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Let's be honest. Running errands with kids, particularly toddlers, is no easy feat. Not only do you have to wrangle them and pack what feels like a suitcase full of toys, drinks, and treats before you leave the house, you have to wrangle them while you're out and trying to get stuff done. It can be pretty stressful, but most moms have no choice but to take the kids along. The only thing we can do is keep them entertained -- and that's not always easy!
Here are 8 fun ways to keep the littles occupied while you get stuff done this spring. Good luck!
1. Books. Even though they can't read, what kid doesn't love a good book? Pack your child's favorite book along when you're out and about -- but don't tell them. When they start to get fidgety, present it to them as if it's a surprise.
2. New toys. When you have a serious day of errands ahead of you, you need to bring out the big guns: New toys. But there's an art to this. Just when your child feels like they can't handle another minute of errands, give them their new toy and you should get another solid half-hour out of them. Hey, it's something.
3. Have them pick flowers. One of the greatest things about the weather warming up is the fact that the kids can play outside. Make a game of your errand day, asking your kids to find flowers, leaves, and grass when you're outside. When you get indoors, let them play with their new treasures.
4. Sidewalk chalk. Try bringing along a Ziplock bag full of sidewalk chalk when running errands. Allow kids to draw when you get to each destination.
5. Snacks. Make a "special" snack with your kids before heading out for the day. Even if it's just mixing fruit or nuts in a bag, they'll enjoy eating something "they" made.
6. Rock, Paper, Scissors. Teach them how to play Rock, Paper, Scissors the day before a big day of errands. It will keep them occupied in the car.
7. Let them make their own t-shirt. Craft stores sell plain white t-shirts and fabric crayons for really cheap. Let the kids make their shirts the night before and wear them the next day -- or better yet, allow them to draw in the car. Drawing on a t-shirt? What's more fun than that?!
8. I Spy. Play I Spy with the kids while running errands. They'll actually enjoy heading into the store with you if they get to play a game. And it's fun to play outdoors, too!
How do you keep your kids occupied while running errands?
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I would always include my son in the task.
I always do something involved with the errand. For example, when grocery shopping the kids help me find items.
I have been guilty of relying on electronics, but that is changing this summer! She is going to several camps, and I have some other activities lined up for us to do together.
Good ideas!
Simple... I don't bring them. LOL! I run errands when they are in school or when my husband is home. I don't see the need to add more stress to my life by dragging them along if I can avoid it. If I do need to take them, I only need to do a QUICK run for something basic. So they don't need entertainment for such a short trip.
when running errands I always make sure we have heer Kindle or Vtech in the car.
when we are grocery shopping she always has her own list of stuff she is in charge of finding. Our Kroger even has kid sized buggies for her to shop with it becomes a great learning game for her
we also keep a basket of little toys and books in the car at all times. I watch a little boy during the day and he pick up line at school ca take forever on some days so I always have little things in the car
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When you are 4 weeks into being on a diet & exercise plan, now is the perfect time to measure your progress. How you measure your progress is essential to staying motivated, ensuring that you are making progress, & that your plan is increasing your metabolism. When you are looking for change in progress you are looking for change in your body fat percentage. This means that you are increasing your lean muscle mass which helps to give you a fit shape, burn more calories at rest, & burn more calories during your workout. You are also wanting to have burned up fat for fuel, this will remove the layer covering your toned body so that your skin lays right next to your fit shape. All this change in body fat percentage means you are going to fit into a smaller clothes size.
How To Measure Change In Your Body Fat Percentage
1. Fitness Progress Photos
When you started your 12 week plan you should have taken photos at the beginning of week one in your sports apparel that were shots of you from the front, side, & back. It's important to take these photos again now 4 weeks later in the same outfit & similar lighting. The reason that you are on the plan is to look better so progress photos are visual evidence that you are looking better & changing your body fat percentage.
What to look for in your fitness progress photos? Pictures 4 weeks into a plan are about how far you have come, not how far you have to go. You want to look for subtle improvements in your shape, slimming in your face, & the tightening of your skin. Focus on all the positive improvements and changes that you are seeing.
2. Body Tape Measurements
Break out the tape measure and redo all your measurements. Remember that the tape measure doesn't differentiate between muscle and fat, but rather shows inches lost. So, if the scale doesn't change but you have lost inches you know you are losing fat weight & gaining lean muscle mass. Muscle is more dense than fat so you will be getting more lean & toned. Losing fat and gaining muscle will make you smaller, more fit, & increase your metabolism all adding up to you fitting into a smaller clothes size.
3. Fit Into a Smaller Clothes Size
Even if the scale hasn't changed, if you have lost inches and your photos are improved you will definitely be fitting better in your current clothes or even 1 size down. Your diet and exercise plan is designed so that you can look better in clothes & looking better not reaching a number on the scale is the goal. So, go into your closest and try on clothes that haven't been fitting well or were almost able to fit and try them on. Try on a couple of items and you will be amazed that you are fitting into a smaller size.
4. Your Weight On The Scale
The scale is your last way to measure progress. The scale might be the same, up, or down....all of those results are just fine as long as you are seeing improvement in your clothes, progress photos, & body tape measurements. These results tell you that you have put on lean muscle mass & burned fat so that you are getting a fit shape and increasing your metabolism.
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I suppose the short answer is; Yes, ID2 can, and has been, 'hacked'.
Unfortunately the fact is, that as provider's encryption systems have improved, it has moved the 'hackers' from being clever programmers at home, to organised crime that can afford the highly specialised equipment and skills to perform such operations. So "free" satellite TV is even more of a myth than ever.
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The Hammer said...
"My fellow RPers, let's be honest. How many people on your server would be swapping to Draenei for a few months for some bizarre demon posession and/or impregnation storyline, then going back to Human or Night Elf whatever later. It would be a lot of people."
Hahaha! Spot on, my friend. :)
SarahTheGnome said...
I don't really get why you say "my dear FELLOW RPers" but seem to completely support this ridiculous notion of gender change, as if that is something that would fit into an RP environment.
The Hammer said...
Yikes, good point, Sarah! That'll be even worse, I bet!
You see... after changing your character's sex, he or she is gone. Dead. Disappeared. Vanished. What you have there is a new character, but with the same class and skill set. Even with the same gear. Tell me, how many characters have you let to die? I haven't any. Why? Because it would suck to be able to only run around OOCly with the character you spent months, or even years, of work in. With this, you can.
SarahTheGnome said...
Aaah, in a perfect world. How many lycans do you have on your server? Demon possessed sex goddesses? Do you really think they will implement this 'correctly'. Here is my, fairly educated, prediction. HAI I CHANGED SEX!
- Well my friend, how very interesting, I did not know such a thing was possible, pray tell how did you go about this?
Am I afraid that RPers will do it wrong? No. Am I afraid this is catering to the lolboys on the RP server who just want to fap over their female draenei but rolled a male? Yes.
SarahTheGnome said...
