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  • Luers boys #1, Bluffton #2 in 2A, Dwenger #4 in 3A

    December 7 AP Boys basketball pollClass 2A W-L Pts Prv 1. Ft. Wayne Luers (12) 1-0 240 1 2T. Bluffton 2-0 190 3 2T. Tipton 2-0 190 2 4. Brownstown 2-0 160 4 5. Forest Park 2-0 126 6 6. Ev. Mater Dei 2-0 89 9 7. Wheeler 2-0 77 [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:58pm EST

  • Norwell girls #2 in 3A, Luers girls #1 in 2A

    December 7 AP Girls Basketball Poll Class 3A    W-L    Pts    Prv     1. Rushville (11)    6-0    144        1     2. Norwell(4)    6-0    128        2     3. Ft. Wayne Elmhurst     5-2    103        3     4. Gibson Southern    6-0    92        4     5. Benton Central    6-1    60   [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:56pm EST

  • Why doesn't the EPA regulate viruses in the air we breathe?

    Although it's something that's been coming since earlier in the year, it's still a bit shocking to see the EPA declare carbon dioxide is a poison the United States government can regulate. Once you realize that carbon dioxide makes up only 0.037 percent of of the Earth's atmosphere... I mean, [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:21pm EST

  • Review: Brothers

    I wasn't going to see the film "Brothers" because it looked like just another Hollywood film dissing our troops... but this review by Carl Kozlowski over at Big Hollywood, has changed my mind.  Isn't it nice that some conservative voices can be heard coming out of Big Hollywood? [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:16am EST

  • Norwell Girls defeat Homestead

    Norwell 55, Homestead 52 The host Knights held a comfortable lead for most of the game when the Spartans started to inch themselves back into the game down the stretch cutting the lead to as little as three points, but Norwell, the 2nd-ranked team in class 3A, held on for [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:30pm EST

  • Beyond the Canon

    If you're a film buff, take a look at Beyond the Canon.  The Canon is a list of 300 generally agreed upon classic films.  Beyond the Canon is a list of 100 films, I guess you could say, almost made the list.  All the information on the 300 classics and' [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:32pm EST

  • Tiger's unintentional promotion

    I have no comment on Tiger Woods' personal life, but find it interesting that the release of Florida Highway Patrol pics from Tiger's ruined back seat have shot the sales up on John Gribbin's "Get a Grip on Physics."  Now that Oprah's going off the air, the field is free' [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:11am EST

  • Low Cost Starter Telescopes

    Thinking of giving a low-cost starter telescope to some young, budding scientist this Christmas?  Good advice here. [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:34am EST

  • An appalling murder

    An appalling murder, a lame excuse in Rising Sun, down on the Ohio River near Kentucky, southwest of Cincinnati. [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:18am EST

  • Norwell boys start off season well

    I rather lost track of the Norwell boys basketball team, but am pleased to see they have started the season off well, defeating Fremont (61-45) and Adams Central (63-34).  [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:18am EST

  • Jeopardy! March 16 2007

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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:59am EST

  • Goodbye Global Warming, Hello Cosmic Rays

    We're in the deepest solar minimum in a century.  Goodbye Global Warming... For
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:10pm EST

  • Norwell 72, Wayne 46

    The girls march on to 5-0 over Wayne [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:42pm EST

  • Climate Tribalism

    Groupthink and the global warming industry How big a scandal this is for the scientific community is being hotly debated on the Internet. But in big newspapers and TV news, the story has gotten less attention. And that's a scandal, too. The New York Times' leading climate reporter, Andrew Revkin' [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:52pm EST

  • The urge to save humanity

    The worst scientific scandal of our generation The reason why even the Guardian's George Monbiot has expressed total shock and dismay at the picture revealed by the documents is that their authors are not just any old bunch of academics. Their importance cannot be overestimated, What we are looking at [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 4:43pm EST

  • Lady Knights move to 4-0

    The Norwell Girls' Basketball team moved to 4-0, topping Jay County 50-46 on Friday night.' [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 4:25pm EST

  • A little entertainment for a Friday night

    Gotta like that guy on the left, eh? [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:20pm EST

  • New York Law: Throw away donated food

    The nanny-state trans-fat law in New York means that any fried food donated to food banks or homeless shelters is just thrown into the garbage.  Even though the lines at the New York soup kitchens are up over 20 percent due to the economy, any food cooked in trans-fat and [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:32pm EST

  • Aussie Politicians Resign over Global Warming Bill

    If only American politicians would resign on principle -- or resign ever, for that matter. [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:22pm EST

  • Norwell 49, Concordia 44

    The Lady Knights bring home a squeaker over Concordia 49-44 to move to 3-0 on the season. The Knights and the Cadets were tied, 34-34 at the end of the third quarter and then...Janelle Wilson made six free throws in the last quarter and Amanda McAfee hit a threepointer and [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:16am EST

  • Making Mock O' Uniforms

    Rudyard Kipling wrote the title of this post in his poem "Tommy" about how society treats soldiers. Some say George Orwell was thinking of Kipling's poem when he wrote that "Those who abjure violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf." And some say Winston [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:51am EST

  • White House Flickr

    I didn't realize that the White House has it's own Flickr photostream.' [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:47pm EST

  • The Wilding of Sarah Palin

    A very nice read from the American Thinker by Robin of Berkeley It has been almost two years since I woke up and broke up with liberalism. During these many months, I've discovered that everything I believed was wrong.But the biggest shock of all has been realizing that the Democratic' [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:23pm EST

  • Mending Health Care

    A few nice comments by Yuval Levin The case for Obamacare as cost reduction just won't pass the laugh test anymore, and no one seems to make it. The case for covering everyone isn't heard all that much either, since the Democrats' plans won't do that. The case for improved [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:58am EST

  • 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
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