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05/02/2011 13:25 by Amsterdamize
If you're a subscriber to this blog you've possibly come to realize a few things. The Dutch really cycle a lot, they seem to do it effortlessly & they look good while doing it. I have some personal insights of what it's like to cycle abroad and have come to appreciate Dutch bicycle culture even more.
It doesn't require great insight to see that the Dutch take cycling for granted. But I mean this in a good way: they don't think twice before hopping on their two-wheelers. I call it the endgame of a
successful bicycle culture. Not a subculture, not a cute afterthought, but an environment that enables & embraces
cycling for everyone
In that context & of this blog, you'd also know that Amsterdamize is basically
a visual celebration
of this, without forgetting about the fact that it still takes a lot of work maintaining it, perhaps more so than actually getting to this point. We've come at a point where we're
experiencing growing pains
. Systemic lack of enough bicycle parking is one of them.
Getting to my point: integrating cycling in everyday life is not 'eco', 'green', about sustainability, or what not. Only of late, with confirmed data that says we've been living too large for our own good, everyone jumped on that bandwagon. Real sustainable far reaching measures probably won't see the (political) light of day until it's practically too late to implement to have any sort of effect. Meanwhile, we're pulling our hats over our eyes with this heap of greenwashing. To contrast this hype: the Dutch decided long ago that (besides it being practical, convenient and enjoyable & it needing to be safe & accessible at the same time) it was very much an economic decision. A societal investment for the long term, as it benefits all people, and above all: the economic benefits reach so many areas. I don't think I need to mention which ones. Or you can tell me one we might not have thought of, yet...you never know :).
Have a great weekend, y'all!
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If you're not satisfied with the way a picture was composed with the camera, you can use Paint to crop the photo to improve its composition or to focus on certain elements in it.
Open Paint by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Paint.
On the Home tab, in the Image group, click Select.
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I'm not sure about the ships, but you're probably best off reading the forum rules, which ought to be here.
You can use GIMP or Inkscape for making the ships. They're both free and ought to work on all platforms.
As to the map, that program sounds fascinating! I'm not sure where you actually want to go with the map, though, so I can't really offer any feedback. If you want it to be merely informational, perhaps add some sort of key to explain which person each color province belongs to. If you want it to be more artistic, change the colors so that they're a bit softer. Things like that.
Also, I know this has no relation to your questions, but I can't help but to point out that to 'collaborate' means working on something with someone else. I think the word you wanted to use was 'elaborate' which means to explain something further.


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Schools Pitch Resource Officer Levy
Officials citing safety concerns in wake of Newtown, Conn., massacre
January 29, 2013
Bridgeport school officials met with residents Sunday to discuss a 1-mill levy the district placed on the May ballot to fund a permanent resource officer in the district's school....
levies shouldn't be an issue in this.this is a federal government issue.it is a countrywide problem.obama has more important things to think of.
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How long does it take to walk from one end of the B.P. school complex to the other?. I'm sure that at least 20 kids could be dead by then. Oh Well, it will create a job or two. ARM SCHOOL OFFICIALS, if necessary.
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I would like to know where all the tax money from the fas drilling is going. Surely the county can cough up some of that for safety in schools rather than taxing people.
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gas drilling
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we have less here now than we had before the drilling came to town.tax money just disappears here.always has.
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pass another levy and watch the supers drive their new cars past your house while going to lunch.levy money never makes it to the kids.it'll disappear along with the rest of your tax dollars.like i said this is not just a this county or that county problem.we can put an armed mexican in every school[ha].disarm the real americans.obama has some funny priorities.
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I like this part, "He said the levy could possibly fund other safety measures for the schools, but school officials do not have anything specific in mind yet." Sounds like more of the old give us the money and we'll find a way to spend it.
I reading news today I see where a man shot and killed a school bus driver and took a child off of the school bus; would a "resource officer" have prevented this? Most of us grew up with the adage "where there's a will, there's a way" and the idiots out there that belong behind stone walls will always come up with a scheme regardless of resource officer.
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As Emanuel said-- Never let a crises go to waste. The Fed, State, County are sure angling. Get the money, while you can.
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The background look nice, what technique did you used ?
I think you used cloud by difference to make the water. The high contrast and difference in color make it look a bit strange.
It is in Europe and written in Hebrew, is it an alternative map or an historic one ?


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HOLIDAY, Florida -- Another round of strong storms moved through the Bay area on Wednesday evening, causing damage to two homes at Tanglewood Mobile Village homes in Pasco County.
"Next thing you know, I looked up and I saw my carport flying off," said resident Henry Brandau.
Wild winds ripped the roof from his carport and lanai on Hempshire Drive. The roof was carried a block away and came to rest on the roof of another home on Chatford Drive.
"Why me? Nothing could be any worse. Why me?" he said while recounting what happened at his home around 5 p.m. Wednesday evening.
Furniture and boxes that were stored on the lanai were ruined by rain.
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"Mad, angry, and why I haven't got another other place to go. This is ridiculous."
Officials have deemed his home unsafe and turned the power off. They also turned the power off to the home where part of Brandau's roof now sits.
The people who live there are reportedly part-time residents and were not home at the time.
In the same community, there was a similar scene of destruction. The lanai from another home was also ripped off.
"We were sitting right here and the awnings just started dancing," said Fred Brittain, who lives next door to the second home. "The next thing I knew, I looked over there and their roof was gone."
His neighbors are also part-time residents, but are expected to fly into town tomorrow to survey the damage and make necessary repairs.


