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Mountain PAs and Connectivity as a priority:
Over the past decades, the recognized importance of protecting Mountain ecosystems resulted in numerous protected areas in the Mountain Biomes around the world. This success has created an opportunity. The world's relatively well-developed systems of Mountain Protected Areas can serve as examples of how to address connectivity issues, building ecological networks and applying the ecosystem approach. Mountain protected areas can demonstrate conservation strategies through ecosystem corridors to maintain biodiversity pattern and process in the landscape. Further, as mountain ecosystems are vulnerable to global changes, including the effects of climate change, they can also serve explore adaptation options while generally raising the profile of the issues. As well, there is a need for a clearer understanding of how cultural and spiritual values can be fully recognized and appropriately protected alongside natural ones. There is also a need to recognize and promote the involvement of a diverse range of communities in protected area establishment and management.
Filling protected area gaps as a priority:
Priorities include conservation of biodiversity through completion of systems of protected areas, particularly in the marine biome, as well as promotion of ecological networks and the ecosystem approach to enhance biodiversity conservation.
Protected areas inadequately represent many species and do not cover key ecosystems besides the above noted shortfall in the marine biome All of this places at risk the 2010 target of significantly reducing biodiversity loss through the protection afforded by protected areas.
There has been a dramatic growth in the number and area of protected areas. The 2003 UN List of Protected Areas noted there are 102,102 protected areas covering 18.8 million km² in all, and 11.5% of the global land surface – this represents a dramatic growth since 1962 when there were only 1,000 protected areas covering 3% of the Earth's land surface.
This is a significant achievement by governments and others throughout the world. Global treaties and agreements (notably the CBD, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Convention on Migratory Species, the World Heritage Convention and UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme), and regional agreements and programmes have stimulated the growth of protected area numbers.
Nevertheless, there are many gaps in the network and the effectiveness of conserving biodiversity by systems of PAs must be enhanced
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A particular concern arises over the lack of protection for marine systems, in both sovereign (or national) and international waters. Less than 1% of the ocean is protected. There has been a worldwide collapse in fisheries and attendant environmental damage and disruption to ecosystem structure and function. There have been many global calls to create many more marine protected areas. The World Summit on Sustainable Development, the World Parks Congress, and the Convention on Biological Diversity have all committed to a goal of establishing a global network of marine protected areas by 2012, including on the high seas.
Marine and coastal biodiversity is under increasing stress from intense human pressures, including rapid coastal population growth and development, over-exploitation of commercial and recreational resources, loss of habitat, and land-based sources of pollution. Almost half of the world's fisheries are fully exploited, while about a fifth are over-fished. About 90% of large predatory fish biomass has been lost since pre-industrial times. Approximately 35% of mangrove forests have been lost over the past two decades. At the same time, people around the world are increasingly dependent on these threatened resources for food, tourism, shoreline protection, and numerous other ecological services. As these pressures intensify, marine protected areas are increasingly recognized as a critical management tool to protect, maintain, and restore natural and cultural resources in coastal and marine waters. A network of marine protected areas, elimination of destructive fishing practices, and the implementation of ecosystem-based management could help meet the global goal of maintaining or restoring fisheries stocks to levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield no later than 2015.


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For the second time this year, photographic proof of marines performing not politically correct acts. This time, it didn't involve marines based here in the east, but it's equally shocking.
The opinions are all over the place in the military town of Jacksonville.
The marine corps has confirmed they found a photo in November of sniper team Marines based at Camp Pendleton in California posing in front of a flag that resembles a nazi military flag. Marine Corps officials say these marines thought it was a nod to sniper scouts. The Corps says it's an ignorant mistake. We ran the symbol and this story by a few people in Jacksonville
"I think they need to find out more information before they use it. We got the internet now. Look it up," said Chantell Kirby.
"Can I be honest with you-- that doesn't even look like an s," said Mia Tollefson.
"Hmm. That's a shame," said WWII Veteran Paul Campbell.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he will have this investigated, But the corps still stands by the idea these marine's did not know the nazi heritage of that symbol. The photo was taken in September of 2010 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.
The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS - a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others.
The Corps said in a statement that using the symbol was not acceptable.
However, it was a naive mistake made by Marines who believed the SS symbol was meant to represent sniper scouts and never intended to associate themselves with a racist organization, said Maj. Gabrielle Chapin, a spokeswoman at Camp Pendleton.
The Marines in the image will not be disciplined because investigators determined there was no malicious intent, Chapin said.
Instead, the Corps used the incident as a training tool to talk to troops about what symbols are acceptable after it became aware of the photograph last November.
The image has since surfaced on an Internet blog.
"I don't believe that the Marines involved would have ever used any type of symbol associated the Nazi Germany military criminal organization that committed mass atrocities in WWII," Chapin said. "It's not within who we are as Marines."
It was the second time this year the Marine Corps has had to do damage control for actions of its troops. It's also investigating a separate group of Marines recorded on video urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban fighters.
Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation in Washington said he has been flooded with calls from former Marines offended by the photo and from one member of his organization who is an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor.
"This is a complete and total outrage," he said.
Weinstein said his organization was sending a letter seeking a full investigation to the head of the Marine Corps and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
"First we have Marines peeing on dead bodies and now this," Weinstein said.
The Marines in the photograph are no longer with the unit. Chapin said she did not know if they are still in the Corps.
In the photo taken in September 2010 in Afghanistan's Sangin province, the Marine Corps unit is posing with guns in front of an American flag and a large blue flag with what appear to be the letters "SS" in the shape of jagged lightning bolts.
The SS, or Schutzstaffel, was the police and military force of the Nazi Party, which was distinct from the general army. Members pledged an oath of loyalty to Adolph Hitler.
SS units were held responsible for many war crimes and played an integral role in the extermination of millions of Jews along with gypsies and other people who were deemed undesirable. The SS was declared to be a criminal organization at the Nuremberg war crime trials.
Just last month, a group of Camp Lejeune Marines came under fire when a video of them urinating on dead Afghan insurgents surfaced on the Internet. An investigation into that picture was launched, but so far no charges have been brought in that case.
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Breen's body of work included an essay on the Afghan Whigs' relevance to his life during struggles with drugs and alcohol ("My Dark Passenger," issue of Oct. 17), a review of the Music of Change exhibit at the Freedom Center ("Power of Music Celebrated in 'Music of Change'," issue of Aug. 8) and a review of local band Foxy Shazam's new album and release show ("Foxy Goes to 'Church'," issue of Jan. 18).
