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The 6 & 7 year old team sponsored by semo.net in the Christian Athletic League has had a great season this year, finishing the regular season 8-2 in 2nd place and winning 2nd place in the end of season tournament.

The semo.net Padres lost 15 - 12 in the Championship game against the Braves on Tuesday night at the First Baptist ball field in Poplar Bluff. The teams played a great game and all their coaches and parents were so proud.

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In a pageant held in Lee’s Summit, MO last month, Doniphan’s NaJaun Monique Catlow, 13, was crowned Miss Junior Teen Missouri United States. NaJaun (pronounced “nuh-ZHAWN”) attends Lone Star Elementary School in Doniphan, where she received the Most Improved Student of the Year Award for her 7th grade class last spring.

The daughter of Bill Catlow and Vicki Bulington, NaJaun, with her new pageant title, is now poised to go national; she is to contend for the Miss Junior Teen United States crown at the lavish Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas from July 12-18.

The pageant will be held in the same Orleans Hotel venue that features such luminaries as Clint Black, Trisha Yearwood, and Gladys Knight on its roster for summer 2008. No pressure there!

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Google has enabled a calculator feature for users who utilize the Google search box in the Firefox browser.

From Google’s site:

To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box and hit the Enter key or click on the Google Search button. The calculator can solve math problems involving basic arithmetic, more complicated math, units of measure and conversions, and physical constants.

To read more about the calculator, as well as other Google search features, click here.

Maybe you’re already part of the tribe.

Maybe you already know what it’s like to thrill to the sound of engines screaming at full-throttle all around you. To escape the civilized world of paved pathways and “put the pedal to the metal”, tearing forth, slamming on brakes, spinning out of control then peeling out again with what’s left of your bearings—both literally and otherwise.

Or, hey—maybe you like mud. Maybe it likes you. Big-time.

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The US Government just unveiled the fastest computer ever created (the human brain excluded). This computer is twice the speed of the previous IBM Blue Genie and cost over $100 Million dollars.

To put the processing power in perspective, Thomas P. D’Agostino of the National Nuclear Security Administration said that if all 6 billion people on Earth entered calculations on a calculator for 24 hours a day, seven days per week it would take 46 years to do what Roadrunner can do in one day.

Article On CNN

At first, the scene was reminiscent of Father of the Bride, a classic, serio-comic glimpse into the lives of a seemingly normal household turned upside down while arranging the daughter’s wedding.

But while the wedding at Poplar Bluff’s Oakdale Care Center last Tuesday evening offered plenty of excitement, it was a sense of love, friendship, and true calm in the midst of action which made it an unforgettable experience.

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I was suddenly moved to take a look at the calendar the other day—a tendency that’s not really in my nature, but there you are.

And you know what? I realized we’re right in the beginning of the serious wedding season, and folks are planning nuptials, arranging trips, and spending money like they’re in Vegas! (Of course now that I think of it, actually a lot of them are, in fact, in Vegas…)

What’s more, we’re seeing an ever-more intriguing mixture of tradition and innovation in relation to wedding ceremonies themselves; the vows that are spoken by prospective brides and grooms; the focus and itinerary of today’s honeymoons (bungee jumping, anyone?); and even, increasingly, the matter of a surname for the bride, any children born into the union—and in some cases, indeed, for the groom.

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On Wednesday June 4, Brian Becker appeared on the Rick Carl & Company radio show on KWOC. Rick affectionately refers to Brian as KWOC’s Computer Guru. Following are the Father’s Day Gift Ideas that were talked about on the show:
Digital Slot Cars

Hobby World, Poplar Bluff

Carrera Digital Slot Cars

Touch-screen, Hand-held Sudoku

Virtual Laser Keyboard - Mac/PC/Blackberry

Plasma Mug

Swiss Army USB Knife

DiskGo Dress Watch

All-In-One Dock - iPod, iPhone, Multi-card Reader

Harmony Remote - Logitech

OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:

Carbonite.com Online Backup Service - $49.95/year - use promo code “RADIO”

Gates: Windows 7 Maybe Coming Next Year - when asked about Vista, Gates says he’s excited about the new version of Windows coming out next year.

Sony Releases .3mm thick OLED Display

Snopes.com - Urban Legend Tracking

Guess I need to get out more! But, of course, there are many who say that people who devote hours to perfecting pretend-guitar need to get out more, too!

Quick! What pops into your head after you hear the name “Finland”?

Half a year’s worth of nightfall at a stretch? Not-so-gentle Arctic breezes? Nokia cell technology? Finlandia vodka? Hockey and auto-racing standouts competing across the globe? Personal names that have an unparalleled number of “k”s in them?

Well, here’s something truly quirky to add to the list: Finland is the mothership for all serious competitive air guitarists!

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“We want to get the word out to people in New Mexico, Colorado and Missouri. You can drive a short way and enjoy a great family experience on your vacation and save money at the same time.”

—Chuck Mai, American Automobile Association’s Oklahoma Spokesman,
on vacationing in Sooner Country this year

Maybe you’ve seen it: The American Auto Association publishes a TourBook travel guide that lists the most and least expensive U.S. vacation spots in a given year. The good news for Missourians is that some of AAA’s least-expensive travel destinations for 2008 are not wildly far from where we live!

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