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• Card Flourishes: Dimitri Arleri - "Opera"

  Be sure to check out the links at .thecuso [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:47am EST
  

• Not everyone's cup of tea...

  You can click on the picture to go to a site that is full of very odd pictures... not all of them are safe for work and not all of them are everyone's cup of tea.' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:20pm EST
  

• Clint Eastwood

  A very nice article about Clint Eastwood.His breakthrough role—playing the Man with No Name in those spaghetti Westerns? He's in his midthirties when he does those. He doesn't direct his first movie, the still riveting Play Misty for Me, until he's 40. And Dirty Harry? He's 41 when he makes' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:06pm EST
  

• Microsoft of America

  Interesting.... the United States National Security Agency has been collaborating with MicroSoft on their Operating Systems since Windows 98 days... including Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The NSA says, it is just using its"unique expertise and operational knowledge of system threats and vulnerabilities to enhance Microsoft's operating system security" [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:41pm EST
  

• So Peaceful...

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:57pm EST
  

• Anthropogenic Global Warming Theory: A Deliberate Fraud

  Many will spin the contents of the emails hacked out of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England, but the dirt will be impossible to sweep under the rug. Climate scientists have been caught red-handed downplaying the last ten year of global cooling, blackballing skeptics'' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:47pm EST
  

• Why Lugar Remains

  Who among us, assuming we have the needed funds to live as we want, would continue to work into our late seventies?  Senator Lugar is going to be 78 in April, he'll be 80 at the end of his current term in 2012.  Why does Lugar remain?  He is our' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:22pm EST
  

• Purdue defeats Indiana

  Speaking of headlines that never get old... Purdue trounced Indiana 38-21 to bring home to old oaken bucket today. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:16pm EST
  

• Norwell defeats Bluffton

  Ah, that classic "Norwell defeats Bluffton" headline just never gets old.  This time it was girls' basketball and Norwell knocked Bluffton out, 82 to 29.' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  

• Bishop Luers 52, Rensselaer 21

  Congratulations Bishop Luers on your Semi-state victory over Rensselaer.  52-21... not nearly so close as last week... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:43pm EST
  

• Sarah Palin in Fort Wayne

  It's interesting, isn't it, that Sarah Palin can attract a large, devoted crowd, but Wane TV's site attracts few positive comments and plenty of insulting ones.  The comments are under the article if you click on the link and are pretty typical of those on the Left who seek only' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:58pm EST
  

• Remembering the Pacer/Piston Brawl

  It's been five years since Ron Artest leapt from the press table into the crowd at the Palace. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:32pm EST
  

• Who's your favorite artist

  If you want to be in a drawing to win the Heidi Malott painting above, click on the painting and post a comment on her site stating your favorite artist, living or dead. Good luck! [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:14pm EST
  

• Pertussis and Tetanus

  I'm sure everyone must know this but me, but I thought I'd pass it along as a public service anyway.  After a bad cold and a couple of rounds of antibiotics last spring, I felt fine but had a nasty cough all summer.  I spoke to my doctor yesterday and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:44am EST
  

• To the victims of Toby Schwartz

  Please keep all the victims of Toby Schwartz, the drug addict, car thief, rapist, in your thoughts and prayers.  Having someone break into your home, confront you, and take what's yours is haunting and damaging enough.  When the home broken into and the thing taken is your own body, perhaps [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:47am EST
  

• Al just wants the Earth to be a Star

  Ooops... Al Gore, in promoting geothermal energy on the Conan O'Brien show, claimed the temperature in the interior of the Earth is several million degrees.  But Al.... the scientific consensus is that the very core of the Earth, the warmest center, is around five thousand degrees. Hey, he only exaggerated' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:20am EST
  

• Colts 35, Patriots 34

  How 'bout those Colts!  ... Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on 4th and 2 on his side of the 50 yard line, with less than two minutes to go, was one of the gutsiest things I had ever seen in my life.Gutsy and, it turns out, stupid. Stupid' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:41pm EST
  