I consider no one 'a thing' thank you, and I am not going to start thinking of people that way. My ignore list is empty, as it should be, since I believe in second chances.
My remark is purely based on my own view that Blizzard cares little about the integrity of the game, and more about their money. I foresee all these difficulties, and I will not ignore it because they are part of my environment and server. I am really sick of players having to turn the other cheeck or put everyone on ignore simply because Blizzard chooses to not consider what such a change will bring, well, I guess they do consider it but care little.
And the next time someone whines about gold spam, I will answer them the same, that their whine is not valid, because hey, you can ignore. And if you close your eyes and pretend something is not there it goes away right? Well, not with me. That is where we are different then.


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Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Cancellara joins Luxembourg Project
PARIS, November 30, 2010 (AFP) - Swiss cyclist Fabien Cancellara has joined the Luxembourgian team set up around the brothers Franck and Andy Schleck, the new outfit announced on Tuesday.
Cancellara, Olympic champion in 2008 and four-time world time-trial champion, has signed a three-year contract, having left Danish team Saxo Bank in September.
"In adding the name of Cancellara to the team, the management have managed to assemble one of the best groups in modern cycling," said Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project in a press release.
"I had a good number of options but in the end I know that the project in Luxembourg had all the necessary ingredients to keep progressing," said Cancellara, 29.
The new team, whose name remains unknown, had already announced the recruitment of Germany's Jens Voigt, Belgium's Maxime Monfort, Portugal's Bruno Pires and the Italians Daniele Bennati, Davide Vigano and Giacomo Nizzolo.
Colnago-CSF sign up for Tour de Langkawi
KUALA LUMPUR - Under the successive appellations of Scrigno-Gaerne, Navigare, Panaria and CSF, the Colnago-CSF of the Reverberi's (father Bruno and son Roberto) is the most successful team in terms of stage wins in the history of Le Tour de Langkawi with 33 up to date. The Italian squad collected these triumphs from 1998 to 2009 but missed out on the 2010 edition of LTdL due to the clash with European events in March.
However, they kept the Malaysian event in mind and were the first team to enter for the sixteenth Tour de Langkawi that will be held from January 23 to February 1st. "We're glad to come back because the organisation of the event is always great and this is for sure a nice experience for our young riders", Roberto Reverberi said. He selected four neo professionals who will make their debut in the highest ranks when the race will kick off on the island of Langkawi and two riders in their second year pro. Alberto Contoli who will be with Colnago-CSF for the second season at the age of 23 is their designated climber for LTdL, while Andrea Piechele who transferred from Carmiooro-NGC will come to Malaysia as the team's sprinter. He got several top ten placing in 2010, among which a second place at Circuit of Getxo in Spain.
Colnago-CSF's four neo-pros at LTdL will be Paolo Locatelli, Omar Lombardi, Angelo Pagani and Andrea Pasqualon who are some of the most promising Italian talents. In the past, Reverberi's team enjoyed successes in Malaysia with foreign riders such as Australia's Graeme Brown, Nathan O'Neill and Brett Lancaster, Argentine's Ruben Bongiorno and the Richeze brothers, Ukraine's Sergey Matveyev, as well as Mexican Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio who won the Genting stage in 2000, but it's now a fully Italian roster since the title sponsorship of the team has been taken over by legendary bike manufacturer Ernesto Colnago who enjoyed the unexpected stage win of Manuel Belletti at the 2010 Giro d'Italia in his home town of Cesenatico.
"Our strategy might change from the previous years since the mountain stages of Cameron and Genting Highlands are on day 4 and 5", Reverberi noted. "That means from stage 6 onwards, there will be breakaways from far out that will have a chance to succeed. For young riders, it's a great opportunity to get the experience to race as professionals. A positive thing is the pretty short distance of the stages, it suits the early season period. As always, we'll do our best to make the most of the course."
The Colnago-CSF team returns to Malaysia with the same spirit they had on their first Asian trip. That led Alessandro Petacchi to score the first win of his pro career in Mersing. That was to be followed by 145 more victories, including two at the 2010 Tour de France where he also won the points classification.
TEAM MANAGER: Roberto REVERBERI
RIDERS: Alberto CONTOLI, Paolo LOCATELLI, Omar LOMBARDI, Angelo PAGANI, Andrea PASQUALON, Andrea PIECHELE
For the record, here are the 33 stage winners of the team in the history of LTdL:
1998: Mirko Rossato, stage 4; Alessandro Petacchi, stage 6; Dario Pieri, stage 8; Mirko Rossato, stage 9; Luca Cei, stage 12.
1999: Enrico Degano, stage 2; Enrico Degano, stage 7; Luca Cei, stage 12.
2000: Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio, stage 10.
2001: Enrico Degano, stage 2; Enrico Degano, stage 5; Nathan O'Neill, stage 10.
2002: Enrico Degano, stage 3; Graeme Brown, stage 6; Graeme Brown, stage 10.
2003: Graeme Brown, stage 5: Graeme Brown, stage 7; Ruben Bongiorno, stage 10.
2004: Brett Lancaster, stage 3; Ruben Bongiorno, stage 10.
2005: Graeme Brown, stage 1; Ruben Bongiorno, stage 2; Graeme Brown, stage 5, Ruben Bongiorno, stage 6; Graeme Brown, stage 7; Graeme Brown, stage 9; Graeme Brown, stage 10.
2006: Maximiliano Richeze, stage 1; Ruben Bongiorno, stage 2; Sergey Matveyev, stage 9.
2007: Maximiliano Richeze, stage 2.
2008: Filippo Savini, stage 8; Mauro Richeze, stage 9.
Behind The Barriers 8
This is the latest installment of a series following US cyclo cross rider jeremy Powers through the season, hope you enjoy ;)
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Monday, 29 November 2010
Could we get Bike Highways in Asia too?
COPENHAGEN, November 29, 2010 (AFP) - Copenhagen, one of the world's most bicycle-friendly cities, has begun turning its extensive network of cycle paths into bike highways in an effort to push more commuters to leave their cars at home.
Considered one of Europe's two "bicycle capitals" along with Amsterdam, Copenhagen counts more bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths can become congested.
Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially regular on the main Noerrebrogade thoroughfare used by around 36,000 cyclists a day.
"You have to elbow your way in to go forward and some cyclists aren't always thoughtful," complains 22-year-old university student Lea Bresell.
The creation of bike highways "comes right on time", says Danish Cyclist Federation spokesman Frits Bredal.
"Copenhagen's roads are overloaded with people who want to ride their bicycles in all kinds of weather," he says.
If in the 1960s Danes viewed the car as the symbol of freedom, the bicycle has assumed that role today, Bredal says.
"It's a mode of transportation used by all social classes, even politicians ride bikes," he says.
It is on crowded Noerrebrogade -- the busiest bicycle street in Europe, according to the cyclist association -- that city planners have decided to build the first of Copenhagen's environmentally friendly boulevards.
