tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28697378441482894732024-03-05T16:18:55.723-06:00On Tap TodayThis blog is here to show you great deals in Oklahoma. It will show you ways to entertain not only yourself but your family as well, for cheap! Check this blog for the latest events and activities, it will help you save a buck or two.Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-54853792647606563592009-04-05T22:36:00.022-05:002009-04-05T23:21:35.336-05:00The Easter Bunny, Medieval Fair & OKC History<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.medievalfair.org/pics-07/HarpEnsemble-sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 277px;" src="http://www.medievalfair.org/pics-07/HarpEnsemble-sm.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
<br />The Medieval Fair</span></span>
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<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Medieval Fair: </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">April 3-5</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><st1:time minute="0" hour="10">10 a.m. – 7 p.m.</st1:time> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Free Admission</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">(405) 366-8095</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/enews/images/eggstravaganza3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 135px;" src="http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/enews/images/eggstravaganza3.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.medievalfair.org/">
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<br /></st1:time> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">The <st1:place><st1:placename>Sam</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Noble</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Oklahoma</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Natural History </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">OU</span> Norman campus</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">(405) 325-4712</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If it’s <st1:state><st1:place>Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:state> history and culture you are interested in, you’re in luck. Many museums are offering discount coupons, making it affordable for the entire family. <a href="http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/">The Oklahoma City National Memorial</a> and the <a href="http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/"><st1:place><st1:placename>National</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Cowboy</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Western</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Heritage</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place></a><a href="http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/"> </a>are offering two dollars off admission. They also allow students and seniors in for discounted rates. The <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.oklahomaheritage.com"><st1:place><st1:placename>Oklahoma</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Heritage</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place></a> has a discount coupon as well saving you a couple dollars. Visit the <a href="http://www.okcmoa.com/">Oklahoma Museum of Art</a> for 2-for-1 admission.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/"><st1:city><st1:place>Oklahoma City</st1:place></st1:city> National Memorial: </a></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">620 N. <st1:city><st1:place>Harvey</st1:place></st1:city></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">(405) 235-3313</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/">
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<br />Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-38522916275653621482009-03-29T12:12:00.025-05:002009-03-29T15:40:44.520-05:00OK Quarter Horse Show, Kids Fair USA and OKC's Largest Garage Sale<p><a href="http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/0/g/u/040300d.jpg" target="_blank" title="View Full-Size"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/5/g/u/040300d.jpg" alt="" /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></a><a href="http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/0/f/u/040300e.jpg" target="_blank" title="View Full-Size"><img style="width: 315px; height: 180px;" src="http://z.about.com/d/collectibles/1/5/f/u/040300e.jpg" alt="" /></a></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>If you are in search of antiques or certain collectibles you just can’t find, head to the <a href="http://www.okstatefairpark.com/grounds-map.asp">state fairgrounds</a> for OKC's largest garage sale. Hosted by the <a href="http://www.attpioneervolunteers.org/">AT&T Pioneers</a>, this sale was started over 15 years ago and has been held in the spring ever since. You can find everything from trinkets to holiday items. Organizations are selling these items to raise money for charity. The sale located in the <a href="http://www.okstatefair.com/maps.asp">fairground’s Expo Hall</a> and runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information check out: </span><a href="http://www.okstatefairpark.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><u>http://www.okstatefairpark.<wbr>com/</u></span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <img style="width: 239px; height: 388px;" src="http://www.okstatefairpark.com/images/sideBanner.jpg" alt="State Fair Park Horse Show Capital Of The World" /> <img style="width: 294px; height: 206px;" src="http://www.okqha.com/logosokqha/OQHAxs.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> <br /></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >The <a href="http://www.okqha.com/">Oklahoma City Quarter Horse Spring Show</a> is here. At the fairgrounds until Sunday, events begin at 8 a.m. and run all day. Visit the barns for barrel racing, calf roping and many other exciting events. The best part about this show is it’s free!</span> <a href="http://www.okqha.com/2009%20show%20pdfs/2009%20Spring%20Show%20Bill.pdf"><span style="font-size:85%;">See here for the quarter horse events.</span></a></p><p><br /></p> <img src="http://kidsfairusa.com/files/Image/slideshow_37.jpg" title="Story Time!" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.kidsfairusa.com/files/Image/slideshow_36.jpg" title="Play Zone" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.kidsfairusa.com/files/Image/slideshow_31.jpg" title="Hands On Exhibits" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >This weekend you can keep the kids entertained and inside as well. With the weather taking a turn for the worse, load up the children and take them to The <a href="http://www.okstatefairpark.com/">State Fair Park</a> for the <a href="http://kidsfairusa.com/">Kids Fair USA</a>. Located in the <a href="http://www.okstatefairpark.com/Images/OSFParkingGates.pdf">Centennial Building</a>, they have festivities planned for the entire family. Events run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. For only $5, the little ones can paint, watch live performances and enjoy unlimited rides!<br /></span>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-42549515765656487812009-02-15T22:30:00.011-06:002009-02-15T23:48:04.699-06:00Balls of Fire<img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" alt="http://www.cs.unc.edu/~geom/SLOD/images/stars.jpg" src="http://www.cs.unc.edu/%7Egeom/SLOD/images/stars.jpg" width="540" height="560" /><br /><br />A mystery fireball streaked across the Texas sky Sunday morning, scaring many into notifying the authorities.<br /><br />The frightening part? Authorities with the Federal Aviation Administration can't explain it.<br /><br />Callers said they thought it might have been a plane crash so the <a href="http://www.wilco.org/">Williamson County</a> Sheriff's Office used a helicopter to survey the area, but came up empty handed.<br /><br />''We don't doubt what people saw,'' said spokesman John Foster.<br /><br />The U.S. Strategic Command said there was no connection to the sightings over Texas and <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/tech/main4792976.shtml">Tuesday's collision of satellites from the U.S. and Russia.