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Can the Mustangs, who return 11 letter winners, turn it around again like they did last season? Newcomers to watch Long Beach State guard Donovan Morris, a transfer from Fresno State, quickly has become the 49ers' go-to guy after the team's top eight scorers from last season left. He is averaging 17 points. Cal State Fullerton junior Josh Akognon is back in his 3-point shooting groove after a mini-slump. The transfer from Washington State is second in the conference in scoring, 3-pointers made and free-throw percentage. Biggest shoes to fill How do you fill eight pairs of shoes? Morris isn't sure, but the transfer from Fresno State is doing his best to fill several roles at Long Beach State, which was left depleted by nine seniors.
Hillary Stuns--Four Theories
New Clinton ad: "Hillary's mom lives with her." But does her husband? Mickey's Assignment Desk: Has anybody updated Patrick Healy's May, 2006 story and calculated the number of days Bill Clinton has spent in Hillary's Washington, D.C. house in the past year (now that it's been officially designated as the place where you live when you live "with" Hillary)? If you're going to flaunt your home life then people are entitled to examine your home life. ... Assigned to: Healy. Hillaryland already hates him. He might as well take all the flak. ... 5:19 P.M. ___________________________ .
The Relationship Between Man and Nature: What a Little Bird Told Us
Saving birds means nothing if we don't re-create an environment for them to live in. Birds are not dangerous, like tigers — unless, of course, bird flu becomes a threat — but they are wild, and they live inside an infinitely complex web of complementary dependencies. The Carolina parakeet became extinct for the usual reasons — hunting by humans, loss of habitat. But also, it seems, for a few unusual reasons, like the spread of honeybees — brought here by European settlers and referred to by Indians as "the white man's flies" — that took over the hollow logs the birds nested in. Though the Carolina parakeet managed to hang on in land developed for farming, this very adaptability may, in a crowning irony, have proved its undoing since it is speculated that proximity to human habitation exposed the birds to poultry disease, which they could not withstand.
Eat Right, Live Well
It was just a decade ago that doctors were telling us to eat more pasta and pizza to stay healthy and live longer. Then the flavor of the day became oily fish and nuts, the buzzword being the seemingly magic cure-all: omega-3. Over the past two decades our hunger for good health and the ensuing health food fads (some good, some not so good), have cost consumers all around the world millions of dollars. But it's not always money well spent. Take for instance Japan's cocoa craze of the late 1990s. When Japanese national TV's health program Omoikkiri Terebi announced that cocoa contains components that prevent hardening of the arteries, the public went wild and within six months had bought out Japan's entire supply of cocoa. (Cocoa has in fact been proven to contain oils that lower cholesterol levels, but has also been shown to contain equal levels of oils that raise cholesterol levels.
Lenders Step Up Effort to Avert Foreclosures
Under the latest plan, dubbed Project Lifeline, the lenders promise to seek contact with homeowners who are 90 or more days overdue on their mortgages. In some cases, homeowners will be given the chance to "pause" their foreclosure for 30 days while lenders try to work out a way to make the loans affordable. Lenders could begin sending letters to these borrowers as soon as this week. Homeowners wouldn't qualify for the program if they are in bankruptcy, if they already have a foreclosure date within 30 days or if the loan was for an investment or vacant property. Unlike the plan announced in December to freeze interest rates at current levels on certain adjustable-rate loans, this latest effort is to involve all kinds of home loans, not just subprime mortgages, a higher-cost variety for people with blemished credit records or high debt in relation to income.
Iowans are feeling strain of interminable snow
Because I hear it every day. Every five minutes of every day."
Note to customers: She was smiling.
For Oskaloosa youngsters, the February storms have been good news and bad news. The good news: They have missed eight days of school. The bad: They won't be getting out until June 6, instead of May 27. "It's a disruption to our instructional program, absolutely," said Superintendent Carolyn McCaughey.
On snow days, youngsters have packed the local YMCA, but retailers who rely on foot traffic have reported a leaner month, said John Sullivan, executive director of the Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce.
"We're very resilient people here, and we don't let a lot of things bother us," Sullivan said. "As far as nature's concerned, we have to deal with the hand we're dealt." At Images Salon, owner Jeana Fisk and employee Patty Patterson say local residents have scheduled tanning bed sessions not necessarily because they want a tan.
OTI to Present at the ROTH Capital Partners 20th Annual Growth Stock ...
FORT LEE, N.J., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) , a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that it will be presenting at the ROTH Capital Partners 20th Annual Growth Stock Conference on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 8:00am Pacific Time. The conference will be held at the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel Hotel in Dana Point, CA. To schedule one-on-one meetings with management please contact Roth Capital Partners or visit the conference website at http://rothconference.com/. On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) is a leading contactless smart card solutions provider. Applications developed by OTI include product solutions for: 1.
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