Capital (Annapolis) back issues from July 2007:
Hints will make summer visits cool with everyone
Jul 01, 2007; ... Summer probably means you're either going to be a houseguest oryou'll have a few. That can be great or just a beating for bothsides. (You know, like the year someone showed up, left french friesin the couch, drank all the Diet Coke, stayed 10 days instead of twoand left dirty clothes ...
Options for getting rid of your unwanted stuff
Jul 01, 2007; ... Garage sales aren't for everyone. Some people just don't have the time, the inclination or the rightlocation to pull off a successful sale. If you're one of them, hereare alternatives for getting rid of your stuff: Online sales. EBay has turned plenty of average people ...
Young@Heart
Jul 01, 2007 ... NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - Fred Knittle wears his belt up high. Hisnose is tethered to an oxygen tank, and on stage he's confined to afolding chair. From this unlikely perch, he's turning rock 'n' rollon its head. Singing Coldplay's "Fix You," Mr. Knittle transforms the song intoa ...
How Stuff Works: Here's how water towers work
Jul 01, 2007; ... Your neighborhood water tower is one of those things that blendsinto the background. You see water towers everywhere, especially ifyou live in a flat area full of small towns, but you may never givethem a second thought. It turns out that the water tower is animportant part of the water ...
Whither the lawn boy? He's still here
Jul 01, 2007; ... Meet Corey Welk - lawn boy 2.0, complete with gear: He owns twodifferent ride-on mowers. Two weed whackers. A leaf blower. Two snowblowers for wintertime. He even borrows Dad's backhoe to remove bushes. But some suburban archetypes never change. This high school senioralso ...
The Village Idiot: The mechanical bull
Jul 01, 2007; ... My "Check Engine" light is on again. So I unlatched the hood and took a look. Sure enough, it was stillthere. It looked good, too. Right where it's supposed to be. In themiddle. Lots of hoses and wires and belts all over the place. Theywere a little dirty; but hey, I live on a ...
A job interview you don't have to show up for
Jul 01, 2007; ... It's now possible to meet with recruiters without actually showingup for a job interview. Some employers are experimenting with Second Life, the onlinevirtual community owned by San Francisco-based Linden Lab, to screenprospective hires. The program allows job seekers to create ...
Alcohol works quickly on obese
Jul 01, 2007 ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - People who had obesity surgery got drunkafter just one glass of red wine, researchers reported in a smallstudy that was inspired by an episode on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "A lot of people think they can have one glass of wine and be OK,"said Dr. John Morton, ...
Caregivers' Corner: Find an assisted living facility in mom's town
Jul 01, 2007; ... DEAR MARY: Please tell me what to do. My 74-year-old mothersuffers from heart disease and is in the hospital again withdehydration. This time her doctor says she cannot return home to livealone. She resides in another state and I would like her to come livewith me. However, she is ...
Shaping urban growth around BWI
Jul 01, 2007; ... In April, Mitch Weber, president of Heffner and Weber Cos., asmall design and construction firm called, flew to Frankfurt, Germanyfor the 2007 Airport Cities Conference and Exhibition. The 52-year-old found himself in the midst of roughly 400prestigious developers mostly from Asia ...
More kids using personal trainers
Jul 01, 2007 ... DALLAS (AP) - Nearly a million American youngsters, some as youngas 6, rely on personal trainers to shape up, lose weight or improvein sports, according to figures from the nation's leading sports clubassociation. Many parents, worried about their children's weight and ...
Thank You!: Many thanks to officers
Jul 01, 2007 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: We reserve this space for readers to publicly saythanks to Good Samaritans. If you'd like to acknowledge a good deed,write to us in fewer than 300 words at The Capital, P.O. Box 911,Annapolis, MD 21404 or e-mail: capletts@capitalgazette.com. ---- Last week, I ...
Away we go: Cool happenings this summer at The Maryland Zoo
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has the distinction of beingAmerica's third oldest zoo, Philadelphia's and Cincinnati'sfacilities being three and two years respectively its senior. In 1876, the Maryland General Assembly passed an act calling for a"zoological collection" to be ...
