Or should she reconfigure herself, untangle her triangulations, and attempt to appeal to the American people in some deep human way, with or without a tear or two? This, too, would take heavy lifting. Someone needs to tell her that there are better ways to signal conviction than by raising one's voice and drawing out the vowels, as in "I KNOW…" and "I BELIEVE…" The frozen smile has to go too, along with the metronymic nodding, which sometimes goes on long enough to suggest a placement within the autism spectrum.

But I don't think any tweakings of the candidate or her message will work, and not because Obama-mania is an occult force or a kind of mass hysteria. Let's take seriously what he offers, which is "change." The promise of "change" is what drives the Obama juggernaut, and "change" means wanting out of wherever you are now.

Networking: Opinions

A computer lab is notoriously power hungry, with servers running at 100 percent utilization for days on end, generating traffic or running test harnesses. There are certain areas where I can make some reductions, however, such as collapsing a half-dozen less-utilized boxes onto a single VMware ESX server. There are some other ways, too. .

Shape Up Montana - Healthy fitness routine should enrich life

Here are some important points to remember: eating is not about willpower, exercise isn't (and shouldn't be) a penalty, and deprivation is never a successful long-term strategy.A healthy fitness routine should be based on adding things to your life not taking them away. It's about trying delicious new healthy foods and moving your body and mind in ways that inspire you. Try fresh blueberries on your cereal. Pack a handful of baby carrots in your lunch. Learn a new exercise or sport. Read a book on tai chi or triathlons. Take a rock-climbing lesson.Spend time thinking about ways to enrich and improve your life rather than ways to punish yourself for eating that last slice of pie, and before you know it your unhealthy choices will be replaced with healthier options. (And remember, when reporting your monthly miles, any activity you do can be converted into miles using your SUM conversion chart.)Before you start a new fitness plan, there are some important questions you need to ask yourself to determine whether you should see your doctor first.The American Council on Exercise suggests that your first step be to ask yourself how active you want to be.

Safe-Proofing an Initiative

One of the most frightening situations that a parent can face is not knowing whether their child has a firearm in their own house. The Boston Police Department's new Safe Homes Initiative is a way to help Boston area parents deal with just that dilemma. The program consists of a community advisory council that identifies households where juveniles are believed to be carrying firearms, followed by a search team comprised of police and community members who go and request to search the children's rooms. Searches are completely voluntary, and if an illegally possessed gun is found, no arrest will be made. While this initiative is an aid to parents worried about their teenagers, one aspect of Massachusetts state law may make this program more detrimental to the families than the its designers intended.

Importer recalls Valentine lollipops

Metal fragments were found in at least two Valentine's Day lollipops sold at separate stores in central Florida, authorities said Thursday. Deputies confiscated another 18 to 20 lollipops of the same brand from an elementary school late Thursday, but did not find evidence they contained metal shards. .

Longtime valentines met as kids

We never really fought as children," said Helen, 68, whose husband is one year her senior. "We were more like best friends. We had a bet that whoever got married first had to pay the other one $50."

They became high school sweethearts, and married in August 1957.

"When we got engaged, we decided to call the bet a tie," she said.

Katherine Huckaby, 76, of Sonora, was 14 when she met her then 21-year-old husband, Roy Huckaby Sr.

"My mother saw him first working for our neighbors," she said, "and later I heard her tell my uncle that if she was going to pick a son-in-law, this was the one."

Little did any of them know then that a few short months later, the couple would marry.

"Two to three weeks after that my girlfriend, Dixie Lee, and I went to the swimming pool in Patterson for a water show, and he was there.

Beef recall rattles faith in U.S. food supply

Jeanine Altoe of Wilmington shops for hamburger meat Thursday at Giant Food on Concord Pike. After last week's recall of 143 million pounds of beef, the beef industry and U.S. Department of Agriculture have been trying to reassure consumers. (Buy photo) The News Journal/JENNIFER CORBETT .

Coeur d'Alene Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery

The battles between us a year ago where legendary. I musta bounced him a half dozen times. Then, I think, we decided we liked each other. And everything's been cool since. Ditto for Lesley Presley. Side Note. And others. At HBO (stiffling sob), you can always come home.

Daily Planner: February 25

Oroville clinic, 78 Table Mountain Blvd., 538-7341. Call for appointment. Weekly.

WIDOWHOOD PROGRAM: 8 a.m. Breakfast. Country Waffle, 690 Rio Lindo Ave., Chico. 342-4291. Weekly.

WOMEN WITH CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: 10 a.m.-noon. Paradise Library, 5922 Clark Road. 872-5345. Second, fourth Mondays.

WIDOW, WIDOWERS LUNCHEON: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Depot, 2191 High St., Oroville. Weekly.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Noon, 7 p.m. 740 Flume St., Chico. 24-hour, 877-6361; 6:30 a.m., noon, 5:30 p.m. 1114 Mangrove, Chico.

MOM'S ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Noon, 5:30 and 8 p.m. 2550 Zanella Way Suite F, Chico; meeting times, locations or to talk to recovering alcoholic, 342-5756. www.aabutte-glenn.org.

BUTTE COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DROP-IN CENTER: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Creative outlet; 3-4 p.m.

China tops India again

What good is a new billion young but uneducated people? They will only end up as social problems. It is time for Indians to be a responsible stake holders in the future of the world. They need to realize that the world can't afford the wild baby boom like the one in India.