JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City ReporterCompetitive cheerleading coach Nicole Deller practices a dance routine with Michelle Lewis (from left), 11; Taran Krieghauser, 6; Cameron Keller, 6; and Taylor Williams, 9, on Thursday at Kelly's Absolute Fitness i Jun 29, 2008
My favorite thing to do is the back handspring, Brittany Hobby, 9, said on Thursday during a practice session at Kellys Absolute Fitness. Added 9-year-old teammate Taylor Williams, I like the basket toss. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Johnson, Liukin 1-2 At Gymnastics Trials Jun 22, 2008
It was a near flawless effort, with a great double back handspring layout, and she concluded with a full turn followed by a slight step back in her dismount ... 9), and the floor routine was also a crowd-pleaser with a good front handspring. (ABC 7 News, DC)
African AIDS victims show stories in pictures Jun 11, 2008
Another shot, another charmer, depicts a child turning an exuberant handspring for a circle of young admirers. But the picture titled "Children Raising Children" delivers a punch to the gut: It shows a boy of 7, maybe 8, with a baby in a makeshift sling tied firmly to his side. (MSNBC -- News)
Who will replace Hall? Jun 4, 2008
After getting caught up with wide receiver Laurent Robinson and falling backward at a recent offseason workout, he put one hand down, arched and executed a perfect back handspring, with other players buzzing by him. As suited for YouTube. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Prep baseball, softball, golf, auto racing Jun 2, 2008
1896Hastings, ridden by H. Griffin, edges Handspring by a neck to capture the Belmont Stakes. 1908Royal Tourist, ridden by Eddie Dugan, posts a four-length victory over Live Wire in the Preakness Stakes. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Medal frenzy: Competitors start strong May 9, 2008
" Senior Ryan Smith gave the Eagles their only gold medal by winning the Class A shot put with a personal record of 55-7 1/2. Six weeks before the state meet, Smith moved from the glide technique that worked so well for him last year to the spin technique. Cummings was worried for a moment. MULTIMEDIA VIDEO: Watch as Athens Christian standout Ryan Smith talks about winning the Class A shotput: "I was until I saw his first throw with the spin," Cummings said. Smith, who is also a state champion... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Strategies Needed to Prevent Gymnastics Injuries Apr 9, 2008
Older athletes were more likely to have been injured while doing a difficult skill such as a handspring or flip than younger athletes, and they were about twice as likely to suffer injuries overall as the younger children. The overall injury rate of 4. (MEDLINEplus)
Brazilian fans flipping for American teen Mar 22, 2008
I do a front handspring with the ball to get more distance and more force, she said. Fans love the play, and it has made Fortune one of the teams most popular players. (MSNBC -- Sports)
How To Make Smarter Software Mar 20, 2008
Hawkins, now 50, is known in Silicon Valley as the co-founder and chief engineer behind Palm Computing, and after that, Handspring, two handheld computing companies that helped alter the landscape of mobile devices ... He has dipped into academic neuroscience several times, even during his years working as a founder and engineer at both Palm and later Handspring. (Forbes -- Technology)
Gaylord cheerleading pair garners all-regional recognition Mar 15, 2008
When the season started, only half of the team could perform a back handspring, but by the end of the season, everyone could. The goal for next year is for everyone to be able to complete a back tuck. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Read a passage from 'Change of Heart' Mar 4, 2008
"Elizabeth Nealon will never learn how to do long division, or how to ride a horse, or do a back handspring. She'll never go to sleepaway camp or her junior prom or high school graduation. She'll never try on her first pair of high heels or experience her first kiss. She'll never bring a boy home to meet her mother; she'll never be walked down a wedding aisle by her stepfather; she'll never get to know her sister, Claire. She will miss all of these moments, and a thousand more not because of a... (USA Today -- Life)
Hairspray leads Laurence Olivier nominations Feb 8, 2008
War Horse designed by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company at the Olivier. BEST COSTUME DESIGN. (Times Online)
Oliviers love 'Hairspray' Feb 8, 2008
SET DESIGNDavid Rockwell, Hairspray Rob Howell, The Lord of the Rings Anthony Ward and Lorna Heavey, Macbeth Rae Smith, and Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of Handspring Puppet Company, War Horse. COSTUME DESIGNGregg Barnes, The Drowsy Chaperone William Ivey Long, Hairspray Rob Howell, The Lord of the Rings Vicki Mortimer, The Man of Mode. (Variety)
