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Appearing minutes after the conclusion of the October 25th 35-21 triumph for the Spartans over their bitter rival Michigan, celebratory electronic billboards – with witty fun-filled jabs at the Wolverines – were lit near Frandor Shopping Center (Coolidge Rd. at Grand River Ave.) as well as at the Beck Rd. exit (for westbound travelers) on Interstate 96 near Novi.

• Leaders and Best? In Your Dreams Maybe. MSU 35 U-M 21
• Where's the Arrogance Now. MSU 35 U-M 21
• Leaders and Best? Seriously?? Lately? You've Got to Be Kidding. MSU 35 U-M 21
• Holy Toledo! Bye Bye Bowl Streak. MSU 35 U-M 21
• Oh Well, There's Always Men's Basketball. Sorry, My Bad. MSU 35 U-M 21
• It's Not Over, And It'll Never Be Over Here. It's Just Starting . MSU 35 U-M 21
• Pride Comes Before The Fall - Mark Dantonio, Nov 5. 2007. He Tried to Warn You. MSU 35 U-M 21
• Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Your Football Team's Terrible, And Your Basketball Team, Too. MSU 35 U-M 21

1. allowed a blocked punt for a touchdown,
2. betrayed itself with silly penalties,
3. missed a short field goal,
4. threw a bad interception and
5. had two apparent scoring passes called back by the officials.

And that was just the first half!

Frustration ruled much of Saturday night for the MSU Spartans. MSU hung close and gave the favored California Golden Bears a game, but all those missed chances added up to a loss. In addition, it was a tough 2008 debut in coach Coach Dantonio's second season.

Just like all six losses last season, all of which came by a touchdown or less, the Spartans fought and stayed close but came up a couple plays short.

The result? Season-opening 38-31 loss to Bears

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The word "potash" is derived from the Dutch word Potasch, and originally referred to wood ash. Potassium carbonate, a basic chemical of pre-modern times, was extracted from it.

Today potash refers to potassium compounds and potassium-bearing materials, the most common being potassium chloride (KCl).

• Cats need exercise and they need to exercise claws - Scratching works cat muscles and stretches cat limbs. This is similar to a human workout. Whenever your cat is scratching, your cat is getting a workout from shoulders to toes.


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The pair-bond of the Purple Martin is monogamous. The male and female cooperate equally in building the nest out of mud, grass and twigs.

The female lays two to seven pure-white eggs at a rate of one egg per day.

The female incubates the clutch for approximately fifteen days, then the young hatch. The parents both feed the young continuously for a period of 26-32 days until the young fledge.

Fireworks Statistics

• The highest injury estimates are for firecrackers (26%), rockets (21%) and
  sparklers (11%).
  
• Almost half (47%) of the injuries were to children under age 15.
  
• Males represent 75% of all firework injuries.
  
• Sparklers can heat up to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt gold
  and account for three quarters of all fireworks injuries to children under
  the age of five.
  
• Parts of the body most often injured are the hands (32%), eyes (28%) and
  head/face (16%).
  
• Data from the United States Eye Injury Registry shows that bystanders are
  more often injured by fireworks than operators themselves.
  
• The National Fire Protection Agency states that fireworks pose a higher
  risk of fire death than any other consumer product, three times that of
  burning cigarettes.
  

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Tips on how to make our planet Green. We knew all of you Green and White fans would appreciate a bit of thought on how we can help Michigan and the rest of this wonderful planet.

• Reduce unwanted advertising mail. Use Earth Class Mail!
• Keep lint screen in dryer clean.
• Use a trash bag in your car instead of throwing trash out the window.
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• Insulate your waterbed by adding an inch of polyethylene foam around the edges and the bottom.
• To remove rust, rub rust spots briskly with a piece of crumpled aluminum foil, shiny side up.
• Give leftover paint to theater groups, schools or church groups.
• Call your local humane society to see if they can use your old newspapers for animal bedding.
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There are few sounds in this world more satisfying than the sound of a ping pong ball landing in a Solo cup.

Beirut or Beer Pong, as it known for short, requires minute precision and impeccable hand-eye coordination.

It also requires teamwork (it's a two-on-two game and you need both people to pull their weight to accomplish the sought-after "sendback"), strategy (the question of "to bounce, or not to bounce") and an unyielding commitment to excellence, many of the virtues espoused at Michigan State University.

It is for these reasons I nominate Beer Pong as the National Collegiate Pastime.
College football, as we've all found out this year, has its ups and downs. Baseball, as great of a game as it is, doesn't start until spring and can be really slow. Beer pong, not soccer, is the game of choice in my book.

Furthermore, pong encourages drinking in moderation. That's right.

You see, unlike flip cup, which has no real point other than going pedal-to-the-metal on intoxication highway, pong has a very simple system of checks and balances designed to curb excessive drinking.

As in any playoff system featuring single-loss elimination, pong carries with it the immediacy of its "win or go home" doctrine.

Quarters, kings, shotgunning, the ever-so-popular "drink the beer" - while each has its own merits, none of these have the same appeal as pong and require no real talents other than a high tolerance.

Furthermore, pong has become a nationwide phenomenon, sweeping across the nation's colleges with awesome alacrity.

Depending on where you play, the game has different rules and variations, including "Full Contact," a version in which every ball that ricochets off the table becomes "live." The player who can successfully recover the fumble and emerge from the pile, ball in hand, is awarded another shot.

Another popular twist is the "NBA Jam" rule, in which a player declares that his or her partner is "heating up" after three consecutive makes, resulting in that player shooting until he or she misses.

Pong does not discriminate against people by virtue of their athletic talent or physical prowess (or lack thereof). Many Bookstore basketball teams are doomed to an embarrassing failure from the outset by mere virtue of being short or slow. Pong provides a level playing field (literally) for all players of all creeds. It is the great equalizer.

For these reasons, and many more not enumerated here, pong is the sport of kings.

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