CityBeat's Best of Cincinnati Issue (issue of March 28) won second in the Best Special Section category, and two investigative stories were also recognized.
Staff Writer German Lopez's investigation into the failures of
Ohio's prison privatization plan ("Liberty for Sale," issue of Sept. 19)
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Louise Inn long before entering into a dirty legal battle that ultimately
forced the nonprofit to give up its building ("Surrounded by Skycrapers," issue of Aug. 15).
The awards will be presented at the annual Ohio SPJ ceremony at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Oct. 5.
Cincinnatians don't like their city to be pigeonholed. At least not in a manner they perceive to be off target.That's so Cincinnati.
BuzzFeed's "BuzzFeed Community" site helps the list-empire target specific cities and regions, resulting in one of the more shared links of the week, at least locally — "31 Ways to Tell You're From Cincinnati."
At first, many seemed to celebrate more attention for our fair city. Then they read the list. It has proven to be far more controversial than BuzzFeed's "11 Cincinnati Foods That Are Better Than Yours" from earlier this year, likely because that list actually reflected contemporary Cincinnati. As far as I know, all those "Cincinnati foods" still exist.
It was clear to many that the "community contributor" who wrote the piece either hadn't been to Cincinnati for a while or was simply parroting one of the Enquirer's old "Cincinnati is so crazy and distinct — we say 'Pop' and 'Please' " articles from the past.
As commenters immediately pointed out, BuzzFeed's list was great … for anyone taking a time machine back to Cincinnati circa 2001 or earlier. While the list was mildly accurate, it reinforced some old stereotypes, like "You will die if you step foot in Over-the-Rhine" and how we can't shut up about George Clooney's Cincinnati roots (he's not from Cincinnati, he's from Kentucky). Elsewhere, items like "You hung in there with Reds' pitcher 'Cool Hand Leake' even after he was booked for shoplifting" suggest the writer found an old sports page from 2011. That was hardly a big deal when it happened; I would wager most but the die-hardest of Reds fans have forgotten it even occurred. And things like Cincinnatians saying "Please" instead of "What did you say?" or calling Coke and Pepsi "pop" are local quirks that seem to be dying a little more with each more-widely-connected-to-the-world generation.
But what does it matter what Cincinnatians think? BuzzFeed got their big hits surge from Cincy residents and ex-pats. All for something that appeared to take about 10 minutes to put together. "List bait" works.
Yesterday, the folks at the site Cincy Whimsy responded with an "answer list" (oh, if only rap feuds were solved this way). Their "31 Ways to Tell You're From Cincinnati List: An Improved Version" list rang a lot more true to a lot people. The first item set the tone, calling out BuzzFeed for not correctly spelling Servatii and Procter & Gamble. Check it out here.
Last week, the local web buzz was all about the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's "hip" ad for "Cincinnati USA," featuring a dude in capri pants and sandals talking about how Cincinnatians "do what we love." Unlike people from Pittsburgh, who strictly do things that they hate?
The video was also widely shared and, though well-intentioned, widely mocked.
Enter local comedienne Kristen Lundberg (aka Mammyspanx), whose equally-giddy response video is pretty pitch perfect.
I¹ve been celebrating Father's Day for well over 50 years now. In its earliest incarnations, I'm sure gifts and cards were bought on my behalf, but eventually it was time to take the reins and handle the responsibility myself.
For a long stretch, my go-to present for my father was the lastest Bill Cosby record, partly because he truly enjoyed Cosby's work, but mostly because I wanted to hear it, too. Some might look at that as a selfish act, but I prefer to look at it this way; it was something that we were able to bond over, and at least it wasn't an ugly tie he¹d pretend to like and never wear.
My relationship with my father has always been complicated. I'm sure he loved me, although it was many years before he actually voiced the sentiment. The problem was that my mother, who likely would have been the perfect bridge between us, died when I was not quite 4 years old. My father's grief and depression were all-consuming and because he was afraid his emotional state would degrade my own, he left me with my grandparents (my recently deceased mother's parents, which, considering their own overwhelming grief, was an interesting paradigm of its own) and moved 30 miles north, removing himself from everything that would remind him of her.
Thus began our 12-year routine. He would arrive on Saturday afternoon, pick me up, take me back up to his apartment for the night, then we'd hang out until Sunday evening, when he would return me to my grandparents. It never really mattered what we did, I just enjoyed being in his company. He had a sense of humor that ranged from cuttingly dry to wildly inappropriate, largely dependent on the amount of scotch in his system, but he was always good for a laugh. Until he wasn't, of course, but that's another story.
The defining characteristic of our relationship was its short term nature. He was my actual, hands-on father less than two days a week; sometimes our weekend consisted of going to his friends' parties and me hanging out with his friends' kids all night, then watching TV for a good part of Sunday while he nursed the next in a series of monolithic hangovers. But there were lots of movies and restaurants and plays and a couple of girlfriends and a couple of stepmothers and extended families.
Sundays in summer were mostly spent on golf courses as he tried to teach me the game. Sundays in winter were for watching football, sometimes skiing or ice skating. Fun is where you find it and we found it everywhere. My grandparents were of sturdy Methodist stock and involved me in church as much as possible, while my father was a card-carrying hedonist.
When I was 5 or 6, after we'd been doing the weekend trip for some time, my grandmother was concerned that I wasn't attending church on Sundays and asked Dad if he could find a church and start taking me. My father took a long drag on his unfiltered Camel, exhaled slowly and said, "Molly, if he can't find Jesus in five days with you, he's not going to find him in two days with me." That unassailable logic ended the church discussion.
I was maybe 12 or 13 before my father really talked about my mother to me. To this day, he finds it generally impossible. I've asked if I could tape him telling stories about her so that I'll have some concrete memories to draw on, as I don't remember a single thing about her, but it is beyond his capacity to bring it all out. Occasionally, he'll get expansive and let things go, but at this point I only see him twice a year so the information comes in fits and starts.
As long distance relationships go, my father and I had a pretty good one. And as it turned out, it was something of a blueprint for my relationship with my own son. Just before his second birthday, my troubled marriage finally crumbled and my wife informed me one night when she got home from work that she was moving and I was not. She moved into her new apartment with our son, and I moved back in with my grandparents for three weeks before I made the decision to move to Cincinnati to look for work. The relative stupidity of moving from Michigan, the state with the highest unemployment rate, to Ohio, which had the second highest unemployment rate, was not lost on me, but I didn't want to be impossibly far from my son. I wanted to be a presence in his life.
