Month: August 2005

UMKC 2005-06 men’s basketball schedule

UMKC releases their men’s basketball schedule, featuring a trip to that mecca of college basketball, Frost Arena[*1] on the campus of South Dakota State University[*2] . (Go Rabbits![*3] ).

UMKC’s schedule announcement is here[*4] .

Date Opponent Location Outcome/Time
11/05/2005 Columbia (Mo.) (Exhibition) Municipal Auditorium TBA
11/07/2005 Sterling (Exhibition) Municipal Auditorium TBA
11/19/2005 Central Methodist Municipal Auditorium TBA
11/26/2005 Central Michigan Municipal Auditorium TBA
11/29/2005 Missouri Columbia, Mo. TBA
12/03/2005 Longwood Municipal Auditorium TBA
12/07/2005 Penn State State College, Pa. TBA
12/10/2005 Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa TBA
12/12/2005 South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. TBA
12/17/2005 Wichita State Municipal Auditorium TBA
12/27/2005 &#149Valparaiso Valparaiso, Ind. TBA
12/30/2005 Eastern Illinois Kemper Arena TBA
01/02/2006 &#149Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah TBA
01/04/2006 &#149Chicago State Chicago, Ill. TBA
01/07/2006 &#149Centenary Municipal Auditorium TBA
01/09/2006 &#149Western Illinois Municipal Auditorium TBA
01/12/2006 &#149IUPUI Municipal Auditorium TBA
01/14/2006 &#149Oakland Municipal Auditorium TBA
01/17/2006 North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. TBA
01/21/2006 &#149IUPUI Indianapolis, Ind. TBA
01/28/2006 &#149Centenary Shreveport, La. TBA
01/30/2006 &#149Oral Roberts Kemper Arena TBA
02/02/2006 Utah Valley State Orem, Utah TBA
02/06/2006 &#149Chicago State Kemper Arena TBA
02/11/2006 &#149Oakland Rochester, Mich. TBA
02/16/2006 &#149Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. TBA
02/18/2006 &#149Southern Utah Municipal Auditorium TBA
02/23/2006 &#149Valparaiso Municipal Auditorium TBA
02/25/2006 &#149Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. TBA
03/04/2006 Mid-Continent Conference Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Tulsa, Okla. TBA
03/05/2006 Mid-Continent Conference Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Tulsa, Okla. TBA
03/06/2006 Mid-Continent Conference Basketball Tournament Semifinals Tulsa, Okla. TBA
03/07/2006 Mid-Continent Conference Basketball Tournament Championship Tulsa, Okla. TBA

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NIT vs. NCAA

The lawsuit of the National Invitational Tournament against the NCAA begins[*1] .

In a civil case projected to feature testimony from college presidents, coaches, athletic directors and economists, the NIT – the older of the two tournaments – is asking a jury to find that the NCAA violated federal antitrust laws.

As a fan of a school which is not likely to get a whiff of the NCAA tournament for some time, my inclinations are toward the NIT. But, the libertarian in me says “the schools sign a contract with the NCAA, they need to live with it.”

Stress test

I received this via e-mail–it was sufficiently amusing to post:

I’m notsure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture.

The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress level at St. Mary’s Hospital.

Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. The dolphins are identical. A closely monitored, scientific study of a group revealed that in spite of the fact that the dolphins are identical; a person under stress would find differences in the two dolphins. If there are many differences found between both dolphins, it means that the person is experiencing a great amount of stress.

Look at the photograph and if you find more than one or two differences you may want to take a vacation.

Morning Whip, August 16, 2005

#10: Is no pain killer safe?
#9: Mariners 11, Royals 3
#8: Sprint Center hole gets bids
#7: Virgin Galactic gets U.S. OK
#6: Western rights vs. Islam
#5: blogrolling.com banned in Iran
#4: Reporters cower before Mexican drug lords
#3: The President Who Can’t Say No
#2: Another State judge appoints himself Education King
#1: Kelo decision aftermath: time for a new Tea Party?

Is no pain killer safe?

A new study shows that acetaminophen[*1] (i.e. Tylenol) raises blood pressure in women:

The study, which looked at the medical records of 5,123 women — ages 34 to 77 — for up to eight years, found that those who took 500 milligrams or more of acetaminophen daily were twice as likely to develop high blood pressure as women who did not take the drug.

From the same article, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) also raises blood pressure:

Older women, ages 51 to 77, who took an average daily dose of more than 400 milligrams of ibuprofen a day were 78% more likely to develop high blood pressure than older women who did not take the drug. And younger women, ages 34 to 53, who took those daily doses were 60% more likely to develop high blood pressure, according to the study published in today’s issue of Hypertension.

I don’t know if the study controlled for recent marriage of the women, which incontrovertably raises blood pressure in The Better Half. (grin, duck, run)

Mariners 11, Royals 3

It’s really not even funny any more[*1] .

The Kansas City Royals remained in their downward spiral Monday night when they were overpowered by Seattle rookie phenom Felix Hernandez in an 11-3 loss at Safeco Field.

Hernandez, 19, allowed just one run and three hits in eight innings in sending the Royals to their 16th consecutive defeat. He struck out 11 and walked just one in a dominating 99-pitch performance.

It’s not the other pitchers that are good, it’s the Royals that are just bad hitters. Royals need to go 43-2 to finish .500, 25-20 to avoid 100 losses, 1-44 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.

Sprint Center hole gets bids

The delayed bid letting to begin Kansas City’s Sprint Center foundation excavation finally happens[*1] :

Contractors who balked at responding to the original request for bids complained that the 2½-inch thick document was cumbersome and onerous. One described it as having “public sector bureaucracy all over it.”

City and Mortenson officials believed the biggest obstacle was the interpretation by potential bidders that the contract would make them liable for up to $25,000 per day in damages should the arena miss its completion deadline. Among other things, the revised bid specifications capped that potential damage amount at $150,000.