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ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. (KSDK) -- St. Charles and St. Louis counties are delaying opening its government buildings because of the weather.
The inclement weather policy is activated for St. Charles County employees, so buildings will open at 10 a.m. The 11th Judicial Circuit Court will also open at that time.
St. Louis County government buildings will also open at 10 a.m. They will remain open until end of normal business at 5 p.m. Jurors reporting for jury duty should plan to report by 10 a.m. Jurors who have questions, should call the phone number listed in the information packets.


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DECATUR, GA -- Prosecutors in the Andrea Sneiderman murder case are asking a court to allow them to seek a sentence of life without parole, if a jury convicts her on murder and other charges.
RELATED | D.A. seeks life without parole for Sneiderman
Mrs. Sneiderman is the widow of Rusty Sneiderman. He was shot to death by Mrs. Sneiderman's boss, Hemy Neuman in November 2010 outside a Dunwoody day care. In March, a DeKalb County jury said Neuman was guilty but mentally ill in the case. He's serving a life sentence.
Earlier this month, a DeKalb County grand jury indicted Mrs. Sneiderman, saying she conspired with Neuman in the murder because she was having an affair with Neuman. Mrs. Sneiderman has denied an affair. Her attorneys say she is innocent of the criminal charges.
Mrs. Sneiderman's attorney, J. Tom Morgan, says the decision to seek a life-without-parole sentence is "a ploy" by prosecutors to get a plea agreement from Mrs. Sneiderman. Morgan says the case will go to trial.
Mrs. Sneiderman is incarcerated at the DeKalb County jail. She will seek bond during a hearing next week.


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EXCLUSIVE: Download the PRIME MINISTER's ringtone!
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posted Jan 24 2012 11:37AM
By now you've heard the ferocious melodies of our president's new ringtone, singing Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together'...as quickly as you can say 'silent mode' there's a
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posted Jan 24 2012 11:35AM
By now you've heard the ferocious melodies of our president's new ringtone, singing Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together'...as quickly as you can say 'silent mode' there's a
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EXCLUSIVE: Download the PRIME MINISTER's ringtone!
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posted Jan 24 2012 11:29AM
By now you've heard the ferocious melodies of our president's new ringtone, singing Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together'...as quickly as you can say 'silent mode' there's a
ringtone sensation that's hitting cellys all across the world...it's
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Miranda Lambert's show RESCHEDULED for 2/19/12
by Clay Walker
posted Jan 18 2012 12:32PM
From the Greensboro Coliseum:
Greensboro Coliseum Concert Rescheduled for Feb. 19
NASHVILLE, TN -- Singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert has rescheduled this weekend's shows of her "On Fire" Tour, due to the death of her father-in-law, Dick Shelton who passed away Tuesday in Oklahoma.
Miranda, wife of singer and star of "The Voice," Blake Shelton, has rescheduled Charlotte, NC (1/19), Lexington, KY (1/20) and Greensboro, NC (1/21). Mr. Shelton, who had been in declining health for the past year, was surrounded by loved ones upon his passing.
Miranda said, "Thank you to the fans for all the support and prayers. This is a really difficult time for our family and the most important thing is being together. Tell your loved ones you love them. See you next week."
Rescheduled dates are:
Charlotte, NC – January 25 Greensboro, NC – February 19
Lexington, KY - February 26
Tickets for the above-mentioned January dates will be honored at the rescheduled dates. For up-to-date tour information, visit www.mirandalambert.com.
The "On Fire" Tour, will resume January 25 in Charlotte, NC.
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Falling is the new standing
by Clay Walker
posted Jan 10 2012 10:29AM
Yes, the latest prank is 'Falling'...watch and observe.
Trick or treat...or 'treat or bust a cap'
by Clay Walker
posted Nov 2 2011 12:47PM
A 10-year-old Aiken trick-or-treater pulled a gun on a woman who said she would take his candy on Halloween.
According to a police incident report, the 28-year-old victim told authorities she recognized some boys from her neighborhood while they were trick-or-treating about 6:30 p.m. Monday near Schroeder and George streets and jokingly told them she would take their candy.
One 10-year-old in the group of about 10 juveniles responded with "no you're not …" and then pointed a 9 mm handgun at her.
According to Aiken Public Safety Lt. David Turno, the clip was not in the gun at the time, but the boy did have a loaded clip in his possession.
The boy's brother, also 10, told authorities he also had a gun.
The second weapon was recovered Tuesday morning.
The boy who pulled the weapon was brought to the police station where he was turned over to the custody of his parents.
Turno said the boys got the weapons from their grandfather without permission.
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A Staff Sgt is in Afghanistan now after tours with the Army in Iraq.
And he travels
with a radio-controlled model truck his brother sent.
The truck is not a toy.
It just saved six soldiers' lives.
The soldier's brother is a software engineer
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He rigged the remote control toy with a wireless video camera
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Last week, it paid off. The soldiers used it to check the road ahead when
it got tangled in a trip wire connected to 500 lbs. of explosives. The bomb went off
and the remote control truck was destroyed.
The six soldiers controlling the truck from their Humvee didn't get hurt.
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How to survive the heat!
