| DN squads compete in tourneys
It was a mixed bag in tournament play for the Del Norte High boys and girls basketball teams this past weekend. After starting the year 8-0, the Warrior boys lost its first two games at the Jamie Angley Hornet Classic in Redding. On Saturday, Del Norte came back from an eight-point deficit at the end of the first half to defeat Kennedy High of Fremont 74-72 to improve to 9-2 for the year. At a tournament in Hidden Valley, Ore., the girls squad downed South Eugene, Ore., 41-38 on Friday. On Saturday, Del Norte was soundly defeated by host Hidden Valley 46-16 to drop to 6-7 for the year. Boys The Del Norte boys basketball team began play in Redding on Thursday having just returned from playing all the way in Florida at the KSA Pre-Holiday Basketball tournament in the Orlando, Fla.
Bill Gates Joins The Growing Social Network Exodus
People may get tired of social networking sites, but no one is going back to static webpages. The point isn't about which is the social network du jour, it's the ability to offer users a way to personalize websites and modularize them to their needs, as well as making inter-saite communication with not just friends, but people with similar tastes and interests. Social network sites iwth no focus other than just sharing pictures and blogs will be assimilated into sites with an actual demographic. For example, video game sites already incorporate social networking aspects in order to create a community of people that share a passion for something, and provide a means in which people can share those experiences (and that is the *true* power of social networking). Also, your bit on Gates' leaving Facebook is a bit misleading, suggesting that he is leaving the site because he lost faith in the idea of social networking when, in fact, it was because it was bringing too much attention on him (it's his business whether or not he wants to be popular); it had nothing to do with his opinion of the strength of social networks.
Defending Constellation
In Washington DC these days, you hear a lot of talk about "legacy". As the Bush Administration enters its final year, a lot of people—within the administration and outside it, supporters and detractors alike—wonder what sort of legacy the presidency of George W. Bush will leave when his final term ends next January. It's not something novel to this administration, of course: the same ruminations took place eight years ago in the final year of the Clinton Administration, and twenty years ago as the Reagan Administration wound down. Nor are such discussions limited to the presidency and front-page issues. Many in the space community believe that NASA administrator Mike Griffin is in his final year (or so) in office, unlikely to be retained regardless of who takes the presidential oath of office next January 20th.
Dear Abby: Man plans to make proposal a family affair
DEAR ABBY: I have waited 36 years to marry. Most would say I was the quintessential bachelor. When I was younger, I never thought I'd date anyone with a child. I didn't want to deal with the "baggage" I thought came with dating a single mother. Needless to say, I have been dating a delightful woman who has a 4-year-old son with whom I get along great. We've dated for a year and a half, I love her, and it's time I propose. The three of us are a little team, and I'm wondering, when I ask her to marry me, should I involve her son and buy something for him - and if so, what? I was thinking of a custom-made charm for a chain (remember, he's only 4). I would like it to be something he can keep with him the rest of his life. Your advice would be greatly appreciated. - Bachelor in Dover, N.H.
Australian men blitz Taiwan in Davis Cup play-off
AUSTRALIA opened up a commanding 2-0 lead over Taiwan on the first day of their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group One play-off in Kaohsiung yesterday. World No. 22 Lleyton Hewitt cruised to a 6-4 6-0 6-3 victory over Ti Chen, ranked 248 places lower, in the opening singles rubber. Big-serving Chris Guccione then came out and made it a perfect start for the Aussies - though he had to work for it - eventually seeing off Taiwan's No.1 Yen-Hsun Lu 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 7-6 (11-9). Ranked 86, 22 places above his opponent, Guccione staved off a set point in the third set with a big kicking second serve. "He played a couple of good return games towards the end of the second set and I had to fight to hold serve, so it was good to get through that and obviously the the very tight tiebreak at the end," Guccione said.
PM pledges $5b for state's roads
I note in part, the comment from Lis of Aust (42) about Mr Howard buying his way back etc. I would have to support that view as Mr Costello said that future budget surpluses would be small and this question to which I pose. Wasn't there a media report where the mining boom could be drawing to a close consider the pressures originating from both water and chemical usages? The comment has also been made about the Queensland Government and its response to this policy of Mr Howard and personally, he's desperate to get votes. Posted by: David of Redcliffe. Queensland 11:18am November 04, 2007 Comment 49 of 67 .
Trump has made us look like a nation of parochial bumblers
OH NO. Do I have to? I suppose that there's no way to avoid writing about Donald Trump this weekend, now that Alex Salmond's dealings with the hirsute property tycoon have landed him - we are told - in the nationalist government's first "sleaze scandal". Hmm. Even given the elastic nature of that term, I think it is stretching it to suggest corruption here. Favouritism, perhaps. Indecent haste, maybe. But improper behaviour? I don't think so. The affair does, however, betray a certain naivety on the part of the SNP and a want of good taste in leaping to the defence of a rather tacky real estate development as if it were a national treasure. Trump is a big mouth and a bully - just look at his books and TV show. He is drunk on his own vanity and his own dubious charisma.
Donations to Hurricane-Relief Groups Top $833-Million
In Boston, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has raised $20,000 for the Natural Disasters Relief Fund, says Scott Giacoppo, a spokesman for the group. The money will be passed to animal shelters in Louisiana and Mississippi to help buy medicine, food, and supplies. At Texas Children's Hospital, in Houston, more than $160,000 has come in for a Katrina relief fund. The money is being used to provide medical care in the Astrodome, a Houston sports arena where thousands of refugees are being housed, and to help ill children who were transferred to the hospital from New Orleans. Some funds are just getting started. A week after the hurricane hit, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in Baltimore, Md., started soliciting donations to help victims and monitor the area's reconstruction plans.
Meat recall updated: Boyne City Schools have been affected
Officials at Boyne City Public Schools are now reporting that they have been affected the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture beef recall, joining five other school districts in the area — Charlevoix, East Jordan, Littlefield, Pellston and Petoskey public schools.Harbor Springs Public Schools say they remain unaffected.Kathy Fruge, Boyne City Public Schools food service supervisor, said initially she didn’t think they had the recalled beef on-site, but later found 80 pounds of it in their freezers."I rechecked the recall Web site and the list had been expanded and I found out I did have four cases," she said. .
|
