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Robert Ricky Simpson, 58, of Big Spring died Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, at his residence. His services are pending with Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring.
The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. today:
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Emergency medical technicians were summoned Friday evening to the Daystar Facility in Manvel, about 25 miles south of Houston, where CPR already had been started on the boy. He then was taken by ambulance to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, the Brazoria County Sheriff's Department said.
Howard County commissioners agreed to form a committee to look into the way the county deals with employee sick leave during its Monday morning meeting, following an executive session to discuss the matter.
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Leonard James "L.J." Brown, 80, of Big Spring died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday at Myers & Smith Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, at Trinity Memorial Park with Trip Gibbs officiating.
The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 9 a.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. today:
• TRISTAN MARCEL WARD, 19, of 109 N.E. 10th St., was arrested Saurday on warrants for no driver's license – when unlicensed and failure to appear.
• VICTORIA MARIA LOZANO, 25, of 605 Holbert, was arrested Saturday on warrants for expired license plate and failure to appear.
• SONNY OLIVIO, 37, of 811 S. Aylesford, was arrested Saturday on a charge of evading arrest or detention.
If Tuesday night's meeting of the Big Spring City Council seems like a circus, it won't be a coincidence, as council members are expected to consider an amendment to its newly revamped animal control ordinance that will allow circuses to perform in Big Spring.
According to Assistant City Manager Todd Darden, the previous animal control ordinance included a section addressing traveling carnivals and circuses, exempting them from many of the standard codes, including the dangerous animal provision.
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That's the cry going out from officials at First United Methodist Church to area vocalists and singers, as the local church gets ready to present its 32nd annual Living Christmas Tree next month.
Cotton bailing goes on well into the dusk on this stretch of property owned by Lloyd Underwood north of Big Spring on the Gail Highway. Underwood said he's expecting this year's crop to eclipse last year's numbers.
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Britney Spears is looking hot and spread-legged in the current issue of Out. However, it is my theory that Brit came in for the shoot and was all like, "Nailed it! Here, have this robot answer the interview questions." I think she might be participating in the Turing Test, which is where scientists IM with both humans and robots, not knowing if they are talking to a human or a robot, and try to determine who is what. And it's harder than you might think. Anyway, these are the quotes that lead me to believe that Britney's responses were composed by a robot:
What is the worst advice a record executive ever told you?
Someone once told me that the "…Baby One More Time" video should be me as a superhero fighting a giant robot monster. (It's making a robot reference so we're all "Oh, a robot would never so obviously reference a robot!" Smart.)
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That someone was chasing me. (The robot went to the database and picked the number 2 most cliched nightmare, after falling.)
What is the dumbest, most ridiculous rumor that has been printed about you?
That I was an alien. (Here, the robot makes a choice not say "That I was a robot" because then people would DEFINITELY catch on.)
What women (living or dead) could make you think twice about your sexuality?
I only have eyes for men. (Brit has definitely been attracted to a woman. And if not, a non-robot would know that if you're giving an interview to a gay magazine you would at least play along.)
Britney Spears is…
ME! (The Robot really got excited over that one, but a human would understand how to answer the question correctly.)
These next quotes are what robots think girls say all the time:
When you were starting out, whose career did you want to mold yours after?
Madonna. No question. She is an amazing entertainer. Besides Madonna, I also admire Sarah Jessica Parker's career and her shoe collection.
My idea of hell is…
Being on a diet.
What is the best advice you've gotten and who was it from?
My mom said when you have a bad day, eat ice cream. That's the best advice.
What album do you consider life-changing?
Natalie Imbruglia's Left of the Middle. (Hold the phone! A robot would never make an Imbruglia reference!! Humans win!!!!!)


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Aug 26 2006
The Humiliation Chronicles: A Bikini, A Bike, and a Crosswalk
Growing up, we vacationed on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. One of our visits happened to be the summer after my sophomore year in high school, shortly after I became No Longer Ugly, shortly after I realized there just might be hope for my ridiculous redheaded appearance. My braces were gone, my teeth were slick, my curves were coming out of the woodworks, and I did three hours of ballet, five days a week. I had also become quite boy crazy by then, and was well aware that Hilton Head was swarming with them.
So when we arrived in Hilton Head that summer, I was feeling good. It was 1985, and I had used up all my pre-paid tanning sessions back home at The Golden You to ensure that my fair skin was no longer fair. I also had spent a week dousing my hair with Sun-In to ensure that my auburn shade was no longer auburn. I was a tan, toned, strawberry-blonde, sixteen-year-old hottie, pure and simple. The rest of the world just didn't know it yet.
We usually stayed in Harbor Town, a healthy bike ride away from the beach, which was fine because we rented bikes and enjoyed traveling to the beach that way. The day we arrived at our rental home, I simply couldn't wait. It was time for my unveiling. Leaving my mother and little sister—and effectively, my childhood—behind, I jumped on my bike, wearing only an aqua bathing suit and a bright white pair of Keds, and headed for the beach by myself—a good twenty minutes ahead of my mom and sister. I rode two miles until I came to the crosswalk; the crosswalk at the busiest intersection on the entire island; the crosswalk that separated my tanned, bikinied body from the beach.
Just as I began to cross the intersection, a shiny black Trans Am stopped at the light. And of course, the car contained three blonde, tan boys wearing black Ray Bans and no shirts, clearly on their way to the same beach. This was it, I thought, as I proceeded across the street. My grand entrance. My first real appearance as a full-blown woman. My….SMASH! Ouch. My shoelace had become tangled in the chain of the bike and I was now splayed out on the wide, yellow stripes of the crosswalk—knee bleeding, Coppertone thrown 100 feet away, confidence completely destroyed.
I can hear it now as if it was yesterday: "Jesus! Are you okay?" Seems the Trans Am boys were southern gentlemen and had rushed to my aid. I tried my darndest to play it off, to hop up and ride away gracefully. But my shoelace was inextricably caught in the bicycle chain and besides that, I couldn't put any weight on my mangled leg. My bathing suit was marked with tar. My Keds were stained with yellow road paint and blood.
The Trans Am boys helped me hobble to the sidewalk. They untangled my shoelace from the bike chain, and even retrieved my Coppertone bottle from across the street. And despite the pain and humiliation I felt, I remember thinking, deep down, that they might give me a lift back home. Ask for my number. Take me out for crabcakes that evening. But instead, they headed back to their Trans Am and yelled, "You need us to call your parents to come get you?" No lift home. No crabcakes. "Um, no, that's okay," I waved. "My mom's on her way."
She was. The Trans Am sped away, along with the high hopes I'd had for my first Hilton Head vacation as a grown woman. For when my mom arrived on the scene, put her arm around me and gently asked, "Are you okay?", I knew I was still a little girl. I buried my head in her neck and sobbed. Because of my knee. And my bathing suit. And the Trans Am. But mostly because, at that moment, I didn't like how it felt to be a woman.
After I got cleaned up and bandaged, my mom, my little sister and I went out for lunch in Harbor Town. We had crabcakes.