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posted May 31 2011 5:25AM
Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is slowed and the body must work extra hard to maintain a normal temperature. Most heat disorders occur because the victim has been overexposed to heat or has over-exercised for his or her age and physical condition. Older adults, young children, and those who are sick or overweight are more likely to succumb to extreme heat. Conditions that can induce heat-related illnesses include stagnant atmospheric conditions and poor air quality. Consequently, people living in urban areas may be at greater risk from the effects of a prolonged heat wave than those living in rural areas. Also, asphalt and concrete store heat longer and gradually release heat at night, which can produce higher nighttime temperatures known as the "urban heat island effect." How can I protect myself from extreme heat? Extreme Heat: Know the Terms Heat Wave Prolonged period of excessive heat, often combined with excessive humidity. Heat Index A number in degrees Fahrenheit (F) that tells how hot it feels when relative humidity is added to the air temperature. Exposure to full sunshine can increase the heat index by 15 degrees. Heat Cramps Muscular pains and spasms due to heavy exertion. Although heat cramps are the least severe, they are often the first signal that the body is having trouble with the heat. Heat Exhaustion Typically occurs when people exercise heavily or work in a hot, humid place where body fluids are lost through heavy sweating. Blood flow to the skin increases, causing blood flow to decrease to the vital organs. This results in a form of mild shock. If not treated, the victim's condition will worsen. Body temperature will keep rising and the victim may suffer heat stroke. Heat Stroke A life-threatening condition. The victim's temperature control system, which produces sweating to cool the body, stops working. The body temperature can rise so high that brain damage and death may result if the body is not cooled quickly. Sun Stroke Another term for heat stroke. Before Extreme Heat To prepare for extreme heat, you should:
Install window air conditioners snugly; insulate if necessary.
Check air-conditioning ducts for proper insulation.
Install temporary window reflectors (for use between windows and drapes), such as aluminum foil-covered cardboard, to reflect heat back outside.
Weather-strip doors and sills to keep cool air in.
Cover windows that receive morning or afternoon sun with drapes, shades, awnings, or louvers. (Outdoor awnings or louvers can reduce the heat that enters a home by up to 80 percent.)
Keep storm windows up all year.
During a Heat Emergency What you should do if the weather is extremely hot:
Stay indoors as much as possible and limit exposure to the sun.
Stay on the lowest floor out of the sunshine if air conditioning is not available.
Consider spending the warmest part of the day in public buildings such as libraries, schools, movie theaters, shopping malls, and other community facilities. Circulating air can cool the body by increasing the perspiration rate of evaporation.
Eat well-balanced, light, and regular meals. Avoid using salt tablets unless directed to do so by a physician.
Drink plenty of water. Persons who have epilepsy or heart, kidney, or liver disease; are on fluid-restricted diets; or have a problem with fluid retention should consult a doctor before increasing liquid intake.
Limit intake of alcoholic beverages.
Dress in loose-fitting, lightweight, and light-colored clothes that cover as much skin as possible.
Protect face and head by wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
Check on family, friends, and neighbors who do not have air conditioning and who spend much of their time alone.
Never leave children or pets alone in closed vehicles.
Avoid strenuous work during the warmest part of the day. Use a buddy system when working in extreme heat, and take frequent breaks.
Additional Information An emergency water shortage can be caused by prolonged drought, poor water supply management, or contamination of a surface water supply source or aquifer. Drought can affect vast territorial regions and large population numbers. Drought also creates environmental conditions that increase the risk of other hazards such as fire, flash flood, and possible landslides and debris flow. Conserving water means more water available for critical needs for everyone. Appendix A contains detailed suggestions for conserving water both indoors and outdoors. Make these practices a part of your daily life and help preserve this essential resource. First Aid for Heat-Induced Illnesses Extreme heat brings with it the possibility of heat-induced illnesses. The following table lists these illnesses, their symptoms, and the first aid treatment.
First Aid
Skin redness and pain, possible swelling, blisters, fever, headaches
Take a shower using soap to remove oils that may block pores, preventing the body from cooling naturally. Apply dry, sterile dressings to any blisters, and get medical attention.
Heat Cramps
Painful spasms, usually in leg and abdominal muscles; heavy sweating
Get the victim to a cooler location. Lightly stretch and gently massage affected muscles to relieve spasms. Give sips of up to a half glass of cool water every 15 minutes. (Do not give liquids with caffeine or alcohol.) Discontinue liquids, if victim is nauseated.
Heat Exhaustion
Heavy sweating but skin may be cool, pale, or flushed. Weak pulse. Normal body temperature is possible, but temperature will likely rise. Fainting or dizziness, nausea, vomiting, exhaustion, and headaches are possible.
Get victim to lie down in a cool place. Loosen or remove clothing. Apply cool, wet clothes. Fan or move victim to air-conditioned place. Give sips of water if victim is conscious. Be sure water is consumed slowly. Give half glass of cool water every 15 minutes. Discontinue water if victim is nauseated. Seek immediate medical attention if vomiting occurs.
Heat Stroke ( a severe medical emergency)
High body temperature (105+); hot, red, dry skin; rapid, weak pulse; and rapid shallow breathing. Victim will probably not sweat unless victim was sweating from recent strenuous activity. Possible unconsciousness.
Call 9-1-1 or emergency medical services, or get the victim to a hospital immediately. Delay can be fatal. Move victim to a cooler environment. Removing clothing Try a cool bath, sponging, or wet sheet to reduce body temperature. Watch for breathing problems. Use extreme caution. Use fans and air conditioners.
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posted Mar 14 2011 9:16AM
estimated death toll from Japan's disasters has climbed past 10,000
yesterday. The prime minister said it was the nation's
worst crisis since World War II.
Nuclear plant operators were working to try to keep temperatures down in several reactors affected by the earthquake and tsunami. (Workers were dumping sea water into two reactors to avoid meltdowns.)