</a><br /><br />The FAA told pilots to be aware of falling debris but authorities claim there is still no correlation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/15/science/AP-Falling-Debris.html?ref=us">Texas Sky Mysteries</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51A8IA20090212">Track the Debris</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-26647492365373960692009-02-08T22:03:00.018-06:002009-02-08T23:05:46.249-06:00Would You Like Fries With That?<img alt="http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unemployment.gif" src="http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/unemployment.gif" /><br /><br />For a generation that has been called "the best yet," the outlook is only becoming more dim.<br /><br />As a person graduating into a job market more bare than <a href="http://www.allfiberarts.com/library/poetry/blhubbard.htm">Mother Hubbard's Cupboard</a>, I am not too enthused to hear that the Labor Department said the U. S. has recently lost almost 600,000 jobs and not yet hit rock bottom. This is part of the larger loss of 3.6 million jobs since the beginning of the recession.<br /><br /><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lindaslearninglinks.com/oldmotherhubbard.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lindaslearninglinks.com/nurseryrhymes.html&usg=___xYu5iqgLhDbEnRHaumLp4wJAyg=&h=896&w=912&sz=374&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=61a1u_xEkPMzWM:&tbnh=144&tbnw=147&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMother%2BHubbard%2527s%2BCupboard%2B%252B%2Bfairytale%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"><img style="border: 1px solid ;" src="http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:61a1u_xEkPMzWM:http://www.lindaslearninglinks.com/oldmotherhubbard.jpg" width="147" height="144" /></a><br /><br />Losing a staggering half million jobs each month has sent unemployment levels soaring as well as feelings of hopelessness and despair, all only compounding the banking crisis.<br /><br />Our problems are starting stretch outside the Atlantic and Pacific barriers. China, South Korea, Japan and most of the European countries have been lulled into recession as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.transitionsabroad.com/images/maps/asia_map.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/volunteer/volunteerprogramsasia.shtml&usg=__hn-HG5TmGoA91pHRHy-hWt2Sktg=&h=498&w=400&sz=61&hl=en&start=12&tbnid=mIyT-LUsAkm9EM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dasia%2Bmap%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX"><img style="border: 1px solid ;" src="http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:mIyT-LUsAkm9EM:http://www.transitionsabroad.com/images/maps/asia_map.jpg" width="104" height="130" /></a><br /><br />With employers slashing jobs like we were still in the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl">Dirty Thirties</a>," it leaves little hope for those soon to be out on their own. And analysts predict it is only going to get worse.<br /><br /><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.motherjones.com/blue_marble_blog/dustbowl.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.motherjones.com/blue_marble_blog/archives/2008/02/7337_the_west_gets_5.html&usg=__FSUyFkPJhgNjUKJiheW2531frbI=&h=1500&w=2097&sz=286&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=Xzdczs3p0JsfiM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddust%2Bbowl%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN"><img style="border: 1px solid ;" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Xzdczs3p0JsfiM:http://www.motherjones.com/blue_marble_blog/dustbowl.jpg" width="150" height="107" /></a><br /><br />Practice in the mirror. "Would you like fries with that?"<br /><br /><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://veglawyer.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/mcdonalds-790343.jpg&imgrefurl=http://veglawyer.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/mcdonalds-made-me-fatrevisited-2/&usg=__SYmwEXYpRSvJMqh7txYopXnH1mo=&h=291&w=320&sz=13&hl=en&start=16&um=1&tbnid=aK3CPFjdZo-VwM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMcDonalds%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"><img style="border: 1px solid ;" src="http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:aK3CPFjdZo-VwM:http://veglawyer.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/mcdonalds-790343.jpg" width="118" height="107" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/united_states_economy/index.html">Our Economy for Idiots</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/business/economy/07jobs.html?bl&ex=1234242000&en=e18a41b004ed4e18&ei=5087%0A">We've Lost How Many Jobs?!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/07/news/economy/fed_yellen.reut/index.htm">The Great Depression Called, </a><br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/07/news/economy/fed_yellen.reut/index.htm">They Wanted To Know Why </a><br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/07/news/economy/fed_yellen.reut/index.htm">We Didn't Learn The First Time</a><br /><br /><a href="javascript:CNNPlaylistManager.getInstance().BVPMVideoSelected('/video/news/2009/02/06/news.unemployment.020609.cnnmoney.json','top_stories_services');"></a><a href="http://money.cnn.com/video/">CNN - Unemployment Skyrockets</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-42956909422250973912008-04-20T19:47:00.009-05:002008-12-10T01:42:14.903-06:00France Wants Phones in Flight<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgix6_L2LaqRd_HtPRdVydWUUlcKqbVeSGNHBZLxzrbvyEpCgzmAcsuVN82fwb7w77eDOBco7_TySPro-rskukUw1n5oOG_IZNDbkGtJOLmjdgpzkLHbrX91rMEDCGikx3gV_unC_16dN/s1600-h/19cell.L.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgix6_L2LaqRd_HtPRdVydWUUlcKqbVeSGNHBZLxzrbvyEpCgzmAcsuVN82fwb7w77eDOBco7_TySPro-rskukUw1n5oOG_IZNDbkGtJOLmjdgpzkLHbrX91rMEDCGikx3gV_unC_16dN/s400/19cell.L.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191520195957809570" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Air France is vying to be the first airline carrier to allow passengers to use cellular phones during flight. <br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The French airline had a test last week to see how plausible cellular communication is at 20,000 feet above sea level. The results were not as hoped. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Officials on the air carrier said service was shoddy and sounded as though they were talking to a small robot. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">American air carriers have not entered experimental stages with cell phones citing their patrons vehemently opposed the measure. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kinks still need to be worked out between the phone companies and the air lines. The air lines realized they have stumbled on a market they can't afford not to be a part of. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The technology, which allows cellphone users to make and receive calls through an on board base station linked to a satellite, delivers a still-patchy quality that keeps most in-flight calls short and tinny. And then there are the eye-popping roaming charges of up to 3 euros ($4.72) a minute. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now all that is left to do is wait to see if the technology advances and if American air carriers catch on. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/technology/18check.html?fta=y">Instead of a boarding pass, a cell phone?</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/technology/07air.html?fta=y">Web sites fly by at at peak cruising altitude</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2004-07-19-aircells_x.htm">In flight phones "worked"</a></span></div>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-44891462459989818712008-04-19T16:26:00.004-05:002008-12-10T01:42:15.285-06:00Europe Deafens Noise Concerns<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOXyzFXAO7vrZ0SoJumeJMvyeRxE3NHoDsWazWUoEpkycMj-GtuHrFJRoHXo7a88bjyLD7hA_QEOBmiSR-hh_BQ9oyuq2GDZ_ro8Bmc4i76U43dhszxOKSnLhhvl7TmcYZwgTeJPFtHSp/s1600-h/images-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOXyzFXAO7vrZ0SoJumeJMvyeRxE3NHoDsWazWUoEpkycMj-GtuHrFJRoHXo7a88bjyLD7hA_QEOBmiSR-hh_BQ9oyuq2GDZ_ro8Bmc4i76U43dhszxOKSnLhhvl7TmcYZwgTeJPFtHSp/s400/images-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191484594973892930" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Europe has just enacted a law to limit the amount of damaging noise workers can be exposed to. <br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This measure by rule, was enacted for construction workers and others where the noise is not necessarily under their control. But in musicians' cases, they are the ones making the noise. