| Filed under: MLB
Sure, sure, it's all been done before, but now I get to do it. Without further ado, here is my all-name team. 20 - Rod Smart - Who the Hell is Rod Smart you ask? Well he is none other than the fool who called himself "He Hate Me" and pretty much epitomized the debacle that was the XFL. 19. Elbert L. "Ickey" Woods - Running back his entire carreer for the Bengals. Hey, how many guys not named Humpty Hump have a dance named after them. The Ickey Shuffle remains high on the all time celebrations list. 18. "Chocolate Thunder" Darryl Dawkins - Perhaps more appropriate for wrestling or porn, but still has a nice ring to it. 17. "Pistol" Pete Maravich - LSU grad was a known practicioner of yoga, a part time ufologist, and could also play a little basketball. Died of a heart attack in 1988 at a young age.
Iowa Business Briefs: Engineering firm relocates downtown
Alvine Engineering recently relocated its Des Moines branch office to 300 E. Locust St. in the East Village downtown.
Alvine Engineering, based in Omaha, provides mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and technology engineering. The firm also has offices in Lincoln, Neb., and Oklahoma City.
The company recently provided designs for Wells Fargo Financial's NorthStar building and upgrades to Des Moines public schools.
Vetter Equipment honored as dealer .
Engineering to move to UHS site
After all, Yale Engineering facilities are already centralized in the area. Mason Laboratory is one building down from the current UHS site on Hillhouse; Dunham Laboratory and the Becton Center are both in the block between Hillhouse and Prospect Street; and Cesar Pelli's new Malone Engineering Center, the home of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is across the street, its dramatic glass facade visible from UHS. The new engineering building has not been officially announced, although University President Richard Levin made a passing reference to it in his 4,345-word treatise released Feb. 18 on the prospect of building two new residential colleges. The earliest the University would be able to break ground on the new facility is 2011 or 2012, assuming UHS vacates its building by late 2009 or early 2010, outgoing Dean of Engineering Paul Fleury said, and that would be “on a very aggressive timetable." Fleury, who Vanderlick said had been pushing for the new building for several years during his tenure, is the new director of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering.
Meat safety activists say public getting a bum steer
Most people would rather not think about what happens between when they see a cow munching on grass in a pristine pasture to when they chow down a cheeseburger. Maybe they should. Local supermarket chains insist the meat they sell is safe, with the state's top food supply safety official adding that consumers should feel confident about what they eat. But public safety advocates say that the current meat inspection system, while better than for some other products, fails to optimally serve consumers — pointing to a fragmented food safety bureaucracy and a dearth of inspectors. With meat increasingly packaged and ground before hitting stores, they say lack of refrigeration regulations and in-store inspections are also real concerns.
Trotwood vs. Cincinnati Moeller
FAIRBORN — With the Barack Obama rally at the Nutter Center expected to draw between 10,000 and 12,000 people, Fairborn police expect routes near the event to be snarled with traffic. Doors were to open at the Nutter Center at 4 p.m. today, Feb. 25, and police "strongly encouraged" Obama-seekers to be there by that time if they wanted to get in. Get there after 4 p.m., and you probably won't be able to park. .
|