The jammed bike paths will be widened up to four metres (yards) on either side of the road, which will itself will be reserved for buses only.
The idea is to make Noerrebrogade "Europe's great cycling street", says Andreas Roehl, the Copenhagen municipality's bicycle programme manager who is also known as "Mister Bike".
But Roehl is not content with making life easier for Copenhagen's inner-city cyclists: he wants to get suburbanites out of their cars and onto two wheels as well.
His goal is to hike the percentage of suburban commuters cycling to and from the city from the 37 percent it is today to over 50 percent by 2015.
Within the city, 55 percent of all commuters already travel by bike, according to the municipality.
Copenhagen's bike highways of tomorrow will be dotted with pit stops where it will be possible to pump up tyres, fix a chain and have a drink of water, Roehl says.
And synchronised traffic lights prioritising bicycles over cars will bring riders from the suburbs into Copenhagen "quickly and safely," he says.
That "could lead car-addicted suburbanites to take their bikes to go to Copenhagen," says cyclist Bresell, for whom bike highways will "make life even more difficult for motorists and easier for cyclists."
Already Copenhagen stands out among other European capitals for its cycling infrastructure, counting more than 390 kilometres (242 miles) of bike paths.
Between 2006 and 2010, it spent 250 million kroner (33.6 million euros) in bike infrastructure and an extra 75 million kroner were allotted for 2011.
The first two city-to-suburb bicycle highways are due to open at the end of 2011 and reach a distance of 15 kilometres from central Copenhagen, while a third, going as far as 20 kilometres from the capital's centre, will be put into service in 2012.
While celebrating the Danish capital's efforts, Bredal of the cyclist association says he hopes the rest of the Scandinavian country, which altogether has 5.5 million inhabitants and around four million bikes, will soon "follow Copenhagen's example."
Denmark's other main cities -- Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg -- are already contemplating similar bike highways, according to the head of the Copenhagen project, Maria Helledi Streuli, who is eager to sing the plan's praise.
"It's an initiative that is good for the environment, for health," Streuli enthuses, adding it also "makes it possible to unclog car traffic and to breathe easier in the city."
Landis doesn't really believe Contador
BERLIN, November 28, 2010 (AFP) - Disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis has placed doubt on reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's claims that a positive test for clenbuterol was down to contaminated meat.
And the American, speaking on German television Sunday, claimed that world cycling chiefs have protected top riders from the scandal of positive doping tests for the past 20 years.
Contador, who has won the race's yellow jersey three times, is facing an uncertain future. He is currently suspended provisionally as anti-doping experts decide whether a positive test for trace amounts of the banned weight loss/muscle building drug at the 2010 race merits a lengthy ban.
Landis knows a thing or two about doping practices. He was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France crown after a positive test for testosterone, and despite denying doping for four years he finally confessed several months ago.
In making his confession, he alleged that former team-mate Lance Armstrong was involved in systematic doping during his spectacular Tour de France career.
Those claims have since prompted a federal investigation into the superstar American.
Landis said that despite even tighter controls being put in place by the sport's governing body the UCI (International Cycling Union), clenbuterol is still used in the peloton.
"I know of riders taking clenbuterol. The chances of getting caught are higher than they used to be, but they're still quite small because the drug usually disappears before the test," said Landis on ARD.
Contador claimed his result was down to contaminated meat which someone from his Astana team bought in Spain, and which he ate on the race's second rest day.
Landis meanwhile reiterated claims against Armstrong, alleging the seven-time Tour de France champion and cancer survivor doped during his career.
But he also claimed that world cycling chiefs, in particular UCI chief Pat McQuaid and his predecessor Hein Verbruggen, "protected" the top riders in the peloton.
"In the peloton, everyone knows that Pat McQuaid, Hein Verbruggen and other UCI officials have protected some riders, and not others, for the past 20 years," added Landis.
"It was manipulation, and their way of creating stars."
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Singapore - Cyclone TTT pics
...report on it's way. For those who missed it Aussie super sprinter Robbie McEwen was in Singapore over the weekend, and organised Tweet ride to watch the race.
Thanks to Hm and Drirtraction for the pics report and results.
Thanks to Hm and Drirtraction for the pics report and results.
28th Nov 2010 SINGAPORE
For the second time in the year, Changi Coast play host to another Team Time Trials, with 300 competitors making the start in teams of fours or twos.
As the end of season race, leaders of the Cyclone Race Series got meticulously choosy in their various winning combination so to gain maximum points to reaffirm their season long lead. This is particularly seen in the hotly contested Mens Masters and Juniors categories.
Tim CLARSEN and the Cannasia-Cannondale team took no chance in the overall, with fellow teammate Rob HENSBY teaming up with fellow leader to blaze the humid day with a 46kmph average over the course of 48km.
The super team of Christina LIEW and Bergtor HAUGA, both leaders for their respective race, for the Mixed QUAD category were on the way to a comfortable win when the team stumble to a disastrous crash mid course, sending Christina to the stretcher with a broken collar bone. The team did not finish and Bergtor was forced to pass lead on. And luckily for Christina, she held on to the massive points lead amass over the season to top the Womens Open.
Anders JARFOR (Team REVSIN) teamed up with a powerhouse lineup consisting of the Patrick POETZSCH, Mark HALLER and current National Masters Champion, Daniel GAN, made no mistakes and won the Masters race, scoring maximum points to overtake Bergtor for the Masters category series lead.
Friendly rivalry were trade between the PICO-Bikelabz team and Cycleworx for the Juniors race, with Marcel DAVIDSE (Team Cycleworx) scored enough points for his Junior ranking to defend his lead over a charging Amirul FAKHURUDDIN (PICO-Bikelabz).
While fellow teammate Amirul comes surprisingly close to the race lead, Ryan CHAN (PICO-BikeLabz) increased his race lead for the Juniors-B category with a strong win in the Juniors QUAD time trials.
It will be a welcoming break for most riders and team, race information for 2011 will be available soon.