• Flu Plague strikes Ukraine

  Pretty scary stuff... A cocktail of three flu viruses are reported to have mutated into a single pneumonic plague, which it is believed may be far more dangerous than swine flu. The death toll has reached 189 and more than 1 million people have been infected...President Yushchenko said: "People are" [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:43am EST
  

• Lady Knights start off right

  The Norwell Girls started off their 2009/2010 basketball season the right way, with a 59-35 victory over Bishop Dwenger.Jessica Rupright led Norwell with 20 points followed by Janelle Wilson with 18. The bulk of Rupright's points came in the first half but foul trouble took her to the bench.Nice call [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:09pm EST
  

• Revisiting the Ossian Rampage

  I wondered here before just what the police in Berne were thinking when they gave  Toby Schwartz home detention... now it turns out he was headed to jail and escaped, in handcuffs, from the police department.  He was a fugitive at the time he broke into that home over on [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:50pm EST
  

• Bishop Luers 54, Lewis Cass 53 in two Overtimes

  Wow... 107 points scored in a high school playoff football game.... that's a night to remember [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:20pm EST
  

• Neuskool

  Like Internet links? Click on the picture to go to Neuskool... a great set of useful links. [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:59pm EST
  

• A Fascinating Article on Biotechnology in Sports

  Aimee Mullins (running on a beach in the picture above) writes a fascinating article on athletes and biotechnology. Just how much can athletes be aided by technology before those defeated start talking "unfair advantage."I wrote about Oscar Pistorius during the last Olympics and wondered whether he should be allowed to [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  

• Water on the Moon

  Well that's about a century of scientific certainty out the window.  How can there be water on the moon? Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington, said the latest discovery also could unlock the mysteries of the solar system.He listed several options as sources for the water, [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:56pm EST
  

• Bishop D'Arcy to Announce his Retirement

  WOWO is reporting that Bishop D'Arcy will be announcing his retirement tomorrow, November 14th. Bishop John D'Arcy confirmed for WSBT Radio the announcement does involve the appointment of a new bishop. He said the new bishop is currently serving in another diocese.Bishop D'Arcy was appointed in 1985.' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:34pm EST
  

• A Farmer's Life is not an Easy Life

  In days gone by, we used to wear flannel shirts and wave bandannas and call ourselves farmers as we followed Norwell's teams through the seasons, through the years.  But most of us were not farmers... some were, but most were not.  Farming is a hard, dangerous job and perhaps only [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:30pm EST
  

• Revisiting the Previous President

  In the article "Thank you former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush," two gay Chicagoans find themselves re-evaluating the Bush years after finding that President and Mrs. Bush have quietly met with the Ft. Hood families victimized by the shooting... If you have been reading us [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:10pm EST
  

• Society Advances even if we're unaware

  Sometimes you just don't realize how far society has advanced until you encounter a 1987 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship video...' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:18am EST
  

• Dog's welcoming their owners home from deployment

  What nice videos [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:42am EST
  

• Some People...

  Jim Carrey, that guy who's been making $20 million for each and every movie over the last 15 years and owns his own 25 million dollar plane, says America is a greedy country.  Well... he ought to know.  He's the guy who wrote himself a $20 million check when he [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:57pm EST
  

• "Every day is a bonus": Veteran's Day November 2009 in DC.

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:10pm EST
  

• Asteroid 2009VA -- near miss on Friday 11/6

  Asteroid 2009VA just missed hitting the Earth on Friday.  Scientists say it would have mostly burned up in the atmosphere if it would have hit the Earth... but there was very little warning of the near miss. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:21am EST
  

• Carbon Leaf - War Was In Color

  Thanks, to all our men and women in uniform.hat tip: Michael Heinbaugh for the video [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:51am EST
  

• The Horse Genome

  The genome of the domestic horse has been mapped by a team of scientists. The team surveyed the extent of genetic variation both within and across breeds to create a catalogue of more than one million single-letter genetic differences in these breeds.This is slightly larger than the genome of the [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:31pm EST
  

