Junior World Series; Makati batters win opener vs Puerto Rico.
PHILIPPINE representative Makati City shut out Puerto Rico, 6-0, yesterday to open its bid in the 27th Junior World Series in Taylor, Michigan on a high note. The ILLAM batters, the champions in the Asia-Pacific region, scored four runs on nine hits in the fourth inning to...

Environmental change in Garibaldi Provincial Park, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia.
SUMMARY We are reconstructing Holocene environments in Garibaldi Provincial Park, in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, by examining a diverse set of paleoenvironmental records, including tree-rings, lake sediments, glacial landforms, and photographs. This integrated study, in combination with previous research in adjacent areas, is providing...

Canada's vacation incentive firm eyeing RP tourism.
Worldwide promotion of the Philippines through the WOW Philippines program of the Department of Tourism (DoT) has reaped tremendous success. After four years (1998-2001) of decline, tourist arrivals rose 1.93 million last year, an increase of 7.6 percent compared to 2001. Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon stressed that...

Twenty years of student sexual behavior: subcultural adaptations to a changing health environment.
This article continues a study of sexual behavior initiated over twenty years ago at a British Columbia college. In 1980, students lived within a sexual "plural society," with individuals choosing among three sexual subcultures: celibacy, monogamy, and free experimentation. Over the next decade these groups persisted, although the proportion...

Catastrophic seismic-related events and their impact on prehistoric human occupation, coastal New Zealand.
Introduction New Zealand, situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, straddles the boundary between two major tectonic plates. The Alpine Fault, a major morphological expression of this boundary, is over 500 km long and runs almost the entire length of the South Island. In recent times ruptures have...

Jokes & riddles.
Sleepy Leapy, by Paige Mansey [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What kind of dreams do frogs like? Hoppy dreams! Paige Mansey New Jersey What did the orange say to the banana? Let's peel out of here! ...

Market making final push for its name change.
Byline: Retail Notebook by The Register-Guard SIGN OF THE TIMES: Shoppers at the two former Oasis Fine Foods Marketplaces in Eugene may be wondering why one grocery store has a new name while the other appears to be clinging to the past. Last October, the...

Race, ethnicity, and education; 4v.
0275985962 Race, ethnicity, and education; 4v. Ed. by E. Wayne Ross and Valeria Ooka Pang. Praeger 2006 1183 pages $350.00 Hardcover Praeger perspectives LC1099 Ross (curriculum studies, U. British...

Noble ideals and bloody realities; warfare in the middle ages.
9004150242 Noble ideals and bloody realities; warfare in the middle ages. Ed. by Niall Christie and Maya Yazigi. Brill Academic Publishers 2006 269 pages $139.00 Hardcover History of warfare; v.37 U37...

On the job with fatigue and cognitive issues.
Fatigue and cognitive issues--not physical disability--are the major reasons why many people with MS eventually leave the workforce. Up to 87% of people with MS report significant fatigue. Cognitive dysfunction affects 45%-65% of people with MS. Fatigue can increase cognitive problems. So can stress. If not addressed,...