Singapore - Cyclone TTT, mens open results
1 288 TIMOTHY CLARSEN, ROBERT HENSBY, LEE HARLE, RYAN MCKAY CANNASIA-CANNONDALE Mens OPEN 15:33.992 (1) 15:40.211 (1) 15:38.005 (1) 15:40.289 (1) 1h02:32.497
2 281 LOW DARREN, DANNY FENG, NICK SWALLOW, JUSTIN EU YEONG CYCLEWORX Mens OPEN 15:44.808 (2) 15:51.241 (2) 16:00.575 (2) 15:53.401 (2) 1h03:30.025 57.528
3 254 ADRIAN MOK, FRANCIS TAN, SHEM LEONG, ALAN SOH ATHLETE'S CIRCLE Mens OPEN 16:25.238 (3) 16:20.181 (3) 16:23.524 (3) 16:25.903 (3) 1h05:34.846 3:02.349
4 284 RICHARD WADDINGTON, JOHN MELIA, BEN WARK, PAUL HADLEE Mens OPEN 17:16.278 (4) 17:04.678 (4) 17:24.060 (4) 16:59.219 (4) 1h08:44.235 6:11.738
5 289 JOHN MCCANN, STEPHEN AMES, CHRIS WOOD, ALEX KNOX ANZA CYCLING UK DIVISION Mens OPEN 17:23.334 (5) 17:25.528 (5) 17:34.841 (5) 17:18.497 (5) 1h09:42.200 7:09.703
6 286 SATOMI ARAKAWA, RYUJI HARA, MAKOTO SHIMAMOTO, SHOHEI KAMENOSONO NEXTSTAGE Mens OPEN 18:33.877 (8) 18:12.068 (6) 18:27.499 (6) 18:03.004 (7) 1h13:16.448 10:43.951
7 287 TAN SENG KIAT, YEOH TEIK LENG, LEONARD LIM CHIN HOE, SERGIO JORGE MOGUEL TEAM FANTASTIC FOUR Mens OPEN 17:59.238 (6) 18:27.838 (7) 18:49.276 (7) 18:01.933 (6) 1h13:18.285 10:45.788
8 285 ROSS PASCOE, ADRIANO NIRO, CHRISTOPHER NYONYINTONO, NICHOLAS BYATT THE B-TEAM Mens OPEN 19:21.080 (9) 18:48.321 (8) 19:13.273 (8) 19:04.077 (8) 1h16:26.751 13:54.254
9 277 HAMBALY ISNANI BIN ISMAIL, AZIANTO BIN JAFFAR, IZAM BIN JAFFAR, DAVID NG BLACK TEAM Mens OPEN 18:27.569 (7) 18:48.424 (9) 19:31.164 (9) 19:57.692 (9) 1h16:44.849 14:12.352
10 274 FUNGLIANG FOO, WANG PENG HAN, EZZY, MICHAEL NGU, PAUL DECRUZ HANDCYCLING ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE (HAS) Mens OPEN
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Bike racing returns to Pakistan
Following a brief hiatus mountain bike racing is due to return to Pakistan in 2011. Full details will be available in a few weeks, but the race format will be similar to the one used in the previous Tour of the Karakurrums and Tour of the Himalayas. Teams will be invited to compete in the event, and a "tour" event is planned to run in conjunction with the main event. The race will take place in September in the Kaghan Valley, the area north of Islamabad which was devastated by an earthquake a few years back. The race is part of a fund raising program which assists the victims of the quake. For details of the Kaghan Memorial Trust check out www.kmt.org.pk
For our story on the first staging of the event follow the link bellow.
For our story on the first staging of the event follow the link bellow.
Saturday, 27 November 2010
Alberto Contador latest
MADRID, November 25, 2010 (AFP) - Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said on Thursday that he was hoping his doping case would be concluded before the end of the year.
"I have no doubts because at no moment have I done anything improper," the Spaniard told Spanish television channel Teledeporte.
"I'd like there to be a solution between now and the end of the year."
Contador emerged from this year's Tour de France with a third yellow jersey to add to his crowns from 2007 and 2009, bolstering his image as stage racing's man of the moment. He also won the Tours of Spain and Italy in 2008.
In September, however, the International Cycling Union (UCI) provisionally suspended the 27-year-old after trace amounts of clenbuterol, a banned weight loss/muscle-building drug that is also used to fatten cattle, were found in a urine sample taken during the three-week epic.
Contador has argued he unknowingly ingested the clenbuterol from beef that was brought from Spain to France during the second rest day of the Tour, just four days before he won his third title on July 25.
Clenbuterol was banned by the European Union in 1996 but it is still administered illicitly by some ranchers.
The UCI asked the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) to open disciplinary proceedings against Contador on November 8.
Asked if he would quit the sport if punished, Contador said "it was too early to say" but added: "I couldn't guarantee that I'd continue."
Contador attributed his relative silence since the story broke in September to the treatment he has received at the hands of the media, saying that he had been "defamed in an incredible fashion".
He also criticised former team Astana for their lack of support but praised his fans for their backing.
The former Astana rider signed a two-year contract with the Saxo Bank team in August.
Munchen magic
Munich clips from Big Col on Vimeo.
Friday, 26 November 2010
News from Philcycling - Philippines National Federation
Venue : Tagaytay City MASS START / ITT
This cycling competition has been prepared by the PHILCYCLING for the 2011 cycling events, basis for the qualified riders to participate in the incoming Le TOUR de FILIPINAS International on April 16, 2011 and the new PILIPINAS BIKE A TOUR on May 6, 2011.
First three (3) winner from this event will be automatically include in the National Pool to participate in the 2011 SEAGAMES
(Road cycling discipline)
(Road cycling discipline)
All qualified cyclist will be issued PHILCYCLING/ UCI card 2011 bearing the signature of PHILCYCLING President, Mayor, ABRAHAM N. TOLENTINO,
Cyclist without UCI/ PHILCYCLING card, will not be allowed to participate in any of the
Cyclist without UCI/ PHILCYCLING card, will not be allowed to participate in any of the
2011 major Cycling Races sanctioned by the PHILCYCLING
1. ( LE TOUR DE FILIPINAS /UCI International 4- Stage – April 2011 )
2. ( New PILIPINAS BIKE A TOUR 16- Stages local event – May 6, 2011)
2. ( New PILIPINAS BIKE A TOUR 16- Stages local event – May 6, 2011)
Prior to this, all participating cyclist are required to have thier individual ENTRY FORM and submit before December 3, 2010.
sending of Entry Forms may accept even thru email, this is to have us more time to prepare the entry list for the TRANSPONDER.
sending of Entry Forms may accept even thru email, this is to have us more time to prepare the entry list for the TRANSPONDER.
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Ride The Dragon - with Nathan Dahlberg
Fancy the epic ride of a lifetime? Yunan in Southwestern China is an amazing place, and a great place for "big" bike rides. Former Tour de France rider and BNA columnist Nathan Dahlberg has ridden many times in the region, and is planning a "training camp" come epic tour in the region in April/May next year. This will be a great ride, and is for serious endurance riders who can take the rough with the smooth - if you think you're up to it check the details bellow, contact Nathan and get training!
Also check our back-story link to Nathan's Yunan ride story from a while back, it'll give you a great feel for the region and the riding.
Also check our back-story link to Nathan's Yunan ride story from a while back, it'll give you a great feel for the region and the riding.
Join former 7-11/Motorola pro rider and Tour de France veteran Nathan Dahlberg for twelve days of riding near majestic Lijiang, China. This training camp will feature a backdrop of soaring mountains, stunning gorges, and high desert plateaus, exposure to modern and traditional China, and an informal, exploratory, adventurous spirit of hard cycling.
If you have been on training holidays in places like Majorca or Tucson, this camp will be different. Traveling in China is not trivial, as it treats you to different habits, foods, and social rules. Moreover, we are not running an elaborate tour company designed to pamper you or serve your every whim, so, while we certainly won't leave you behind, we won't babysit you, either.