• Ida Oil Prices

  Are you ready for $4 a gallon gasoline prices again?  It appears Hurricane Ida is going to affect the Gulf of Mexico Oil lanes. The Gulf is the source of 25 percent of U.S. domestically produced oil and 15 percent of natural gas. About 40 percent of U.S. refining capacity [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:31pm EST
  

• Reaping the Whirlwind

  Jerry Pournelle writes from a lifetime of experience and makes a lot of sense.  Why wasn't the Fort Hood shooter brought up on charges of treason the moment it was discovered that he sided with our enemies? Political correctness was the cause of the Fort Hood Massacre, and we ought' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:23pm EST
  

• 8 shot in Orlando... What's going on!

  At least 8 shot at Orlando High Rise, killer on the loose [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:23pm EST
  

• Taylor Wins 36-35!

  I thought you might enjoy the last couple minutes of the Taylor-Marion game on Halloween as called by our own Sevens member Tim George, the Voice of Taylor Football. Taylor came from far behind to win their Homecoming game 36-35 in a walk-off touchdown catch by Ryan Magnuson for his [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:37pm EST
  

• Dog Scent Lineups

  I can hardly believe this isn't a joke from The Onion, but there are actually people in jail based solely on a dog alerting on their scent among other scents in a lineup.  The 2004 F.B.I. report warned that dog scent work "should not be used as primary evidence," but' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:38pm EST
  

• Norwell News Blog

  You can find great pictures and stories on the Norwell News Blog.ps... and, if you must, you can always take a look at the Bluffton Bloggers and the Southern Wells Raider Report. Thanks to Jerry Battiste of the Bluffton News-Banner for getting the area schools up and running on their [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:57pm EST
  

• The Worst Bill Ever

  The Wall Street Journal looks at the new Health Care Bill coming out of the House. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:43pm EST
  

• Dolphins

  Dolphin intelligence... interesting. [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:13pm EST
  

• Happy Halloween, Everyone

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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 9:56pm EST
  

• Uniondale Homicide

  Three teens and a 22 year old from Adams County apparently drove over to Wells County to meet with Justin Sprow, 19, and ended up killing him.  One life ended and so many ruined.  It's been a difficult couple of years for Northern Wells County.  A soft, quiet prayer, a [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
  

• God Rest Her Soul

  It's hard to think of an event more sad than the death of Amy Meyer White, killed by her estranged husband out on county road 100 South outside of Bluffton.  Accidents are one thing, but murder... double murder since she was pregnant.... is another. Tyler White played varsity basketball for [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:57pm EDT
  

• The Media Death Spiral

  Megan McArdle believes the newspaper business in America is dying. I think the truth is that the Newspaper business in America is giving away too many free copies over the Internet.  Oh, I'm sure the days of the great National Newspapers -- like the New York Times and the Chicago' [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 6:54am EDT
  

• Norwell falls to Harding in the Sectional

  Norwell 21, Harding 28.  Norwell ends the season 8-2:  a terrific year. [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 3:19pm EDT
  

• Congress takes on College Football

  The picture above was snapped on the floor of the Senate recently as the Senators went about the business of reshaping America."Wars, what wars? Economy? We don't see anything wrong with the economy. Jobs? What do you mean, we all have jobs. Utah isn't National Champion? Crisis, Crisis! Yes, yes," [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 7:43pm EDT
  

• Life Magazine

  Google has scanned in every page of every issue of Life Magazine, from 1936 through 1972 when it ended its run.  What a great resource of what Life was like in America then... even the ad pages are fun to remember. [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 7:31pm EDT
  

• 50 Years of Space Missions

  From the National Geographic.  Make sure you click on the picture to see it full size. [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 7:22pm EDT
  

• Norwell 48, Columbia City 21

  Norwell brings home a share of the conference title and Fiechter brings home a record six touchdowns in one game.Fiechter set a school-record with six touchdowns in a 48-21 victory over the Columbia City Eagles to wrap up the regular season. Fiechter scored on runs of 2, 35, 5, 13, [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 10:12pm EDT
  

• Crossing Over

  Four itinerant explorers have accomplished a feat never before attempted... they have crossed every bridge over the Wabash River.  Sevens members might recognize the official photographer, "Ansel A." [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:06am EDT
  

• Bohemian Rhapsody with Mnozil Brass

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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 9:43pm EDT
  

• How will Senator Bayh vote?