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Pamela On Saturday, August 26 at 7:27 am
awwww…. (When I saw the look on "beat you with a stick" face I figure you probably fell much harder this time.. ha haha ha )
willowtree On Saturday, August 26 at 7:49 am
Shit Lucy, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Susan in va On Saturday, August 26 at 7:53 am
And just think, this is going to be your oldest daughter in another 5-6 years. I hear Alaska's nice this time of year
Julie On Saturday, August 26 at 8:09 am
Awww! I am like Pete, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I think I leaned more to the cry. I feel your pain.
Debs On Saturday, August 26 at 8:28 am
OMG :O in 4 short years my daughter will be 16. *Hangs head down* now for me to go cry. Love the story. It is hard to be a woman.
Paula On Saturday, August 26 at 8:50 am
That is an awesomely told story. I bow to your writing voice.
wds On Saturday, August 26 at 9:14 am
I give thanks everyday that my 9 and 7 year olds are both of the male gender… I for one would not deal with managing the emotions of parenting a teenage daughter…
islaygirl On Saturday, August 26 at 9:36 am
oh man, i want to give you a hug. and, umm, you're writing a book, right? tell me you're writing a book and not wasting all your good stuff on us. (not that i mind)
Swampwitch On Saturday, August 26 at 10:43 am
Ree: I have a great pic of two younger girls who were on that trip with you…dressed like Twinkies…you know, the one who has something to tell me about Antlers and her side-kick. I might be able to get some $$$ from both of them not to send it to you…
pixielyn On Saturday, August 26 at 11:12 am
My gosh Ree, wonderful. just wonderful, I felt it, I remembered it, and I got teary. I remembered what exactly that felt like. *sigh*
Karmyn R On Saturday, August 26 at 3:07 pm
Great story – and now I'm interested in so called picture that Swampwitch is talking about…hmm…I have a similar story – but it involves snow, tangled skis, and ripped pants.
Bess On Saturday, August 26 at 3:44 pm
Wow. Yes, that's it — exactly that feeling. Wonderful story.
Emmakirst On Saturday, August 26 at 7:24 pm
You are such an excellant writer. I could feel your pain just from reading. How sad It sure is hard to be a woman! (ack, I have 3 daughters!!)
Pam On Sunday, August 27 at 7:54 am
Great story. Truly great. Thanks for sharing your humiliation with us. That's a tough thing to do sometimes. ?Pam
Ree On Sunday, August 27 at 1:36 pm
Swampwitch, I have that photo, too! We need to hold it over their heads…Hi, everyone. Thanks for crying with me. I did actually tear up as I was writing this.
Robin On Tuesday, August 29 at 12:08 pm
GREAT story, do you really need to hear it again? And get this, I WAS IN HILTON HEAD, HARBOR TOWN IN 1985! Well, Sea Pines, anyway. I went with my boyfriend's family every year from 1983 until around 1995. BTW, the boyfriend became my husband in 1987 :). Now, we have an annual tradition with friends and return (to HT in HH) every Memorial Day. It is so nice to be able to actually identify with the "place" a blogger is talking about; more often, I've only heard about them. Now, I can "see" what happened much more clearly than normal, and yes…girlie-Q, I feel your pain!
Kernon Dillon On Wednesday, August 30 at 5:42 pm
You have a great writing style and excellent grammar! A online rarity.
kelly On Sunday, August 19 at 12:39 pm
Oh ree! i know just the intersection you're speaking of and road my own bike on it many times. i never experienced the transam boys (don't know now if that's good or bad! lol) but still have a best friend to this day that was a local hottie I met on spring break (at shuckers having crabcakes ;)) back in 1990…maybe our paths crossed way back when


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The importance of cultural tourism is currently being raised within cultural policy debates. It is expected that a partnership between culture and tourism will contribute to greater financial and organisational independence of cultural institutions and organisations throughout the country, as well as to a decentralisation of culture. The main challenge facing this partnership is the constant neglect of the tourism infrastructure, which left the country with a bad road infrastructure, lack of proper accommodation, poor communication facilities and not enough competent staff.
In 2007-2008, all these activities intensified, and the Ministry of Culture, together with the Tourism Organisation of Serbia developed several joint projects such as: The path of Roman Emperors in Serbia (Sirmium, Singidunum, Viminacium, Diana & Pontes / Traian Table, Romuliana / Gamzigrad, Naisus / Mediana and Caricin Grad), the Network of Royal cities of the Roman Empire & Castles on the Danube (Bac, Petrovaradin, Belgrade, Smederevo, Golubac, Ram, Fetislam).
Also, in November 2007, Serbia joined the European project Transromanica – The Romanesque Routes of European Heritage, which connects Romanesque monuments in Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain and Slovenia. Routes in Serbia includes five monasteries (three from the UNESCO World heritage list: Studenica, Sopocani and Djurdjevi stupovi, and two other: Zica and Gradac).
"Branding Serbia" is also part of the government's activity, creating a committee for actively working on the re-creation of the Serbian image, away from the negative stereotype, towards a more positive imagine. This is also one of the reasons for the eventual candidacy of the City of Belgrade for the European Capital of Culture 2020. "Place branding", "eventful cities", support to popular urban manifestations, is part of this new cultural policy, a policy which is more using existing commercial "events", than specifically creating new cultural events. There is also the intention to promote the creative resources of rural places and give support to the development of the creative economy in rural (especially social and economic devastated) regions as a way of developing Serbian villages as well as improving their quality of life and positive imagine.
The most important cultural programme for the 2013 Ministry of Culture has planned concerns the celebration of 17 centuries of edict of Milan, which is considered to be the first act of religious tolerance, giving to the Christian population freedom of belief. The fact that Constantine the Great was born on the territory of today's Serbia, in the city of Nais (Niš today), is taken as a responsibility for the State of Serbia to represent the importance of imperator Constantine, one of the greatest reformers of Roman empire. The State Programme of celebrations will include numerous manifestations of both sacral and profane character.


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MORGANTOWN, W.Va.– The West Virginia University men's and women's swimming and diving teams will open its BIG EAST season against Cincinnati and Villanova on Saturday, Nov. 12, at the WVU Natatorium. The meet will begin at noon.
"This is a unique opportunity to have both teams come to us on the same weekend for a double dual meet," says coach Vic Riggs. "Both teams are highly ranked in the BIG EAST and present their own different challenges. It is a good opportunity for us to get ready for the Pitt Invitational next weekend and get some good racing in."
The women's team is coming off a loss to James Madison on Oct. 29. The women had some great performances, with Mandie Nugent and Rachael Burnett taking first in their respective events. Freshmen Julie Ogden and Tiera Butkus stepped up for the women with Butkus taking first in the 100 back and Ogden taking second in both the 100 fly and 200 fly.
The men were last in action on Oct. 22, defeated by Penn State by a score of 143-98. Taylor Camp was able to grab first in the 200 free and the 200 fly, while Tim Squires took first in the 50 free. Freshman Daeton Davenport continued to show his worth finishing first in the 500 free and third in the 1000 free.
"The men should be pretty comfortable and come out with a couple wins this weekend," says Riggs. "The women will have a much more challenging dual meet environment. Both meets are going to give us the opportunity to see what we need to do before next weekend's invitational."
Cincinnati is coming off a split decision in a dual meet against Xavier on Oct. 21. The women defeated Xavier by a score of 183-105, while the UC men fell to Xavier 167-96. Senior Haywood Miller recorded the lone win for the men in the 1000 free, while senior Liz Hansson took first in the 100 back, 50 free and the 200 back for the women.
