| Players want more noonball
Noon basketball is enjoying a revitalization at the Whitney Recreation Center in St. Cloud. The recreational basketball games are co-ed opportunities for people to play basketball games during their lunch hours. Although noonball — as members call it — has been offered by the city for decades, organizers said they had seen a sharp decrease in players attending the three-times-a-week activity. "Over the past year or so, the numbers have dropped off to literally zero," said Todd Cariveau, a regular noonball player who has spearheaded the effort to bring the activity back to life. The cost and some players' overly competitive nature led to the decline, said Cariveau and John Anderson, recreation supervisor for the city's Recreation Department.
The House Is Looking for a Few Good Men and Women
The $5 million initiative advanced Monday when a retired marine, Patricia Orsini, was named director of the House of Representatives' Wounded Warrior Program. The program first was announced last November, on the eve of Veterans Day, by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers. Pelosi, joined by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland and Rep. Robert Brady, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said she knows from visiting wounded servicemen and -women that they have the right stuff. They "possess a wide range of valuable skills and experiences, as well as enthusiasm for hard work, which would be enormously valuable to any employer," the lawmakers said in a letter to Daniel Beard, the chief administrative officer for the House. The aim is to bring 25 people on board by the end of September and 50 more in the following year, according to Beard.
Bias Seen in Bias Studies
I suggest that anyone who is ever inclined to take Ms. Neal seriously as an academic expert, despite a lack of credentials, simply repeat that phrase over and over again as a mantra. Unapologetically Tenured, at 8:15 am EST on January 22, 2007 .
When It Comes to a Mate, Beauty Can't Be Beat
Eastwick's work is published in the February issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, while Lee's finding were expected to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science. In the first study, Eastwick joined his co-author Eli J. Finkel, an assistant professor of psychology at Northwestern University, to conduct 30-minute online surveys of 163 undergraduate students regarding their pre-dating preferences for an "ideal" romantic partner. With an average age of almost 20, the participants and their responses split by gender -- men placed an emphasis on looks, women on money. Approximately a week to two weeks later, all took part in a speed-dating event in which multiple four-minute "dates" occurred over the course of two hours. Over the following month, as speed-date meetings turned into subsequent dating, students continued to register their views on both ideal romance and the actual characteristics of their speed-date matches.
Fun Games Can Be Found Without Carnage
For added realism, allow your kids to smash the guitar and trash a hotel room after completing the game. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) The "Smash Bros." franchise has been a favorite of Nintendo loyalists for some time now, enjoying widespread popularity and even a stint on Major League Gaming's Pro Circuit. "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" will mark the debut of an anticipated addition to the Smash Bros. cast, welcoming Sonic from Sega's famed Sonic The Hedgehog franchise to the mix. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the launch of "Brawl," as it will not only mark the third installment in the popular and kid-friendly franchise, but is also the first iteration developed for the next-generation Wii console. Features include cooperative play in adventure mode that allows two players to take on a host of characters with a storyline that develops based on the choices the users make as the game progresses.
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