What your ringtone says about you
Jul 01, 2007; ... A ringtone does far more than alert a cell-phone owner to the dullfact that someone's calling. Those sing-song notes send a loud andclear signal to everyone around you about who you are - or at leastwho you want people to think you are. They work like a wink, a code sent out into ...
It's important to control your body's pH level
Jul 01, 2007; ... Our body environment - or pH - is slightly alkaline. However, current research tells us that two out of three people'spH is lower than the standard level, so their bodies are actuallyacidic. Studies show that 100 percent of cancer patients and mostsick people have an acidic body ...
NAMES IN HEALTH NEWS
Jul 01, 2007 ... Anne Arundel Medical Center has added department chairmen to itsmedical staff leaders. These are all new positions. <0x2007>Dr. Henry Sobel, chairman, Women's and Children's ServicesDepartment. Dr. Sobel previously served as chief of the hospital'sobstetrics and ...
Teen finds alternative therapies help in her battle against cancer
Jul 01, 2007; ... After three months of chemotherapy, 16-year-old Lindsey Wilsonstill has enough strength to take a brisk half-hour walk almost everyday. Lindsey and her parents say the $500 to $800 worth of nutritionalsupplements she takes every month have boosted her energy andwellbeing in spite ...
Pathogens & People: Internet helps spread delusion that Morgellons a disease
Jul 01, 2007; ... I thought the following might be an interesting experiment: Inventa disease and a set of vague symptoms. Build a Web site and start atax-exempt charity for the disease. Send out press releases about thenewly discovered disease and its disturbing symptoms and provide alink to the Web ...
Achieving Happiness: 7 steps that will change your life
Jul 01, 2007; ... Amanda is trying to improve her marriage, but it's hard. Changinghow she and her husband relate is proving to be a huge challenge. Inher last session she told her therapist, "You're so positive thatit's possible for this relationship to work, but it's easier saidthan done!" Amanda's ...
Savvy Senior House swapping: A nice travel option for retirees
Jul 01, 2007; ... DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: A while back I read an article about "homeexchange" programs that offer free travel accommodations to theirmembers. My wife and I will both be retiring soon and are interestedin traveling, but also have a limited budget. What can you tell usabout this option? - BUDGET ...
CALENDAR
Jul 01, 2007 ... TODAY'S EVENTS PANCAKE BREAKFAST, 8-11 a.m., Kiwanis Club of Commodore Mayo, 1133Carr's Wharf Road, Mayo. 410-798-5717. FIRST SUNDAY ARTS FESTIVAL, noon-5 p.m., West Street from ChurchCircle to Calvert Street. 410-990-4540. INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, 1-4 p.m., ...
Eating foie gras may be bad for you
Jul 01, 2007; ... PHILADELHPHIA - Protests aside, there may be another reason topass on the foie gras. Scientists report that these livers ofoverstuffed waterfowl contain abnormal proteins that, when fed tolaboratory mice, caused them to quickly develop the protein clumpsthemselves. Various human ...
GOOD QUESTION
Jul 01, 2007 ... The TV set I just bought has a warning label saying it will need a"converter box" in 2009 because of a switch to digital broadcasting.What's that about? Those stickers, mandated by the Federal Communications Commission,started appearing in May. What's happening is that on February ...
Covering the Bases: EKG included in Medicare physical
Jul 01, 2007; ... When I have my Welcome to Medicare physical in August, will I getan EKG? I have a family history of heart disease, and I'd beinterested in knowing what that test would reveal. I haven't receivedany medical care in a long time because I didn't have any healthinsurance. You are a ...
The Truth about Money: $100,000 is too much credit card debt in any case
Jul 01, 2007; ... You recommend limiting credit cards to four; I currently haveabout 40, but I actively use only two, and I pay off the balancesmonthly. The reason for acquiring all these other cards was to takeadvantage of promotional offers like airline miles; hotel points;store discounts; and most ...
Poison ivy becoming more potent
Jul 01, 2007; ... Poison ivy, the scourge of summer campers, hikers and gardeners,is getting worse. New research shows the rash-inducing plant appears to be growingfaster and producing more potent oil compared with earlier decades.The reason? Rising ambient carbon-dioxide levels create ...