Last year, the Mountaineers split against Cincinnati. The men defeated the Bearcats 195-101, while the women fell 162-130.
Villanova is coming off a split decision in a meet against Connecticut and Georgetown from Oct. 28-29. The men defeated the Hoyas by a score of 188-161, but fell to the Huskies 254-98. The Wildcats were led by Scott Thiede, who placed second in the 100 free and led the 400 free relay with the teams fastest split time of 47.87.
The women took on Connecticut, Georgetown and Rutgers in the two-day meet. The women defeated the Huskies by a score of 197.5-155.5 and the Hoyas 267-86, but fell to the Scarlet Knights 200-153. Freshman Katrin Heider got a win for the Wildcats in the 100 free. Juniors Roxy Tammage and Hayley Edwards took first and second, respectively, in the 500 free. The women finished the day off strong with a first-place finish in the 400 free relay of Natalie Elphick, Edwards, Sarah Aemisegger and Heider.
The Mountaineers have not faced the Wildcats since the 2009-10 season, in which they split results. The men defeated Villanova by a score of 206-35, while the women fell 135-106.
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WILSON, N.C. – Barton College is pleased to announce George Solan as vice president for student affairs. His appointment was effective January 26.
As chief student affairs officer for the College, Solan oversees the residence life program, the office of chaplain, the health services program, counseling services, career services, student leadership and development programs including student government, and student activities including Greek life. He also serves as a member of the president's senior cabinet.
"As Barton's new vice president for student affairs, George Solan brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his role, and his background in implementing both traditional and non-traditional student programs, and his commitment to shared governance and open dialogue will enrich our campus life," said Dr. Norval C. Kneten, president of Barton College.
Born in Rochester, N.Y., and reared in Greece, N.Y., Solan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from State University of New York College at Cortland, and a Master of Science degree in Education from St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure University, N.Y. He also completed specialized training through the Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference at the University of Vermont and through the WNY Consortium of Chief Student Affairs Officers. In addition, Solan served fours years in the United States Air Force.
Prior to his appointment at Barton, Solan served as vice president for student life at St. Bonaventure University. During his 27-year tenure at St. Bonaventure, he was integrally involved in a wide range of University programs and initiatives, including the implementation of the University First Year Experience, accreditation reviews, and strategic planning. Solan's responsibilities included both traditional and non-traditional areas of student development including residence life, counseling, career development, as well as intramurals, club sports, housekeeping, and events management.
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We're still dazed and confused by the fact that the first Smurfs movie was such a success, they needed to churn out a sequel just two years later. For those of us who grew up on these three-apples tall Saturday morning cartoon characters, it's Alvin and the Chipmunks all over again. If it isn't a giant movie remake, it's the scandalous life of the former child stars besmirching our precious memories. What beloved things from our childhood hasn't Hollywood ruined yet? Actually, we came up with a list. Read on only if you aren't a studio exec looking for an unoriginal idea to steal.
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1. The Cosby Show
Remember when sitcoms about African-American families didn't have to exist only on cable? Bill Cosby's obstetrician Cliff Huxtable, Phylicia Rashad's lawyer Clair and their five kids were appointment viewing in homes of all races. Come to think of it, if someone wants to bring back this kind of quality — FUNNY — show, we will welcome it. In the meantime, you can watch reruns on TV Land.
2. The Secret World of Alex Mack
From 1994-1998, we followed the adventures of Alex (Larisa Oleynik) a regular girl who becomes very irregular when she's accidentally drenched in a top-secret chemical. She can turn into Terminator-style metallic liquid, and zap or levitate objects, among other inconveniently unpredictable skills. We are especially grateful to see Oleynik grow up into a respectable TV actress (currently with small roles on Mad Men and Pretty Little Liars) rather than the kind of mess that's ruined other Nickelodeon shows for us.
3. Clarissa Explains It All
Even back in 1991, we knew that seeing a smart, pretty, fashionable but totally independent heroine on TV was something rare and important for us. When Clarissa addressed the camera, she was like our favorite teen feminist blogger before there were blogs. After the show ended in 1994, Melissa Joan Hart went on to the slightly less fun Sabrina the Teenage Witch, but we're still very happy that she's grown up to be a totally normal mom and actress (now on Melissa and Joey). Meanwhile, we'll let this show live in a happy '90s time capsule — no updates necessary.
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The Hipster Alderman claimed Karen Lewis was keeping teachers on strike against their will.
First Ward Alderman, aka The Hipster Alderman, Proco Joe Moreno claimed on his website that CTU President Karen Lewis was forcing CTU members to stay on strike against their will while they read the settlement framework prior to the House of Delegate vote on Tuesday.
"Enough is enough," Proco said. "I urge the leadership to stop grandstanding and start letting our talented teachers do what the do best…teach."
Letting them?
It hard for a Chicago alderman to wrap their head around the idea of democracy. Taking time to read a contract is not playing to their best suit.
Remember? Parking meters. The Chicago Skyway.
Read Proco's whole statement:
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Kevin permalinkSeptember 20, 2012 1:02 pm
Highest salaries, shortest school days, and shortest school year + ridiculously embarrassing graduation rates makes for some awfully entitled chest beating.
Anonymous permalinkSeptember 20, 2012 1:48 pm
He's just trying to be Mayor someday. Shame on him for grandstanding –what if anything does he know about collective bargaining. He is arrogant and full of himself. Why did Mayor Daley pick him. He should stay out of this and keep to what he truly knows – chasing skirt.
JMA permalinkSeptember 20, 2012 1:56 pm
Once again I recommend term limits. Democracy cannot function properly when men and women enter office with the thought of enriching themselves while screwing over the populous. It cannot be fresh if those in power are stale and have been there for decades. I mean seriously people its a disgrace that there are men on the city council who have been there since I was a little boy, and I am 44 now. This has to stop there has to be term limits to those who hold public office, its one sure fire way to eliminate the lobby in that if we know that aldermen can only serve two terms, the damage is limited.


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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Six umpires were on the field during the Mexico-Japan game at the Little League World Series. They come from all over the world, but one of them is from right here at home.
"I don't know how you describe it. It's the most amazing thing. It's like the first time a kid goes to Disney World," John Bell said.
John Bell is from Milford, and is superintendent of the Delaware Valley School District in Pike County. He has been officiating little league games for more than 30 years and applied to umpire at the Little League World Series 13 times. Little league officials say this year there were more than 10,000 umpire applications. Bell was one of 16 chosen.
"I went home and opened it and I was so nervous to read the letter. When I was reading it, I was shaking because I thought, 'oh, my God, this was the letter I've been waiting to obtain for almost 20 years,'" Bell said.
Little league officials say this is the first time in decades that someone from our area was chosen to be an umpire in the Little League World Series. So far Bell officiated nine games in South Williamsport, including the first game of the tournament.
"All the umpires were nervous. There was that extra level of nerves doing the plate for the first game. But it was a really big honor they picked me knowing I could handle it," Bell said.
Bell says it's been nerve-wracking at times, like when instant-replay was used to question one of his calls.
"I called him safe, and after the longest minute and a half of my life, the replay official confirmed that he was safe. That was a great feeling," Bell said.
Bell calls this experience a once in a lifetime honor.
