| Endymion rider struck, killed by float
Wow, that really sucks. What sucks more is the haters on here. The guy died in a freak accident, nothing more, nothing less. He had a family and friends who loved him and now Mardi Gras will never be the same for them. Have some friggin' compassion, people. .
Wireless Monitoring Of People And Things: Future Of Social Networking?
The project explores the use of radio-frequency identification, or RFID, tags in a social environment. The team has installed some 200 antennas in the Paul Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. Early next month researchers will begin recruiting 50 volunteers from about 400 people who regularly use the building. "Our goal is to ask what benefits can we get out of this technology and how can we protect people's privacy at the same time," Balazinska said. "We want to get a handle on the issues that would crop up if these systems become a reality." Many businesses already use RFID tags to track products in the supply chain. Now the tool is moving to other areas. Some transit agencies use radio tags in bus and train passes. The new U.S. passports incorporate RFID tags.
Villa-O: From conception to opening night
The polished and repolished honey-brown mahogany glows. Waiters obsessively straighten sky-blue napkins and fluff throw pillows with nautical flags. From the white-tiled kitchen comes the thud-thud-thud of cooks pounding veal chops. Nearby, two bartenders quietly cut limes into quarter-inch slices and remove caps from liquor bottles, preparing to fill orders. And then, the customer orders a limontini. A server, in a solemn and solicitous voice, explains the problem: The orange and lemon slices have only been soaking in the vodka a few days. It will take a week for the spirits to be fully infused. Until then, the cocktail will fall flat. But the customer isn't buying the explanation. You're either ready to open or you're not ready to open, he snarls. .
Borders(R) Celebrates Grand Opening of its First Concept Store Feb. 22 ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Borders will celebrate the grand opening of its first nationwide concept store beginning Friday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, Feb. 24 at its new store in Ann Arbor located at the intersection of Lohr Road and Ann Arbor-Saline Road in the Waters Place shopping center. The 28,900-square-foot concept store represents a significant enhancement over existing Borders stores inside and out and fulfills the company's mission to be a headquarters for knowledge and entertainment. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060208/BORDERSLOGO ) The festivities kickoff Feb. 22 when Borders Group Chief Executive Officer George Jones, Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje and Pittsfield Charter Township Supervisor James R. Walter host an official ribbon cutting ceremony followed by a celebratory toast to the new store with Seattle's Best Coffee(R).
Cooking offers fine options for oysters
We were wandering south along Tomales Bay in Northern California a couple of months ago and stopped in for oysters at a little place called Marshall Store. I ordered up a dozen raw, and an icy Sierra Nevada. And then, just on a whim, I asked them to toss in another dozen oysters barbecued – they're a local specialty. Barbecued oysters are not the kind of thing I usually order. I've always thought of cooked oysters as something you settle for – what you eat only when the oysters are no longer of the first quality or when you have had so many raw ones you're tired of them (and despite repeated attempts at reaching that limit, I have never come close). At Marshall Store, the raw oysters were magnificent, as expected; after all, we were eating them no more than five yards from the icy waters where they were grown.
Paddling it Out
Heather Corey flew in from Manchester, England and put on a dazzling show of technique for the 300+ spectators. She blazed down the challenging fast-flowing course with a total score of 175.2 seconds. Corey has dual citizenship for the USA and UK, learning to race slalom in America as a junior, then going on to win six world championship medals for Great Britain. She is now competing for a slot on the United States Olympic Team, and is a strong contender for a medal at the Olympics this summer in Beijing.Austin Kiefer from Ashville, North Carolina turned in a powerful performance in Men's Kayak — the fastest score of the day at 149.0 seconds."With this event, we've successfully announced to the canoeing world that we have this beautiful warm-water whitewater park, and that it's really worth it for people to come here for winter training and competitions," Michelle Kvanli of Power Olympic Outdoor said.Results for the Olympic Team Trials Qualifier Event:(winners, their hometown, and their combined score fortwo runs (timesplus penalties)Womens Kayak Heather Corey (Manchester, England / 175.2) Jessica Subido (Granite Bay, California /185.4) Kristen Bierle (Boise, Idaho / 240.1)Men's Kayak Austin Kiefer (Ashville, North Carolina /149.0) Pablo McCandless (Charlotte, North Carolina/ 153.7) Ben Kvanli (San Marcos, Texas / 158.8)Canoe (Single) Tyler Hinton (Lafayette, Colorado / 188.2) Matt Fritz (Dallas, Texas / 244.2) Laura Egerdal (Saint Louis, Missouri /304.0)Canoe (Doubles) Ben Kvanli and Mark Poindexter (San Marcosand Austin, Texas / 193.7) Tyler Hinton and Will Grubb (Lafayette,Colorado / 305.0)1918 - #33, Ben Kvanli and Mark Poindexter, 1st place, Doubles CanoeOlympic Whitewater Team Trials QualifyingWomen's Kayak1.
Louise Aldrich Bugbee Wrote Well-Liked Column in Gazette
Louise Aldrich Bugbee, whose columns about the Island she so loved enlivened the pages of the Gazette for more than 30 years, died on Sunday in Crystal River, Fla. She was 94. She expressed that love in her writing about cooking, cats, nature, her neighbors on Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs and in the Camp Ground — and in virtually anything else that captured her fancy. Over the course of three decades, Mrs. Bugbee wrote some 1,500 On Circuit Avenue and All About the Town and On My Mind columns. As recently as three years ago, she was still writing them, remarking tartly (but with tongue in cheek) that she was jealous of the Louise Aldrich Bugbee Orchid that her orchid-growing son had named for her. "I’ve worked hard, committed no crimes, accepted a few favors, but never asked anyone to earn my living for me — then that parasite stole my name and will keep it long after anyone remembers me," she wrote on her typewriter.
Their mugs runneth over: Firefighter harkens back to his roots and ...
You are not stinkin' up the house,' " he says.But then came that fateful Old World bike ride and all those great tastes. And it was there that he met a retired fire captain from San Francisco who convinced him he could easily brew his own."This guy had won a couple of gold medals at the California State Fair with his beer," McGorray says. "He says, 'You really ought to try it, now you've got the time.' He just gave me that little push over the edge that I really needed."McGorray came back full of hops and hope and soon found a willing assistant in Bordner, a union carpenter who knows how to build enthusiasm. "Brewing beer is something I've always wanted to try anyway, because I enjoy beer," Bordner says."Charlie provided the spark, and I caught fire."They've kindled other willing flames along the way, too, and formed a kind of impromptu home brew club that often meets at McGorray's former fisherman's cottage, offering intoxicating views from atop a bluff overlooking Lake Decatur.
What everyone really wants: an attractive mate
I have tried to argue that it is not that conservative men avoid capable females, but the other way round because mating selection is more a female process than male. I suggested that "capable" females are less interested in procreation while conservative men are.
Female fertility may peak at 30. Women have children as late as 50s, however, children of women 18-25 are at evolutionary advantage relative to women under 18 and over 25 (all other things equal).
Bible belt may have a higher divorce rate. But the basic condition of divorce is marriage. Non conservatives are simply not getting married, so divorce is not their statistic.
Sylvester McMonkey McBean
Agreed that as men become older, they tend towards conservatism. But there are many young conservatives around everywhere who are primarily interested in family, god, and country.
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