| Vampire Weekend's Debut Worth the Hype
Their lyrics provide a virtual tour of the life and education of the young and privileged, gleefully bounding from Cape Cod to campus, from sophistic grammatical references to the finer points of Beaux Arts architecture. Sure, Vampire Weekend is effete, but it's ultimately charming. While its members clearly revel in their fortunate world, their name-dropping never gets too obnoxious, and it never obscures the emotional content of their songs. They make sense of how the thrill you get from seeing your crush walk to class is just about the same as discovering an obscure band that changes everything you thought about music. If you long for the days when you were an annoyingly well-read, hyper-energetic college kid who geeked out over music and pop-culture trivia — or if you were never any of those things, but always wondered what it would feel like — this CD will feel as comfortable to you as a well-worn Ralph Lauren cardigan.
Ypsilanti Man Dies in Grand Canyon Fall
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal authorities say a Michigan man drove his rental car to an overlook at Grand Canyon and plunged hundreds of feet off a cliff to his death. Park spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge says he's 44-year-old Mihaly Szabo of Ypsilanti. She says rangers were trying to determine how Szabo ended up 300 feet below the south rim of the Grand Canyon near a picnic area, where snow and ice cover the ground. A helicopter crew recovered Szabo's body with a winch Saturday. Authorities first spotted his unattended car at the Buggeln picnic area Wednesday. .
Coeur d'Alene Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
That's gotta make it tough for students to stay focused and finish school. Heck, I'm having trouble concentrating just thinking about it! Here's your first wild card of the work week. Enjoy. Photographer Doug Fredericks sent me some nice pictures he snapped at local cemeteries this past weekend. Here's one of them. .
Refer to a friend
With the upcoming Olympic Games and the new Clean Air Act, many companies, including Beijing Shougang, are receiving government support to close down and relocate to areas outside of Beijing. We expect these initial contracts to be the beginning of our co-operation with Beijing Shougang and its massive $5 billion relocation process." About A-Power A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd., formerly Chardan South China Acquisition Corp., through its PRC operating subsidiary, Liaoning GaoKe Energy Group Co., Ltd., is the largest provider of distributed power generation systems in China and will enter into China's wind energy market in 2008. The Company is also focused on developing and commercializing additional renewable energy technologies and has strategic relationships with both Tsinghua University and the China Sciences Academy in Guangzhou.
NFL Weekly Predictions: Week 16
It's takes anger, and a certain amount of manhood, to turn over a table on Jim Rome after being called by the name of a women's tennis player. So this week, I'm challenging Marc Navritilova to come through with his best game of the year." Sorry, Coach. Navritilova is more of a man than Bulger, with one heck of a slice serve to the ad court, to boot. It hasn't been a banner year for the Rams, and it continues. A legion of Terrible Towel wavers make the trip; Rams fans counter with Kleenex. Steelers win, 34-20. Dallas @ Carolina (-10½) With new flame Jessica Simpson in attendance, wearing a pink No. 9 jersey, Tony Romo fired mostly blanks, limp-arming his way to a 13-of-36, 214-yard, 3-INT day as the visiting Eagles stunned the Cowboys, 10-6. The loss dropped Dallas to 12-2, and raised the possibility that the Cowboys may not have homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.
Puerto Viejo residents finally get hearing on marina
Groups of expatriates and locals living in Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean Coast had to send two petition letters to the municipality asking for a dicussion of the community's fears before they received a response.
The "Marina Ecológica New World," which developers Grupo Caribeño S.A. hope to begin constructing in the middle of this year, will be the focus of the meeting to be held at Puerto Viejo's Casa Cultura at 10 a.m. Feb. 12.
Residents sent a second letter to the municipality this month after the first letter, sent in October, was ignored. The second letter threatened to take .
For the Enterprise/PATRICIA SADDLER (click to enlarge)
Under sunny skies and with a cool morning breeze, more than 790 commuters left their cars at home and biked to work on Friday, May 18.
The event encourages people to find an alternate route to work, either on a bike or on the bus, said Debbie Anderson of Community Transit, one of the sponsors of Bike to Work Day in Snohomish County.
Community Transit had stations set up throughout the county providing snacks and information to area bicyclists. Anderson was working at the McCollum Park site Friday morning, passing out maps and other items to commuters.
Rep. Lovick wants to be sheriff
State Rep. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, is running for Snohomish County Sheriff.
Lovick announced his bid Wednesday, May 2, for the position that is being vacated by Sheriff Rick Bart, who is unable to run again because of term limits.
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