Rescuers pulled bodies from mud-covered jumbles of wrecked houses, shattered tree trunks, twisted cars and tangled power lines.
One rare bit of good news was the
rescue of a 60-year-old man swept away by the tsunami who clung to the roof of his house for two days
until a military vessel spotted him waving a red cloth about
10 miles offshore.
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Making a U-Turn
Religion | A Richmond sports academy uses athletics to share the gospel and change lives
RICHMOND, Va.- Sunshine streams through the bay doors of the U-Turn Sports Performance Academy, but inside it's raining three-pointers. Maurice Carter and Tim Black are honing their jumpers at the newly converted warehouse on the north side of Richmond, Va., draining shot after shot as U-Turn coach Mike Davis eyes them critically from mid-court. "Don't pull back, Mo," he calls. Carter nods and on the next shot holds his follow-through a little longer.
The players were both standout point guards in college. Last year Carter started for the Pittsburgh Explosion of the American Basketball Association and Black played his third season in Germany, his 23 points per game leading the Paderborn Baskets to a 30-0 record and a 50-game win streak. They both hope against long odds for a free-agent tryout with an NBA club. "I see some of those guys who are drafted, and I think, 'If he can make it, I can definitely make it,'" says Carter.
They have both trained at U-Turn since high school. When Carter was a freshman at Robert Morris University, he asked U-Turn founder (and tennis coach) Paul Manning about getting a tattoo. "He said, 'It's not the tattoo on your arm,'" says Carter, "It's, 'Are you willing to let God tattoo your heart?'" Carter is now marked in both places-his entire right bicep is covered by a picture of Jesus holding the cross and the words, "All Things Through Christ Jesus."
Through its impact on players, from professionals like Carter to elementary school children, U-Turn is redefining the boundaries of "sports ministry." It is unusual in that it uses the lure of year-round high-performance training to draw athletes and parents into contact with the gospel. Its programs emphasize the bond between commitment, discipline, excellence, and faith, and they reach between 250 and 600 youths per quarter from both inner-city schools and upper-income suburbs. U-Turn athletes have earned scholarships to colleges all over the country in tennis, basketball, and volleyball, and the organization has big plans for football and other sports.
When Manning, 39, wants to make a point, he looks you right in the eye and touches your arm. He laughs easily and can get misty-eyed over a really good backhand slice. He constantly combines sports metaphors with biblical references, as in: When Paul urged Timothy to fight the good fight, "Paul was wondering, 'Is this guy going to compete?'"
Manning grew up in inner-city Richmond. In his sophomore year at Virginia Tech, 1986, he became a Christian through the ministry of Campus Crusade. He read the Scriptures voraciously and spent so much time holding Bible studies with campus athletes that he left the school's tennis team.
In late 1991 he heard how a couple of high-school basketball teammates, caught in the drug culture, had murdered a neighbor. A few weeks later a Campus Crusade conference speaker inspired him to "make a difference" with his life. The burning question on his mind became, "How do I make disciples?" he says, and the answer was through sports. "Coaches do it worldwide. They get athletes to come to practice for two hours, four or five times a week."
So starting in the summer of 1992, after work (he was an electrical engineer) Manning would head down to the public tennis courts with his 1984 Toyota Supra loaded with rackets, two hampers of balls, some Bibles, and a broom to sweep away the broken glass. He found inner-city kids who wanted to play, needed direction, and would listen afterward as he taught the Scriptures.
Eighteen months later his players' tournament results had earned them state and Mid-Atlantic rankings. "I pushed those kids because if they didn't believe they could succeed there, they wouldn't believe they could succeed [in other areas of life]," he says. "They needed to conquer something."
His breakout player was Chris Oliver, an 11-year-old with "pretty strokes." Manning took him to a 1994 tournament at the Country Club of Virginia. "He wasn't going, 'Hey, I'm the only black kid here,' because he was taught first to walk in relationship to Jesus Christ," recalls Manning. In basketball sneakers and with a single donated racket, Chris "totally waxed" a kid decked out in expensive gear.
Chris lost in the semis, but some parents approached Manning to find out what club he was from and if their children could join. Soon they were bringing their children to Manning as he coached his way around Richmond from court to court. One even sponsored some inner-city kids, providing equipment and sending them to tournaments.
After a few more years of coaching and organizing events, he recruited a board of directors and incorporated U-Turn in April 1996. He quit his job that November (living off his savings to start) and registered as a nonprofit the following April. In the spring of 1998 U-Turn opened the doors on a warehouse leased for $1 per year from a local Christian businessman. U-Turn soon added basketball and strength training, and later other sports and eventually built its annual operating budget to $600,000.
One of the first staff coaches was Brigid Blair, a 6'2" forward from Oral Roberts University who later tried out for the WNBA's Washington Mystics. Everybody calls her Jam for "Jesus and me." She turned down a $60,000/year job as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Minnesota to come to U-Turn. "Paul called and said, 'My dream's come true,' and when I got here, it was just this shell of a building, barely a court, one Wal-Mart basket that was leaning, no heat, no kids, no clients, no money."
Since then Blair has coached and mentored and shared Christ with hundreds of young players, some of whom have gone on to stellar college careers. "I just live it out," she says. "Either I'm the truth in their eyes or I'm a liar, and for nine years my prayer has been that they see Christ in me."
Today the core of the U-Turn program is its Next Level training sessions for youth from age 8 up. For $40 per week (need-based scholarships available), athletes get two sport-specific group coaching sessions plus weight room time with a strength coach. All athletes must sit through a 15-minute devotional with every U-Turn training session.
