| Tian Liang pays for cashing in on fame
Tian Liang knows what it is like to be at the heart of China's secretive state-run sports sector. Plucked from the long-jump pit on the school playing fields of Chongqing at the age of 7 and sent to the swimming pool, he was carefully nurtured to become one of the country's most successful divers. During a 20-year career he won three world titles, 15 World Cups, two Olympic gold medals and a bronze. The 28-year-old also knows what it is like to be cast out of the system. Despite his two-medal haul in Athens in 2004, he was kicked off the national team in 2005 for endorsing everything from electric bicycles to seafood snacks. His coaches, who demoted him to a provincial team despite his continued superiority, said that he had been "violating team regulations concerning commercial activities ...
STATEHOUSE: Rep. Jones pushes Internet safety policies for public ...
BOSTON — You can lock the doors and windows, hold their hand at the mall and buy training wheels for bicycles. But a major danger facing kids today is right above the keyboard. "The Internet is one of the biggest risks we have for kids safety right now," said Lawrence Lt. Sean Burke, who is president of a national school safety group. And, a North of Boston lawmaker wants to make sure the time kids spend on school computers is safer. Rep. Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-North Reading, is pushing legislation to require every school district to have a policy for making the Internet safe for minors and make the policy known to parents and legal guardians. "It's important that any parent be able to know what (the school system's) policy is, and even if there is no policy in particular," Jones said.
DA: Drivers won’t be charged in October bike deaths
And motor vehicles are not going to go away, ever (at least, in our lifetimes) so get over it. Step Three: Treat everyone out there the same way you want to be treated. (Ever heard that before?) If you see someone "out-of-line", treat them with the same deference you would expect to have shown to you. Most of the stuff we flame-off about is insignificant in the long run and doesn't deserve the attention we give it. Get over yourselves. Remember, we're all members of the SAME group: people. "DavidM" (Not verified) Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 12:30 PM .
Speed camera IS working
Seemingly however, every time someone gets knocked down it always seems to be attributed to the driver. Whatever happened to the green cross code bloke and the other public information films that used to be on the telly when I was younger. With roads busier than ever, wouldn't you have thought they would be even more necessary. As for our country roads, they could be made considerably safer at night if the county fixed the one invention that helped the driver see better the road ahead, the 'cat's eyes. Simple fact is that hardly any of them now work because they are mostly broken and you can't always use main beam can you. If the county wants to improve the A449 and other country roads then the investment in fixing the cat's eyes would have been more beneficial than a so called safety camera.
The bicycle recylcer
A kid without a bicycle is almost like a kid without air, says local cycling enthusiast John French. To ensure children aren't deprived of basic necessities of recreation, French has launched Recycle Bicycle, where used bikes are fixed up and distributed to under privileged youth. He launched the program Dec. 1, with an eye toward helping less fortunate community members. "Just within the last few years there has been increased awareness in Squamish about homelessness and poverty in general," he said. "I'm really inspired by all of that work that is being done." The idea caught fire after speaking with a few family members and friends, French said, who described how he suddenly found himself with four bikes. A month later, he had nine bikes with a commitment of five more.
Outdoors Notebook: Tag program for striped bass off to good start
So three of the tagged fish were caught on conventional "J" hooks, and the other three were caught on circle hooks. Only one of the J-hook-caught fish was deep-hooked. "We were able to remove the hook with no problems, and the fish appeared to be in great shape," Graves said. "All the other fish were hooked in the corner of the mouth." Graves, who has used similar tags in his white marlin research, said the remaining four tags likely will be in fish by the start of today's Super Bowl. The tags record information on fish movement and depth in the water. In 30 days, the tags pop off the device implanted into the fish, rising to the surface and transmitting information to a satellite. Sometimes the tags are found and turned in by anglers, resulting in more data.
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