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Health officials had two solutions but both were dismissed as improbable. The first was to ask conductors and composers to do softer pieces. The second was asking the players to wear ear plugs or decibel reducing devices. Neither side was happy with either suggestion. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cixng-ft06uYN5gmX-pKy0D7XE2SxM64yEkT6SY5bjxB-NkURIkq76_Wm5gvPwHqhh1NcScn8_E7BzbI0XbOoiSSuaLbE7P7QEkNP7ZsrUw2CRXqrgGejM4xzLm0Q9oqITp0BQ9g2yq8/s400/images.jpg" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">“It’s like saying to a racing-car driver that they have to wear a blindfold,” Alan Garner said, an oboist and English horn player who is the chairman of the players’ committee at the </span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/royal_opera_house/index.html?inline=nyt-org"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Royal Opera House</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Another solution was so use sound reflecting panels especially in front of noisier sections like brass. The problem there is the brass players didn't like it; they said they felt almost ostracized. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But some progress has been made. Most orchestras are now installing foam padding above the heads of the players to absorb some of the damaging decibels. Some groups are even trying rotating the players to sit in different sections to limit hearing loss. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Scientists are working with musicians on decibel-reducing devices that both sides will enjoy. Conductors are being asked not to go for the "big and loud" orchestra styles and to consider they are working with humans, not machines. <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/arts/music/28merm.html?fta=y"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"></span></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/arts/music/28merm.html?fta=y">Musically Gifted Hear Things</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/arts/music/01tomm.html?fta=y"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/arts/music/01tomm.html?fta=y">Opera Allows Hearing Aid</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E1D71331F932A25752C0A9629C8B63&fta=y"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:48px;"><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E1D71331F932A25752C0A9629C8B63&fta=y"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">The Shushing of the Symphony</span></a></span></span></span></span></div>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-733948870047787422008-04-16T12:04:00.012-05:002008-12-10T01:42:15.766-06:00France Could Outlaw "Skinny" Online<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pN9WfDuOD5YHMWR5Gng46A2FPTx1MnQD1Xqu8eA65bPSW4dWKc8WYgdgnbKWB_R3nWpevCl34JI5XeiJNOhcUZCWkB1LdBxc9hMpgtahaawwWIptqx8uEg-7rcC5hbvUFdmA-1mbWmBw/s1600-h/lv_france_fashion_dl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pN9WfDuOD5YHMWR5Gng46A2FPTx1MnQD1Xqu8eA65bPSW4dWKc8WYgdgnbKWB_R3nWpevCl34JI5XeiJNOhcUZCWkB1LdBxc9hMpgtahaawwWIptqx8uEg-7rcC5hbvUFdmA-1mbWmBw/s400/lv_france_fashion_dl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189896871866734450" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Paris, a fashion capitol of the World, is working in legislation to outlaw Web sites that promote eating disorders. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The bill, approved by the lower house of Parliament, faces a Senate vote.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If passed, this bill could affect all mediums of communication, not just the Web. Punishments may be up to three years in prison and more than $70,000 in fines for and media promoting </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">anorexia</span> or bulimia. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The legislation is backed by the government’s health minister, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Roselyne</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Bachelot</span>. The legislation was sponsored by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Valérie</span> Boyer, a conservative lawmaker from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Bouches</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">du</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Rhône</span> region in the south of </span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/france/index.html?inline=nyt-geo" title="More news and information about France." style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">France</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“We have noticed,” Ms. Boyer said in an interview with The Associated Press, “that the sociocultural and media environment seems to favor the emergence of troubled nutritional behavior, and that is why I think it necessary to act.”<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is one of the strongest measures proposed since the 2006 death of a Brazilian model, Ana Carolina <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Reston</span>, from anorexia.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OOZwE9L4bmr7FjvgkSEivbchVQCajOvcU3mRrPaCkNB9RNvCriK2QdJ2UD7HtIsMH9zLcgKcFZDSoaiajY5oeiMWKIKbHsyT_98rGul2jsIt5DUKaAxBHUIg1S6ilNX-EbXMMOeJtW2B/s400/16france-inline-500.jpg" /><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Critics from the French Socialist Party complained that the bill was vaguely worded and rushed through the lower house by the U.M.P., the conservative party of President </span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/nicolas_sarkozy/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Nicolas Sarkozy" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nicolas <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Sarkozy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Eating disorder experts also expressed doubts about whether such a law would help victims or create even more demand for the sites by publicizing them.As written, the proposed French law does not make it clear who would be ultimately responsible for the content of such sites — the content creator or the Internet service hosting the site.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=68120">French Cracking Down on Thin Models</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZjhEAn4eD48cRwZGJAhY61G6ahw">New Ban on Thin Models in Fashion Capital</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/the-french-rethink-thin/">France Banning Thin</a></span></div>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-10136989407172222992008-04-13T13:14:00.001-05:002008-04-14T01:20:20.438-05:00MySpace Targets Overseas<a href="http://www.myspace.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MySpace</span> </a>has signed a deal with a British-based production firm, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ShineReveille</span> International, to distribute its video content overseas. This will make <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">MySpace</span> a breeding ground for television series.<br /><br />The Web site with 110 million members wants to be seen as an outlet for original content. The company owned by <a title="News Corporation" href="http://www.nytimes.com/mem/MWredirect.html?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=NWS">News Corporation</a>, called itself “Hollywood’s digital playground.”<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ShineReveille</span> International has carried the international format rights to shows including “The Biggest Loser” and “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”<br /><br />Elisabeth Murdoch, a daughter of the News Corporation’s chairman, <a title="More articles about Rupert Murdoch." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/rupert_murdoch/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Rupert Murdoch</a>, is the chief executive of the Shine Group.<br /><br />Online videos usually are not high cost productions and last less than five minutes. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">MySpace</span> wants to change that. It had one web-based show which flopped in February, "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Quaterlife</span>." Fewer than four million viewers tuned into the debut on NBC.