U-Turn also has several elite "Warrior" teams. Don Gresham is the staff volleyball director. He is a retired banker and has coached the U.S. junior national women's team for 20 years besides his U-Turn team. Every one of his players in that time has been offered a college scholarship. He tells his high-school Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team, "If you think you're going to make it, you aren't working hard enough."
The success of the U-Turn Warrior program has attracted at least one whole team, complete with coaches. The current girls 13-and-under basketball team joined U-Turn a year ago as the defending state AAU Division I champions, and they won again this year.
Team manager Tina Harris-Cunningham says the team wanted an organization that was "heavily into AAU and would really promote our girls." U-Turn's Christian emphasis "really didn't play into [the decision to join], but we respect their values." And having the girls sit through the devotionals? "Oh, it's not a problem," she says.
Occasionally it is, for some. U-Turn is up-front about the spiritual part of the program, but families from other religions have pulled their children when they realize what that means. If that happens, according to Manning, "we've done our job. We've brought that parent to the cross." Mike Davis, the director of basketball and a Virginia Tech point guard from 1991-1994, adds that "many kids leave because they come in and hear what they don't want to hear. The Bible cuts to the heart."
Talmech Williams, a former All-American linebacker at Rutgers University, supervises one of several programs U-Turn operates with state and local authorities, such as Richmond's Department of Juvenile Justice. This past year U-Turn staff went to Green Elementary School on a pilot program sponsored by the office of Virginia's Attorney General. Once per week for an hour with each third-grade class (75 students in all), they taught respect and teamwork along with sports. "We had our work cut out for us," recalls Williams. "The first day, 25 jumping jacks had these kids bent over double, going, 'Can I have some water? My back hurts.'"
The program showed, he says, a strong correlation between the physical activity and improved grades and behavior. Over the first three quarters, the number of students teachers rated as having "below average" academic and behavioral skills went from 15 (academic) and 25 (behavioral) to four and zero.
Monday to Friday kids from the Alternative Education System (they have been tossed from the Richmond public schools) come in to U-Turn to play football or basketball as gym class. Most live in group homes and have behavioral problems. "They're like ice cream cones with those chocolate shells," says Rob Webster, a former rugby player at Old Dominion University and U-Turn's AES supervisor. "Hard on the outside, soft on the inside."
Webster says he, too, was once a "knucklehead" and put himself through college selling marijuana. The other week one teen, when asked about his strengths during a Bible study, replied, "Putting food on the table." That means, says Webster, "he's hustling," dealing drugs or stealing things to support his family. But there are small victories as well. Recently the same youth who strutted onto the basketball court and demanded, "Gimme the [expletive] ball" also offered during Bible study to pray when the group heard a classmate's friend was in a car accident. (For the state-sponsored programs, the Bible studies are informal and for kids who want to remain after the state-sponsored program time ends.)
Last month U-Turn moved from a dingy old ex-warehouse, with plastic sports floors and uncertain lighting, across the street to a massive, newly renovated ex-warehouse with four brand new hardwood basketball courts, plus courts for volleyball and tennis, artificial turf for football, new weight room equipment, parents' lounge, snack bar, and other amenities. They're still deciding what to do with the thousands of undeveloped square feet upstairs, and working on a $5.6 million fund-raising campaign to help pay for it all. Given all the different opportunities the new building opens up, "I think now our challenge is to understand them," says Tom Chewning, chairman of U-Turn's board.
Carter, for his part, understands that he wouldn't have been an All-Conference player without his faith. Some people misunderstood his tattoo at first because they didn't look at it, he says, "but it's pretty self-explanatory: If you put Christ first and put your heart into Him, anything can be accomplished."


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Brown Closes Breakout Season At NCAA Championships
BIRMINGHAM, Ala - Iowa State gymnast Caitlin Brown capped off a breakout junior campaign with a score of 39.075 in the all-around at the 2014 NCAA Gymnastics Championships at BJCC Arena. She was the second Cyclone junior in as many years to qualify for the championship in the all-around.
The Apple Valley, Minn. native, was one of just 12 gymnasts nationally to qualify for the all-around competition as an individual. The highlight of Brown's outing came in the fifth rotation of the night in the floor exercise, putting up her highest score of the night with a 9.850.
Brown, who rotated with host school Alabama throughout the night, also put up a score of 9.800 on balance beam, along with scores of 9.750 on uneven bars and 9.675 on vault. Despite the hig points of her night, Brown did not get the top-4 finish on any single apparatus that was needed to advance to Sunday's event finals.
After a sophomore season that was decimated by injuries, Brown put together a phenomenal junior year in which she competed in every rotation of the Cyclones' season. Her year culminated in a career-high all-around score of 39.400 at the NCAA Regional in Baton Rouge, La. That score made Brown the seventh gymnast in program history to qualify for the all-around competition at an NCAA Championship.
Brown and the Cyclones finish the 2014 season with an 8-13 record overall, including a 2-2 mark in Big 12 competition. In spite of being the 36th and team to qualify for the NCAA Regionals, Iowa State finished third at its NCAA Regional for the second consecutive year.


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Running From One Place to Another Should Count As ExerciseJeannette Kaplun
I'm not an athlete but I do run. The caveat is that I run not in a way that experts would say benefits my health.
Although I am ashamed to confess my everyday lack of exercise, I do hope that in the big scheme of things, running from one place to another qualifies as a cardiovascular activity. Actually, it should count, mainly because I do feel my heart rate going up when I am racing from one part of town to another to be able to morph from my career woman role into the mommy one.