"You've got a better chance of winning the lottery than being picked twice, and I think that's the right way to do it. You wouldn't want to rob somebody else of the chance of having this dream. For an umpire, this is the pinnacle of volunteer umpiring," Bell said.


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Well that was easy. Simply push the "cool" button, then sit back and watch the fireworks.
Apparently, far too many fans care what one egghead editor ironically considers cool. For the few that caught the irony in the No. 1 hockey fan faux pas, a tip of the hat to you. For those that took the silliness much too seriously ("it's not about fashion, it's about coolness." Really? That wasn't a drop-dead giveaway?), feel free to lay the lack of clarity on the editor. As the saying goes, "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is still king," and he should have put it in braille.
So since the first hockey fan faux pas was so much fun, perhaps the second will be just as enjoyable.
No. 2 hockey fan faux pas: wearing the jersey of a team that isn't playing.
Yeah, not cool, either.
Seriously, what fans go to games and pimp the paraphernalia of their teams when they're not even playing? It's like the clueless North American backpackers who sew their country's flag on their knapsacks to flaunt their patriotism while trekking across Europe. The French and Italians couldn't care less.
It's any wonder why some hockey fans would commit this faux pas.
Can it be that they're simply transplanted supporters of their teams living in other cities? Probably. But then they could just wait for their club to come through town to show their support.
Could it be that they're just trying to annoy fans of the home team, which happens to be their club's archrival? Possibly. But if so, then they succeed for a totally different reason.
Might it just be ironic? Maybe. But then this editor just doesn't get it.
Whatever the irrational reason is, feel free to tweet your agreement or disagreement to @THNRonnieShuker. If it's the latter, crank up the vitriol. Or just chill. After all, it's just a jersey.


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Enjoying Black Ciountry fish and chips 1930s style
Posted: February 28, 2014|
THE Black Country Living Museum is getting into the chip spirit at Hobbs Fish and Chip Shop as National Chip Week celebrates its 22nd year.
Voted one of the region's top chippies, the museum houses the only fried fish shop in the UK where visitors can enjoy an authentic taste of the past while enjoying the nation's favourite dish 1930s style!
Denise George, Manager of the Hobbs Fish and Chip Shop, said: "Whether you prefer chips or fries the secret to a great tasting portion is the way it's cooked.
"We have a secret batter recipe for our fish and our chips which are cooked in beef dripping.
"Fish and chips appealed to the local 1930s community. It was cheap, it was quick and – in the context of the period – it was not without nutritional value."
She added that visitors can whet their appetite with some good old-fashioned fayre and mouth-watering fish and chips washed down with a pint of real ale from the Bottle and Glass Inn. "There's no better way to celebrate the Great British Chip!" she said.


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Musketeers Take Two From Minutemen In Saturday Doubleheader
Bodner Registers Career-High Four RBI In Game One
Musketeers Host Minutemen In Key A-10 Matchup
Nine Seniors Will Be Honored Prior To Sunday's Game
Xavier Hangs On For 9-7 Win At Evansville
Richard Moves Into Tie For Fourth On Career-Innings Pitched List
No. 7 Kentucky Tops Xavier, 6-3
Elwell Continues Exceptional Four-Game Stretch
2013 Xavier Baseball Preview: Pitchers and Catchers
Musketeers Return Starting Weekend Rotation from 2012
2013: Pitched in five games during his senior campaign ... Worked one inning against both Middle Tennessee and Massachusetts ... Struck out one batter in two games at Evansville and one appearance versus Middle Tennessee.
2012: Did not see playing time during the 2012 season.
Prior to Xavier: Four-year letter winner at Christian County High School...2008 District and Regional champions ... played 1.5 seasons at New Mexico Junior College and one year at the University of New Orleans ... Helped lead NMJC to the NCAA Junior College Regionals in 2010 and 2011.
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The Video Guy
Started more than nine years ago at The Olympian, The Video Guy column is a weekly look at films from a "regular guy's" perspective. I have no formal training as a critic, other than I've seen a lot of movies and have a lot of opinions, but I'll do my best to give you an idea of what's out there and whether it's worth your time.
Monthly Archive for February, 2014
Gravity: No holding this film down
A stunning, technological marvel of a movie, GRAVITY (PG-13, 3 1/2 stars) is the kind of film that one might think needed to be seen in its full IMAX glory to truly appreciate the wizardry that went into its creation, but I'm happy to say that watching the film at home doesn't dull the power […] [Read More]
Three very different takes on horror films
The mumblecore-meets-slasher flick YOU'RE NEXT (R, 3 stars) was a curious case in that it created all kinds of buzz when it first premiered in 2011 but then sat on the shelf for more than two years before its release last fall to merely moderate box office (although at $26 million, it grossed 26 times […] [Read More]
Quick take: Enough Said
ENOUGH SAID (R, 3 stars) is the kind of movie that rarely gets made in this day and age of $100 million blockbusters – an incisive, funny and sweet look at adult relationships, with a normal woman at the front and center of the action. It continues the hot streak of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and, while […] [Read More]
Surprising sequels spring forth
There are some movies, be it through their natural storyline or boffo box office, that deserve a sequel. Then there are films that seem to have told a complete story, or not done enough business to make a continuation worthwhile. But in the weird world of Hollywood, you never know what makes a sequel make sense. […] [Read More]


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It also makes me look like Big Bird with tusks. Perhaps some unholy Big Bird/Snuffleupagus hybrid. (Long time experience writing for the site tells me that I need a disclaimer here saying that yes, I know Snuffy doesn't have tusks, but it's possible that the hybridization process brought the latent tusks to the fore. Also, I'm a little embarrassed for us all that we all knew that much about Snuffleupagus.) But at the same time, I'm so insanely happy with the hat that I can't bring myself to turn the thing off, so now I'm wandering around Outland as the most lethal looking hawkstrider - elekk hybrid in existence. The weirdest thing is, I really enjoy how insanely awful the hat looks. It looks like what it supposedly is, a battered relic of war ripped from the corpse of a dead troll. It even has a broken tusk.
I have a guildmate with the same hat but he never, ever leaves it turned on. This leads me to wonder: is there gear out there that's so ugly but has such nice stats that you'll never, ever turn it on? Maybe never even wear it? Perhaps I'm unusual in that, the worse my gear looks, the more I like wearing it. Considering that we loot all of this junk off of the broken and battered bodies of our enemies, shouldn't some of it look less than awesome? I actually would hope that Blizzard would design more gear in the future with a 'battle damaged' aesthetic. After all, when a big dragon drops a healing wand, it's not like he was using it. Clearly he took that off of the corpse of a foolhardy adventurer much like ourselves, only less lucky.
So I put the question to you again: is there any gear so awful looking that you won't display it or even wear it outside of encounters? Any gear so horrible that you love wearing it? I am keen to know.


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I originally heard German electronic strongwoman, Ellen Allien in 2003 when her first full length album, Berlinette,
arrived on the scene. Her stop/start beats and the warmth of her spoken
words on top ('Need a planet without cars and wars—no wars—no cars—no
wars—no cars. I wish it could be true...) got me right away. Well, she
hasn't stopped since (and really she'd be going on for quite a while
before that). Her newer works are perhaps less accessible—exploring
sound scapes rather than dance beats, but you can always get your fill
of BPMs with Allien's DJ sets.