<br /><br />But Shine intends to localize shows for international markets and adapt specific concepts of the shows for television.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">MySpace</span> will be using a new technique to test pilots. Instead of spending millions in a show that might not even get a series, they intend use its social network as a test bed. In the United States, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">MySpace</span>’s TV section has two original shows, “Roommates” and a hidden-camera series, “Special Delivery,” and more than a dozen in development.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/technology/21myspace.html">From MySpace to YourSpace</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/technology/18myspace.html">MySpace to Discuss Effort to Customize Ads</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/fashion/sundaystyles/28MYSPACE.html">Do You MySpace?</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-19360441116711676632008-04-06T23:00:00.009-05:002008-12-10T01:42:16.249-06:00New Generation Studies Philosophy for an Examined Life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKRqJt1x_iQIzHgzhqbxK5pcq-4ZQRaI0lzI3rkj0HfLPvIJVgVUdidlYxRQiW9r70lACTRXidRCZJLYSLYVqqCmmvldtTduhQA0bf1iPRLKvFlyoIb-EbVuJcAhL-td6UD4oiY-n35wM/s1600-h/philosophy-escher+stairs-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186351428076851234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKRqJt1x_iQIzHgzhqbxK5pcq-4ZQRaI0lzI3rkj0HfLPvIJVgVUdidlYxRQiW9r70lACTRXidRCZJLYSLYVqqCmmvldtTduhQA0bf1iPRLKvFlyoIb-EbVuJcAhL-td6UD4oiY-n35wM/s400/philosophy-escher+stairs-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The number of students graduating with philosophy degrees has gone up tremendously over the last few years. Many think it is because students want to arm themselves with the ability to live an examined life. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186350843961298962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 119px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="152" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5GwmhXOvmeWCSXGI6YQ26eyEib4iMFNy72CSKk9WZfa56ZCHgO8GfM1jRKdoD2p4ruBfnbb5VG1evAvBSqRuQFy-tJ2grdpixYxz6ZuYyimi5OwiOkseN2u5Iqwg4NuK9cH0qSiQK9_A/s320/The+Thinker.jpg" width="138" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>Facing such issues at the conflict in the Middle East and the political scandal of the week, it's no wonder younger generations want to possess the tools to be able to form their own opinions and beliefs. </div><br /><br />At the <a title="More articles about the City University of New York." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/city_university_of_new_york/index.html?inline=nyt-org">City University of New York</a>, where enrollment is up 18 percent over the past six years, there are 322 philosophy majors, a 51 percent increase since 2002.<br /><p></p>Students at <a href="http://www.rutgers.edu/">Rutgers</a> said that studying philosophy, with its emphasis on the big questions and alternative points of view, provided good training for looking at larger societal questions, like globalization and technology<br /><br />David E. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Schrader</span>, executive director of the American Philosophical Association, a professional organization with 11,000 members, said that in an era in which people change careers frequently, philosophy makes sense. “It’s a major that helps them become quick learners and gives them strong skills in writing, analysis and critical thinking,” he said.<br /><br />Leaning analytical skills and knowing how "think through" a problem to a solution could certainly be used in numerous fields.<br /><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/4/7/lifefocus/20736296&sec=lifefocus">Philosophy: Only Education can Make Nation Prosperous</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/education/06philosophy.html?em&ex=1207627200&en=cf25c58a650590d5&ei=5087%0A">Students Choose Philosophy</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/leadership/2008/03/27/jobs-workforce-graduates-careers-cx_mk_0327philosophy.html">How to Use You Philosophy Degree</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-64812265305727923022008-04-06T12:34:00.000-05:002008-04-07T00:12:38.938-05:00Health Database "Ignores" AbortionFederal officials raised questions about two articles in <a href="http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/popweb/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Popline</span></a>'s database, the World's largest database for reproductive health, run by <a href="http://www.jhsph.edu/">Johns Hopkins University</a>.<br /><br />The University had the system ignore the word "abortion" in searches of large, publicly financed databases.<br /><br />After learning of the restrictions on Friday, the dean, Dr. Michael J. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Klag</span>, said: “I could not disagree more strongly with this decision, and I have directed that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Popline</span> administrators restore ‘abortion’ as a search term immediately. I will also launch an inquiry to determine why this change occurred.”<br /><br />Pro Choice advocates weren't happy either.<br /><br />Ted Miller, a spokesman for <a href="http://www.naral.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Naral</span> Pro-Choice America</a>, an abortion rights group, said: “The public has a right to know why someone would censor relevant medical information. The Bush administration has politicized science as part of an ideological agenda. So it’s important to know if that occurred here.”<br /><br />Officials said users could search for the topic using synonyms like "unwanted pregnancy." Nay-<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Sayers</span> were quick to point out that an unwanted pregnancy was not a symptom for abortion.<br /><br />The dean of the Public Health School lifted the restrictions after learning of them.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2008/04/05/abortion_ignored_in_health_database/6282/">Health Database Censors Abortion </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dbtechno.com/health/2008/04/05/popline-health-database-ignored-abortion-search-term/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Popline</span> Ignores Abortion</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/102944.php">Can Search for Abortion Again on Health Site</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-91696121839467434012008-04-05T19:13:00.006-05:002008-12-10T01:42:16.383-06:0052 Children Removed from Polygamist Compound<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkQM6o4nLwqbmxhnuIZ037WtS358QURIHLf0cvGkOrG0dIoB11-nQizU1kEOC_URoTBJi7kIk3VxiCSsVYJKsJitqGMiCjE0oKEIc7lj7NBW1ZJjc7GBtUDA-_WvGY_fmDPfwLgPlaa10/s1600-h/Mormon+bed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186521242493800498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkQM6o4nLwqbmxhnuIZ037WtS358QURIHLf0cvGkOrG0dIoB11-nQizU1kEOC_URoTBJi7kIk3VxiCSsVYJKsJitqGMiCjE0oKEIc7lj7NBW1ZJjc7GBtUDA-_WvGY_fmDPfwLgPlaa10/s400/Mormon+bed.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Texas law enforcement removed 52 children from a West Texas ranch founded by Warren <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Jeffs</span>, a convicted polygamist. They were responding to an accusation of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sexual</span> abuse on a 16-year-old female.<br /><br />All 52 were female and eighteen of the children, ages 6 months to 17 years, were believed to have been abused or at risk of abuse. They were placed in foster care by Child Protective Services, said Darrell <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Azar</span>, communications manager for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Thirty-four were taken to a nearby civic center for questioning, Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Azar</span> said.<br /><br /><div align="justify">There were no immediate arrests. The 1,700-acre compound, the Yearning for Zion Ranch of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a breakaway Mormon sect, is located in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Eldorado</span>, about 160 miles northwest of San Antonio. </div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Azar</span> said the girls were removed “because we had reason to believe they had been abused or were at immediate risk of future abuse.”