival staff, will board the ship in the coming hours. He expects debarkation to begin immediately after the gangway is secured without need for passengers to go through customs.
Carnival has nearly 200 employees in Mobile to help prepare for the ship's arrival.
News of the Triumph's earlier mechanical woes have also surfaced. The ship's midday departure from Galveston on Jan. 28 was delayed until about 8 p.m. due to propulsion issues. But Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen told the Associated Press that the problem with the ship's alternator was repaired and didn't appear to be linked to Sunday's fire. The Triumph is one of the older ships in Carnival's fleet of 24 vessels.
The Triumph's woes have clipped Carnival shares the past two days. Thursday, the stock closed at $37.35, down 4.3% since Tuesday.
Amid the horrific reports of troubles on the ship, Carnival CEO Gerry Cahill acknowledged conditions on board the ship are "challenging."
"No one here from Carnival is happy about the conditions on board the ship," Cahill said. "We obviously are very, very sorry about what is taking place."
Q&A: Experts answer questions related to Triumph fire
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Carnival has reserved 1,500 hotel rooms in New Orleans to accommodate customers who want to rest overnight Thursday before continuing home. The cruise line also has chartered planes to ferry passengers on Friday. Passengers who prefer to get back to Houston or Galveston will be bused from Mobile.
The Coast Guard, along with a team from the National Transportation Safety Board, has opened an investigation into the cause of the fire. The NTSB said the Bahamas Maritime Agency will lead the investigation because the ship carries a Bahamian flag.
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"We have investigators who are mariners as well," said NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway, and an expert in finding the cause of fires. "They have investigated other fires on cruise ships."
Although the blaze was contained, Carnival said, it knocked out the power that runs air conditioning, elevators and toilets in passenger areas and kitchen equipment used to prepare hot meals.
The vessel's freshwater system was knocked down until Monday, Carnival said, when toilets in some areas of the ship were working again. Enough power was restored to allow for some hot food at a buffet.
After evaluating options on Monday, the cruise line decided to tow the ship back to port, Gulliksen said. Because Carnival ships tend to sail full, there may have been no space to accommodate passengers on other ships, retired cruise line executive Art Sbarsky surmised.
"Given a choice, I'd rather be on a ship the size of Triumph than bobbing around in a (life boat)," Sbarsky said.
Jay Herring, a former senior officer for Carnival Cruise Lines, said one of the biggest concerns crew members will have until the ship docks is the potential for disease outbreak, particularly norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea.
"Housekeeping, others are probably working double shifts to keep the mess clean and wipe down and sanitize all the common areas," said Herring, who worked for Carnival from 2002 to 2004 and spent four months on the Triumph.
The ship was 150 miles from the coast of Mexico when it lost power, and Carnival initially planned to tow it to the Mexican port of Progreso, but strong currents pushed the ship 90 miles north by the time tugs reached the vessel, making a tow to Alabama more logical.
Travel agent Monte Akers of CruiseOne in Houston said he hasn't heard from a family of six he had booked on the sailing, but he said he was impressed with how Carnival was handling the situation so far.
Within hours of the fire, Carnival announced that passengers on the ship would get full refunds, and it later added a credit for a future cruise.
"Typically, when these things happen, cruise lines will give vouchers for only a portion of the cruise," Akers said.
Carnival will offer full refunds to passengers booked on upcoming canceled cruises, along with discounts for a future cruise.
The company said concerned family members of passengers can call 888-290-5095 or 305-406-5534.
The Carnival Triumph fire is just the latest in a string of serious incidents involving cruise ships. The most serious was the capsizing of the Costa Concordia in January 2012 in Italy that left 32 passengers dead.
READ MORE: One year later, Costa Concordia still half-submerged
Blakeney reports for the Pensacola News Journal.
Contributing: Bart Jansen; The Associated Press


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Miley Cyrus disses Katy Perry for tongue slam
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Miley Cyrus is firing back at Katy Perry after Perry joked about the singer's ubiquitous tongue during a radio interview.
As reported, Perry was asked about Cyrus kissing her at her BANGERZ concert, and responded, "I walked away. I was like, that tongue is infamous. I don't know where it's been."
Cyrus was apparently not happy about Perry's comments, and responded by taking a shot at the star's ex John Mayer.
The "Wrecking Ball" singer tweeted on Thursday, "Girl if ur worried abt where tongues have been good thing ur ex boo is ur EX BOO cause we ALL know where THAT been," along with a link to Perry's comments.
Girl if ur worried abt where tongues have been good thing ur ex boo is ur EX BOO cause we ALL know where THAT 👅 been pic.twitter.com/IO6KwRzw2y— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) March 6, 2014
Cyrus then added in a more playful tone:
Dontchyouuuu act like you didn't lurvvvvv it 👅❤💋 @katyperry pic.twitter.com/2nSO6HB26v— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) March 6, 2014
Perry and Mayer just broke up last week.
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I was experimenting in GIMP this morning and came up with the following technique for creating really nice looking tapered rivers in the GIMP.