We think the payoff for roughing it so far off the beaten path is well worth it. We will visit a fascinating and important part of the world, and we will spend our days pedaling on testing terrain through incredible scenery. The plateaus are reminiscent of Tibet, the passes could be in Colorado, and the mountains are similar to the Alps, but on a Himalayan scale. Beyond Lijiang, our itinerary includes passing through the Epic Tiger leaping gorge – one of the deepest Chasms on earth before taking the road to Shangri-La. Than the high point of the trip crossing a 4300 meter pass before descending down to Deqin at the base of Meili Moutain (Beautiful Mountain In Chinese) a peak that has proved unclimable till now on the Tibetan border. From there its cruising back down the Mekong and Yangtze before returning to Lijiang.
The dates are April 26th to May 8th. So, once you have covered the estimated airfare's –international to China and national to Lijiang ,a fixed price of US$1300 includes just about everything else.
Lijiang is in Yunnan Province in southern China near the border of Sichuan Province and Tibet. Its magical reputation is due to a combination of breathtaking horizons, year-round springtime weather, and vibrant wooded countryside's. The Old City is one of the best preserved and restored examples of historical architecture in all of China, and it was listed as a UNESCO World Culture Heritage Site in 1997. Lijiang owes its traditions to the Naxi people, who blend elements of Chinese and Tibetan ways of life. The Mosuo, notable for their matriarchal society, can also be found near Lijiang.
Lijiang is an ideal base for riding. Easily accessible empty country roads lead to routes that vary from flat to rolling to world-class climbing (nearby Jade Dragon Mountain is 5850meters high). The city is at 2500 meters; expect little chance of rain and highs in the mid - 20's in May. And while we do not provide expensive luxuries as part of the camp, the strong tourist economy makes it so that every comfort amenity is available, from cappuccinos to high-speed internet.
Proposed plan (but like all great adventures this is flexible - there's a lot of uncharted ground here).
April 26th arrive in Lijiang
April 27th
Late arrivals, bike prep, afternoon exploratory ride through local village's
April 28th Ride to Center of Tiger leaping Gorge 140kms mainly down hill.
April 29th Ride to Shangri-La around Haba Mountain 160kms via 3 Mountain pass's – up to 3800 meters high, hardest day.
April 30thst Ride across Tibetan Plateau – descend to Benzilian on Yangtse
May 1 Benzilain to Deqin crossing over 4300 meter pass 120kms
May 2 Rest Day Deqin – visit Mei Li Mountain at 6700 meters one of highest unclimbed peaks in the World.
May 3 Climb out of Deqin than start descending down the Mekong to Weixi est 190kms
May4th Climb over to Tacheng. Est 100kms
May5th From Tacheng descend down Yangtse than climb up over to Lijiang est 170kms
May 6th Extra day in case of bad weather or need of an additional rest day
May7th Lijiang countryside ride and tourist day
May 8th Riders depart for home
Contact Nathan at - firstname.lastname@example.com
Check out our Yunan story at http://bikenewsasia.blogspot.com/2010/09/great-asian-rides-road-to-shangrila.html
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Spanish beef producers make no bones about Contador's claims
MADRID, November 22, 2010 (AFP) - Spain's main association of beef cattle producers (ASOPROVAC) on Monday called for an investigation into claims by Alberto Contador that contaminated meat was behind his positive doping test during the Tour de France.
The association said in a statement it had asked public prosecutors to open "a probe to clarify the possible truthfulness of the facts told by Alberto Contador."
It added: "Given that the cyclist has not made a formal complaint against public institutions -- the only way to trigger an official investigation that would definitively clear up this affair once and for all -- the association has decided to put the case in the hands of public prosecutor."
Contador emerged from this year's Tour de France with a third yellow jersey to add to his crowns from 2007 and 2009, bolstering his image as stage racing's man of the moment. Contador also won the Tours of Spain and Italy in 2008.
In September, however, the International Cycling Union (UCI) provisionally suspended the 27-year-old after trace amounts of clenbuterol, a banned weight loss/muscle-building drug that is also used to fatten cattle, were found in a urine sample taken on the three-week epic.
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Tour de Langkawi first teams announced
FIRST TEAMS FROM ASIA-PACIFIC CONFIRMED FOR LE TOUR de LANGKAWI
KUALA LUMPUR - The Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) organisers have confirmed five teams to return to Le Tour de Langkawi (January 23 to February 1st) after their positive showing in the 2010 edition of the Malaysian stage race. They are Tabriz Petrochemical from Iran, Aisan Racing Team from Japan, Polygon Cycling Team from Indonesia, Drapac-Porsche from Australia and Giant Asia Racing Team from Taiwan, all continental teams from the Asia-Pacific region.
"Le Tour de Langkawi being one of the only four UCI H.C. races on the Asia Tour, it's part of our duty to give exposure to some of the teams from our continent", said the CEO of Le Tour de Langkawi, Mohamed Salleh. "Some teams are faithful to our event and we're happy to reward them with inviting them once again."
Tabriz Petrochemical are the defending champions in the teams' competition of LTdL since they outclassed ISD-Neri and Footon-Servetto earlier this year. They also had three riders in the individual top ten overall of the race won by Venezuela's José Rujano with Hossein Askari finishing third, Ghader Mizbani ninth and Ahad Kazemi tenth.
Aisan's first appearance as a Japanese team at LTdL after years of the participation of the national team and Meitan-Hompo with their stars Yukiya Arashiro and the Fukushima brothers, was a successful one with the unexpected stage win for the then national champion Taiji Nashitani who outsprinted eventual U23 world champion Michael Matthews from Jayco-Skin at Parit Sulong on stage 4.
Drapac-Porsche was even more successful as they bagged the final stage from Kuala Kubu Baru to Kuala Lumpur with Stuart Shaw outsprinting Footon-Servetto's Vidal Celis at Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square). Peter McDonald finished fourth overall and was crowned King of the Mountain of the 2010 LTdL. There are tight ties between Australia's Drapac-Porsche team and Malaysia. The Melbourne-based squad is associated to the development of up-and-coming Adiq Husainie Othman. For the 2011 season, Malaysia's road race national champion will be joined at Drapac by compatriot Amir Mustafa Rusli who finished third overall at the Jelajah Malaysia.
The winner of the 2010 Jelajah Malaysia David McCann will be back in action at LTdL with the famous Taiwanese team Giant Asia Racing team. The Irish champion for time trial had a prolific season with winning the Melaka Governor Cup, the Tour of Taiwan and the Tour of the Philippines in 2010. "There's one race I'd like to win in Asia before I quit racing, it's Le Tour de Langkawi", said McCann who believes he'll have a stronger line up on his side in 2011.