<br /></div><br /><div align="justify">“We haven’t talked to any boys yet,” he said. “We will be interviewing boys, too.”</div><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">The ranch was built in 2003 by followers of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Jeffs</span>, who was sentenced last November in Utah to 10 years to life in prison for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin and to submit to sexual relations against her will. Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Jeffs</span> is in jail in Arizona awaiting trial on separate rape charges involving the arranged marriages of two teenage girls to older relatives.</div></div>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-16346793843273018702008-03-30T11:32:00.001-05:002008-12-10T01:42:16.904-06:00Why Blog? A Book Deal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AEkCuhSMfbCIgZG_gfI6Um0srHZXfzfcAIsXsZaGAfZqyIJgR2_cvMfwMnSIzxi9Gyk3066_NcMNUkwWcuntdU8y1q831yNSv1EM9HtEWe15jXtXpnOg6V0bzkxdzq3GXpIvNUoD6XA2/s1600-h/Lander+white+peopel+banner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183954634462220290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AEkCuhSMfbCIgZG_gfI6Um0srHZXfzfcAIsXsZaGAfZqyIJgR2_cvMfwMnSIzxi9Gyk3066_NcMNUkwWcuntdU8y1q831yNSv1EM9HtEWe15jXtXpnOg6V0bzkxdzq3GXpIvNUoD6XA2/s400/Lander+white+peopel+banner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div>Today everyone can be a journalist with the blogging medium. But not everyone can get a book deal from creating a blog.<br /><div></div><br /><div>Christian Lander, an Internet copy writer, did just that. He started a blog called "Stuff White People Like." The site contains a list of cultural totems, including gifted children, marathons and writers’ workshops, that a certain type of moneyed and liberal American might be expected to like. </div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183953324497194994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbC7Ofdwlz02rqfOX6MLmArxbca69MPV_BtnzjUUNgfJ_NG4Qr4i4Z2Ay-pvbdE1olz1ESHnucBpnAVesbR1wb1MTVz1mGi-6MJzwHODG3NGuwVULiUSLi8BTFDJB1AkaRK6UMMHms8k0j/s200/christian_lander100_144.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div></div><div>March 20 Random House announced that it has purchased the rights to a book by the blog’s founder. The Price? About $300,000, a sum that many in the publishing and blogging communities believe is an astronomical amount for a book spawned from a blog, written by a previously unpublished author.</div><br /><div></div><div>Barbara Fillon, a Random House spokeswoman, said her office mates were laughing about the content on White People for weeks before they heard there was a book proposal in the offing. </div><div> </div><div>But it will be difficult for the publisher to make a profit, said Sara Nelson, editor of Publishers Weekly. She figured Random House would have to sell about 75,000 copies, a total that would likely land the book on best-seller lists, to earn back its $300,000 advance.</div><br /><div></div><div>Random House is not worried about racist accusations. They said it is a book in which almost anyone can relate. </div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/">Stuff White People Like</a></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://blogs.lifestyle.aol.ca/2008/03/28/blogging-for-big-bux/">Blogging = $$$</a></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2008/03/31/why-blog-reason-92-to-get-a-300-000-book-1?blog=21">Blog is worth $300,000</a></div><br /><div> </div></div>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-42179463610394917282008-03-29T14:29:00.007-05:002008-12-10T01:42:17.068-06:00Wine at home teaches responsibility?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21zu5uRQXC3ZmwIwfwabkB4teaNBSr04UTzgVt4-iUzLPqDKw_mdoh0E73dDGuNIUWFfMKpRFDHQiTp7oxG6QI6JAazRN8QleJfNe4JFe2IscmqoSp8os8pdB7DFBrY-lqsG5289d4elW/s1600-h/wine+at+dinner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183692594212523986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21zu5uRQXC3ZmwIwfwabkB4teaNBSr04UTzgVt4-iUzLPqDKw_mdoh0E73dDGuNIUWFfMKpRFDHQiTp7oxG6QI6JAazRN8QleJfNe4JFe2IscmqoSp8os8pdB7DFBrY-lqsG5289d4elW/s400/wine+at+dinner.jpg" border="0" /></a> Is introducing wine at the dinner table earlier than 21 a way to prevent <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">binge</span> drinking later in life? Some scientists thing so.<br /><div></div><div></div><div>Paul <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Steinberg</span>, a psychiatrist in Washington, who is the former director of counseling at Georgetown University, said the attitude of forbidding <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">adolescents</span> to even so much as touch a drop of alcohol is almost counterproductive. </div><br /><div>“The best evidence shows that teaching kids to drink responsibly is better than shutting them off entirely from it,” he said. “You want to introduce your kids to it, and get across the point that that this is to be enjoyed but not abused.”<br /></div><div>He said that the most dangerous day of a young person’s life is the 21st birthday, when legality is celebrated all too fervently. Introducing wine as a part of a meal, he said, was a significant protection against <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bingeing</span> behavior.<br /></div><br /><div>In 1983, Dr. George E. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Vaillant</span>, a professor of <a title="Recent and archival health news about psychiatry." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/psychiatry_and_psychiatrists/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">psychiatry</a> at <a title="More articles about Harvard University." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/h/harvard_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Harvard University</a>, published “The Natural History of Alcoholism.” His study concluded that teenagers should be introduced to wine with meals. More than 25 years later, he still stands but the results.</div><div></div><br /><div>But both men say sips of wine are key; they are not endorsing an entire glass.<br /></div><div>“If you are taught to drink in a ceremonial way with food, then the purpose of alcohol is taste and celebration, not inebriation,” <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Vaillant</span> added. “If you are forbidden to use it until college then you drink to get drunk.”</div><br /><div></div><div>Not everyone agrees with this school of thought. Recent studies have shown that heavy drinking does more damage to the teenage brain than previously suspected, while the part of the brain responsible for judgment is not even fully formed until the age of 25.</div><div></div><div>But is it again naive to think teens won't <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">experiment</span> with alcohol until they are at least legal, let alone 25?</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/should-wine-be-a-family-affair/?st=cse&sq=sips+of+wine+&scp=1">Does Wine Bring the Family Together?</a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/old-enough-for-wine/?st=cse&sq=sips+of+wine+&scp=8">The Age of Concent for Wine</a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/kids-sip-alcohol-early/?st=cse&sq=sips+of+wine+%2B+teens&scp=4">Kids are Drinking Earlier</a></div>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-15022076491836838822008-03-29T10:17:00.000-05:002008-12-10T01:42:17.201-06:00European Travel to be Cheaper and Easier<div>Traveling to Europe is about to get easier and cheaper. March 30, the "open skies agreement" will be effective. This agreement allows airlines based in the U. S. as well as European airlines to travel to any two airports in either region.<br /></div><div>Before the agreement, the trans-Atlantic flights were governed by different agreements; one between the U. S. and separate European regions. The pacts required airlines to take off or land in their native countries, and limited which airlines could serve certain airports. </div><br /><div>Before this new agreement British Airways flights headed for the U. S. had to take off in Britain. And only two U. S. carriers could land at Heathrow Airport (London), United and American. </div><div></div><br /><div>When this agreement goes into effect Continental, Delta and Northwest will be able to serve Heathrow for the first time.