I'm going to assume you already have a map up and ready to use this on. You can use this on black & white or colour maps.
Here's my example map, showing what I started with. Ignore that gap in the coastline - that's where I inserted my river.
1. Create a new layer and name it "Rivers".
2. Select the paintbrush, set the colour to black and choose the circle brush. Choose a size that suits the dimensions of your map, but remember that the original river width is going to increase just a little further along in this tutorial.
3. Turn off all brush dynamics and check the Fade Out box. Again, depending on the size of your map, you'll want to set the fade value to different values. My example map is pretty huge (4230 x 2830) so I set the fade to 4000.
4. Now, draw a rough river shape from your coast to wherever (mountains preferably) or visa-versa. Make it as windy or straight as you like, depending on the geography of your world or your personal preference. You'll notice that the paint fades out near the end, creating a sort of tail effect.
5. Select the magic wand (fuzzy select tool) and leave all the values default, except Threshold - set this to 5 or thereabouts.
6. Click anywhere on your map (still in the Rivers layer), making sure you don't actually click on the river lines you drew.
7. Invert the selection (Select >> Invert) and Clear what you've drawn (Edit >> Clear). Don't panic, we're not getting rid of your hard work! Once you clear the line, you'll be left with a nice selection with tapered ends.
8. Now, we want to create a border around our river shape. (Select >> Border) I set the pixel size to 2, but you may want the border thicker or thinner. Fill the border with black paint (Edit >> Fill with FG Colour) - make sure that the foreground colour is actually set to black first.
At this point, your image should look something like this:
9. Next, select the bucket tool and fill the insides of your river's border with whatever colour you're using for your water/sea. TIP: Because I use a textured background for all my maps, I set the fill opacity to about 20.0 and the texture still shows underneath.
10. One of the final things to do is to connect up your river to your sea, by erasing any black lines at the river's mouth that aren't part of the coast.
11. Finally, I like to add a Gaussian Blur to the river's border, as it blends it with the rest of the map. Use the magic wand to select the black border of your river, go to Filters >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur. Set it to around 5 pixels horizontal and vertical and click OK. You can increase/decrease the blur effect as you prefer - I think it looks better when it's understated.
You're done! If you want wider rivers, use a thicker brush for the initial drawing.
Here's my finished river:
There are other techniques you can apply to rivers, say to create waves/ripples in the water or add rocks and debris, but those aren't for this time If you're wondering about where I got my map's "paper texture" from - I created it myself.


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East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - Arian Foster ran for 152 yards and a
touchdown as the Houston Texans held off the New York Jets, 23-17, on Monday.
Matt Schaub completed 14-of-28 passes for 209 yards with a touchdown and an
interception, while Shayne Graham connected on three field goals for the
Texans (5-0), who keep building on their best start in franchise history.
Owen Daniels added 79 yards and a score on four receptions in the win.
Mark Sanchez went 14-for-31 through the air for 230 yards with a touchdown and
two interceptions for New York (2-3), which had been 5-0 all-time against the
Texans since the team entered the league in 2002.
Jeremy Kerley paced all Jets receivers with five catches for 94 yards.
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Under the Big Top with the Cole Bros. Circus
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"The Big Top is definitely the heart of our mobile community," explained Connors, "and our circus family puts it on loan every day, giving performances so that people along the circus route can bring their families to visit our home and experience the magic of the circus."
Circus tradition remains central to Cole Bros. longevity. The cannonball routine, which closes each show, is one of the circus' big draws. José Bermudez, The Human Cannonball, bursts from the barrel of what is The World's Largest Cannon, according to Cole Bros. lore, as he quickly travels across the Big Top. He accelerates at 5 g-force as he traverses a treacherous trajectory filled with cables and rigging. To achieve a safe landing, he must maneuver his body to reduce velocity and avoid catastrophic, immediate deceleration.
The ThunderDrome is another favorite. A family of three intrepid motorcycle riders —Eric, Anthony and Wendy — brave a spinning contraption with their motorcycles doing tricks all at the same time.
Of course, the circus wouldn't be complete without animal antics, and, naturally the Cole Bros. has its share. Vicenta Pages debuts in center ring this year, where her parents met three decades ago, with her impressive white tigers. Argentina's Fassio
Family and their captivating canines — elegant Afghans, loveable St. Bernards and a mighty Chihuahua, delight everyone.
"This show has something for everyone," said Kaplan. "And we are all so happy to be here performing for our audiences."
Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars
Eisenhower Park: Now through July 7, times vary. $16, reserved seat upgrade $4, VIP seat upgrade, $7. Free tickets for children available at www.gotothecircus.com.
Fireman's Memorial Field, Oceanside: July 29-July 31, 5 and 8 p.m. Advance tickets are available at Oceanside Fire Headquarters, 65 Foxhurst Rd., Oceanside. Tickets can also be purchased at www.tickets.com or (888) 332-5200, or at the Cole Bros. Circus Box Office, open 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on show days.
Sponsored by Oceanside Fire Companies, at Firemen's Memorial Field, Mott St. off Long Beach Rd.
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