'Maguerite' has 'Pirate' soul Feb 2, 2008
Polly Stenham won her second promising playwright nod for her debut, "That Face"; the Complicite show "A Disappearing Number" nabbed another top play prize; Rae Smith and Handspring Puppet Company won again for their design collaboration on the National Theater's "War Horse"; and Anne-Marie Duff's commanding performance in the title role of the National's "St. Joan" scored her another actress plaudit. Finally, it fell to Charles Dance, actor winner for "Shadowlands," to deliver the day's most... (Variety)
Tumbling through life Feb 1, 2008
"The back handspring is a major steppingstone. Students begin on thickly padded mats with teachers at their sides, but the goal is to do it solo, on regular mats.Balancing on one hand 15 feet off the ground, or flipping feet-over-head, can be worrisome for parents. But the Doria-Quesadas don't fret. They are comfortable with the teachers' approach."This is within the range of risks that are tolerable," said Bill Doria-Quesda.Teachers employ safeguards such as safety belts and guidelines, as they... (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Skill on narrow beam key for Gym Dogs Feb 1, 2008
The front handspring mount she used at the 2004 Olympics, in which she sprints at the springboard, hits the beam with her hands and then whips her legs over and lands on her feet, is called a McCool. Take that, Dick Fosbury. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Gymnastics Takes On MPSF Rival SPU Friday Jan 30, 2008
HEAD COACH "After Friday, I laid it out to the athletes that they're on the edge of some great things. I put the ball in the court and said, `Sit down and figure out what you want to do.' A coach is only a facilitator. We can give them a plan and help them execute it, but the bottom line is that I haven't done a back handspring for anybody. They're the ones who have to pull the trigger and get the job done. For them to do that on Sunday, which all freshmen and sophomores pulling out the win on... (Ucdavisaggies.com)
Bulldogs' steel anchor:McCool shows resolve Jan 26, 2008
" Bartuyan-Fong helped McCool come up with a signature beam mount that was named after her at the 2004 Olympics. The front handspring mount is called the McCool. "That was one of the coolest things - to get a skill named after you at the Olympics," she said. McCool is looking forward to the support of the fans and having her mother, Linda, in attendance for Georgia's home opener against LSU today. She wants to prove she's capable of hitting her beam routine at the anchor spot. "I absolutely love... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Don't Love Your Job? Your Job Hates You Too Jan 24, 2008
I dont care if you can type 9,000 wpm or recite the Utah County Municipal Code backward while doing a handspring and answering the telephone you should not be in a job where your everyday duties include smiling, talking with and helping normal, nice BYU people. The same rule goes for receptionists, clerks and librarians. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Our friends in the north Jan 16, 2008
Instead, Miller has devised a themed programme known as Open Port, based on a series of residencies from four companies that are nothing if not diverse: Tel Aviv's Inbal Pinto dance company, the Oskaras Korsunovas theatre company from Lithuania, the Belgian experimental opera group Transparant, and the Handspring Puppet workshop of South Africa. Each will create a new piece by working with local residents and artists. (Guardian Unlimited)
A tale of two cities of culture: Liverpool vs Stavanger Jan 14, 2008
At the heart of the theme are four month-long residencies from various international groups - music theatre company Muziektheater Transparant, Lithuanian group Oskaras Korsunovas Theatre, Israeli dance company Inbal Pinto and the South African Handspring Puppet Company. The head of Stavanger's Culture organisation is a Scottish journalist and former violinist, Mary Miller. (Independent)
The other capital of culture Jan 10, 2008
At its heart is four month-long residencies - music theatre company Muziektheater Transparant, Lithuanian group Oskarus Korsunovas Theatre, Israeli dance company Inbal Pinto and the South African Handspring Puppet Company. Paul McCartney it ain't. (BBC News -- UK)
Packers gymnasts get a home win Jan 4, 2008
She was working all break on handspring full and she landed it tonight in the meet. She is a great example of hard work paying off. (Austin Daily Herald, MN)
DigiGirl: Will digits replace the pen? Jan 4, 2008
I would get my mothers hand-me-downs and once, I rebelled by getting a Handspring instead ... Its still a must-have for professionals who swear by the Palm, the Handspring and all of their offspring. (MSNBC -- Technology)
More of this story Dec 12, 2007