<br /></div><div>Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, the Irish no-frills carrier, has said he plans to start a new airline that will fly from secondary European markets like <a title="Go to the Liverpool Travel Guide." href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/britain/england/liverpool/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo">Liverpool</a> or <a title="Go to the Birmingham Travel Guide." href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/britain/england/birmingham/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo">Birmingham</a> to a half-dozen American cities like <a title="Go to the Baltimore Travel Guide." href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/maryland/baltimore/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo">Baltimore</a> or <a title="Go to the Providence Travel Guide." href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/rhode-island/providence/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo">Providence</a>, R.I., for a base fare as low as 10 euros, or about $16 at $1.59 to the euro. </div><br /><div></div><div>Air France will begin operating a daily flight between <a title="Go to the Los Angeles Travel Guide." href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/california/los-angeles/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo">Los Angeles</a> and Heathrow on March 30.</div><div></div><br /><div>This agreement is said to be a blessing for most travelers. Currently there is no direct flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Heathrow. This forces passengers to fly from Dallas to Gatwick or Luton, other London airports, even if they have a connecting flight out of Heathrow. The passengers then have to haul luggage through passport check points, take a cab or bus to the other airport and check in again, a process that could take more than three hours.<br /></div><br /><div>Aside from making things easier on the traveler, this new agreement should put pressure on airlines to reduce fairs. United will begin flying between Denver and Heathrow on March 30, with introductory fares starting at $570 round trip for travel before May 15. British Airways, by contrast, has been offering that same route for $1,461, according to an online search. </div><div></div><br /><div>Consumers are warned not to expect great deal yet. With the price of fuel sky-rocketing, this will have an effect on ticket pricing. </div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183936277771997154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDiwSNomGHZiS4XAwOkrYEKKP29TR6XPvJGu2EA4zL64YImx_ZvU0SIJo-2g8qsMpZ-nRu1jW_x6mEQvXPJyFwUwWy2bh39rpgXaJBjfh6RUNmIlFWBADep-R4G8xFjuX1UHiPfakutLZ/s400/NYT+fly+graphic.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803310527DOWJONESDJONLINE000181_FORTUNE5.htm"><br />Trans-Atlantic Flights for Air France and Delta<br /></a><div> </div><div><a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9u0lYM8-hM8wb3EeY9cn9-iJU2g">"Open Skies" Help Trans-Atlantic Flights</a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/31/theairlineindustry.britishairwaysbusiness?gusrc=rss&feed=travel">British Airways Monopoly Broken on Trans-Atlantic Flights </a></div>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-44675344803283106892008-03-09T18:33:00.009-05:002008-12-10T01:42:17.419-06:00Coruption and Liquid Lunch<div>A street team in China is exposing government officials who drink copious amounts of alcohol during lunch and then return to work or worse, don't return at all. </div><br /><div></div>Li Bin, retiree on special assignment for this city’s Communist Party boss, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">boldly</span> strolls into the offices of some of the highest powered officials of the Chinese Communist Party and orders them to take an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">impromptu</span> sobriety breath test. "Blow" he tells them.<br /><br />Some of the party's officials have been fired on the spot for being drunk at work.<br /><br />The officials take long lunches, usually partaking in abundant amounts of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">baijiu</span>, the fiery Chinese liquor that lubricates nearly every banqueting experience.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175904052809467410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYHdh9rVXuHtUiiI2l5ZE2wkNFnYisi041YoDDTFOwnnH-Ha7eCnz-ip9EqinWXm-I8KPCw5l-Iuqj_hEN2zkMJGMVTntdMdWVQFxZ7I3k8xq62HIRkUYu6HZAtAOnrsP0hg8yfPnKdkR/s200/DRINK+china+liquor.jpg" border="0" /><br />The worst part? The tab, more often than not, is picked up by the public.<br /><br />Bin's task force is getting noticed. Other countries are mimicking his efforts and starting forces of their own.<br /><br />Wang Tie, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Xinyang</span> Communist Party chief and architect of the crackdown, estimated that the policy saved his government almost $6 million in six months.<br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=574717bd-f3a6-4b87-8176-0d52568dc3b1">Liquor Retailers Oppose Liquid Lunch Ban</a><br /></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/world/asia/08china.html?scp=1&sq=liquid+lunch&st=nyt">Government Officials Float Back from Lunch</a></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/02/17/stories/2008021750040200.htm">Liquid Chinese Customs</a></div>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-66089651163219759132008-03-08T12:30:00.000-06:002008-03-10T12:53:37.142-05:00Dirty Needles and Hepatitis in Las VegasEvery outpatient surgery center will be checked for the next month because a Nevada endoscopy clinic put over 40,000 people at right for hepatitis.<br /><br />The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada is closed now because of practices that were not exactly hygenic. The clinic reused needles and drew medicine from the same vials for more than one patient.<br /><br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px" height="150" alt="snhd_art_200_20080309220750.jpg" src="http://s.wsj.net/media/snhd_art_200_20080309220750.jpg" width="200" /><br /><br /><br />This center, along with all others, should be checked by the state every three years. This clinic has not been <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">monitored</span> for over seven.<br /><br />Some of the new inspection have already <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">yielded</span> scares at other clinics; again with unsafe practices.<br /><br />More states are expected to pick up inspections so this incident does not happen again elsewhere.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-hepatitis-sg,0,5428078.storygallery">NY Hepatitis Scare</a><br /><br /><a href="http://smartclips.blogspot.com/2008/03/amid-hepatitis-scare-in-nevada-5-nurses.html?referer=sphere_related_content">Nurses Turn in License , Hepatitis scare</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/03/10/las-vegas-hepatitis-scare-prompts-inspection-blitz/?mod=googlenews_wsj">Las Vegas Contamination</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-66049337500634095292008-03-07T12:12:00.000-06:002008-03-10T12:29:15.564-05:00Something in the WaterDon't drink the water. At least that is what scientists are starting to say.<br /><br />Traces of over the counter drugs are turning up in drinking water.<br /><br />How you ask? A fraction of every dose passes through the human body <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">unmetabolized</span>. The waste product exits the body into the sewer. The sewer water is treated at a plant but even plant officials say the water is only tested for familiar chemicals and toxins, not things like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">naproxen</span>, Ibuprofen or other sedatives.<br /><br />The problem is there is not much scientific evidence on the long-term effects of exposure to the drugs in this form.<br /><br />But scientists say just because there is not enough research to know how if will affect humans, doesn't mean there is not a problem.<br /><br />Research done on wildlife has found results somewhat unsettling. Pharmaceuticals in river and lake water are being blamed for “feminized” male fish and other changes observed in earthworms and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">zoo plankton</span>.