| Smoltz reinventing self (again)
They only had James penciled in to pitch in one game March 20, but it looks like that could change. Might know more later today, but definitely soon. He told Cox and Roger McDowell that he wants to test it, because he'd rather have soreness and realize that he's not ready than to just assume he's not. Braves might decide that having him wait a couple more weeks before he throws in games probably isn't going to make a different in terms of his long-term health. In other words, they might decide that if that tear isn't healed, then it's probably not going to heal without surgery. So might as well test it. That's what James wants to do. He said he's willing to risk it, for peace of mind. He said being here and watching everyone else practice and throw is killing him, because he feels too good to be sitting on the sidelines.
Eco-toy story: They have flashing lights and whizzy sounds, but no ...
When one-year-old Jessica's tiny thumbs hit the buttons on her toy mobile phone, the purple lump of plastic goes beep-beep-beep, just like the real thing. Shaking it to and fro, the girl's eyes light up and she gurgles in approval. Nothing groundbreaking here – babies like toys – but this one's a bit different. For one thing, it was designed by Jessica's father, Sim Oram, the founder and boss of Somerset toy firm Russimco. It's also cleverer than your average plaything, because the batteries in Jessica's electric "eco-phone" are not only "not included" – they aren't even required; she might not realise it, but just by shaking her phone, Jessica is generating the electricity that powers it. An electric toy without batteries? It sounds implausible; these days it seems every remote-control helicopter and robot guinea pig we wrap for Christmas or a birthday needs an expensive pack of double-As.
No mean feat to get SA's women cycling
The bicycle has been hailed as having done "more than anything else in the world ... to emancipate women" -- the words of 19th-century American feminist Susan B Anthony. But for many women in South Africa, culture and tradition make it difficult to take advantage of the increased mobility and access to social and economic opportunities offered by bicycles, not to mention their reduced carbon footprint. "Most people think that cycling is for children, and definitely not for African women -- especially married ones," says Myolisi Njoli of Luvo Bicycles, a non-governmental group that manages a programme in the Western Cape called "Women in Cycling" on behalf of the provincial government. Marianne Vanderschuren of the Centre for Transport Studies at the University of Cape Town, the Africa convener for the Cycling Academic Network (a collaboration between Brazil, India, Holland and South Africa), has come across similar views in her research: fears that cycling makes a woman seem undignified or unfeminine.
WHY GRAN CANARIA IS BECOMING A TOP WEDDING DESTINATION
For the romantics & adventuresome couples there is nothing like setting sail into your new life together as husband and wife.
Just imagine the sensation of sailing away with your soul mate and maybe a few friends to a small harbour for an intimate ceremony to be legally united by a local minister. Then toasting with champagne and hor d'oeuvres as the sun sets on the horizon!
What was once a dream is now very possible in Gran Canaria where the legislation has been recently amended to make it very possible for Non Residents to come and get married in this beautiful Island with year round sunshine and outstanding temperatures that others can often just dream of.
Imagine yourself getting married on a beach at sunset with a fragrant breeze wafting over you, or exchanging your vows in a tropical garden.
Silvio Berlusconi, the 'Great Seducer', set to charm his way back into ...
If he cracks sexist jokes about women secretaries, it does him little harm. When he was forced to apologise publicly to Veronica Lario, his long-suffering wife and a former actress, for his excessive attentions to other attractive women he probably gained votes rather than lost them. There is a similar sneaking admiration for his defiance in the face of corruption charges, and many right-wing voters agree with him that he is persecuted by left-wing magistrates. Attempts to prove that he had Mafia ties or to investigate the origins of the money with which he made his initial fortune as a Milan property developer have all run into the sand. Last weekend, comparing himself to Tony Blair, Mr Berlusconi said that he would serve for only three years of his next five-year term, and would then hand over to "an Italian Gordon Brown".
USC's Mayo latest to battle injury
Yes, the Trojans were met with another injury woe when Mayo couldn't practice because of a groin strain he had suffered late in practice Wednesday. In fact, USC could only hold a walk-through because of the dearth of available bodies. Not exactly the news the Trojans needed as they prepare to take on No. 6 UCLA on Sunday night at the Galen Center. "But I'll be good to go for the game," Mayo said. "It was bothering me. I did some therapy and tried to get it better and I'll be ready to go (today). "I just didn't want it to get any worse. I'm going to do a little more therapy and try to get up and down (the court in practice today). "The trainer just said to rest it as much as possible." He hadn't sprained his sense of humor, though. Asked if he was certain he wouldn't miss the game against the Bruins, Mayo countered with a smile: "I hope not.
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