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Golf & Retirement
The Cost Of Golf In Retirement
5 couples share what it's like -- and what it costs
Like "big-headed driver" and "affordable green fee," the term "golf retirement" doesn't mean what it used to.
As baby boomers move into their post-career years, they're stretching the concept in all-new directions. For some, retirement represents a chance to combine multiple passions in active lifestyles their parents never would have imagined (golf half the year, skiing the rest of the year). Though many still find their bliss in classic retirement communities, others are heading out in new directions: to university towns, where youthfulness and cultural diversity exist alongside a full calendar of country-club activities; to geographically remote -- but economically advantageous -- corners of middle America; to the desert and the mountains of the Southwest, achieving the perfect year-round climate.
To get a sense of what life is like for today's retirees -- and what it costs them to include golf in their lifestyles -- we selected five markets throughout the United States and profiled a happily retired couple in each. We chose these markets with help from the research firm Longitudes Group, which identified regions with a high percentage of residents 65 and over, many avid golfers, and plentiful golf courses. (Perhaps because it's known as much for skiing as golf, Park City, Utah, has a relatively small percentage of 65-and-overs but does well on other counts.)
Ed Woeckener, 75, is a reminder that nothing is permanent, even in retirement. "I've retired three times," says the Asheville resident. "First in '89, then again in '93, and finally in '97." His original goal was to play golf every day. To his surprise, that was too much golf -- so the former airline executive bought a vitamins store and later a health-food business in Miami to keep him busy. When he was truly ready to slow down, he and his wife, Marla, moved to the mountains of North Carolina, drawn by the region's mild weather, low cost of living and all-around relaxed vibe.
But even then, the Woeckeners haven't been sitting still. Their first home overlooked the 17th hole at Mountain Air Country Club in Burnsville, N.C. Much as they loved the golf course and "the most spectacular scenery you'll find anywhere," it proved a bit too remote. Nearly every day, they found they were traveling to Asheville -- about a two-hour round trip -- to enjoy its cultural offerings and to allow Marla, now 73, to teach piano at the University of Carolina-Asheville's College for Seniors.
In 2000 they sold their place at Mountain Air and bought a home in North Asheville. With 14 grandkids, there had to be plenty of space for guests, so the house has four bedrooms. It's just a short walk from the Donald Ross-designed Country Club of Asheville, which they joined and where Woeckener plays three days a week. Apparently he doesn't need to play every day to be good: Last year he shot his age.
Asheville suits the couple, Woeckener says. "It's a city of about 70,000. You get all the advantages of a big city -- arts, restaurants, shopping -- but you don't have the disadvantages of traffic, crime and high taxes." Plus, there's abundant good public golf there. He loves Asheville Municipal Golf Course, also designed by Ross, and the nearby Reems Creek and Broadmoor courses. The latter charges seniors just $25 a round during the week, including a cart, Woeckener says.
Does that mean he has found "the place" and he won't be moving anytime soon? "This is it," he says confidently. "This is our last stop."
'We first saw an ad for this place on the Golf Channel, like most folks," says Don Hahnfeldt, 66. "I said, 'We've got to get down there and check that out.' " He and his wife, Cheryle, 65, visited the central Florida community one day seven years ago. That afternoon they bought a one-quarter-acre lot overlooking the Palmer Legends Country Club. Less than four months later, they had built a 4,000-square- foot single-family home on the site.
To say they love it there is an understatement. "I'm a retired Navy submarine captain, and we moved 30 times in my career," Hahnfeldt says. "Cheryle tells me there will not be a 31st move." Hahnfeldt describes himself as being "in pinch-me mode" about The Villages to this day.
For the Hahnfeldts, the numbers tell a compelling story. The 25,000-acre Villages community has nine country clubs (many of them with 27 holes) and 27 executive courses. Three more 27-hole country clubs and six more executive courses are planned by 2014. Though none of The Villages courses is likely to host a U.S. Open, there are some legitimate tests of golf. The Cherry Hill/Laurel Valley nines at the Palmer club, Don Hahnfeldt's favorite, stretch to 7,180 yards from the back tees, with a Course Rating of 75.1 and a Slope of 137.
The Villages' 80,000 residents can play any of the executive courses without paying a cent beyond their household's monthly $135 "amenity fee" and a monthly $12 "trail fee" for cart use. The Hahnfeldts pay an extra $80 per person each month for "priority memberships" that offer reduced green fees and seven-day advance tee-time booking on all nine country club courses. They play two or three times a week, with regular groups and "social" golf with other couples.
Don, elected president of the homeowners' association almost two years ago, notes that the amenity fee covers a lot more than golf. The community has bowling, tennis, "pickle ball" (a type of paddle tennis), 62 community pools and a massive softball league. The Villages' recreation department says it organizes more than 1,000 activities annually.
One of the things the Hahnfeldts like best about the community is the convenience. It's got dining, schools, even a Walmart Supercenter, all easily accessible by golf cart. The couple owns two carts -- and one "regular" car, mainly used for the hour drive to the Orlando airport to pick up visiting family members. (Children under 19 are welcome at The Villages -- they just can't stay for more than 30 days in any calendar year.) Says Don Hahnfeldt: "We have seven grandkids, and their No. 1 favorite thing when they come to see us is riding in those golf carts."
A monthly $135 "amenity fee" helps keep The Villages' facilities afloat.
'My wife says we've now lived in three foreign countries," says Bob Quinlan. "England, Mexico and Arkansas."
Quinlan and his wife, Dona, moved from Southern California to northwest Arkansas in 1992. At the time, he was general manager of a carbide manufacturing company.
"It was a major culture shock," says Quinlan, now 72. "The area was very, very rural then." Yet 10 years later, by the time Quinlan was ready to retire, he and Dona, 73, had become so comfortable in Arkansas they decided to stay.


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Holiday Activity Book for Grown Ups
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"The Holiday Activity Book for Grown-ups" is a bumper book of puzzles, brain exercises and quizzes that will keep adults of all ages entertained throughout their holiday. Covering a range of activities, from the classic crossword to killer sudoku puzzles and brain-teasers, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Big enough to scribble in, but light enough to carry around, this is the must-have companion for all holiday-makers.


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Peoria County Board member Allen Mayer hopes to retain his sixth district seat. The Peoria Democrat filed his nominating petitions for re-election Monday.
Mayer says the county has held the line on the county's property tax rate, maintained an excellent bond rating and balanced county budgets in his time on the board. Mayer serves as Chairman of the County Board's Ways and Means and Rules committees, and is a member of the Finance and Executive Committees.
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The follow-up to the successful, "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman" this book offers four pretty distinct parts.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Joking this time,
Thomas Stamper (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What Do You Care What Other People Think (Hardcover)
The follow-up to the successful, "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman" this book offers four pretty distinct parts.
First section describes how his father taught him to think about the world and his father's ambition to make young Richard a scientist. The end of the book is Feyman's case for the importance of science. In between we get the sad, but sweet story of his first wife and the utterly compelling story of his time on the committee investigating the challenger explosion. It was my favorite part of the book.