Of course, there´s more. Much more. I also need to transform myself at the speed of light into a wife and friend and daughter and housekeeper… You get the idea.
Therefore, aside from running, I am juggling. Don't I get extra credit for that?
I honestly believe the type of running most working mothers do should count as exercise. Even if we don´t actually jog on the treadmill or run around the block. For example, while my sneakers collect dust in my closet, I constantly switch between heels and flip flops, pretty dresses and laid-back jeans, full makeup and barely washed face with sunglasses covering the unconcealed dark circles. I call that circuit training!
And I run. Not away (although sometimes the thought does tempt me). Just from home to carpool to meetings to after-school activities to the supermarket to events to birthdays to sports tournaments to television sets… To wherever I might need to be at any given time. Most of the time, to where I had to be 5 minutes ago because no matter how much I try to organize myself, chances are I won´t always make it on time. Not because I don´t want, simply because I just couldn't.
I mean, it's exhausting. All this activity often makes me break a sweat and gets my pulse racing, so for me it qualifies as a exercise. I guess. I hope. We all wish.
Read Jeannette´s blog in Spanish and find more of her writing on Todobebé. You can also watch her on the Viva la Familia TV show Saturdays on Univision.
And reach out to her on Twitter and Facebook. She loves it!
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Global Port Tracker report says volumes remain on a steady path
April 27, 2011
Following a relatively promising report last month, European import and export volumes remain solid, according to the most recent edition of the Global Port Tracker report from Hackett Associates and the Bremen Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics.
Ports surveyed in this report include the six major container reports in North Europe: le Havre, Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Bremen/Bremerhaven, and Hamburg.
The Global Port Tracker report said that February imports into Europe were estimated at 1.50 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), which is 25 percent below January. But despite this decrease, the report said it expects volumes in the coming months to "increase dramatically."
On the export side, the report said February exports were estimated at 1.30 million TEU for a 3.3 percent increase.
"This forecast is broadly similar to the previous ones," said Ben Hackett, president of Hackett Associates, in an interview. "We ratcheted down the growth volumes from 2010 from 14 percent to about 7-to-8 percent for this year. And we think that will remain the case, with most of the growth coming in the second half of this year. There is growth occurring but at a much lower level than last year. There is nothing on the horizon to suggest there is a downturn in growth."
When asked about the impact of increasing fuel prices on European volumes, Hackett said that they have reduced consumer demand to a certain extent, but, overall, volumes remain in line with what was expected to due to various price increases and taxation.
Compared to last year, when global trade activity was brisk due to a significant inventory re-build following the depths of the recession, Hackett said things appear to be more normal this year.
"We had the early Peak Season last year, but in our current forecast we have shifted it back to what we would typically expect it to be," said Hackett. "There is no shortage of shipping capacity or containers, and the re-stocking has worked its way through the normal supply chain management cycle."
The report's short-term forecast is calling for "a mix of growth and decreased volumes" with expected single-digit growth in each quarter for the remainder of this year. And for outgoing volumes, the report is forecasting increases for three of the next six months, with each month showing annual growth except for April.
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A look back at headlines from Dec. 19.
1980: Dolly Parton's first movie, "9 to 5," opened nationwide.
1985: Country singer Johnny Paycheck was arrested for shooting a man during a fight in Hillsboro, Ohio. He was released from jail in 1991.
1991: Oliver Stone's controversial film "JFK" premiered in Dallas, where President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
1997: The movie "Titanic" opened. It was the most expensive movie ever made.
2000: Musician Pops Staples of The Staple Singers died at his home outside Chicago at the age of 84. He had been recovering from a concussion suffered four weeks earlier. That same day, guitarist Rob Buck of 10,000 Maniacs died of complications from liver failure. He was 42.
2010: Guitarist Carlos Santana married drummer Cindy Blackman of Lenny Kravitz's band during a rainy ceremony in Maui.
Today's birthdays: Country singer Little Jimmy Dickens is 93. Actress Cicely Tyson is 79. Singer Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire is 72. Actress Elaine Joyce is 70. Actor Tim Reid is 69. Musician John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 68. Country singer Janie Fricke is 66. Actor Mike Lookinland ("The Brady Bunch") is 53. Actress Jennifer Beals is 50. Actor Scott Cohen ("Gilmore Girls") is 49. Actor Robert MacNaughton ("E.T.") is 47. Magician Criss Angel is 46. Actress Kristy Swanson is 44. Model Tyson Beckford is 43. Actress Alyssa Milano is 41. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal ("Brokeback Mountain," "October Sky") is 33. Actress Marla Sokoloff ("The Practice") is 33.


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|Mayor and new council members sworn into office
|Written by Chris Lee
Mayor Orville Tonsing and council members David Churchwell, Scott Murray and Kevin Scott took the oath of office Tuesday, April 17 during Holyoke City Council's regular meeting. The four incumbents were re-elected to four-year terms in the Tuesday, April 3 municipal election.
Council members voted to retain Kevin Scott as mayor pro tem.
Three Holyoke City Council members and a mayor were sworn into office Tuesday night, April 17 by city clerk/treasurer Kathy Olofson, pictured at right. Pictured from left are David Churchwell, Scott Murray, Mayor Orville Tonsing and Kevin Scott. —Enterprise photo
Council asks for different date to be selected for triathlon
Council members voted to ask organizers for Melissa Memorial Hospital Foundation's amateur triathlon to choose a different date for the competition day.