The Iki Hui, or Small Group, was working out with Daphne Therese on the back handspring trainer, the youngsters rolling back on the padded trainer, and with Therese s help, flipping and ending with the familiar hands-up gymnast pose. Hoku Hui, or Star Group, has the most gymnasts, and Kula Hui, or Gold Group, are the older students. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
'Hairspray' gels for Evening Standard Dec 1, 2007
The actual award, rightly, went to Rae Smith and the Handspring Puppet Company for their work on the ravishing "War Horse," a frankly unparalleled harnessing of set, costume, light and sound design telling a two-and-a-half-hour story in which the central character does not speak. Unlike most of the winners, that show is still running, although its success means the extended run is entirely sold out except for the couple of rows available on the morning of each performance. (Variety)
Victory for Stewart's Macbeth in London theatre awards Nov 28, 2007
Although critics were joined in admiration for Antony Ward's striking set design for Macbeth, described by Billington as "a white-tiled mixture of abattoir and hospital ward", Ward was beaten in the design category by Rae Smith and Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company for their work on the family drama War Horse at the National Theatre ... Best Design: Rae Smith and Adrian Kohler, The Handspring Puppet Company - War Horse, National Theatre. (Guardian Unlimited)
London newspaper honors theater Nov 17, 2007
Two of this year's nominees -- Robin Don for "The Emperor Jones" and Rae Smith and Handspring Puppet company for "War Horse" -- are unarguable instances of theater design wholly conceived and executed with the imagination and talent of their respective lighting designers: Neil Austin andPaule Constable. To nominate these shows without even reference to their lighting is bizarre. (Variety)
3 plays showcase Britain's brand of sentimentality Oct 23, 2007
(After all, it wasn't that long ago that Daniel Radcliffe was treading the boards in a revival of Peter Shaffer's "Equus.") The fact is, the true stars of the evening are not so much a very variable cast as they are Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, who fill the expansive Olivier auditorium with a host of four-legged creatures and even the odd, fearsome crow. Today in Culture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A grand National treasure Oct 21, 2007
The equine heroes of War Horse, a heart-stopping staging of Michael Morpurgo's First World War story, are creations of the South African Handspring Puppet Company. Near-relatives of the giant Sultan's Elephant, who ambled through the streets of London 18 months ago, these are no meek glove-puppets, but body puppets whose every gesture is free, individual, expressive. (Guardian Unlimited)
Barry Davies Oct 19, 2007
Did you know everything about all of these sports, or did you find yourself frantically swotting up on knowing your handstand saddle-downs from your handspring step-outs. I got into gymnastics commentating when my daughter was southern area champion, I think that's why I was asked to do it, so I understood quite a bit about that. (Guardian Unlimited -- Sport)
Fresh faces debut at tech showcase Sep 26, 2007
In past years it has launched such successful companies as Palm, E-Trade, Handspring and Skype ... Past hits: The twice-annual event, in its 17th year, has launched Tivo, Palm, E-Trade, Handspring and Skype. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Moreno human highlights in waiting Sep 14, 2007
During conditioning everyone will be tired, and Knowshon will come and do a back handspring into a backflip. " Even big hits don't keep Moreno down. "He finishes a run and gets drilled and pops right up and is running back to the huddle," quarterback Matthew Stafford said. Moreno admires old school running backs Walter Payton and Barry Sanders, who he says he watched on a video he rented of greatest NFL runs. "Those guys," Moreno said, "I liked their style of running. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Liukin, Johnson golden again at worlds Sep 10, 2007
That setback came a day after Liukin led the all-around halfway through, but dropped out of contention with a fall from the beam at the end of her most difficult skill -- a handspring immediately followed by two backflips. She finished fifth. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Gymnastics: Liukin and Johnson, U.S., Petkovsek, Slovenia, Blanik, Poland and Hambuechen, Germany, win crowns on Sunday at world championships Sep 10, 2007
Though she wobbled on her first pass - a back handspring followed by two aerial back somersaults - she saved it and actually made it look graceful. She did her other tricks with ease. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
KHS grad makes a little history at WVU Sep 8, 2007