I found work within a couple of months and went home for my son's second birthday in April. I hadn't seen him since January, but I talked to him constantly, at least as much as you can communicate with a toddler on the phone. He was asleep at my grandparents' house when I rolled into town, and I wound up going out with friends that night, coming home at maybe 3 a.m.
When Josh woke up the next morning, my grandmother went to get him while I waited in the living room. She brought him downstairs and sat across the room with him on her lap. He rubbed his eyes and clung to her, looking at me like I was a stranger. She kept saying, "That's your daddy, that's your daddy," and he kept hiding his face in her neck.
I've never been shot in the chest, but I'm fairly certain I know how it feels.
After the longest four minutes of my life, his face slowly lit with recognition, his eyes brightened, he shouted, "Daddy!" and then climbed off my grandmother's lap and launched himself at me. I can still feel that endless, exuberant hug to this day.
The distance between us was 10 times greater than the 30 miles that separated my me and my father, so my trips were once a month, rather than once a week, but they were regular, and we both came to depend on them. I was determined to remain a father figure, not the once a month sugar daddy who shows up for an anything-goes weekend, and that was clearly the right strategy, given our excellent relationship both then and now.
We had a few bumpy patches along the way, including a stretch when he was 8 where he got a bit bored with the weekend trips; although my feelings were slightly bruised, I cut back to every other month for a couple of months until he realized how much he missed our regular time together. We maintained the monthly schedule until he was a teenager, when he started having an actual life with parties and school events and things he needed to work around. By then, I had my own issues; a full time design job, part time writing gigs and my first shot at being an honest-to-God full-time father with the arrival of my daughter, Isabelle.
Josh was absolutely ecstatic about his new sister (he actually snapped at his mother when she correctly but thoughtlessly used the term "half-sister"), and although their time together was fleeting, he was a doting big brother.
In 1998, Josh left to attend Reed College in Portland, Ore.; given his tenuous relationship with his mother, my favorite joke at the time was that he had gotten as far from her as he could without swimming. We talked by phone quite a lot those first few weeks and kept up a regular email exchange as well. It was one of those messages that forced me to question the state of our own relationship.
It was about two months into his first semester. Josh had emailed me with a rather non-descript account of his days — classes, roommates, school environment — but as I scrolled to the bottom of his message, there was this brief sign-off: "Oh, and there's this guy in one of my classes that I¹m interested in, and I think I might be bi."
It wasn't a complete surprise; Josh had two girlfriends in high school, but both were damaged in fairly significant ways (OK, one was batshit crazy), and I had wondered if maybe he was having trouble with his relationship radar. Turns out he was picking from the wrong gender pool, so it made sense.
The timing of his announcement was odd, though; a good friend had just died unexpectedly at the horrifyingly young age of 36, my boss had informed me that I was in danger of losing my position and my wife had mentioned casually that she wasn't sure if she wanted to be married anymore.
Josh's coming out was the best news I'd had all week.
My problem was with the way he chose to tell me. Not in a phone call where we could talk about what he was going through, and not in an email with an appropriately portentious subject line like, "I have something serious to discuss with you." His rather life-altering news was tacked onto a laundry list of activities like a pork barrel project attached to an unrelated bill.
I was a bit skinned that he had resorted to this kind of subterfuge to enlighten me about his sexuality. And then there was the issue of tentatively identifying himself as "bi." I was sure he had used that terminology in an effort to cushion any potential shock with a switch hitter gambit, giving him a fallback position in case I reacted badly. It reminded me of the episode of Friends when Phoebe lost her singing gig at the coffeeshop and wound up playing to kids at a local library. She started off trying to sing children's songs but she ran out of material quickly and started making up songs about life in general, and in typical Phoebe fashion, the songs were brutally honest, relatively inappropriate and, of course, exactly what kids should probably hear.
The one song that I remembered from that episode had some relevance in this situation: "Sometimes men love women. Sometimes men love men, And then there are bisexuals. Though some just say they're kidding themselves."
I didn't respond to Josh's email, partly because I was slightly hurt and partly because I was busy. The weekend after his message, he called and we talked about fairly innocuous subjects for an inordinate amount of time. I waited for him to broach the subject, because I felt as though he should, but he never brought it up.
He finally noted with a sigh that it was getting late and I knew he was ready to wrap up the call without addressing his news, so I decided it was up to me. Being my father's son, I chose the inappropriately direct method (my particular genetic curse is that I rarely require alcohol to be inappropriately direct and lack a distinct filter to avoid it).
"Oh, by the way," I said casually, "I understand you're sucking cock."
There was an extremely long pause and finally Josh said, "So you did get the message."
I gave him a loving earful about our close relationship and the trust and love and responsibility that came with that bond, and gently upbraided him for the rather cloaked method he had chosen to come out to me.
He stammered in complete agreement, saying, "I was afraid of how you would take it."
"Joshua, there are plenty of things in the world to be afraid of and I am not one of them," I said. "I may not agree with the things you do, but I will always love the boy doing them. In this case, this is who you are. It's not a choice you've made, it's a discovery. It's bloody hard to find love in this world, and you've taken a first step toward finding it for yourself. That's fantastic. My only advice to you is the same, straight or gay; be careful. Sex these days can kill you. Wherever you poke it, wrap it up.
"I just had to bury a friend," I continued. "If you make me bury a son, I swear to God I'll dig you up and kill you again."
He laughed a most relieved laugh and that was that. He was out. He pursued a couple of different relationships with guys at Reed which didn't pan out. After two and a half years, he returned to Michigan to enroll in the forensic psychology program at Michigan State, where he met Sean. They've been together for over 10 years now. We love him like a son-in-law because, even though they can't make it official, that is what he is to us.
These memories and God knows how many more come around each Father's Day, a good many including my grandfather, who was as much, if not more, of a father than my own father. I'll get a wonderfully skewed card from my sons and dinner and a card and something sweet from my wife and daughter. I'll send a funny card and a golf-related book to my dad and call him on Sunday, just before I get a call myself.
Life may be complicated sometimes, and God knows the complexities of family relationships can be like putting together a jigsaw puzzle of the White Album cover, and yet there's a fairly basic — and rewarding and maddening and beautiful — simplicity in being a father and having a father.
Hopefully, you've heard about CityBeat's first Answers Issue by now, and hopefully, by now you've submitted plentiful golden, glowing and totally insightful questions you want us to answer.