MMHF requested the use of the city pool July 4 during the swimming part of the competition.
Since a free swim day is no longer part of 4th of July celebrations, the pool hasn't been open since other city offices are also closed. Pool manager Karla Pargas said she would like to see a different day chosen for the competition.
David Churchwell felt they should allow the use on the 4th but only if MMHF could find a licensed lifeguard to donate their time to watch over the pool.
Scott Murray and Churchwell cast dissenting votes to the motion asking MMHF to come up with another day.
Golf course liquor license hearing to be May 1
A liquor license hearing will be held May 1 at 7 p.m. at the council chambers for the Holyoke Golf Club. Council member Brian Akey said the club is looking to sell alcohol from the clubhouse as well as offer a bar during Calcutta nights.
The idea is to also eliminate golfers from bringing their own alcohol onto the golf course and raise money by selling it. Akey said members they have spoken with are in support of the idea to offer alcohol at the golf course.
Research continues on dog pound
City supt. Mark Brown said they are waiting to receive some plans from area dog pounds built within the last five years to base the Holyoke pound after. He noted the city can look at plans already drawn up and tweak them rather than begin from square one.
Reports of city officials
Council members heard reports from city supt. Brown and police chief Doug Bergstrom at last week's meeting.
Brown noted the annual citywide cleanup will take place Wednesday-Thursday, May 2-3. He noted people need to take into account recent changes with electronics and the fees associated with recycling them. Brown also said the annual seal coat program is tentatively scheduled for June 21-22.
Bergstrom said the newly purchased Dodge Charger has arrived and been added to the department's fleet. He also noted officer Larry Drake is doing well and is a bit ahead of schedule.
Other business
In other business April 17, council members:
—accepted recommendation from the Holyoke Planning Commission to proceed with annexation of the First Baptist Church of Holyoke and passed a resolution initiating the annexation proceedings for First Baptist. A public hearing will be held Tuesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. at the council chambers.
—donated $1,500 to Holyoke Volunteer Fire Department for training and education.
—hired Theresa Tharp as summer recreation director at a salary of $4,400 plus $250 for work conducted in April.
—approved travel request for Mark Brown, Lennie Fisbeck and Jeremy Thompson to attend Action Now seminar in Sterling April 19.
—accepted 2011 Audit Report and 2011 Local Highway Finance Report.
—approved special event permits for the Fair Board for beer gardens to be held during the fair and each of the stock car races.
—approved post prom donation of $100.
—purchased two new VHF radios for police department at a cost of $738.
—approved ordinance adopting optional premises permits for hotel and restaurant licenses.
—approved ordinance vacating a portion of the city of Holyoke's unused right of way easement along the easterly edge of Sherman Avenue located between Denver and Emerson streets.
—passed resolution adopting by reference the Colorado model municipal records retention schedule.
—approved Policy No. 31, financial policies.
—approved travel request for Kathy Olofson and Orville Tonsing to attend Rural Philanthropy Days.
Holyoke Enterprise April 26, 2012


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70141 Vardys Ice Vulture Glider
Evil Vardy has stolen the CHI and is escaping in his super-cool Ice Vulture Glider! Strap Lundor into his weapon station and fight ice with fire using his smoking-hot armory. Watch out for the glider's huge wings and ice-blue claws and evade the dual flick missiles fired from either flank. But beware – just when you think you've got Vardy trapped, he could detach his flyer and speed away with the precious CHI! Includes 2 minifigures with assorted weapons: Vardy and Lundor.


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MOUNDSVILLE - Bishop Donahue hit No. 1 ranked Clarksburg Notre Dame with a stunning taste of reality in the first 15 seconds of the game and the Fighting Irish never recovered on a cool, early fall Saturday evening at Monarch Stadium.
Speedy Saquan Hill gathered in the opening kickoff near the left hash on the 14-yard-line and raced through the Fighting Irish defense for an 86-yard-touchdown that ignited the Bishops (4-1) to a runaway 59-21 victory.
Hill's dash was just one of five long-distance touchdowns racked up by the hosts as they piled up over 500 yards of offense for the second week in a row.
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Bishop Donahue's Hunter Kaschke (8) tries to break away from a tackle Saturday night.
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Donahue also dipped into its bag of tricks as well, extending the lead to 16-0 late in the first quarter when Lavonte Hampton took a direct snap and found Hill running free again along the right sideline for a 72-yard touchdown.
Sophomore quarterback Jesse Padlow, 4-for-4 during the evening, had touchdown strikes of 45 yards to Josh Miller, 62 yards to Hampton and 16 yards to Jordan Bonar, who also scored on 12-yard run. Backup QB Hunter Kaschke also got into the act in the third quarter by running 11 yards for a touchdown on a keeper play and later hit Andrew Cunningham with a short pass in the left flat that ended up going for a 65-yard score.
The Bishops also received a pair of two-point conversion runs from Bonar and one each by Padlow, Hampton and Hill.
''Saquan's kickoff return to start the game obviously was huge," Donahue coach John Durdines said. ''It was a great lift that got us excited and fired the kids up.
''I thought defensively (that) beside the one long pass, we played outstanding.''
Notre Dame's only score against the Bishops' first-team came on a deep-out completion from Tony Sestito to Wakem Simon covering 65 yards late in the first quarter that trimmed the hosts' lead to 16-7. However, Bishop Donahue responded three more TDs and added the two-point conversions each time to lead 40-7.
Until the Bishops pulled all their starters late in the third quarter, the usually effective Sestito was just two of 16 through the air with one interception.