Gymnastics requirements were as follows: a standing back handspring, round-off series of three back handsprings, a hyperextended toe touch, and optional tumbling pass of the candidates' choice. For her tumbling pass Fink chose to perform a whip pass. (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
The Cloudbook is Cancelled Sep 6, 2007
My next Palm device was a Handspring Deluxe. Not the greatest Palm, but still usable and dependable. (New York Times)
Injured Russians limp through qualifying at world championships Sep 3, 2007
Kryukov, the 1999 world champion, jammed his left knee on the landing of a vault in which he did a handspring with two somersaults. The timing couldn't have been worse; it was Russia's first event of the day. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP Bolsters Cable and Telecommunications Practice with the Addition of California Cable and Telecommunications Association VP Jeffrey Sinsheimer Aug 15, 2007
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass has long history representing cable and telecommunications industry heavyweights, including: AT&T, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Corp. (CoxCom), EchoStar Satelllite Corporation, TiVo Inc., Handspring, Inc., Multimedia Cablevision Inc. (Gannett) and Viacom International, Inc., among many others. With its sizable litigation group, lead by Name Partner Patch, the firm has successfully teamed with industry players through technological evolution, newly... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Palm Boulevard Aug 9, 2007
WHITEPAPER: WHITEPAPER: TRIAL SOFTWARE: SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD. News By James Alan Miller - Published August 8, 2007Most of the world will have to wait until next month for a stab at Microsoft's newest mobile platform for their Windows Mobile Treos. (LinuxPlanet)
Denali All-Stars not your mom's cheer squad Jul 7, 2007
The stunts, which have names like a round-off back handspring back tuck, or a back layout full twist, are of joint-pounding intensity. When Koffard completes a triple full twist at a level Olympic gymnasts strive to reach, he's a jaw-dropping blur only the fastest camera shutter can catch. (Anchorage Daily News)
"Obvious" missing features Jul 1, 2007
With my iQue, and previously my Handspring, I made a ton of notes all categorized. This allowed me to have almost a database of reference materials for everything from a list of password hints, to a list of books/movies I'd like to see, to just about anything I wanted to remember. (Macworld)
Webcast Alert: The PR Benefits of Launching at DEMO Jun 27, 2007
The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, TiVo, Skype, Half. com, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. (PR Newswire)
Ex-UGA star Hoffa is clown prince of shot put Jun 21, 2007
"I might have to do a back handspring," conceded Hoffa, who learned the trick a few years ago from a Georgia gymnastics coach. "It's an Olympic year next year and I don't want to get hurt. But if I think I can pull it, then I'll pull it.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Women's Gymnastics Season Review Jun 9, 2007
Ourada had the distinction of competing in the last spot on the event and turned in a brilliant performance, including an upgraded back handspring with two layouts. She had a very slight check on the landing from her straddle jump, but her 9. (Gostanford.com)
Palm's New Dough--and New Blood Jun 7, 2007
That same year, founders Colligan, Hawkins, and Dubinsky struck out on their own to start Handspring, which launched a consumer-oriented line of PDAs running Palm's operating system software, dubbed the Visor. Competitive with Palm's products, and priced to move, the Visor ate into Palm's consumer handheld business, and Handspring reported sales of $370 million in its fiscal 2001. (MSNBC -- Business)
Dawn of the Ultra-Mobile PC Jun 2, 2007
But Hawkins was so convinced he was right that he made the project's survival a precondition in the 2003 sale of his company, Handspring, to Palm. That paved the way for Hawkins' return to Palm, which he started a decade earlier. (HispanicBusiness.com)
Palm Foleo: What were they thinking? Jun 1, 2007
Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky after the announcement of the Handspring Visor PDA in 2000. This new product, called Foleo, turns out to be something that looks like a small laptop computer, but it doesn t act like one. (TG Daily)
Updated Palm introduces Foleo 'mobile companion' May 31, 2007
Hawkins said that he originally conceived the Foleo five years ago, but that at the time his company then Handspring, which was bought by Palm in 2003 was focused on too many other areas. This only really made sense when smartphones took off a couple years ago, he said. (MacCentral)
Moms: Cheerleading cost well worth it May 25, 2007