Teen of week: Co-valedictorian is in the swim of life
Jul 01, 2007; ... Still water runs deep is a cliche, but not when applied to BarbaraBrann Cole. On the surface, she's very calm, quiet, even shy, butthere is an intellectual depth that belies the placid exterior. The 17-year-old National Honor Society member and Parvis Scholarwas one of two class ...
Letters to the Editor
Jul 01, 2007 ... Kindergarten The assertion by state Sen. Janet Greenip, R-Crofton, that full-day kindergarten is no more than "free day care" (The Capital, June26) is not only insulting to the many dedicated, hardworkingkindergarten teachers, but is statistically unfounded. There have been ...
Don't let these guys ruin your picnic
Jul 01, 2007; ... There could be some unwelcome guests at your picnic table this 4thof July. Their names are staphylococcus aureus, E. coli enteritis,salmonella, shigella, toxoplasma, campylobacter, cholera, botulism,listeria, bacillus cereus and yersinia. They hang around on food that's going ...
Advisers recommend FDA approve new catheter device
Jul 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - A medical device that relies on freezingcold to treat some abnormal heart rhythms should be approved, federalhealth advisers recommended Wednesday. Cryocor Corp. still would have to meet several conditions beforeit could market its device, meant to correct ...
Lucy won't be visiting the Smithsonian
Jul 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - A fossil tour doesn't have to mean anaging rock band's reunion concerts. The State Department gave finalapproval this week for one of the world's most famous fossils - the3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 - totour the U.S. on exhibit ...
Mohs surgery: A way of saving face
Jul 01, 2007; ... Your doctor notices you have a suspicious growth on your lip. Ormaybe right on the tip of your nose. Or on your eyelid. It's a tumor in a very public place, and you don't want your faceruined by cancer surgery. She advises you see a Mohs surgeon. Mohs surgery was first ...
'Painting with Anne-Marie'
Jul 01, 2007; ... Anne-Marie Esson is an artist with a truly broad brush. The Severna Park resident has a design and marketing business,conducts a series of popular painting workshops, hosts a new paintingshow on public television, and has created a line of products thatwill soon be for sale on ...
T-Mobile phones ride wireless router
Jul 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Wouldn't it be great to have your own cellular tower athome? You'd always have a strong signal on your mobile phone, and youwouldn't be paying to use the carrier's network. It sounds like a pie-in-the-sky idea, but it's actually the gistof what T-Mobile USA rolled out ...
Firm founded by Annapolis resident returning to its roots
Jul 01, 2007; ... A 40-year-old company with roots in Annapolis, its eyes on Mars,and nearly 700 seasonal employees is about to get a lot smaller - andhead back home. Beltsville-based InfoSpherix is an information systems businessthat provides public park organizations with central ...
What causes Severn bridge tieups?
Jul 01, 2007; ... A news flash from The Capital: Traffic approaching the SevernRiver Bridge is horrible at rush hour. Now take a moment to ponder why. That's what commuters whiling away hours of their lives stuck onRoute 50 have been doing lately. And the theories are almost asnumerous as the ...
Crabs looking good for the 4th
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Beautiful Swimmers are swimming and should be filling upbushel baskets around the region for the Fourth of July. After a cool spring, the recent spate of 90-degree days has fullyawakened drowsy blue crabs who spent the first part of the harvestseason nestled in the ...
Common sense hides under a shell
Jul 01, 2007; ... For 15 years, Rick Estberg has been the "turtle man" in hisSeverna Park neighborhood. People bring him turtles they find, sometimes sick or injuredones, and he takes them in. Kids come over to ask if they can see orhold one of the creatures. He's turned a fenced-off corner of ...
DIGEST
Jul 01, 2007 ... CIC graduates to stay in county Annapolis - The Chesapeake Innovation Center has graduated twobusinesses from its incubator program. Both PharmAthene Inc. and Inclinix Inc. joined the CIC when itlaunched in 2003 and now will be leaving the nest for larger officesin ...