The description of how government committees decide facts and make recommendations was eye opening. It was the best description of how these things work that I've ever read. Feynman was constantly up against a committee chairman that wanted to keep everyone in a room asking questions of experts. Feynman didn't like that setup. He wanted to travel out to NASA and talk to engineers, so he did.
Going to Huston and Canaveral, Feynman learned something about the nature of NASA that probably goes for any big organization. He found that NASA was a unified force when their goal was putting a man of the moon. Information was shared freely and appreciated at every level. Once that goal was met NASA became compartmentalized.
Leaders at the top spent their time reassuring Congress that NASA would achieve their goals with low costs and high safety. Engineers at the bottom realized that this wasn't entirely possible. The middle managers didn't want to hear the challenges because they would be forced to report it to the top bosses who didn't want to hear it. It was much easier for top bosses to paint a rosy picture to Congress if they were unaware of the actual challenges of making it work. The end result was that top bosses said that the likelihood of a mission death was 1-100,000 while engineers on the ground felt that the likelihood was more like 1-300.
Feynman concludes that maybe the shuttle program was a bad idea. It could never live up to the ambitious projections of the leaders and the American public was being lied to. NASA should be honest with the American people, Feynman thought, then Congress and voters can decide if they are getting enough for their money. It was a surprisingly thing to hear from an advocate of science and discovery. But Feynam reckoned that the amount of science and discovery has been little compared to the cost. He complained years after the first shuttle launch he still hadn't read any significant experiments in scientific journals.
In all, I liked this book a little better than "Surely You're Joking." It was a little more thought provoking than those fun tales.
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Richard Feynman is one of the most famous twentieth century Physicists. He is one of those rare scientists who have managed to go beyond the success in the narrow confines of his field of research and become a public celebrity. A big part of this success comes from his persona which combined incredible brilliance with the irreverent and down-to-earth attitude to most problems in life, be they "big" ones like working on the atomic bomb, or the everyday ones that almost all of us are familiar with. It's the latter ones and his quirky and unorthodox approach to them that made Feynman endearing to the general public.
His earlier book "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman" was a classic and an inspiration to generations of young scientists who were shown that you can have lots of fun while pursuing a life in science. I myself had read it in single sitting, and had completely been mesmerized by Feynman's wit and irreverent attitude. "What Do You Care What Other People Think" is a further collection of stories and anecdotes from his life. Some of these had been told by others over the years, but in this book they all come together in a single volume as told by Feynman himself. Some of the events and stories presented come from the last few years of his life, and it is hard not to feel the poignancy of the fact that these were some of his last thoughts on subjects and situations that he cared about.
Almost half of the book is dedicated to the investigation of the Challenger disaster. Feynman was on the presidential commission that investigated that disaster, and here we get a full insight into what had been going on during commission's session. Many reports have made it seem that Feynman had single handedly figured out the true cause of the disaster - the faulty o-rings that were not meant to be used in really low temperatures. In this book he sets the record straight and explains that although he was the public face that brought attention to the o-rings, there had been many people behind the scenes who had suspected a problem with them for quite a while. This part of the book is also a very useful and revealing glimpse into the workings of a big governmental and scientific agency like NASA.
The book concludes with few musings on the responsibility of science for social problems. In these musings Feynman turns uncharacteristically philosophical, even almost spiritual. He might not have been the most sophisticated thinkers in these matters, but his instincts were very acute and well worth listening to.
All of those who appreciate Feynman's work and brilliance will be grateful for this honest and easy-going narrative. It is also hard not to think that with Feynman's passing a whole era of Physics had come to an end. Those of us who think that somewhere along the way theoretical Physics had lost its way and had become a caricature of its former self, may wonder if all of that could have been avoided had Feynman lived for another ten years or so. We'll just never really know.
5.0 out of 5 stars �Continuation of a curious character�,
This review is from: What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures Of A Curious Character (Paperback)
This book is a continuation and addendum of sorts to Mr. Feynman's first biography, "Surely you are joking, Mr. Feynman". The two major stories of the book involve Mr. Feynman's enormously influential first wife, Arlene and the second story involves Mr. Feynman's work in the Challenger disaster investigation. Sprinkled around these two major bookends are other humorous adventures and observations about a trip to Japan, being labeled a sexist pig by feminists, and hotel hunting in Europe to name just a few.
The Challenger investigation takes up a sizable chunk of the book and is sometimes filled with drier material. But the compelling event and frustrating insight into government bureaucracy holds some interest to make up for the technical specifications.
The first part of the book where his wife Arlene is discussed is so touching and powerful that the reader will be hard pressed not to get teary-eyed.
As noted in the review about the first biography, Mr. Feynman was an extremely curious person who explored things out of simple curiosity. His life's quest was nothing simpler than a desire to understand Nature. All the while, he tried to have the best time he could. Hopefully this reader can take away at least a little bit of that.
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful book.,
James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures Of A Curious Character (Paperback)
Not as entertaining as its predecessor, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman", but still quite entertaining in its own way, more than half of this book is devoted to describing the experiences of Feynman as he took part in the committee investigating the Shuttle Challenger disaster. As anyone who's read the first book can imagine, setting Feynman loose on a governmental committee is not exactly a recipe for smooth interaction; what it IS a recipe for is getting far more straight answers uncovered than the bureaucrats want.
Not to say that this book isn't funny, but if you're looking for a chuckle, read the earlier book. If, on the other hand, you're in the mood for being reminded, in a fairly lighthearted way, just why it is that bureaucracies are not a good thing, this is the book for you. In addition to the section on the Challenger investigation, there are a few biographical anecdotes, as well as a closing lecture on "The Value of Science", all of which are good reading.
5.0 out of 5 stars After Shuttle Columbia, it's time to re-read this.,
Peter Albrecht (Costa Mesa, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is being written in the evening after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. While all the would-be experts go onto Larry King and Good Morning America and try out for the Olympic Conclusion High Jump Team (while the real experts -- and I just got off the phone with one -- have a pretty good idea what it was, and turn down same interviews), right now, this is a good time for those who are interested to read the background of the previous Shuttle disaster. All of Part II, about 2/3 of this book, is titled "Mr. Feynman goes to Washington: Investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster." Incredible, absolutely true, and only the tip of the iceberg, according to somebody who was there. There's a pattern to this sort of thing, a combination of hubris and unwillingness to face reality, and Feynman's book lays it bare like nothing else I can think of. The only other document that comes close in my mind (at least, as I recall the details) is the old "Far Side" cartoon, showing a rope-and-tire swing over a tiny little pond. There's a big chunk of the tire missing, and a shark fin cruising around below. Two kids on the bank, one says to the other "You go tell Billy's mom, and I'll go look for another tire." We've seen this before (Shuttle, Concorde), we'll see it again, but meanwhile Feynman's account is a must-read. You will not be disappointed.
4.0 out of 5 stars A Worthwhile Follow-up to Surely You're Joking....,
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This review is from: What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures Of A Curious Character (Paperback)
This book is the follow-up to Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character and I recommend that it should be read only after reading that volume.
The book is organized as a series of loosely related chapters that illustrate Feynman's unique perspective and his ways of interacting with the world. It is less personal than the preceding book in that some of the chapters are more about science-related topics and less about Feynman. Some of the chapters fill in details that were introduced in "Surely You're Joking" while others cover new topics. His description of the government sponsored independent commission that investigated the space shuttle Challenger explosion is revelatory both for its insight into the process and workings of such commissions (and Feynman's frustrations with them) and for his description of his own style of investigatory technique which we all can apply.