"If you don't have a handspring at sixth grade you are putting yourself at a real disadvantage," said Terry Jones, who owns the Force gym and coaches the competition cheerleading squad at Parkview High School in Lilburn ... "She used to be clumsy. Now she has got a round-off back handspring.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Palm Treo 755p Preview May 11, 2007
Palm Announces the Treo 755p. By: Ryan Kairer May 9, 2007. (Palm Infocenter)
Sisters are best friends, toughest competition May 9, 2007
Jennifer Lauer, 14, launches into a back handspring during a practice session at the Siouxland Gymnastics, Dance and Cheer Academy, as her twin sister, Amanda Lauer, practices in the background ... She remembered old times when the girls said, "I'll never get that round-off, back handspring connected. I'll never be able to do it.". (Sioux City Journal)
Yearning to compete May 4, 2007
In the year she learned how to do a back handspring, which is a prerequisite to becoming a level one tumbler. After the gym her closed down I went to Tuscaloosa to Cheer Authority for two years. (Demopolis Times, AL)
Coach brings Warriors back from brink of extinction Apr 30, 2007
"She has come a long way and improved so much as a coach. I'm still working on my varsity skills, but she encourages me, and I just got my handspring vault the other day.". Mericle has no intentions of leaving the program any time soon. (North County Times)
Gymnest focuses on national competition Apr 19, 2007
Moore has to complete her handspring with enough strength to spin twice before landing on her feet. Skills like that take a long time to develop, said Paula. (Kalona News, IA)
William Kentridge's video artistry, forged first in charcoal Apr 11, 2007
He has a considerable background in theater: A founder of the racially integrated Junction Avenue Theater Co. in South Africa in the 1970s, he studied mime at the International Theater School Jacques Lecoq in Paris in the 1980s before beginning his work with the Handspring Puppet Company, on "Ulisse" and other pieces, in 1992. Kentridge is already looking toward his next opera production: Shostakovich's "Nose," with Valery Gergiev, for the Metropolitan Opera in 2010. (International Herald Tribune)
Artsfest ends on high note Mar 28, 2007
Should public utilities such as railroads, pipelines and power companies have unchecked power of eminent domain to condemn and take private property for rights of way (Bainbridge Post Searchlight, GA)
No. 4 Women's Gymnastics defeats No. 8 UCLA Mar 26, 2007
825 that included a flawless double back handspring to layout stepout combination and a stuck full twisting front layout dismount ... Janiga had a very strong performance on her difficulty-packed set (gainer layout, front aerial, and back handspring layout) but a slight check on her dismount landing left her at a 9. (Gostanford.com)
Palm shares traded heavily amidst rumors of sale Mar 23, 2007
1998: Several key executives leave to create a rival company, Handspring ... 2001: Handspring introduces the Treo ... 2003: Palm acquires Handspring. (USA Today -- Money)
Palm set to unveil mysterious 'third product Mar 7, 2007
Hawkins founded Palm in 1994, in the process creating the , the first mass market PDA. He then left to set-up Handspring which produced the first smartphones before being by Palm. Simon Aughton. (PC Pro, UK)
Opinion: The decline and fall of the Palm empire Feb 24, 2007
One year after U.S. Robotics was acquired by 3Com in June 1997, the founders left the company in disgust and launched Handspring, which eventually developed the first good mass-market smartphone, the Treo ... Then, in August 2003, the company merged with Handspring and renamed itself PalmOne. (MacCentral)
O'Donnell, Carr share state title Feb 19, 2007
Though Carr fell on the balance beam on a back handspring layout, she said that she was still pleased with the outcome. Both all-around champions will compete again Friday in the MIAA North and South sectional competition with their teams in hopes of advancing to the state meet. (Boston Globe)
National Theater unveils premeires Feb 19, 2007
On alarger scale, Elliott and NT associate director Tom Morris will direct Nick Stafford and Handspring Puppet Company's epic adaptation of "War Horse," a beloved story about WWI by children's writer Michael Morpurgo. Morris is also aboard with director Emma Rice for an adaptation of Powell and Pressburger's 1946 British movie classic "A Matter of Life and Death" (aka "Stairway to Heaven"). (Variety)
RHS takes 5th at WVC Feb 18, 2007
65 on bars (4th place) and Allie Fortier tried a new move (a handspring full) which netted her a 8. 325 and a 7th place finish. (Forest Republican, WI)
Letter perfect: For two senior gymnasts, final season brings added recognition Feb 15, 2007
For Yeager, who first went to the gym just to learn how to do a back handspring and then never left, the transition is steeped in uncertainty. or sure I'm going to miss it, she says. (Missoulian, MT)