30-year rates dip
Jul 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Rates on 30-year mortgages dipped slightlylast week, the second decline after five weeks of increases. The mortgage company Freddie Mac reported Thursday that 30-year,fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.67 percent last week, compared with6.69 percent the ...
Companies seek to 'trim' their bottom lines GAI
Jul 01, 2007 ... CHICAGO (AP) - A burgeoning in dustry of wellness advisers, counselors and consultants is boomingas corporate America tries to increase productivity and controlinsurance costs by helping its employees get healthy and shed pounds. The change is fueled by well-meaning, ...
Kohl's pulls line over sweatshop allegations
Jul 01, 2007 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) - Kohl's Corp. removed some lines of its DaisyFuentes clothing brand following allegations that the Guatemalanfactory where the clothes are made is a sweatshop, where workers arehumiliated and forced to work unpaid overtime. The National Labor Committee, a New ...
Our view: Lamone's sales pitch for electronic voting a bizarre blunder
Jul 01, 2007 ... What was Linda Lamone, the state elections administrator, thinkingwhen she allowed her glowing testimonial to Diebold Election Systemsto be used in a sales brochure for the company? Surely, she must have known that, given Maryland's experiences,more than a few guffaws would be ...
Around Annapolis: Annapolis alum set for Gettysburg re-enactment
Jul 01, 2007; ... Bonny Barry Sanders, a 1959 graduate of Annapolis High School,will participate in the annual re-enactment of the battle ofGettysburg on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Bonny has a Civil War-based historical novel, "Kiss Me Good-bye,"which was published June 1 by Burd Street Press, ...
Outdoors: Silence is golden to anglers; so is Rudow's book
Jul 01, 2007; ... Fishermen who ignore the time-worn advice to keep noise from theboat to a minimum could be impacting their catches. In wetting a hook, silence is golden. And in some circumstances, that even includes talking. And withoutboard motors, it's just the opposite from what one would ...
POLICE BEAT
Jul 01, 2007 ... ANNAPOLIS AREA Car stolen A car was reported stolen last week from an apartment parking loton the 1000 block of Spa Road, city police said. Christopher Wilson, 41, told police he had last seen his 2003 FordCrown Victoria, estimated to be worth $7,000, on June ...
Higher fishing license fees take effect
Jul 01, 2007; ... It costs more to fish and diamondback terrapins are off-limitsstarting today, as more than 100 new state laws went into effect. Three other new laws allow felons who have completed theirsentences to vote, require a paper trail for elections, and changethe way Anne Arundel County's ...
Senate fails to advance immigration bill
Jul 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress voted on major roll calls in the week ending June 29. House VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Voting 209 for and 217 against, the Houseon June 28 refused to deny funding for Vice President Cheney'soffices and residence in response ...
Shaping urban growth around BWI
Jul 01, 2007; ... In April, Mitch Weber, president of Heffner and Weber Cos., asmall design and construction firm, flew to Germany for the 2007Airport Cities Conference and Exhibition. The 52-year-old found himself in the midst of roughly 400prestigious developers mostly from Asia and Europe and ...
LOCAL DIGEST
Jul 01, 2007 ... Art Between the Creeks this weekend ANNAPOLIS - Art Between the Creeks artists are aiming to bring afresh look to their temporary gallery space at the Annapolis YachtClub's Sailing Center this weekend with "Critical Mass," their springshow featuring the work of 17 local artists, ...
City police reel in youngsters
Jul 01, 2007; ... "Ewww, I hate bait," squealed one of 20 campers at Truxtun Park onthe last day of a fishing camp sponsored by city police. But theyloved the fishing. While the kids, ages 9 to 13, spent last week fishing and havingfun with city police officers, they also got to know those ...
Detecting any cause for alarm
Jul 01, 2007; ... Equipped with a handful of brand-new smoke alarms, Lt. Shawn Jonesof the county Fire Department stood outside a Glen Burnie homeThursday afternoon with a cell phone to his ear and a life-savingmission in mind. "Ms. Stewart? Lucy Stewart?" he said into the mouthpiece. "It'sthe ...