If you haven't, however, there's still time to rack your brain for the most stump-worthy questions about life in Cincinnati so we, CityBeat's faithful editorial staff, can do some sleuthing, drink some Red Bull, make
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You submit your question (check out the Answers Issue page here),
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You submit your question (check out the Answers Issue page here), and our dutiful reporting team will pick the ones we like best, divide them up and bring you back the answers in an issue sourced directly from you guys. Don't worry, we can see your names when you submit, but otherwise, your questions will be anonymous.
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Q: What would win in a fight, an Over-the-Rhine rat, or a Fountain Square pigeon? Each would be able to choose one non-projectile weapon of its choice.
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Q: What would be the economic and environmental effects of making hunting illegal in the Greater Cincinnati region?
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Q: Is it safe to jump in the Genius of Water Fountain?
Q: Why isn't Hudephol brewed in Cincinnati?
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Did you know there's such a thing as National Etiquette Week? And that it's happening right fucking now?
Of course there is. This is America, motherfuckers.
Well, while the rest of the country is practicing their table manners and shit, we in Ohio apparently don't give a damn, according to a recent study conducted by Seattle-based Marchex Institute.
The bitches at Marchex apparently listened in on 600,000 calls placed from consumers to businesses across 30 different industries, and found that out of all 50 states, Ohioans are most likely to go AWOL on the phone.
Washington state was the least likely to curse. They swore about every 300 conversations; we dropped expletives about every 150 exchanges.
According to the findings, Washingtonians were also 800 times more likely to be afraid of caterpillars and use only anti-bacterial soap, while Ohioans were 46 times more likely to crush beer cans with their hands or eat store-bought apples before they even washed them.
We're guessing Washingtonians probably say things like, "Bejabbers!" or "Criminy!" when shit goes wrong. And that's just fuckin' lame.
Oh, and guys, don't forget — tomorrow is National Sea Monkey Day.


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London 2012 volunteers are called 'Games Makers', as they are helping to make the Games happen. The Games Maker recruitment process began in September 2010, with the London 2012 Organising Committee receiving more than 240,000 applications.
Up to 70,000 people were chosen to become Games Makers and they will take on a wide variety of roles across the Olympic venues during the Games: from welcoming visitors to transporting athletes, helping out behind the scenes in the Technology team and making sure the results get displayed as quickly and accurately as possible.
"Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Olympic Games and part of the DNA of thousands of people in this country," said Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee, when the volunteer programme was launched. "The 1948 Olympic Games in London saw the birth of the Games volunteer programme, and we are determined that London 2012 will be a wonderful opportunity for tens of thousands of people to help deliver the most spectacular Games ever."
The volunteers will be easy to spot during the Games thanks to their distinctive uniforms, which draw on British heritage in shades of regal purple and poppy red.
They have been influenced by the historic Grenadier Guards uniform and British sporting heritage including the London 1948 Games, the Wimbledon tennis championships and the Henley Regatta.
"The volunteers are the face of the Games and they will turn what could be a good Games, into a great Games," said Paul Deighton, London 2012 CEO, when the uniforms were unveiled. "They will be high profile in London and in our venues across the UK at Games time and so it's important they look the part.
"Delivering the Games is hard work and so the uniform needs to be functional, however we also want our teams to wear it with pride."
Volunteers also play an integral role in the Olympic Movement, with each IOC member representing the IOC in a voluntary capacity.
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You can probably tell by the timing of these reports that it's been a busy summer. Things really kicked off Memorial Days weekend with the WWBA tournament season, followed by our Sunshine and National Showcases in June and then the WWBA and BCS national championships in late June and July. This year we had a new tournament series, the PG World Series, in four different age divisions, and then turned our attention back to showcases, and the PG All-American Classic in August. We still have quite a few tournament events to go here in September and into October, with most of those events culminating in Jupiter, Fla. for the WWBA World Championship.
Along the way I have been watching games in addition to our own events. I am not going to supply my opinions on players from our events because that is why we have scouts and player profile reports. If you do happen to read these and have any questions on specific players not mentioned, don't hesitate to ask.
Anyway, I already shared my thoughts on the Team USA players. I'm not a huge fan of the college/high school merged format, as I don't think it benefits either group of players, but it obviously does create a pretty cool showcase type format with some of the best high school and college players on the same field.
I was also able to watch the Northwoods League All-Star Game in person and shared those thoughts
Stay tuned to the site as we will also start to unveil our top overall 2013 MLB draft prospects this week before turning our attention back to the summer collegiate leagues next week.
Now onto the Cape All-Star Game.
East pitchers
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Aaron Blair:
Slow wind, quick arm on delivery. Good arm speed, nice sink on fastball. Works down. Good size, strong sturdy frame. Low ¾ delivery. Much more hittable when elevates. Didn't get a chance to see good breaking ball.
Matt Boyd:
Over the top delivery, broad shouldered build. Likes throwing hard slurve. Has some herk/jerk to delivery. Aggressive approach, attacks hitters. Also has change. See him as a reliever, possibly specialist in pro ball, and could enjoy success in that role.
Pat Christensen:
Quick, quirky/funky mechanics and delivery. Low ¾. Has decent breaking ball, attacks hitters.
David Whitehead:
Good size, well built, workhorse stature. Low waist. Reminiscent of Jimmy Nelson (Alabama). Kept ball low and to no surprise got ground ball outs. Sweeping slider. Low leg raise, compact delivery given size/stature. Works away with breaking ball, needs more consistent bite on pitch. Two runners reached on bad defense behind him, got out of inning when he induced DP with bases loaded, 1 out.
Kyle Crockett:
Lean projectable LHP. Long arm delivery. Very lean, needs to add strength. Pitches down in zone. Promising spin on curveball.
Brian Verbitsky:
Challenges hitters with fastball. Not overpowering but good stuff and aggressive approach. Has solid changeup, breaking ball loopy, but not many pitchers in this game had sharp breaking stuff given length/nature of appearance.
Ryan Thompson:
Quick off mound. Well proportioned/put together athlete. Has some added movement to delivery which creates some deception. Low ¾ arm slot. Nice changeup, pulled string perfectly. Works away, fastball has some movement. Sinker/slider profile.
Tom Windle:
Good size/stature with room for added strength. Slurvy breaking ball with sharp break. Started all over the place, overthrowing. Needs more consistency on breaking ball and with command, similar to what I saw in start last March. Did snap off a few really sharp breaking balls so potential is there. Easy arm strength, FB up to mid-90s this summer, sits upper-80s to low-90s. The run he gave up came on a wild pitch (slider in dirt).