<br /><br />Scientists are conducting further <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">research</span> to try to determine it is harmful to humans.Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-17192321850916760292008-03-03T00:45:00.003-06:002008-03-03T00:51:12.179-06:00Drunkorexia - Lastest Trend Disorder<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Drunkorexia</span>, it is the latest trend eating disorder. This ailment involves consuming little or no food to offset the calories of ingesting an alcoholic beverage.<br /><br />The illness mainly affects college-age women who are binge drinkers.<br /><br />“There are women who are afraid to put a grape in their mouth but have no problem drinking a beer,” said Douglas <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bunnell</span>, the director of outpatient clinical services for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Renfrew</span> Center, based in Philadelphia.<br /><br />About 25 to 33 percent of bulimics also struggle with alcohol or drugs, according to a study published last year in the journal Biological Psychiatry. Between 20 and 25 percent of anorexics have substance abuse problems, the study found.<br /><br />Psychologists say patients with eating disorders usually develop them for a need to numb emotional pain stemming from distress such as sexual abuse or childhood trauma.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/fashion/02drunk.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=style">Drink Never Eat </a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/eatingdisorders/index.html">Eating Disorders 101</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/30duinj.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Avoiding</span> Alcohol Abuse<br /></a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-79991741830379665792008-02-28T13:03:00.000-06:002008-03-03T13:11:06.114-06:00Queens Hero ArrestedNew York City police have arrested a cab driver who started out as a hero.<br /><br />The cab driver turned in an infant to a Corona firehouse, claiming his passenger abandoned the in his back seat. He told cops a male rider asked him the pull over so he could make a phone call and never returned for the child.<br /><br />Now police say he is lying.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NYPD</span> said the driver never had a passenger in the cab with him. He took the baby to the fire department alone.<br /><br />It turned out the scheme was to help a Bronx father who said he was not able to take care of the six-month-old.<br /><br />Police arrested the cab driver, the baby’s aunt and the cab driver’s roommate for all playing a role in abandoning this girl.<br /><br />Police are still looking for the baby’s parents.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23421633/">Livery Cab Driver Arrested</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=10&aid=79011">More Arrests with Queens Cab Driver</a><br /><br /><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=5987719">Cab Driver Hero</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-84922594375293456792008-02-23T12:40:00.000-06:002008-02-25T11:37:14.578-06:00Cheap Cocaine Devastates ArgentinaPaco, a highly addictive smokable form of cocaine residue, has flooded the streets of Argentina. <br /><br />This influx in cocaine flow is due to easily penetrated borders, economic hardship and the weakened restrictions for growing coca. <br /><br />Brazil is now the second largest consumer of cocaine, preceded only by the United States. <br /><br />Cocaine flows freely because less than 200 federal police officers patrol Brazil’s 2,100-mile border with Bolivia. Drug traffickers have free rein in Argentina’s airspace; radar only covers 10 percent. <br /><br />“Cocaine is no longer the drug only of the elite, of high society,” said Luiz Carlos Magno, a Brazilian narcotics officer in the São Paulo State Police Department. “Today kids buy three lines of cocaine for 10 reals,” or about $6. For about $1 in Brazil and about $1.50 in Argentina, users can buy enough of the cocaine for a 15-minute high.<br /><br />Paco is extremely addictive, especially because the high only lasts a few minutes. The high is so intense some users smoke 20 to 50 cigarettes as day. <br /><br />Paco is more dangerous than its more natural form. It is composed mainly of chemicals and is usually less than 30 percent pure. <br /><br />Most of Europe has rejected this cocaine because of the drop in quality; because of this the majority of the drug goes to Argentina and Brazil. <br /><br />Dealers cut the cocaine with agents such as baking powder, boric acid or lidocaine. This process leads to severe health problems like blood clots and all types of infections. <br /><br />Cocaine Takes Argentinian Streets<br /><br />Paco Is No Friend<br /><br />Paco Devastates CountryAshtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-47993091193788721782008-02-17T13:30:00.001-06:002008-02-19T12:18:08.508-06:00Choking "Game" is No GameBlocking blood and air flow to the body and brain just until passing out in hopes of achieving a "high" is no game. But today, <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/choking-game-deaths-on-the-rise/">the "choking game"</a> is play to many adolesents.<br /><br />That is not the biggest problem. Many young people are dying.<br /><br />"At least 82 children have died in recent years as a result of playing this game," according to the Centers for Disease Control.<br /><br />The game and it popularity appear to be spreading. Critics say it is because of the internet. It makes information on the game much more accessable.<br /><br />You Tube has several videos warning against the game but many more on techniques and how to acheive this high.<br /><br />To spot abusers of this game look for blood shot eyes, marks on the neck, disorientation, and severe headaches.<br /><br />For the full <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.nytimes.com">NY Times </a>story go <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/choking-game-deaths-on-the-rise/">here</a>.<br /><br />For the Houston Press story about the chocking game go <a href="http://www.houstonpress.com/2007-04-19/news/the-choking-game/">here</a>.<br /><br />For more information on games adolesents shouldn't play, visit the <a href="http://www.stop-the-choking-game.com/en/home.asp">GASP</a> site.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wvva.com/News/index.php?ID=21025">What is the choking game?</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-7203079910397455832008-02-11T12:17:00.000-06:002008-12-10T01:42:18.314-06:00Huge Art Heist in EuropeWhat may be the largest art theft in Europe happened Monday, in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Z%C3%BCrich,+Switzerland&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title">Zurich</a>.<br /><br />Three thieves, clad in all black and ski masks strolled into the <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/switzerland/zurich/attraction-detail.html?vid=1154654611183">Emile Bührle Foundation</a>, a private collection just outside of Zurich's city center.<br /><br />Armed with a gun, one robber ordered staff and visitors to get on the groud. The other two removed four paitings from the walls; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet">Monet’s</a> “Poppy Field at Vetheuil,”<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165798399028143202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauWW4DlsDp9Wkhr1C6vBkNpmGlcNunYlS56p3Fz74h4MbTUbacA6cRE1GtO_aaaDDQnMrXa_rg-L_xLUcm53MWAlU25Lui1UJJMHpJ8-w5RyVEtCZCftjbg5MBq6hYENMJ7Vhv0zRCR1w/s200/Monnet+poppy+field.jpg" border="0" /><br />"Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter" by <a title="More articles about Edgar Degas." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/edgar_degas/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Edgar Degas</a>,<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165795684608812098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAZqZ9TNO0I-PXC3rywkT3zpccy93I0Nv4MGY-DFyVHR3WzIGNUGfvF38WrBrzHhE4zXnna29xrEzfCMKDgC585OT8rRSJqzOB83UtsL6FSmerdT4GMkW1I_QQqjsWqtpkhHks1zDgbGk/s200/Lepic+and+his+daughter.