| Lost scholarships upset governor
College students who fail to maintain a "B" average shouldn't necessarily lose their lottery scholarships, Gov. Phil Bredesen said. How to spend lottery profits is expected to be one of the top issues in the General Assembly this year. Democrats favor giving students a break on grades needed to retain their HOPE lottery scholarships, and Republicans want to keep the current academic standards. .
Sizzling Sixers' champagne day
Big-time basketball, the way we learned to love it, was back bolder than brass in Adelaide on Saturday. The 36ers were vintage in front of 5787 roaring, emotional fans who helped drive the club's eleventh hour NBL finals bid with its staggering 115-93 bitch-slap of the Hummer Championship-leading Kings. Brian Goorjian's over-wrought, over-confident, over-the-top physical fanatics are always fun to beat but it's not something the Sixers have been doing a lot of lately. In fact, it's been a long while since the 36ers have played as they did for 48 showcase minutes at the Distinctive Homes Dome. Fans came ready to see and experience something special and they were not disappointed. New import Julius Hodge evoked great memories of another former Denver Nugget, Kevin Brooks, with his infectious smile and near triple-double debut of 24 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists.
Jury-rigged, jerry-built: Maybe a problem?
The word had popped up the week before in The New York Times Magazine article, "The Sleep-Industrial Complex," all about the mattress and pharmaceutical industries. The piece included a reference to a man who was such an enthusiast for Sleep Number Beds that he "jury-rigged something similar for his bulldog." On the subject of exactly how the dog expressed its preference for a particular Sleep Number, the author was silent. Jury-rigging is a term with nautical origins. "Rig" is one of those little words so short that it contains nearly infinite meanings (an early form of nanotechnology). One of its meanings is "the arrangement of masts, sails, etc., on a vessel." In the days of the tall ships, when a vessel on the high seas lost a mast in a storm or a battle, the ship's carpenter would fashion what was known as a jury mast from spare parts down in the hold.
Iraq: Biden Backfires
And then along came Senator Joseph Biden's resolution which instead suggested that Iraqi should be split into three sectarian regions. Here is a selection from blogs that cover a spectrum of Iraqi political opinion. Criticism Wafaa' was outraged: We, Iraqis, have invented the wheel, the alphabet and the law, we began lavish construction of hospitals and libraries, and have made endless scientific discoveries and inventions through the millenniums… Collectively, we refuse intimidation and occupation and so we are willing, able and ready to prevent IRAQ from being divided. Let us read this as a reminder and act upon it. We, Arabs, Kurds, Turkmans and other ethnic groups must work together and not allow the division of IRAQ to take place, ever.
Community Calendar
Saturday-Sunday: Lebanon Antiques Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Bowman Primary School, 825 Hart Road, Lebanon. More than 60 dealers. Benefits Warren County Historical Society Museum. $6 for both days. 513-932-1817. AUDITIONS Today: American Girl Fashion Show Model, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Joseph Toyota of Cincinnati, 9101 Colerain Ave., Colerain Township. Girls ages 4-13. 513-385-1800. Wednesday: Cincinnati Men's Chorus, 7-10 p.m., St. Paul United Methodist Church, 8221 Miami Road, Madeira. New singers. Prepare 2-3 minute song that best displays voice. Be prepared for sight reading and tonal memorization. By appointment. 513-265-5751. .
Hip-Hop Rumors: Dave Chappelle Sonned? Bobby Brown & Th...
No matter who becomes President, this election year is sure to bring change in Washington. Both parties are presenting candidates who want to learn from the mistakes of the Bush years and regain America's standing throughout the world. Today, the Hip-Hop community represents an ever expanding range of backgrounds, ethnicities and experiences, so we have a responsibility to combine our vast resources to correct what may be the biggest tragedy of the last several years: the resurgence of the Vocoder. To be fair, the worst offenders actually use variations on the device like the Sonovox and Autotuner, but all of them are children of this mighty beast. Once an innocent vocal effect to help sing a song of love between a boy and his computer, the Vocoder family has since become a studio trick to cover up the fact that many of today's Pop singers can't actually sing (like, at all).
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