The reader does not have to be a scientist, engineer, or a skeptic to appreciate this book and I recommend it as informative, amusing and well worth reading.
4.0 out of 5 stars Leftovers from Surely Your Joking,
Eugene N. Miya (Moffett Field, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Not a bad book, but not quite five star.
The first chapter "The Making of a Scientist" is from the
Horizon[BBC]/Nova[PBS] documentary The Pleasure of Finding Things
Out. I very much enjoyed watching Chris Sykes documentary, and
he went on to write the book No Ordinary Genius (also another
Sykes documentary about Feynman). I mention all this because
the book, and chapter is unable to convey Feynman's Brooklyn
accent (that really adds).
Feynman hated writing, and most of this text was transcribed and
edited, so it has that feel. Some people will like that, and
as Sykes notes: others won't (poor English). The best way to
understand Feynman is to read his three volumes, and that's not
easy (and they are written in this same style with hard hard).
The Challenger Chapter is very important and stands on its own
merits. Enough said about that.
"For a successful technology,
reality must take precedence over public relations,
for Nature cannot be fooled."
Appendix F, Personal Observations on the Reliability of the Shuttle
-- R. P. Feynman
5.0 out of 5 stars We should ALL care what RPF thinks!,
D. Roberts "Hadrian12" (Battle Creek, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures Of A Curious Character (Paperback)
Here is another book of wonderful biographical anecdotes of one of the most intriguing scientists who has ever lived. However, those who are looking for merely a continuing edition of the tremendously popular (not to mention hilarious!) SURELY YOU'RE JOKING MR. FEYNMAN should take note: this present work does not qualify as that.
To be sure, there are a handful of chapters which would fit right into SYJMF. However, 2 major sections cover some exceptionally serious topics which are hardly material for Feynman's typical humor. One section details his love for his first wife as well as her untimely terminal illness. The other covers his work on the commission to disinter the technical problems that led to the explosion of the Space Shuttle CHALLENGER in 1986. These major sections encompass roughly 3/4 of the book.
The chapter on his wife's suffering is especially poignant and touched me very deeply. Feynman was a man whose love and compassion matched his intellect. I could not but feel empathy and admiration for the way he took care of his bride, knowing all along that she would not live long. His decision to be straight with her about her condition, instead of feeding her some fairy-tale story about how she had a good chance of recovery, was both painful and edifying to read.
The section on the CHALLENGER goes into great detail on everything that went wrong that fateful day in '86 as the nation watched the disaster on TV. To this day, I have not seen a television documentary cover this story as I think it should be covered.
I recently saw a special on the CHALLENGER on the DISCOVERY channel. It did an excellent job of focusing on how the engineers at THIOKOL were screaming at NASA not to launch, well into the wee hours of the morning of the catastrophe. However, what the special omitted was the cover-up and closing-of-ranks that NASA did AFTER the accident. To me, NASA's behavior after the fact was even more reprehensible than its carelessness before the launch.
It was for the reason of politics that then-president Ronald Reagan personally requested that Feynman be on-board the investigation committee [a committee that also included the astronauts Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride, among others]. Reagan knew that Feynman would get to the bottom of the matter (which he did) and that Feynman did not care for the politics of making NASA "look good" (which he didn't).
With this in mind, even people who are not interested in Richard Feynman, but are curious about what happened to the CHALLENGER would gain much by reading this book. Feynman explains his thorough, logical methodology and how it rubbed many people the wrong way. His straight-forward and honest disclosures of NASA's gerrymandering created much animosity between himself and NASA exec William Rogers (who, it seems, was more interested in NASA's image than getting to the heart of the matter). For those who are interested in further reading on the CHALLENGER topic, I would recommend NO ORDINARY GENIUS: THE ILLUSTRATED FEYNMAN ...
For Feynman enthusiasts, this book is vintage Feynman - a can't miss. As a bonus, the center of the book has photographs from his life, as well as some of his sketches. The book is equally recommended for people who wonder about what "really" happened to the CHALLENGER, and why it happened. NASA aficionados may be disappointed in the work as it exposes (truthfully) all of the fudge-factors, apathy for safety issues and faulty reasoning NASA used with the efficacy of launching CHALLENGER on time and preserving its positive image after the fact.
5.0 out of 5 stars Scientific background is not a prerequisite,
This review is from: What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures Of A Curious Character (Paperback)
A lot of books written by scientific people claim to be "down-to-earth" and for the "layman" but end up creeping into the obscure. Not so here. Feynman starts with his feet planted firmly on the ground and never strays.
The first few stories range from the serious to the light-hearted. From the pain of losing his wife to being invited to speak at a funeral for a man whom he can't remember. These accounts give you a good look at the ability of Feynman to convey a story and make it interesting. The majority of the book however is given to the time he spent on the committee that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Using no nonsense, straight-forward writing he takes you through the process of how he and the others, despite a lot of bureaucratic red tape, managed to find out what went wrong on that fateful day. What could very well be a dry and uninspiring subject becomes quite informative and engaging through his telling.
This is my first book by Feynman, but having absorbed the whole thing in one sitting it surely won't be my last.
5.0 out of 5 stars Richard Feynman: contemporary Leonardo - PART II,
Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures Of A Curious Character (Paperback)
The title of this review may sound as a little bit of an overstatement, given Leonardo Da Vinci's stature, but it is a very close way to depict this distinguished North American physicist who, among MANY other things, won the Nobel Prize, worked in Project Manhattan (at Los Alamos lab) and was part of the team that investigated (and discovered) the cause of the explosion of the Challenger. If this could already be enough to elevate him a lot, you'll discover through this book how his life was constituted by one of the most interesting and rich cultural mosaics one can imagine.
Always struggling to look at things "differently", Feynman became a very sought-after educator, teaching at the United States most prestigious universities, as well as other schools in places like Brazil.
At the end of the day, Feynman's most important teachings might come as: 'Never take yourself too seriously' (as other reviewers have already commented), 'Always keep an open mind' and 'Focus your efforts on what really matters'.
If you enjoy this book (which I'm sure you will), check out what could be considered the first part of it: 'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!' : Adventures of a Curious Character; as well as Tuva or Bust! Richard Feynman's Last Journey - both, highly recommendable.
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Oh the places we won't go,
like post dated postcards
with fictional photographs of you and I
laughing lovers caught up in this
now mourn this trysts annulment
The fading hue of I to you
crashing closer to memory
are the full blown passion ploys
and blissful near misses
...the only places I may recall you fondly
Once upon a never
you gazed dreamy
laughed freely
kissed deeply
and made love sweetly
...no not sweetly, but dirty discreetly
the pure erotic world all yours
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engrossed in post-coital
pillow reminiscing
Moving past the altitude
of fickle courting, began the rouse
singing blandly rehearsed tunes
to retreating corners licking wounds
For confrontation is where you thrive
while in misplaced ire my interest dies
beauty morphs horrid in this beholders eyes
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It wasn't the most dramatic flight of 1910, but it left an important legacy. Phil Parmelee, a pilot with the
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 2, in commemoration of the 2010 flight, a replica of the Wright B Flyer will take off from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, circle the Huffman Prairie Flying Field from which Parmelee's flight originated, and head for Rickenbacker Airport in Columbus. Instead of silk, the replica Flyer will carry a piece of ceramic composite cloth and a micro-UAV developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Members of the Wright and Parmelee families will be on hand at Huffman Prairie for the flyover, and the public can follow the commemorative flight on Twitter (hard to imagine Wilbur and Orville using that word).