Late in the game he hooked up with Gaje Brown for a 12-yard score while the Fighting Irish season-long rushing standout Santino Cava was also held in check before breaking off a 54-yard touchdown run with just 2:53 left in the fourth quarter.
Cava finished with 137 yards on 20 rushing attempts, while Sestito's final totals showed 4 of 19 passing for 100 yards.
Hill accounted for 140 yards rushing on only nine attempts but had a huge night in total yardage with his 86-yard kickoff return and the 72-yard touchdown reception.
''Saquan has been running so hard lately," the pleased Durdines pointed out. ''Teams have been wanting to jump on Bonar and I've been saying all long that we have more than just Jordan Bonar. Saquan and Lavonte have really been outstanding and Jesse Padlow threw the ball great.
''He had a couple of nice play action throws that really sucked them in and allowed us to get the deep ball.''
With three Bishops combining to throw five touchdown passes, the hosts had 261 yards through the air, an average of over 43 yards per catch. The ground game accounted for 269 yards, putting the team total at 530 yards.
Bishop Donahue found plenty of running room along the left side of its offense line, led by the blocking of tackle Chase Padlow and guard Nick Fallova.
''We saw on film they were they were a little stronger on the left side of their defense and we were basically able to take advantage of our left side of the line," Durdines said.
The loss ended Clarksburg Notre Dame's three-game winning streak and will surely drop them several notches in the West Virginia Class A rankings. Bishop Donahue, ranked 13th last week, figures to make a jump up the ladder.
''We were excited about the opportunity to play this game against a quality team," Durdines noted. ''Notre Dame had not trailed the entire season and we felt that if we could get them down, we would be able to keep them down.''


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Xiang Cao, Minghui Sun, Shahram Izadi, Hrvoje Benko, Ken Hinckley
In collaboration with Hyunyoung Song (University of Maryland) and Francois Guimbretiere (Cornell University)
A digital pen gives us a lot of flexibility to access a variety of functionalities in a software program, but may lose some of the naturalness of using various specialized physical tools (pen, painting-brush, sketching pencil, knife, compasses...). By augmenting the digital pen with a multi-touch sensor and an orientation sensor, we can recognize how the pen is held by the user. Exactly like how people hold different physical tools differently, the user can now switch the grip on the digital pen to naturally switch between different virtual tools.


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Mustang murder defendant Becky Bryan told police: 'We were quite in love.'
EL RENO — In a police interview at the hospital after her husband was shot, murder defendant Becky Bryan said: "We were quite in love."
Jurors listened intently Monday to the 35-minute recording of the interview that began about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 21, 2011.
"He's like the most amazing husband," she said in the recording about her husband, Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan. "Everybody likes Keith."
Jurors, though, heard testimony Monday that the real estate agent cheated on her husband hours earlier, with a client.
The client, Wesley Hubert, told jurors Becky Bryan stopped at his home in McLoud on her way back to her home in Mustang from Tulsa. He said they had flirted before but never had sex.
He said after talking about some things, she went to the bathroom. "And, when she came out, she was wearing a fishnet outfit," he said.
"It was shocking to me mainly that it actually was going to happen," he said. "She had been alone with me before … and nothing had ever happened."
Becky Bryan is accused in a first-degree murder charge of shooting her husband inside their Mustang home Sept. 20, 2011. He died at the hospital the next day. He was 52.
They had been married 33 years.
She had a brief extramarital affair that ended in early 2010. Prosecutors have put on evidence she wanted to reunite with the former lover, Mark Holbrook, of Hugo.
She had left a message for the former lover before the shooting that she was about to get a large inheritance, according to testimony in the trial.
She was arrested after the gun used in the shooting was found inside a clothes dryer at the home.
She blames an intruder for the shooting.
If convicted, Becky Bryan, 54, faces life in prison or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The trial — now in its second week — has focused on the defendant's racy behavior in the days before the shooting and how calm she acted in the hours immediately afterward.
Jurors, for instance, heard Monday that she sent nude photos and explicit texts the day before the shooting to another real estate agent.
The witness, Karl Oltermann, said he and Becky Bryan had never flirted before and knew each other from taking real estate classes together. Asked if the text messages came completely out of the blue, he said, "Yes sir, very much so."
He said she wanted him to come to Tulsa and have drinks with her.
The witness said the text messages got extremely explicit about what she wanted to do afterward.
He said at one point she wrote "she wanted to ride that tall cowboy."
In the hospital interview, with a Mustang police detective and an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent, Becky Bryan claimed the intruder had apologized after shooting her husband point blank.
She said the intruder had, using an expletive, told her, "He should have … hired me."
She said she and her husband had been watching "Carrie," a horror movie. She graphically described the shooting, saying her husband's eyes bulged out.
During the interview, she admitted she had filed for divorce the year before and had moved out for a time.
"Yes, we had our problems," she said. "He was like a totally different person after I came back. We were quite in love."
One witness said Monday that Becky Bryan in 2010 had called her former lover her soul mate and talked of faking a pregnancy so he would be with her. The witness, Pamela Woodard, was a longtime friend of the victim.
"It was very difficult. It was very sad to relive everything," Woodard told reporters afterward about her testimony. "It was very surreal."
Becky Bryan talked about her former lover on the way to the hospital after her husband was shot, another witness, Sharon Valdez said.
Valdez told jurors Becky Bryan said, "Have you ever loved somebody so much you would do that?"
Becky Bryan did not explain what she meant, according to the testimony.