More teams are expected to sign up for LTdL in the coming days as the organisers have planned 23 teams to enter the event, three of them being from Malaysia, ten from Asia-Pacific and ten from Europe and the US. "Our technical department is working hard on getting good teams to attend our race", Mohamed said. "We're confident that the sixteenth edition of Le Tour de Langkawi will be a very good one on an international scale."
After three years of omission, Le Tour de Langkawi will kick off on the paradisiacal island of Langkawi again on January 23rd.
Le Tour de Langkawi 2011 is organized by the Ministry Youth and Sports Malaysia together with the Malaysian National Cycling Federation. The 2011 Tour to be held from 23rd January to 1st February covers a total distance of 1315.4 kms with 10 stages, starting in Langkawi Island and ending at Dataran Merdeka.
Pro Tour license update
Team BMC Racing was awarded a 2011 Pro Tour license today, while current Pro Tour team Futon who will become Geox and have Carlose Sastre and Denis Menchov on their books was declined a slot.
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Command Line Basics: List Hard Drives By UUID
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Recent versions of Linux use a unique identifier for hard drives in order to make sure they get mounted to the same location all the time. If you've looked into your /etc/fstab file for auto mounting drives, then you're probably already familiar with the long character strings that are used for UUID's.
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Access Your Web Server From a VirtualBox Guest OS
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March 19, 2014
Vince Elliott
We had a great time at the NFMT show this year and delighted that it was held in our own backyard. While there were many (too many?) exhibits and great things to learn, we thought we would share with you some of the companies/exhibits we thought were cool/interesting. You can find a short description and their website linked below:
Unger Global offers a lot of cleaning tools for the industry however, for Ray Orwig, Elliott Affiliates inspector, it was the water-fed pole cleaning system that stood out at the show. "I was interested in the company for my client who has issue cleaning high glass in big lobby areas. They contract the job Read More
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After over forty years of helping buyers evaluate and hire cleaning contractors, I've made a few observations about how purchasing and buyer folks make choices. Sometimes, the way choices are made are "by the book", exclusively following the purchasing bible word for word; this is called a success by some. And, indeed, it is a success from a buyer perspective. Yet, at what point is operational success integrated into the decision process?
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Diamond 130 Reviews
Diamond 13: Give me Honesty
Diamond 13: Give me Honesty
It was after talking to several of her teammates that Delia realized how much knowledge she had been missing before. She still didn't know anything about Giovanni's past and she was intent on finding out. She spotted him not far away, at the same time he saw her. They closed the distance meeting half way, "I was looking for you."
"So was I," he replied, "for a second I thought you ran off."
"If I was going to run away, I would have done it a long time ago. I'm not leaving the team," Delia assured.
Giovanni was pleased by her eagerness, "that's good, but I was actually worried that you ran off to take on the enemy by yourself. You're full of surprises."
Delia laughed, she surprised even herself sometimes. "Can we go a little way into the forest, not too far, just..."
"Somewhere more private?" He offered and she nodded. They walked a short distance away from the group, but not too far to leave their general area, it was just enough distance not to have eavesdroppers.
They sat under a tree close to each other, though Delia was quick to make a clarification, "stay cool Charmander, I asked you to come with me so I could ask you something."
He wondered what she could possibly want to ask about. Many possibilities came to mind, but he found them all unlikely, "what is it?"
"Will you tell me about your past?" Delia wondered if it was supposed to be a secret for some reason.
"My past?"
"Yes, for example, where were you born?" Delia elaborated, throwing out a basic question.
"Saffron City," Giovanni replied easily, proving that at least that piece of information was not a big secret.
Delia nodded and waited, but Giovanni only looked at her a little puzzled, "what else can you tell me about your past? Do you have family in Saffron City?"
"We don't really get along," Giovanni paused coming to a realization, "you really don't know... Most gangs on the street already know this, but I guess you grew up differently. It's no big secret, my mother is known as Madame Boss in the eastern region, a lot of the smaller gangs there work for her even if they're not an official part of her organization. She's mostly occupied with trading goods and isn't interested in unifying the gangs and establishing real power. I left to form my own organization, everyone thought I would take over her position, but I can obtain my own power. I've cut all ties with her side of the black market. As for my father, I never met him."
Madame Boss, the name sounded familiar, some kind of lady from the mafia? Had her name been spoken on the news before? "It must have been difficult to grow up like that..."
"Maybe by your definition."
"My definition?" Delia didn't think her definition of a difficult childhood was much different from anyone else's.
"You were pretty sheltered," he reminded as a matter of fact.
She sighed remembering her life when it was devoid of adventure. "I suppose you're right. Tell me the truth, when you first saw me, what did you think of me? Be honest."
Giovanni remembered their first meeting, "I thought you were weak but had some guts at least. Then when you came after us and insisted on joining I thought you were either crazy or stupid, maybe both."
"Hey!" She punched him on the arm and pouted, though she then laughed, "thanks for your honesty, what else? When did that improve?"
"You worked really hard caring for the pokemon; that was helpful for Team Rocket. Why was it that you didn't escape?"
"If I wasn't there to care for the pokemon, who would? Someone has to set things right," Delia remembered she was trapped, locked up at first, but more so prisoner of the call of duty to have mercy on those pokemon. She remembered feeling desperate at some point, but it all went away when she started looking at Team Rocket from a different point of view. Maybe she overanalyzed everything far too many times or perhaps it was true that there was no good or bad in the world, no right or wrong, only different points of view.
"After a while, I saw you as useful," Giovanni continued. His voice brought Delia back to the preset and the memories faded away. Waking up she felt his warmth next to her and cuddled closer, not because she was cold, but perhaps unconsciously seeking comfort. "And cute," he finished.
"I think I noticed that," Delia remembered the time when her unwilling beach holiday was interrupted by Gyarados.
"You've proven to be brave and kind of reckless, it's not what I expected for someone who has such a kind side, you're pretty hard to figure out sometimes, but I've enjoyed your surprises," Giovanni admitted.
"There were many times when I was scared," Delia confessed, "we didn't have the best first meeting, I thought you were evil. I didn't like you at all at first, I thought you were terrible, but I guess I was too busy being afraid for the pokemon to be afraid for myself. Then I realized you were more than just a careless pokemon trained and gang leader..."
"What was I then?"
Though he expected her description to turn more pleasant at that time, it did not, "an egotistical jerk... but that improved later. When the police chased us I was really scared, but not of you, I was scared of the police and most of all myself."
"Yourself?" That was unexpected.
She nodded, "I doubted that I was doing the right thing by challenging the law like that, but I kept thinking it was for a good cause. Running away together was exhausting, but it also helped me clear my head. The team really looks up to you, realizing that," she blushed, "made me see a different side of you. It also felt like an adventure after all that happened and I guess somewhere along the way I must have started to trust you."
"You're not too hard to trust, you're too nice at times, but you have your wild side."
"I think I like being adventurous," Delia yawed as exhaustion finally caught up to her. "We better rest," she felt more relaxed now, despite the situation. She was still full of curiosity, but talking to Giovanni was easier than she expected and that made her feel relieved enough to fall asleep.