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I am writing in response to the Aug. 30 article titled "Trio of tax hikes coming your way?" I think that it is important to set the record straight about how highly taxed we already are in South Carolina.
In fact, for most South Carolinians, living in a state that has one of the highest income tax rates and one of the highest sales tax rates results in a combined burden higher than anywhere else in the nation.
The information listed below comes from the Taxfoundation.org web site, and while shocking, it doesn't even fully account for the local option taxes that can result in double-digit sales taxes in some parts of the state. As an example, buying a meal at a Mount Pleasant restaurant already carries a 10.5 percent sales tax burden.
Of the 50 states in the country, fully 37 of the states have a lower top personal income tax rate than South Carolina. At 7 percent, we have the 13th highest personal income tax rate in the nation. Additionally, of the 50 states in the country, fully 33 have lower sales tax rates than South Carolina. At 7.19 percent (state and local option averages), we have the 17th highest sales tax rate in the nation.
Of the 13 states that have a higher top income tax rate, only two states also have a higher sales tax rate — New York and California.
When one looks at each of these states, it is interesting to note that New York's top income tax rate of 8.82 percent does not apply until a single filer reaches $1,029,250 of income versus only $14,250 in South Carolina, thus making South Carolina's top income tax rate of 7 percent higher than New York's for more than 99 percent of all South Carolinians.
Even California's top income tax rate of 13.2 percent only applies to incomes in excess of $1 million and an individual would need to earn $38,726 and a couple filing jointly would need to earn $77,452 before a rate higher than South Carolina's 7 percent rate would apply. So even in this case, many taxpayers in South Carolina would be paying a lower rate on their income taxes if they were taxed at the corresponding California rates.
Given this information, one could reasonably argue that South Carolina has the highest combined tax rates in the nation. For the vast majority of South Carolinians, we pay one of the highest sales taxes and one of the highest income taxes.
It's time to face reality. South Carolina is a very high tax state. We need to stop perpetrating the myth of living in a low tax jurisdiction.
Robert Johnston
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Across the finish line
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The PSU women's cross country team took 15th out of 24 teams in its ninth trip to the NCAA Division II National Championships on Saturday, Nov. 19, in Spokane, Wash.
The women scored 422 points, edging the Tampa women's team by seven points for the 15th position. Augustana won the national championship with 75 points, beating out Western State by four points.
The first Pitt runner to finish the 6k race was sophomore Erica Testa who finished 65th overall with a time of 23:18.7. Four places behind Testa was Pitt junior Melissa Peden, who finished in 23:21.2. Junior Kaley Temaat placed third on the team, finishing in 23:35.7, which was good for 79th place.
Head coach Russ Jewett says the women had a successful season. They captured the MIAA cross country title on Oct. 22, placing all five of its scoring runners in the top 20. That enabled them to get a convincing 29-point win over the host school, Missouri Southern.
Jewett says he walked away from that title win proudly.
"We have an extremely tough squad," Jewett said. "What it came down to is that we were tougher than our opponents when we needed to be to win."
Also this season the women earned second place at the MIAA vs. GLVC meet on Oct. 8. They finished the 5k race with 74 points, barely falling to Harding, which had 71 points.
The women competed in the Oklahoma State University Cowboy Jamboree on Oct. 1 where they finished in 11th place.
On Sept. 21 Pitt won a dual meet against Missouri Southern by eight points.
Due in part to the successful season the women had, Jewett was selected as the MIAA Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year. His PSU women claimed their eighth MIAA title, the most of any current conference school. Four Gorillas finished in the top 15 individually, including Peden, who earned All-MIAA honors by finishing in sixth place. This is Jewett's second consecutive year winning the award.
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EDITORIAL: Labor Day holds little for unions to celebrate
Some years ago, there was a popular bumper sticker that read: "The Weekend, Brought To You By The Labor Movement."
And it was true.
The labor movement brought that and much else: child-labor laws, wage and hour laws (think the eight-hour day, the 40-hour week and overtime), occupational safety and health regulations, paid vacations and a decent retirement.
At one time in our history, to get those benefits a worker almost had to have a union job, but, increasingly, they became a matter of federal and state law.
The labor movement, as was frequently remarked, had become a victim of its own success.
According to the Census Bureau, 85 percent of full-time workers ages 18 to 64 have jobs with health benefits, and the larger percentage of those covered are union members. But as the country inches ever closer to universal health care, under whatever name it's called, that becomes one less benefit a worker needs a union for.
As a result, union membership, which stood at 26.7 percent of the workforce in 1973, has fallen to around 13 percent. Among private employers, union membership has become increasingly rare.
The exception was public employees, where union membership remained strong. The strongest unions in the country may well be those representing police and firefighters, and the largest, those representing teachers.
But this Labor Day is finding that those public-worker unions are under a sustained assault by the Republican Party.
Taking note of the states that have largely stripped government unions of their collective bargaining rights, the GOP platform said, "We salute the Republican governors and state legislators who have saved their States from fiscal disaster by reforming their laws governing public employee unions."
And it urged the states to weaken the unions further by refusing to collect dues by payroll deductions on their behalf.
The Census says the median income — meaning half make more, half less — for full-time workers is $47,717 for men and $36,931 for women, but the most ferocious battle in Congress is protecting tax cuts for people earning over $200,000.
For most taxpayers, the argument over income-tax rates is almost academic, since more than two-thirds of them pay more in Social Security and Medicare taxes than they do in income taxes.
Income inequality is a growing problem in the United States.
American workers are admirably free of envy and covetousness, but one day that gap could begin provoking outrage, maybe even enough outrage to revive the near-dormant labor movement.
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Hi, i'm ultra new to linux. I installed the mandrake 9.0 distribution with no problems at all, and the x server running perfectly. I needed to upgrade so that i could use my TV-OUT port, so i followed the instructions on the NVIDIA website to the tee (using the rpm method), everything "compiled" okay. i edited the XF86Config-4 file (since XFree86 is using that config file and even if it wasn't i tried running it like "XFree86 -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4"). When I tried to start the server (I'm running the at the shell, with the x server disabled at startup) my monitor blinks 3 times with fast blue screens then it stops doing anything and my computer hangs and i have to press the system reset button. after investigating the log file there is no sign of error except for a warning at the end saying "Failed to load AGP" or something similar. I edited the config file to say Option "NvAgp" "0", but still same response when i start my X server. I have the log files + the config file. If anyone is willing to help me out i'd really appreciate it! my system specs are:
Geforce 2 MX400 64MB SDRAM AGP
VIA VT82C598MVP AGP system controller
here is the config file i am using:
# File generated by XFdrake.
# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************
Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "HP
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1024x768 @ 60 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 60 # 50-70
# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NvAgp" "0"
Option "DPMS"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
i attached the log output i get.
again thanks in advance to whoever can help me solve this problem.
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