Kilograms to Pounds and Rotisserie Baseball on State Computers
Mike Deupree muses on the kilogram as Le Grand K loses weight and the impact on science and scales. He notes Iowa's gaming commission using the state computer for rotisserie baseball and explains the game’s real players versus imaginary outcomes.
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United States
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Parc de Saint- Cloud
Paris
le Grand
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Des Moines
Gazette Graphics
Duane Crock
Duane
Crock
New York
Wrigley Field
Cubs
Prairie Meadows Faces 3.5 Million Deficit in Closing Season
Prairie Meadows in Altoona Iowa expects a 3.5 million deficit for its second season, down 2.7 million from last year. Track president Carole Baumgarten notes 900000 borrowed from Polk County for operating costs and 1.6 million left on the county line of credit. Harness season could trim the deficit if it meets projections, with promotional changes and price reductions aimed at boosting attendance and betting despite rain and weather disruptions.
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Chris Knight
Gazette News
Des Moiies
Iowa
Altoona
Prairie Meadows
Polk County
Carole Baumgarten
Baumgarten
Playboy waitress turned fugitive captivates Milwaukee crowd
Lawrencia Bembenek once a Playboy club waitress and Milwaukee police officer, now a fugitive with her fiancé Dominick Gugliatto after escaping prison. The case revived calls for a new trial and sparked a cottage industry of Run Bambi Run merchandise amid a circuslike Milwaukee spotlight.
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Milwaukee
Lawrencia “Bambi” Bembenek
Dominick Gugliatto
Bembenek
Playboy Club
Gugliatto
Sammy Davis Jr. to Receive Posthumous Humanitarian Award
The 10th annual Washington DC Charity Awards Dinner will honor Sammy Davis Jr. with the Humanitarian Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously. His widow Altovise Davis is expected to attend to accept the honor on his behalf.
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Washington, D.C
Sammy Davis Jr
Altovise
Dolly Parton to receive honorary doctorate from Carson-Newman College
Dolly Parton will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Carson-Newman College in Jefferson County near Sevier County. President Cordell Maddox noted her Dollywood theme park has boosted local employment and living standards in East Tennessee. Meanwhile New York Mayor David Dinkins begins jogging after his 63rd birthday to stay fit for tennis.
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Baptist College
East Tennessee
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson County
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Sevier
Singer
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Dollywood
Pigeon Forge
Dinkins
The
Daily News
Duchess of York visits ailing stepfather in Argentina
The Duchess of York, formerly Sarah Ferguson, arrived in Buenos Aires with her two children Beatrice and Eugenie to visit her mother and Hector Barrantes, her leukemia afflicted Argentine stepfather. She did not speak to reporters and flew to Guamini ranch 250 miles southwest of Buenos Aires. Dudley Moore and Brogan Lane seek divorce after two years of marriage citing irreconcilable differences.
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Buenos Aires
Hector Barrantes
Sarah Ferguson
Beatrice
Eugenie
Barrantes Ranch
Guamini
Dudley Moore
Brogan Lane
Moore
Suzy Kendall
Tuesday Weld
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