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"The police are coming!" The sun had started to sink in horizon and soon it would be time for their mission, but the team's rest was interrupted when those currently standing watch alerted their companions as fast and quietly as possible. "They didn't see me but they're close, they'll probably be here in a few minutes, the Growlithe might have picked up our scent already!"
Delia wasn't sure for how long she slept, but with her adrenaline on high, a couple of hours were enough to fully energize her again. "This time we're too suspicious," they were in a different location and in their Team Rocket uniforms. There was no way they could trick the officers in this area into thinking they were just a harmless group of friends.
"Everyone, climb up on the trees, have the pokemon help, we need to stay out of their view," without questioning Giovanni's orders the team began to climb, some skillfully, others clumsily, and several relying on their pokemon to help them get up the trees.
"Let Ivysaur out, her vine whip can help people get up on the trees faster," Delia suggested.
"Ivysaur doesn't have vine whip," Giovanni had cut it off to and used it to tie up Delia when they first met and if it was going to grow back; it would take a very long time.
"You didn't even check to see if I had properly treated her. She's fully healed, she can use vine whip just fine," Delia assured, feeling a cold chill at the memory, but it was okay, she was there now; she would make sure Giovanni didn't make such foolish sacrifices.
"Well then, good job," Giovanni released Ivysaur and ordered the pokemon to help everyone get up the trees, then proceeded with the next part of his improvised plan. "Leah, have Butterfree spread a small amount of sleep powder on the ground and the base of the trees, not too much, the idea is to make the Growlithe drowsy without making them sleepy enough for the police to catch on."
"I understand," Leah got to work with her pokemon right away.
"Aayla, have Haunter on stand by to use hypnosis if it looks like any of Growlithe or police are on to something, but he must stay hidden at all costs, even if it means a long range less effective attack," Giovanni ordered.
"Got it," Aayla nodded.
"Binks, Ben, let out Rattata and Pidgey, those pokemon are not rare in this area and can serve as a distraction if needed," Giovanni continued.
"Yes sir!" The two men saluted in unison and released their pokemon, quickly explaining them plan to them.
Giovanni was the last to climb up on a tree after all the orders were given and the plan was set up; then they waited quietly. They couldn't take on the police now; they needed to save their strength to fight the Tempest Gang and take the Viridian City Gym from them.
A chorus of "Growlithe!" was heard approaching. Three police trained pokemon sniffed around, their senses numbed by the sleep powder. They could not perceive the fresh trail anymore and when they searched for it, it just made them feel more tired. In puzzlement, they stopped sniffing around that area, which was interpreted by the group of officers accompanying them as the area being clear.
Officer Jenny, the same Jenny who had witnessed the false hostage situation before, sighed in frustration. "It's useless to patrol the forest like this, they got away from us a long time ago," though the patrols still calmed the citizens at least.
"We tracked them as far as the mountains and lost them there, so we know the hostage situation was part of something bigger. Maybe the woman who was taken knew too much," an older male officer theorized, he was clearly exhausted from the long hours of work, but held a strong enough interest in his job not to complain about the overtime.
Jenny agreed, "I think you're right and that's what worries me the most. If by now we haven't heard anything, they might not be interested in ransom after all."
"Do you think she's already...?" A young officer, asked, he looked as if this was his first big case and he was not yet used to the complicated twists situations could take.
Jenny bit her lip and nodded bitterly, "I'll admit, the chances of her still being alive are slim, but there are also still some details that don't make sense. If they weren't being chased at first, why were they in such a hurry? It has been said it was because of the fight happening in the mountains where the fire took place, but what were the details of those events and why was the hostage being rushed over there? Was she part of some kind of deal? Maybe one gang was threatened to hand her over to another, but why?"
"Who was she anyway? Is her identity still unknown? I thought we had a lead," the older officer inquired.
Jenny shook her head, her expression remaining frustrated. "it was a dead end, but at least we know who he is, Giovanni Rocketto, the son of Madame Boss, but her side has denied any involvement and we don't have sufficient proof. If you ask me, everyone down at the station is just scared!"
"The mafia is dangerous..." the statement from the youngest of the police group was met with a disapproving look from Jenny, which spoke louder than words.
Up in the tree Giovanni was feeling frustrated that his actions were linked to his mother rather than Team Rocket. He hated to admit it, but Team Rocket was just a band of troublemakers that paled in comparison to Madame Boss' complex organization, but that would change soon. Defeating their main rival the Tempest Gang, was the first step and from there they would take on every gang in the area, extending their territory and their power. Team Rocket would reign supreme and by far surpass Madame Boss.
Jenny took a moment to calm her annoyance at feeling so helpless to solve the case, "maybe if we knew the hostage's identity we could understand the situation better. It would be odd for it to be a case of an innocent hostage randomly caught up in a gang fight, the scenario doesn't fit."
"Are you sure the lead wasn't right?" The oldest officer just couldn't let it go.
"Um... what was her name again?" The younger one was almost afraid to asked, a little ashamed to have forgotten that detail.
"Delia Ketchum, we searched the Kanto citizen databases looking for a matching picture and I was sure it was her who I saw. I guess the seriousness of the situation must have played a trick on my senses, she was just a look alike, a good citizen, no criminal record what so ever," Jenny replied.
Delia had been growing nervous up in the tree, she was holding her precious pokemon egg securely, sitting on a large branch next to Giovanni. She glanced at him meaningfully and he nodded to assure her that she was on the clear, though he didn't know how.
Jenny continued her explanation seeing as the other officers still looked puzzled about why she abandoned her theory concerning the hostage's identity. "It couldn't have been her; she was studying with Professor Oak of Pallet Town. We researched Miss Ketchum's background and found she was a student. We contacted Professor Oak to see if he had any clues, but he testified that on the day and time when the hostage situation occurred, Miss Ketchum was there, in Pallet Town, helping him conduct some research. Professor Oak said she left to continue her field studies; she was already gone when we contacted him. But he mentioned that he received a video call from Miss Ketchum on the morning of the day we spoke to him. That's why it can't be her."
No one could be in two places at once and if the well recognized pokemon researcher Samuel Oak said his student in the laboratory the day of the hostage scene, she was believed to have been there. He would have no motivation to lie in the eyes of the police and his good reputation preceded him. It made Delia wonder just how much Professor Oak knew about her situation to have covered for her like that.
"I guess this area is clear," Jenny finally decided to move on.
Giovanni had started to worry that the Growlithe would discover them if they stayed any longer. He looked at Delia silently, but that was enough for her to understand that he too was curious about what Jenny had said about Oak.
"Growlithe, growl!" One of the pokemon seemed to find something beyond the feeling of drowsiness and the officers were once again alert.
A silent signal from Giovanni to the neighboring tree brought Binks and Ben to in turn signal their pokemon who were hiding in the bushes watching and waiting. Rattata and Pidgey were not rare in the area, thus the Growlithe had been ignoring their scent.