Michael Wagner:
Broad shouldered/low waist build, low ¾ somewhat crossfire delivery. Sweeping slider he uses well to pitch in on the hands of LH hitters. Moves ball around, changes speeds well between fastball and slider.
West pitchers
Sean Manaea:
This was the first time I've seen Manaea. Believe the hype, very exciting prospect. Long arms and legs with tall stature. Uses size incredibly well throwing downhill. Ball looks like its released on top of batter's hands. Smooth, repeatable mechanics. Easy arm strength/velocity. Gave up leadoff single, which was a weak tapper up middle. Manaea picked off that batter. Patient presence on mound with slow, deliberate delivery. Low ¾ arm slot. Good fastball command. Really sharp, short-breaking slider. In rhythm, perfect package to be future staff ace a la David Price.
Konner Wade:
Low waist, strong lower half. Low ¾, throws across body some. Long arm action, works away, lulls hitters to sleep. Nice late dip on fastball. Good changeup too. Groundball machine.
David Garner:
High waist, long arm action. Very smooth, repeatable delivery. Decent off-speed SL/CH. Has live arm, not over-powering but room for improvement.
Trey Masek:
High leg kick, shorter with strong lower half. Sharp curveball. Fastball has sink. Works lower half well. Nice 3-pitch mix, repeats well, quick inning in this game, groundballs.
Jeff Hoffman:
Nice size and overall athlete with projectability. Best looking pitcher's build of those that took the mound. High waist with lean, long limbs and current strength. Promising curveball, good break has some sweeping action now. Low ¾ arm slot.
Timothy Giel:
Wider lower half, short arm delivery. Sturdy build. Sinking fastball with sweeping breaker. Throws a lot of off-speed, not overpowering.
Nick Rumbelow:
Shorter build, max effort delivery with hard recoil gives him reliever profile. Good athlete. Comes over top. Very sharp curveball.
Colby Suggs:
Shorter with wide lower half. Goes right after hitters with fearless approach. Quick inning got Andrew Knapp on high fastball to end frame. Hitters didn't look to have much of a chance. Short reliever profile.
Dan Slania:
High waist, broad-shouldered build. Barrel chest gives him a Roger Clemens feel with similar delivery, minus the low ¾ arm slot. Has a good changeup.
East hitters
Alex Blandino:
Smaller, quick-twitch athlete. Patient approach at plate with bat speed and gap power. Runs well. Smooth defensively, turned a nice DP in the 6th. Shows pro MIF actions.
Phillip Ervin:
Exciting player to watch. Very quick bat with good power despite smaller stature. Well put together athlete that clearly puts a lot of time in the weight room. Did a nice job working count, fouling off pitches and going with pitch to hit oppo. single in 7th. Has enough speed to be stolen base threat, but isn't a burner.
Conrad Gregor:
I've seen Gregor quite a few times. He's a very polished hitter, one of those guys who is who he is. Has played OF but fits best at 1B. Bat will always define value. Home run production hasn't developed yet but power is there, and will need to show up more during games for him to reach his potential.
Andrew Knapp:
Switch hitting catcher with line drive swing. Swing made more for contact and to the gaps. Good strength in frame but likely won't be a huge HR threat. Needs work defensively particularly in his arm strength and release. Could be Brian Harper type behind plate.
Eric Jagielo:
Upright stance, thick lower half, promising power potential. LH hitter that has some Kevin Youkilis qualities to him.
West hitters
Pat Biondi:
Very short but well put together. Quick compact stroke and good wheels. Has a little pop, but game is best served putting ball in play and using speed to get on base/stretch extra base hits.
Jacob May:
Really good athlete with room to grow and add strength. Switch hitter with some pop and bat speed. Solid instincts in the outfield with the speed to run balls down.
Tyler Ross:
Strong, broad-shouldered build. I've seen several times before and I'm very impressed with his defensive tools. Good presence behind plate with solid blocking skills, strong/accurate throwing arm.
Mason Robbins:
Really good looking athlete with a very good approach at the plate as a LH hitter. Has a clean swing with power potential. Has some speed but fits best on OF corner, enough arm strength for RF. Most power is to the gaps at this point in time but there's reason to believe he'll add more. Very well known in HS and had good year as freshman at Southern Miss.
Colin Moran:
Looks like a big leaguer, does all of the little things well and is an obvious presence on the field. Very polished defensively at third base, did a really nice job picking ball to start 5-4-3 DP with perfect relay throw to 2B. Smooth LH swing with a very good approach and obvious hand-eye coordination. Did a nice job going with outside pitch and slicing it to left field. Makes the game look easy, although eventual power production will be in question. More of a singles/doubles hitter and profiles in similar fashion to former UNC 1B Dustin Ackley.
Daniel Palka:
Had 3 hits in the game, one of the best college hitters out there. Very strong build. Profiles best at 1B but has impressive power potential. Good overall approach with the ability to hit for average and power with solid on-base skills.
Mitchell Garver:
Well built, strong upper half. Runs well for catcher. Quick behind plate, really good blocking skills. Quick release with strong, accurate arm. Gunned down 2 runners in game with absolute hoses to 2B. Promising bat as well.
Mott Hyde:
Similar build/profile to Craig Biggio. Smaller but strong sparkplug type build. Really nice range at 2B. Made really nice play ranging far to his right to make play behind the 2B bag.
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McKinnon is the surname of a wizarding family. It is unknown if they were pure-blood or had both magical and Muggle heritage.
The McKinnons were slaughtered by Death Eaters at the height of the First Wizarding War, as they were connected to the Order of the Phoenix[1]. According to Igor Karkaroff, Travers was among those involved[2]. The only known member of this family is the late Marlene McKinnon who was a member of the Order.
When Lily Potter heard of their deaths she cried all night.
McKinnon is a surname of Scottish origin, anglicised from the Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin, which means "fair born" or "fair son", and can also be translated as "love".[3]
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- Other than the Potters and the Longbottoms, Marlene McKinnon is the only former Order member mentioned in the film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- The McKinnons were mentioned in Lily Evans's letter. She stated that Peter Pettigrew had looked sad when he visited, but she believed it was because of what happened to the McKinnons. The Potters and the McKinnons were possibly good friends, as Lily cried when she heard of their deaths.


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Thank you so much for the comment on my new blog. I didn't have comment notification set, so I missed it until now. Your craft idea would be perfect for my MIL. They live in Indiana, and treasure every handprint, footprint, picture, and giggle over the phone.