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh">Van Gogh’s </a>“Blooming Chestnut Branches,”<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165794567917315122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsjMK03u-mJUwrkiOKWT0r4UGTnZLI_ObYRCuQ4qYFoQxTHeDQVfobE4SsWLEzcZAoM-uj5Wl8nqNV9OR9N9cU-l-nC2mzwvz79ShPLgXwd1wfzEm8x0Z_E0_uiohYDA5nw4YrHZnC7sp/s200/van+gogh+blooming+chestnut+branches.jpg" border="0" /> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne">Cézanne’s </a>“Boy in the Red Waistcoat.”<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165796419048219730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6J-IkY8QtT-dXyrhjsWBLU82EorW6IcfEmMqewv2ZrB7j7v5xeOw-Rdd5bst0MODmqkNBtk74ZYSd0g8kGaden6wz4jNzZ6YG8qV3Uj75B94POgB8K2H3AffjYyiWMgvrZHPWGPMaNytr/s200/Boy+red+waistcoat.jpg" border="0" /><br />Their total worth is estimated at $163 million.<br /><br />The men were seen fleeing in a white car with the trunk open, the paintings there to be seen.<br /><br />Authorities don't think the theives set out to take these specific paintings. The four that were stolen were all on the same wall. They were also not the most expensive paintings in the gallery.<br /><br /><br />Last week, two <a title="More articles about Pablo Picasso." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/pablo_picasso/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Picasso</a> oils valued at $4.5 million were stolen from a Swiss museum in Pfaeffikon, Agence France-Presse reported.<br /><br /><br />Authorities do not think these incidents are related.Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-57359838480499155352008-02-11T01:07:00.000-06:002008-12-10T01:42:18.510-06:00Bars are Banning StrollersMost people don't think of a bar as a place to find children. Obviously they haven't been to many of the trendy pubs in NYC suburbs.<br /><br />Now so many parents are flocking to the local watering holes, the estabolishments have to post signs:<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/fashion/10stroller.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&adxnnlx=1202713745-4Wuh9qEDqe5gLOk8oShw/Q"> </a><em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/fashion/10stroller.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&adxnnlx=1202713745-4Wuh9qEDqe5gLOk8oShw/Q">No Strollers</a>.</em><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5J1PQlb0cxHwwlT7C8HCjAe7gwdZFi2w1mZ90ecto7K9nL_dns28mwx1WzJ1aBBatIYQyRn9nmlGYTKOIi6dO9D9dvr0hhBNtW5xYQwm6TVSoJarbLcSQjgX7gPybnSPXJA0ujRNysZp/s1600-h/No+strollers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165863759840453746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5J1PQlb0cxHwwlT7C8HCjAe7gwdZFi2w1mZ90ecto7K9nL_dns28mwx1WzJ1aBBatIYQyRn9nmlGYTKOIi6dO9D9dvr0hhBNtW5xYQwm6TVSoJarbLcSQjgX7gPybnSPXJA0ujRNysZp/s200/No+strollers.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br />New York does not have a law keeping minors out of bars. It does say if the person is under 16, they must be accompanied by an adult.<br /><br />With the recent smoking ban in bars, more parents are lugging their children to the local tavern.<br /><br />The ususal visitors are flustered by the influx of strollers and babies and the owners are taking notice.<br /><br />More pubs have posted the sign and the outcry from the parents is getting worse. The nurturers don't see anything wrong with their invasion.<br /><br />Some inns have been forced to take down<em> </em>the <em>No Strollers</em> sign. Neither side is happy.<br /><br />For more information on this story and others like it: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/fashion/10stroller.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&adxnnlx=1202713745-4Wuh9qEDqe5gLOk8oShw/Q">No Babies in the Bars</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/01/29/2008-01-29_park_slope_bar_bans_strollers-1.html">Bar Bans Strollers</a><br /><br /><a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/02/01/union_hall_sort.php">Lift on the Stroller Ban</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/02/09/no-bugaboos-at-this-bar.aspx">Children-Free Pub</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-19564668571399583472008-02-10T11:06:00.000-06:002008-02-11T12:14:18.929-06:00Facebook: Check Out Never Leave<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.facebook.com">Facebook </a>membership is turning out to be a little more sticky than anticipated.<br /><br />People are comparing <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/technology/11facebook.html?em&ex=1202878800&en=dba4aa893be4b0f9&ei=5087%0A">Facebook membership </a>to the likeness of gang membership; the only way out is in a coffin.<br /><br />One can see the little “deactivation” button to cancel the account. But clicking on it is not all the process entails.<br /><br />In the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.nytimes.com">New York Times</a> article, <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/maria_aspan/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Maria Aspan </a>wrote that the process is not as easy as it looks.<br /><br />Aspan said one has to delete everything from the profile, line by line; every wall post, every group membership, every message, everything. And even after this is done, with a simple search, names and proof of membership can still be found.<br /><br />The only way people were successful with terminating their membership and becoming untractable in the Facebook community was to take serious action.<br /><br />One man sent the makers of Facebook a link to a video feed where he is seen discussing his dilemma with their networking site on national television.<br /><br />Today, clicking delete is not as easy as it used to be.<br /><br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.facebook.com">Facebook</a>.<br /><br />Get to know the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg">maker of Facebook</a>.<br /><br />Facebook's competition - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com">Myspace</a>.<br /><br />A <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html">Social Phenomenon</a>.Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2869737844148289473.post-69173390163948096062008-02-05T13:54:00.000-06:002008-02-05T19:52:40.003-06:00Pig Brains can Hurt Your BrainsIn Minnesota a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/health/05pork.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&th&emc=th&adxnnlx=1202238269-Enr5noat0M4cEkUO/4zKJQ">medical mystery </a>had unfolded.<br /><br />Workers at a meatpacking plant have had the same unexplained symptoms; fatigue, tingling and numbness in the legs and weakness.<br /><br />The only thing they had in common was that they all worked in the same meatpacking plant.<br /><br />This condition baffled doctors until they noticed a pattern. All people worked at the plant at the same station and complained of the same problem, “heavy legs.”<br /><br />People who worked at the “head blowing” were the only ones who were afflicted with this illness.<br /><br />Their job at this station is to extract the brain from the head of the hog. To do this a metal rod is shoved through the spinal column. Compressed air shot through the rod. This liquefies the brain, usually spraying the workers with brain matter.<br /><br />Workers said they were usually covered with the spray by the time they left work. They wore smocks and protective eyewear. But their arms were bare and none wore faceguards to protect them from ingesting or inhaling the pig brains.<br /><br />Doctors determined the ailment to “immune mimicry.” Their workers’ bodies were fighting the pig enzymes and brain matter. The problem is the pigs’ genetic make up is too close to the genes of humans. Because the genes were close their immune systems were fighting not only the pig genes but their own genes as well.<br /><br />This was causing the immune system to attack itself.<br /><br />The plant no longer uses the compressed air technique and orders all workers to wear face masks and other protective gear.<br /><br />For more stories on meat plants:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/health/05pork.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&th&emc=th&adxnnlx=1202238269-Enr5noat0M4cEkUO/4zKJQ">Pig Brains May be Cause of Illness </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/923729.html">Largest Slaughter House Has no Problems</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/03/AR2008020302580.html?hpid=topnews">Pig Brain may Cause New Illness</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2512">Mystery Disease Could be from Pigs</a>Ashtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452468419226017659noreply@blogger.com0