"Rattata!" Rattata ran towards the suspecting Growlithe and dashed past him followed by Pidgey. The two pokemon began to fight, effectively causing a distraction.
"It's probably over a berry or territory, we should leave these wild ones alone," Jenny assumed the scent the Growlithe had picked up belong to those two pokemon and nothing more. "Let's go Growlithe, we're done here." The group of officers and their pokemon finally left.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I don't own Pokemon.


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Ten years ago this month, hate and violence resulted in horrific acts by a group of terrorist elites, who felt slighted somehow by the United States.
They attacked our country and our people, killing thousands and damaging not just buildings and lives but our very sense of safety.
On Sept. 11, 2001 they ripped a hole in the fabric of our being.
It was an awful, terrible, ungodly and very sinful thing to do.
On the streets and in the town squares and living rooms of America and throughout the world, there was an amazing coming together in the immediate aftermath.
There was a great and wonderful outpouring of love and concern for the victims; people helping people touched us in amazing ways.
Love was in the air. Heavenly power's way of doing things took over the hearts of us everyday Joes and Janes, and we were moved to tears by the power of it. Compassion reigned.
People ask, where God was on Sept. 11, 2001? The answer is God was there calling us to our better way of helping and caring and coming together, and God was there in all the love that resulted from our heeding that call.
We dropped whatever may have bugged us about each other and came together. We forgave past differences and we loved our neighbors as our selves.
In the wake of a dark disaster was this great light. Out of the tragedy came beautiful love and stunning sacrifices people made and gave for strangers.
We can still sense God's presence ripple in time from the pure compassion and caring shown.
We can also sense God's presence in the sense of horror that still ripples in time.
It's the voice of God telling humans to stop senseless violence, most especially violence fraudulently claimed to be on God's behalf.
And if we listen carefully, God's voice is also calling us to something we may not want to hear.
It's God's voice that Christians hear through Jesus if they listen. It's a voice telling us to forgive.
Jesus was very clear on the matter: Christians are to forgive. Jesus tells us this in all the Gospels. And he practiced it himself.
One of the last things he does on the cross is pray that God forgive his executioners.
And the first thing he tells his followers after the resurrection is, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
We may not want to forgive, but it is where Jesus calls us, even in 9/11.
It is a call to forgive, not to forget, but to forgive.
And if Jesus is right, until we forgive, those sins will not go away.
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Los Angeles • Jason Collins heard his name called by Nets coach Jason Kidd early in the second quarter and headed to the scorer's table to check in.
When he walked onto the court, Collins became the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the United States' four major professional leagues.
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He understood the significance attached to his appearance in an NBA game, but he had a job to do.
"It felt like, 'I've done this thousands of times before,'" Collins said after Brooklyn's 108-102 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. "You go to the scorer's table, you hear what the play's going to be for the next offensive play and you go out there. Once you're out on the court, it's about basketball. It's what I've been doing for almost three decades."
Collins entered the game with 10:28 left in the second quarter and the Nets leading 35-26 after Nick Young made the first of his two free throws. The crowd welcomed him with a nice ovation when public address announcer Lawrence Tanter introduced him.
"I thought it was great," he said. "Being an L.A. kid, I can't think of a better situation, playing for the Nets and playing here, and getting the win. I'm just glad Kobe and Shaq weren't out there."
Collins signed a 10-day contract with the Nets earlier Sunday and played 10 scoreless minutes with two rebounds and five fouls.
Nets teammate Paul Pierce said Collins' play was inspiring.
"I had him as a teammate last year and he is much needed around here," Pierce said.
"In the society we live in, this was going to happen eventually," Pierce said. "He is a guy that is going to be able to open up the door for athletes around the world. It doesn't matter your race, gender or sexuality because it's about being part of a team and caring for one another. Every guy in here does their own thing and so be it. In this sport everything is magnified and it's great to have him here to open up the doors for so many athletes."
The 35-year-old center revealed at the end of last season he is gay, but he was a free agent and had remained unsigned.
Collins was aware of the magnitude of his signing, but repeatedly said he was most concerned with learning the Nets' schemes.
"Right now I'm focusing on trying to learn the plays, learning the coverages and the game plan and the assignments. So I didn't have time to really think about history," Collins said at a crowded news conference less than an hour before tipoff.
"The pressure is playing in an NBA game tonight and last time I played in an NBA game was last April," Collins said. "So I think that's enough pressure right there."
With a need for another big man, the Nets turned to the 7-foot Collins, who helped them reach two NBA Finals in the early 2000s.
"The decision to sign Jason was a basketball decision," general manager Billy King said in a statement. "We needed to increase our depth inside, and with his experience and size, we felt he was the right choice for a 10-day contract."
The Nets are owned by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov of Russia, where a law banning so-called gay "propaganda" was the subject of protests and controversy at the just-concluded Sochi Winter Games.
Collins has played 12 NBA seasons, including his first seven with the Nets, when they were in New Jersey and Jason Kidd was their point guard. Kidd is now the Nets' coach and Collins has been a teammate of several other current Nets.
"Jason told us that his goal was to earn another contract with an NBA team. Today, I want to commend him on achieving his goal. I know everyone in the NBA family is excited for him and proud that our league fosters an inclusive and respectful environment," Commissioner Adam Silver said.
The Collins signing comes as Michael Sam, the SEC co-defensive player of the year from Missouri who recently revealed he is gay, is taking part in the NFL combine. Sam's on-field workouts in Indianapolis are scheduled for Monday.
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Quick, easy, and delicious!
Pork Chops with Lemon Spinach
Randy Mayor; Jen Rotenstreich
Boneless chops covered with a fragrant breading of brown sugar, red pepper, and nutmeg pair perfectly with a mildly tart lemon spinach side. Add more flavor and save time on clean up by using the same pan to cook both the pork chops and the spinach.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 pork chop and 1/2 cup lemon spinach)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 309
- Calories from fat: 38%
- Fat: 12.9g
- Saturated fat: 4.3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1g
- Protein: 36.2g
- Carbohydrate: 11.3g
- Fiber: 2.2g
- Cholesterol: 92mg
- Iron: 3.2mg
- Sodium: 425mg
- Calcium: 114mg
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 4 (4-ounce) boneless center-cut loin pork chops (about 1/2 inch thick)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon bottled minced garlic
- 1 (10-ounce) package fresh spinach
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a shallow dish. Dredge pork in flour mixture.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add pork, and cook 3 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from pan. Stir in wine and lemon juice, scraping pan to loosen browned bits; cook 1 minute. Add garlic, and cook 1 minute. Add spinach, tossing 1 minute or until the spinach wilts. Serve with pork.
Add more flavor and save time on clean up by using the same pan to cook both the pork chops and the spinach.
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Pork Chops with Lemon Spinach Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Pork, Vegetables
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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