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This has been on my list for a full year! Yours is lovely! What a special gift. : )
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Celine Dion has made good on her promise to reward superfan Richard Dunn with a once-in-a-lifetime Las Vegas experience by inviting him to spend Independence Day with her.
Dunn has become known as "Lonely Airport Guy" after he found himself stranded and alone in Sin City recently. Bored and frustrated, he shot cellphone footage of himself wandering around the deserted airport miming to Dion's rendition of break-up ballad "All By Myself."
Amused by the online video, Dion offered Dunn tickets to her show – and the use of her private bathroom in a message she posted last week – and now she has invited the Internet sensation to join her on July 4.
Sources tell TMZ.com he'll be in the audience for her concert at Caesar's Palace and Dion has agreed to put him and a guest up at the hotel. She is also planning to meet Dunn before she hits the stage.


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Verne Casey 1933 Ford cabriolet - 2010 Street Rodder Del Mar Top 100Written by Eric Geisert on April 14, 2010 Tucson, AZ
Verne not only impressed everyone with his stylish take on a Speed33 body, but he drove his ride to Del Mar from his Arizona home more than 400 miles away. Powered by a 383 backed to a Tremec five-speed, the cabrio had a nose that was shaped by Marcel's Custom Metal and a grill custom made by D.F. Metalworks. The '33 rides on a Kugel independent suspension front and rear.


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Former Holyoke residents Gordan Miller (of Greeley), pictured in center, and Bill Harmon (of Garden City, Kan.), at right, feel honored to have been contacted by Steaks for Troops to show support for the U.S. troops.
An organization called Steaks for Troops asked Harmon and Miller to prepare and cook steaks on their huge barbecue grill to feed 1,500 U.S. troops who were coming home and deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Miller and Harmon traveled to Ft. Bliss Military Base in El Paso, Texas, where they cooked 900 steaks, 400 hot dogs and 40 pounds of hamburgers. The next weekend they went to Ft. Carson Military Base in Colorado Springs and cooked for 1,000.


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The proposal includes a multi-state information sharing pact and an interstate AMBER Alert system. Currently, facilities that provide services for children, the elderly and people with disabilities require background checks. But those checks are limited to criminal records within the state. Birkett also plans on creating a multi-state AMBER Alert system.
AMBER Alerts enable law enforcement officials to spread the news of child abductions quickly on the emergency broadcasting system and through media outlets.
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The AMBER Plan is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies and broadcasters to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
Broadcasters use the Emergency Alert System (EAS), formerly called the Emergency Broadcast System, to air a description of the missing child and suspected abductor.
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|Lions Club addressing algae, island issues at Fishin' Hole
|Written by Darci Tomky
Holyoke Lions Club is taking the next step in a couple improvements at the Lions Club Fishin' Hole east of Holyoke.
If fishermen have noticed the water being more cloudy, it's because the pond has been identified has having blue-green algae.
Lions Club member Larry Stein said they aren't sure how they accumulated the algae. If it builds up enough, it will hurt the fish, he added.
The group has extensively studied how to handle the algae problem and has decided to use barley straw based on a good study by the University of Iowa.
Stein said by putting barley straw in the water at a depth of six to eight feet, it will release hydrogen peroxide and help with the algae accumulation for several months.
Lions Club member Larry Stein prepares a wire cage with barley straw to be lowered into the fishing pond to help with the accumulation of blue-green algae.
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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Students at Montessori Private Academy spent the day learning about our veterans and even helping out some active duty members of the military.
Veterans from World War II to the war in Afghanistan talked with students about their experiences both in war and when they came home. They even took some time to answer questions. Then the kids started assembling care packages to send to troops overseas. Students, staff members, and their families donated everything inside those care packages.


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My iPhone contract is now up and I am seeking a new smart phone. The Pre looks pretty good and after having multiple Palms before I do like their kit. I appreciate it is not working with properly with ZCS yet but that should be resolved in 6.0.6 Bug 43989 – Official Support for Palm Pre Phone.
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Hello forum!
As I've read the teachings and continue to practice dhamma, in my fragmented understanding I am left a question: how does love and marriage function on the spiritual journey of cessation? Likely due to my fragmented understanding I am left perplexed at how to collect a right view concerning these two. It would seem to me that absense of clinging and love / marriage oppose one another. Can someone kindly take the time to explain, both through commentary and the canons, how romantic & friendlike love is viewed in context of practicing the dhamma and marriage. If this is a common question, feel free to link me insightful forum or articles.
Please know that I have not lets this perplexity affect my marriage or practice. The question continues to arise and I am hoping to find answers.


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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns rookie linebacker Chris Kirksey is a big man, on and off the field. But he's more like a munchkin in "Madden 15."
The new version of the popular football video game has a glitch that shrinks Kirksey to a 14-inch player, running around on the field among giants.
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Boulder removes barriers for 2014-15 cyclocross nationals
- By Lennard Zinn
- Published Feb. 2, 2012
- The two-flights-with-a-landing "5280' Run-Up" is one of two staircases in Boulder's Valmont Bike Park's built exclusively for cyclocross racing. Its 20-foot center width is bounded by permanent railings allowing spectators to stand on the stairs and avoid damaging the hillside. Step dimensions were chosen specifically for 'cross racing, and one of the steps is at exactly one mile in altitude, hence the staircase's name. Photo: Brad Kaminski
- One of the Valmont Bike Park's three sand pits. Photo: Brad Kaminski
- USA Cycling's Managing Director of National Events Micah Rice (left) and National Events Director Kelli Lusk (center) enjoying themselves along with Boulder Cycle Sport owner and two-time cyclocross national champion (current in 40-45) Brandon Dwight. Photo: Brad Kaminski
- The view's great from Valmont Bike Park, as is the riding. Photo: Brad Kaminski
- Standing atop the 5280' Run- Up with a broad overview of the park below, Webber points out features of the Valmont Bike Park cyclocross course as Rice (center) and Lusk follow along on their maps. Photo: Brad Kaminski
- With Boulder's iconic Flatirons as a backdrop, the Valmont cyclocross course mostly avoids the bermed singletrack spiderwebbing the bike park and spends much of it on grass that is continuously restored after races by park employees, volunteers and a built-in sprinkler system. Photo: Brad Kaminski
- Pete Webber (left) and Mike Eubank point out the bike park's maps and signage, which for this day included a poster for the USA Cycling cyclocross national championships to be held Jan. 10-15, 2014. Photo: Brad Kaminski
- Boulder's Valmont Bike Park includes a permanent five-tier winner's podium with backdrop for sponsor plaques built of native sandstone by Pearl Izumi.