  Senator Bayh meets with President Obama [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 9:01pm EDT
  

• Bishop D'Arcy suspsends Holy Communion From the Cup

  Bishop D'Arcy has suspended Holy Communion from the Cup due to the H1N1 virus starting this weekend.' [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 8:53pm EDT
  

• Norwell 21, Homestead 7

  Norwell was the better mudder on Friday night [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
  

• Bogs Boots

  On days like this, I love me my Bogs boots. Buy them a size too large so you can slip them on and off. Warm, waterproof and easy to spray off. [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:51pm EDT
  

• Open Letter to Congress

  I don't write because I think it will do any good. I write to let you know how exasperated I am.I see and hear news of my representatives outlawing incandescent lights to clean up the planet and save energy. Not only do I want you stay out of the light' [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:10pm EDT
  

• Carbon Dioxide is good for the Earth

  Carbon Dioxide does not cause global warming, so says Leighton Steward, geologist. If CO2 levels are cut, he warns, food production will slow because plants grown at higher CO2 levels make larger fruit and vegetables and also use less water. He also said that higher CO2 levels are not harmful [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 8:35am EDT
  

• Did you know that Presidents can...

  Did you know that Presidents can decorate the White House with any art in the Smithsonian as long as it's not currently on display?  I did not know that.  The New York Times has a slide show of some of the art chosen by the Obamas, including the one titled [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
  

• Want a short work week? Run for Congress

  Congress has shorted their work week to just 2.5 days a week: the House has taken to starting on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm and adjourning "before the sun goes down" on Thursdays.  They did manage to stick around for one Friday vote.  What was so important to drag our lawmakers [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:31pm EDT
  

• Internet Map

  Indiana, California, North Carolina and Vermont will receive from 1 to 2 million dollars each of Federal money, borrowed from China and to be paid back by some future generation to be named later.  Every state submitted requests for this money, but these four will be first to receive it [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
  

• Domesticating Animals

  A fascinating article on Russian research into breeding for domestication.  I wouldn't mind having a pet fox... "as devoted as a dog, as independent as a cat."' [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 11:39pm EDT
  

• Waste

  The Government Accountability Office (GAO) uncovers the Defense Contract Auditing Agency (DCAA) falsifying records and, generally, not doing it's job of making sure our tax money spent on defense is being used properly and efficiently.  Some members of Congress are so disturbed by failures and malfeasance described in a recent [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 10:21pm EDT
  

• Norwell 54, Dekalb 24

  Norwell moved to 6-1 on the season and Klay Fiechter set a a new Norwell career rushing record last night during a 54-24 drubbing of Dekalb.Klay Fiechter set Norwell's all- time career rushing record on Friday night by gaining 241 yards in a 54-24 win over DeKalb. Fiechter now has [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 8:24am EDT
  

• What Hockey Stick?

  In his article on "Flawed Climate Data," Ross McKitrick tears apart the last remaining Climate Hockey Stick analysis, stripping all the Global Warming hype to nothing.  I have been probing the arguments for global warming for well over a decade. In collaboration with a lot of excellent coauthors I have [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 12:12pm EDT
  

• The HBO Cube

  I can't say that I particularly enjoy the HBO Cube, which is billed as an "advancement" in the video experience, but I haven't really figured all of it out yet, either. There are a whole bunch of episodes, filmed at four angles, and you don't really know what's going on' [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 9:48pm EDT
  

