| Safford boys get 20th win; Thatcher beats Pima
The magic carpet ride shows no signs of slowing down for the Safford boys basketball team. A 75-49 blowout of Florence on the road Friday night raised the Bulldogs record to 20-1 on the season.Starting with last night’s game against Santa Cruz, Safford finally gets some home cooking. The Florence game was the last of a six-game road trip. The last three games of the regular season will be at home. .
Under the Hood With Knight Rider 2.0: Trans Am vs. Ford Mustang ...
Last week, NBC unveiled an all-new, controversial KITT, which is set to star in the made-for-TV Knight Rider movie in February. Based on the still-to-be-released Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR (click here for engine-revving video), this virtual Stang comes tricked out with a supercomputer that can hack almost any system; a very capable weapons system; and a body—thanks to nanotechnology—that's able to shape-shift and change color at will. Like its predecessor, the 21st century KITT gets AI from digital effects wizards that makes it an ideal crime-fighting partner: logical, precise and infinitely smart. Designer Harald Belker, who has created the Batmobile for Batman and Robin and a next-gen space shuttle for Armageddon, came onboard to give the new KITT. a unique look. "The goal was to make it look more aggressive without being hokey or garish," Belker says.
A royal visit to San Jose Publix
As footman for Queen Elizabeth II, Paul Burrell met countless world leaders, stayed in palaces and castles and walked on the Great Wall of China with the monarch. He also shared the last 10 years of Princess Diana's life — including her tumultuous breakup with Prince Charles — serving as her butler and becoming a confidant she referred to as "my rock." His life these days involves talking to groups about entertaining and about his wine label, Royal Butler Wines. That's the business at hand Friday when he visits Jacksonville. Burrell will be at the Publix at 10500 San Jose Blvd. from 4:30 to 6 p.m. for a combination wine tasting and book and bottle signing. Then he'll lead a $65 session at Apron's Cooking School on how to add style to any event. Reservations for the class are available by calling (904) 262-4187.
Wide Write: Crunch Time
Either this week or next week, your fantasy league's playoffs will begin. You'll spend Sunday afternoons with one eye on the TV and the other on your computer, and it'll be a fantastically enjoyable experience - as long as you win, of course. We're not going to overanalyze what you should do in the playoffs; if you got this far, you probably know what you're doing. Our only recommendation, other than the weekly lineup suggestions we offer, is that you try not to overthink. Last week at our blog over at FOXSports.com, we had a surprising number of people post comments with questions like, "Should I bench Peyton Manning for Derek Anderson," or "I'm thinking about sitting LaDainian Tomlinson for some guy I never heard of until a week ago. Is that a good idea?" No, it isn't. Courtesy of our FOXSports.com colleague Roger Rotter, here's a sampling of players you should keep in your starting lineup unless they're injured (players marked with an * are in danger of falling off the list): QB: Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Carson Palmer, Ben Roethlisberger, Tony Romo .
Unionist ‘summit’ in bid to thwart SNP
Leading politicians from Holyrood and Westminster will gather behind closed doors in London today for their first meeting to discuss the prospect of giving the Scottish Parliament more powers. Wendy Alexander, Annabel Goldie and Nicol Stephen, the respective leaders of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties at Holyrood, will privately meet their London counterparts in a room at the House of Commons to discuss how the proposed constitutional commission on devolution should be established and to underpin Unionist opposition to the independence policy of the Nationalists. Last night, a source close to Des Browne, the Scottish Secretary, told The Herald: "It's critical at the moment for the Unionist parties to work together to demonstrate the fact that the settled will of the Scottish people is for devolution.
How do you drink yours?
That difference appears to impact on blood fats. A study presented to the American Heart Association two years ago by Dr Robert Superko, chair of molecular and preventative cardiology at the Fuqua Heart Centre, Atlanta, found that decaf coffee increased blood pressure and harmful LDL cholesterol. After three months, drinkers of decaf in the trial experienced a rise in fatty acids and cholesterol by 8 per cent. "It’s not caffeinated but decaf that might promote risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome," Superko says. "People should think twice about drinking it." Professor Bruce Goldberger, the study’s co-author, says decaf should not be mistaken for "caffeine-free". "If someone drinks five to ten cups of decaf coffee, the dose of caffeine could easily reach the level present in two cups of regular, caffeinated coffee," Goldberger says.
Read With Me: Chinese folktale The Emperor's Flowers
When Chang heard the news, he filled a bright blue pot with moss and compost, topsoil and sandy loam. Satisfied that his soil was rich and moist, he carried it to the palace. There he stood in line among hundreds of others. Each young man held a pot — some huge, some tiny, some round, some tall and slender — and each received a seed from the emperor's own hand.
Chang pressed the seed into the soil and carefully covered it with a light coating to keep it warm. Then he hurried home.
There Chang tended his seed with the same devotion he offered all his other plants. He was careful not to give it too much water or too little. At the proper times he treated it with fertilizers, and was careful to protect it, like all the others, from insects, dust and mold.
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