BOULDER, Colo. (VN) – One of three cities still vying for the 2014 and 2015 cyclocross national championships, Boulder rolled out the red carpet yesterday to USA Cycling's National Events Director Kelli Lusk and Managing Director of National Events Micah Rice (formerly Jittery Joe's Professional Cycling Team manager), who together manage USA Cycling's 16 national championship events. A bluebird Colorado day greeted the contingent, but living in Colorado Springs, Rice and Lusk are used to those. What also impressed was the presentation by Boulder cycling advocates as well as city officials.
Mike Eubank, project manager of Boulder's Valmont Bike Park, which includes the country's only permanent cyclocross course purpose-built from its inception to adhere to UCI standards, led the local delegation. He was joined by Pete Webber – the reigning 40-45 World Cyclocross Champion, two-time National Cyclocross Champion, 20-year 'cross racer, Mountain Bike Hall of Fame member, and former membership and communications director of IMBA.
Webber led the tour of the Valmont Bike Park, pointing out many unique characteristics making it ideal to host such an event. Local top cyclocross stars, including Nicole Duke and Meredith Miller, were in attendance along with an array of leaders of Boulder's large cycling community. Among the group's promises is a virtually guaranteed enormous jump in both the number of spectators and the number of racers at nationals, were it to be held in Boulder, thanks to a very active local and regional cyclocross culture.
Boulder city government leaders and city parks managers and employees laid out for the USA Cycling contingent how the city's infrastructure would support the event as well, including parking for up to 2,000 cars within 500 yards of the bike park. Kirk Kincannon, Boulder's director of Parks and Recreation, clarified not only his department's commitment to creating a foundation for the event but also its ability to handle any occurrence that could come up. Parks and Recreation's main maintenance shed with enormous amounts of equipment of all sorts is located in Valmont Park, just across the street from the cyclocross course, and its grounds crews work on the park every day. And Boulder's Channel 8 television station pointed out how its capacities would facilitate live streaming of the events.
Boulder's Valmont Bike Park is truly an amazing facility, particularly for those into cyclocross, BMX, dirt jumping, or dirt riding with children, or who are mountain-bike singletrack newbies wanting to try riding high-speed berms, skinny logs and other stunts. The northern section of the park is built on a hillside and is separated by a streambed from its lower southern section, which used to be flat. After fully 10,000 dumptruckloads of dirt were deposited and sculpted throughout the park with a intricate network of hardened dirt trails throughout, that is no longer the case.
There is nobody better to extol the park's virtues than Webber, its course designer and one of its early visionaries. Webber's two books, Trail Solutions: Managing Mountain Biking: IMBA's Guide to Providing Great Riding (2007) and IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack (2004), have sold 30,000 copies in 60 countries and are the world's go-to mountain bike trail building guides.
Sustainable bicycle trail building is Webber's middle name, and cyclocross is not only in his veins, it fills his every capillary. He designed the cyclocross course as well as all of the singletrack trails, pump tracks, and stunt features in the park, and his familiarity with it left none of the USA Cycling delegation's questions unanswered during a walk around the cyclocross course.
Webber often uses the Boulder "Wednesday Worlds" morning cyclocross training race/ride, which regularly draws over 100 riders all fall and winter, to try out his course designs at Valmont, fully flagging out a course the day before. Two races with over 500 participants each (almost 800 in the second one) were held here in September and October, and the course is universally loved. Spectators and racers alike loved the UCI Boulder Cup cyclocross race held at Valmont Park this year on Halloween weekend, in part because of separate announcers at the finish and atop the 5280' Run-Up staircase jam-packed with fans. The winners of the elite men's and women's Boulder Cup, Belgian Ben Berden and near-local Katie Compton (from Colorado Springs), both gushed about the quality of the Valmont course and its massive and enthusiastic crowds. There will be a number of other races at the venue to further iron out kinks in anticipation of holding national championship races here.
After racing cyclocross in Belgium, Webber has some Euro ideas not only for course design but also for infrastructure that are gradually being implemented at Valmont Park. These include getting riders away from their cars for pre-race preparation by utilizing the 30,000-square-foot metal barn at the park as an athlete's base camp. "Americans dress and warm up at their cars, but in Belgium, riders sit on chairs in a heated building with a box for all of their gear," says Webber.
The vast, one-story barn's build-out plan includes areas for riders to have individual equipment boxes or lockers, a neutral trainer warm-up area, secure storage depot, vendor area, and indoor bike wash in a lowered concrete bay. Bike washes in the building and at the pit area adjacent the pond on the opposite end of the park would be supplied by high-pressure water splitting out into multiple hoses, rather than noisy, smelly power washers prone to breakdown and long waiting lines.
Boulder's bike racing legacy is long, through much hard work and negotiation it recently landed a stage finish for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and its eagerness to have the 2014-2015 cyclocross nationals at Valmont Park is palpable. Asheville, NC and Austin, TX are competing with Boulder in the bid for the events.
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1952 GMC Pickup - Butterscorched!Written by on January 24, 2006 Contributors: Classic Trucks Staff The Overhaulin' '52 GMC
It's nice to think that we can usually count on a few things in life--a warm bed, a place to come home to, finding your car where you left it. You know, the little things. But what happens when one of these things suddenly isn't there? I can't tell you from experience, and I'm grateful for that; John, however, from Los Angeles, unfortunately can tell you firsthand.
You might expect the worse to happen in a place like L.A., but that doesn't make it any easier. John went out to jump in his '52 GMC truck, just like he had everyday for the last few years, only to find it missing one morning. I can only imagine how he must have felt. Losing your keys or a wallet is bad enough, but to have your ride turn up missing must put a real damper on your day. Luckily, John found a "receipt" on his door thanking him for his donation. What? Why would he have donated his one and only means of beloved transportation to some "charity," especially after dreaming and searching for the right truck for so long? He had even sold his '65 Impala to keep this truck. Could one of his neighbors have finally gotten fed up with the loud belching straight pipes that alerted everyone to his coming and going? But seriously, who'd go to such lengths?
Still in shock, John called the number on the receipt for the charity to get to the bottom of this. He got nowhere. This went on for the better part of a week to no avail, and you could only imagine the frustration and disbelief John must have gone through. It seems that by week's end he was finally getting somewhere, and was told where the truck was. He found it alright, but it was nothing like it used to be. It wasn't good--it was beyond great!