• Pike Lumber coming to Milan

  MILAN, Ind. - Hardwood lumber manufacturer and distributor, Pike Lumber Company, Inc. plans to open a new sawmill here, creating up to 20 jobs by the end of 2011.The company, northern Indiana's largest manufacturer and distributor of kiln-dried hardwood lumber, will invest more than $5 million to open a 25,000 [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 8:18pm EDT
  

• Indiana: Trash to Ethanol

  SCHNEIDER, Ind. -- A company has picked a rural site in northwestern Indiana as its location for a $285 million plant that would turn trash into ethanol.Powers Energy of America Chief Executive Earl Powers says it is buying 275 acres near the southern Lake County town of Schneider for the [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 8:04pm EDT
  

• Patient with no pulse

  There was a movie about a continuous flow artificial heart a couple decades ago, wasn't there?  This lady actually has one. Ah yes... Threshold, 1981.  As I remember it, the woman in the movie felt quite strange, not having a pulse, and the movie went into some discussion about how' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 9:59pm EDT
  

• Ouch!

  Chinese artist Chen Wenling critiques the global financial crisis in "What You See Might Not Be Real," on display at a Beijing gallery. The bull is said to represent Wall Street, while the man pinned to the wall represents jailed financier Bernard Madoff.Do I see horns protruding out of Bernie's' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 7:17pm EDT
  

• GM has many moons

  Saturn is only one of GM's many moons. R.I.P. Saturn. Saturn was discovered circling GM by Roger Smith (of Roger & Me fame) in 1983. [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 6:49pm EDT
  

• Manure Lagoons

  Purdue is studying manure lagoons.  The picture above wasn't generated by Purdue, but how can they hope to improve upon it?' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:03pm EDT
  

• Another day, another Earthquake, another Tsunami

  Yesterday's huge earthquake and resultant tsunami in Samoa is followed by today's huge earthquake and tsunami warning in Indonesia.  Once the world starts rocking, more and more plates start shifting. [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 7:27am EDT
  

• Lugarol, the Farm Bill, and you

  Senator Lugar has asked the EPA to increase the demand for ethanol by increasing the amount of ethanol in gasoline from 10% to 15%. Senator Lugar also wants the federal government to provide more incentives for car companies to develop vehicles that run on a variety of fuels, including ethanol. [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:28pm EDT
  

• Possible work coming to empty Tipton Getrag Plant

  The Tipton County Commissioners plan to sweeten the deal with $450 million. I think some, or most of that, will be a federal grant. It would be nice to utilize this big, empty plant and put some Hoosiers back to work, but the flip side is that the $450 million [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 7:45pm EDT
  

• The Fever Finals

  OK, so who knew that Indiana's WNBA team, the Fever, are paying against the Phoenix Mercury tonight at 8pm on ESPN2 in the start of the WNBA finals?The teams open their best-of-five series tonight at US Airways Center, where Indiana — coached by ex-Storm coach Lin Dunn — beat the [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 7:28pm EDT
  

• Hammer and Feather Drop on Moon

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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 6:58pm EDT
  

• Google 1.0

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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:36am EDT
  

• Two Cold Meds in a week? Go directly to jail.

  If you buy Zyrtec-D and Mucinex-D in the same week, the cops will knock on your door and take you to jail.While the law was written with the intent of stopping people from purchasing large quantities of drugs to make methamphetamine, the law does not say the purchase must be [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 8:22am EDT
  

• Clowns are Creepy

  Proof that Clowns are Creepy [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 10:34pm EDT
  

• Indiana's H1N1 website

  Indiana's H1N1 website is updated every Wednesday.The symptoms of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A (flu) are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu. They include: Fever of more than 100 degrees F Cough  Sore throat  Body aches  Headache  Chills and fatigue  Occasionally, vomiting and diarrhea [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 10:26pm EDT
  