Baysox notebook: Fiorentino opens up potential
Jul 01, 2007; ... Stance adjustment yielding results BOWIE - Outfielder Jeff Fiorentino has opened up his stance in thehopes of moving up in the organization. For the second straight season, Fiorentino got off to a miserablestart in 2007. Minor hamstring and shoulder injuries played a part ...
Sharapova finally gets in out of rain
Jul 01, 2007 ... Weather curtails Wimbledon slate WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Maria Sharapova just wanted it to end. Raindrops were falling, her opponent was complaining, andSharapova suddenly encountered some trouble as she tried to close outher third-round match at Wimbledon. Showers ...
OBITUARIES
Jul 01, 2007 ... Margaret Bivins Margaret Julia Thomas Bivins, 99, of Lothian, died of pneumoniaand congestive heart failure June 27 at Northwest Hospital Center inRandallstown after a brief illness. Born Aug. 29, 1907, in Lothian, the daughter of the late MaryMartha Brown Thomas and John ...
Alinghi's one win away
Jul 01, 2007 ... Swiss come from behind to triumph, grab 4-2 lead VALENCIA, Spain (AP) - Alinghi is getting used to winning the hardway. Fortunately for the Swiss team, it only has to do it one moretime. Alinghi moved within one victory of retaining the America's Cupafter its second straight ...
Second not enough for hungry Hamlin
Jul 01, 2007 ... Driver seeks to narrow gap in points race LOUDON, N.H. (AP) - While Denny Hamlin has avoided the dreadsophomore jinx, he's not satisfied with being second in the NASCARNextel Cup season points going into today's race at New HampshireInternational Speedway. Last year's top ...
REGIONAL DIGEST
Jul 01, 2007 ... Dixon changes pension guidelines BALTIMORE - Mayor Sheila Dixon has ordered all city agencies tocomply with new guidelines on handling early-pension requestsfollowing a flap over a pension given to a former city policecommander. However, following advice from the city's ...
Mass. health care law hits milestone today
Jul 01, 2007 ... BOSTON (AP) - The goal was as audacious as it was simple: Plug theholes in Massachusetts' health care network without resorting to thepolitically nuclear option of a single government-funded program. The result is a landmark insurance law praised as innovative,derided as a house of ...
Flag bill could put president in bind
Jul 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - This Independence Day, American flags flying at theWhite House, the Pentagon and other federal buildings around thenation's capital could come under the orders of three new bosses -the governors of Maryland and Virginia and the mayor of the Districtof ...
Analysis: Only Iraqis can win war
Jul 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - The harder President Bush has pushed towin in Iraq, the closer he has come to losing. The question no longer is whether the U.S. military can fullystabilize Iraq. It cannot. That was a possibility four years ago, immediately after SaddamHussein's ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
Jul 01, 2007 ... Girl survives bridge jump ANNAPOLIS - An 18-year-old girl survived a 40-foot fall when shejumped from the Severn River Bridge yesterday afternoon, MarylandState Police said. The girl walked approximately 200 feet on the bridge's catwalkbelow the eastbound lanes before jumping ...
Naval hero dies
Jul 01, 2007; ... Rear Adm. Eugene Bennett Fluckey, one of the great legends ofWorld War II and one of the Naval Academy's most honored graduates,died Thursday following a lengthy illness. He was 93. An Annapolis resident, Adm. Fluckey commanded the USS Barb duringthe war and was credited with ...
Seeking special treatment
Jul 01, 2007 ... Nats' ailing Patterson heads to Canada for arm injections PITTSBURGH (AP) - Washington Nationals right-hander JohnPatterson, out for nearly two months with a slow-to-heal nerve injuryin his right elbow, is seeking treatment on his own in Toronto thatapparently isn't approved in the ...
NFL: Campbell says NFL should do more
Jul 01, 2007 ... Injured ex-players need league's help AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The sleek black Mercedes whipped into valetparking. Anyone expecting the driver to get out of the car with thesame grace and style was in for a shock. With the aid of the valet, Earl Campbell slowly ...