Now the cat was out of the bag. It turns out that John's family had planned this whole fiasco behind his back. His '52 GMC was to be the next subject on the cable TV series Overhaulin', and while John was making dead-end phone calls, his truck was getting a major facelift by Chip Foose, Revo Reeves, Jerry Bermudez, J.C. Genty, the Nance Brothers, and Scratch, to name a few. Of this General Motors body style, the GMCs have never been known to have a "good-looking" fascia. So the team put their minds together and agreed to give the GMC a decidedly '55 Chevy-passenger-car-styled front end. The execution of this idea came to pass by using several '55 grilles from D&P Classic Chevy flanked by the same year parking and headlights, all of which are underlined by an upside down '56 front bumper.
With this exercise in subtlety and restraint completed, they moved to the rear of the truck with the same MO in mind. The essentially new bed from Brothers Truck Parts was shortened about 2 inches and raised 4. The front panel was curved to match the curvature of the back of the cab. The running boards and splash aprons were tweaked to coincide with the bed mods. Take note of how the rear fenders come through the inside of the bed to form factory-looking tubs. The Tri-Five influence was used again to round out the aft of the truck with a Nomad bumper that mounted custom taillights built into the bumper guards. It's important to recognize that the pleasing proportions of this truck were achieved without the usual chop, section, or channeling done to these mid-century trucks.The chassis is comprised of a Monte Carlo-based frontend with Brothers/Baer power discs all the way around, power steering, and a No Limit four-link attached to the Diff Works rearend. The Guaranty Chevrolet HT 383 crate motor that is sandwiched between the K&N air filter and MagnaFlow mufflers smokes the Michelin rubber that encases the--you guessed it--Foose Design wheels.
After Caliber Collision Center was done with the finish body and flawless paintwork, Brothers took care of the one-piece windshield. Stitchcraft then stepped up and covered the creature comforts in tan leather and carpet. All of this and more were crammed into one of the most stressful weeks John had ever had. But rest assured he's been breathing easy since his GMC was returned. For the Overhaulin' crew, it was back to work to surprise yet another unsuspecting motorist.
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|Art goes green with local teacher
|Written by Darci Tomky
"I want to be more green." That was Christina Martinez's New Year's Resolution, and she's certainly putting her plan into action.
As art teacher at Holyoke Elementary School, Martinez has made it an everyday practice to use recycled and repurposed materials in both her classroom and in her personal art projects.
"It's something I'm really interested in," said Martinez, admitting she can spend hours at a time browsing YouTube for new project ideas. "I ask myself, 'What can I do with things that are free or really cheap?'"
Holyoke Elementary School art teacher Christina Martinez, who is
Sock monsters are Martinez's latest project with her fifth-grade students. By utilizing old socks and other fabric scraps, the project contains almost all recycled materials. The kids even brought old pillows they could use for recycled stuffing for their sock monsters.
The kids learned simple blanket and running stitches as well as the difference between handmade and manufactured items. After sketching ideas for their sock monsters, the students used problem-solving skills to determine the steps they needed to take to make their sock monsters come to life.
It's always good to exercise the muscle in the brain that makes kids better problem solvers, said Martinez.
She has been surprised how engaged the students are in the project, even the boys, who normally would stay away from activities—like sewing—that are stereotyped as something only girls do. "It's cool to see them so into it," said Martinez.
The fifth-graders are also bridging a generation gap, asking their parents and grandparents for help with new stitches to make their own sock monsters at home.
Colby Purkeypile concentrates hard on sewing his sock monster during
Martinez said the kids love doing handmade projects they can keep or use. First, it gives them a sense of accomplishment, and second, it allows them to see how art affects their everyday lives. "It's nice to see the kids make that connection between art and everyday life," she added.
For instance, last year, Martinez had the kids tie dye pillow cases, a perfect way to introduce them to the importance of art in everyday life. It was something they could value and use on a daily basis. The cool thing about that project was that every pillowcase was recycled from a hotel where Martinez's mom worked.
Art classes have also made snakes out of old ties and Christmas ornaments out of recycled paper and other materials.
"It really makes my projects go a lot farther," said Martinez, noting how important it is to use recycled and repurposed materials. "It has eased the budget," she said, because now she can spend more money on the "bread and butter" type stuff, like paint and bigger pieces of equipment for the art room.
"People have been very supportive by giving me the things I need," said Martinez. She advised people to not hesitate in asking friends, family and coworkers to save items for their next art or craft project.
She's thinking about exploring the idea of bags and wallets made out of Capri Sun drinks, so it was really easy to ask fellow teachers to save the empty containers from their Valentine's Day parties.
For a small art fund raiser, Martinez collected fabric scraps and invited the sixth-graders to an afterschool session to make flower hair accessories. She said the kids really got into the project, making lots and lots of flowers, even on their own time at home.
Fifth-grade girls Savannah Burris, Kyra Loutensock, Maritza Quintana and Andrea Becerra model Christina Martinez's colorful pop can flower ring, headband and hair clip as well as a Capri Sun bag—made almost completely out of recycled materials. —Enterprise photo
"You do one small thing and it trickles." Teachers don't realize how much a small project like that can affect students, she said. The flowers gave the students a sense of accomplishment and strengthened their interest in art.
And since homemade items are so much more special than storebought things, according to Martinez, the community was very supportive in buying the handmade flowers, giving an extra boost to the art department budget.
Martinez admitted she is on "idea overload," with lots of new recycled art project ideas just waiting for her to try them.
She tends to hoard materials she thinks could come in handy later on, so she asks herself what she could do to use up those materials.
To get inspiration, Martinez browses YouTube or other websites. If she's at a craft fair or art convention, she'll take a picture of the things that appeal to her or she'll ask the vendor how they did that particular project.
As an artist, she of course has the liberty to change these ideas to suit her taste or to accommodate the materials she already has.
Pop can accessories are Martinez's latest obsession. She simply uses the metal from pop cans to form flowers for headbands and jewelry.
She's also had fun making a homemade cork board with old wine corks and an old frame, both materials that would have just been thrown away from a past job. The project was completely free, except the glue Martinez purchased.
If anyone has a stash of old paper, fabric scraps or anything else they think would make a good art project, they should contact Martinez at Holyoke Elementary School, 970-854-3411.
Holyoke Enterprise February 23, 2012


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