• Will Ferrell TV Ad for Insurance Companies

  Funny. Will Ferrell clears $20 million dollars a picture, even if it bombs, and he's upset that insurance companies profits are too large.You have to wonder, if Will Ferrell and his friends really wanted to help, how many poor people on the streets in Los Angeles could they provide health [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 10:04pm EDT
  

• Norwell wins Northrop Invitational

  Congratulations to the Norwell Band for winning Class C at the Northrop Big Orange Pride Invitational on Saturday. Class C – Norwell was first, Angola was second, Heritage was third and Leo was fourth. Bluffton received a participation award. Norwell won caption awards for percussion, visual and music. [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 8:03am EDT
  

• Ossian, then and now

  This is an aerial shot of Ossian, IN looking South from sometime after 1953 (the Ossian Gym was built in 1953). You can click on it to make it bigger.And here is a similar screen shot from Google Earth:So, who can tell me, in that top picture, about that track [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 6:18pm EDT
  

• Norwell defeats East Noble

  Norwell 31, East Noble 22 In Norwell's 31-22 win vs. East Noble on Friday at Norwell, one of the biggest plays featured Fiechter as a decoy.Norwell faced first-and-10 at its own 13-yard line, leading 21-7 but feeling some momentum shift. Quarterback Noah Patten took the snap, faked the hand-off to [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 2:02pm EDT
  

• Bare Ruined Choirs

  Sad to see the birds, flitting about the downed trees across the street. They hop from this dying branch to that, looking for their pasts. What was it Shakespeare wrote?That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 11:02am EDT
  

• Corner of Aboite Center Road and Jefferson

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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 7:10pm EDT
  

• Reactions to the Palin Speech

  A nice roundup of the media reactions to the Sarah Palin Hong Kong Speech.  If you have interest, here are some excerpts from her speech. [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
  

• U.S. Oil Imports

  From where do we import most of our oil?  Canada, Mexico and Venezuela. [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 6:37pm EDT
  

• Tree Eater

  The corner of U.S. 24 and Aboite Center Road was sold to create more medical office buildings. The area was wonderfully hilly and full of beautiful old trees that made for a wonderful traffic sound buffer for the neighborhood beyond. Sadly, the trees are being flattened and eaten, the hills, [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 5:11pm EDT
  

• Evan Bayh: Democrats Must Restrain Spending

  I missed Evan Bayh's article in the Wall Street Journal last week, but I certainly hope he votes his own belief: For the next fiscal year, assuming the economy has gathered sufficient momentum, we should freeze domestic discretionary spending, limit increases in defense spending to the rate of inflation, forgo [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
  

• Dreams of Whose Father?

  Does this book, which is generally a positive look at the President and Michelle Obama's history together, uncover the truth about Bill Ayers ghost-writing Barack Obama's book "Dreams of My Father," or merely repeat conspiracy theories about it? If it's the former, it's a really big deal, given that the [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
  

• Mr. Tax-Law-Writing-Tax-Evader

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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 12:06pm EDT
  

• Earth approaching sunspot records

  As Congress and the President try again to push through a Cap and Trade tax, remember, the Earth is actually cooling, and it might be cooling a lot more. The sun is at a low point of a deep solar minimum in which there are few to no sunspots on [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 10:50pm EDT
  

• Remember Me

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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 9:22am EDT
  

• Norwell 35, New Haven 20

  Norwell moves to 4 and 1 on the season. [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 3:50pm EDT
  

• Purdue 21, Northern Illinois 28

  Norwell grad Chandler Harnish moved the Northern Illinois offense to 28 points, while Purdue stalled. [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 3:46pm EDT
  

• Emmy TV Legends Interviews

  Check out EmmyTVLegends.org for interviews with your favorite TV personalities. [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 6:54pm EDT
  

• Bill Cosby agrees with Jimmy Carter

  This is quite sad, Bill Cosby agrees with Jimmy Carter that Joe Wilson and others in Congress have disrespected President Obama because of the President's color.  No mention of the boos and hisses, the Hitler posters, the monkey cartoons or anything else President Bush put up with in silence for [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 6:42pm EDT