Ladies Rock Camp May 16, 2009
Under a string of glowing Christmas lights, instructor Anna Petrisko, 27, leads a call-and-response exercise; when the drummers get more confident, they try flourishes on the tom-toms and crashes on the cymbals, hooting out encouragement to each other ... In an adjacent classroom, drum kits are circled around a tangle of white Christmas lights that glows like a campfire. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Candidate questions rules after supporter's sign yanked May 14, 2009
If we don t put a stop to it, who says they can t say next that you can t put out crosses or Christmas lights 30 days before Christmas. As long as you re not hurting somebody. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
It's 'Cell Idol' May 12, 2009
The artistic models which were created by students in middle school science classes using everything from Styrofoam balls to baked cakes, candy and Christmas lights were displayed in a Cell Museum, which was set up in the school s cafeteria. And students from both the middle school and Mitchell Elementary School were invited to visit the museum and vote for their favorite cell. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
More of this story May 7, 2009
Rick will be the first to admit his wife "doesn't get near the credit she deserves for all she does. Glenda is always there to support all of us on all our crazy jobs. Whether it's the Christmas lights, Business Appreciation Days barbecues and socials or the annual Block Party, she always does whatever needs to be done.". The Block Party, now in its sixth year, has grown from three local businesses to one in which more than 20 are involved, thanks to the "can do" attitude of the Billmans. (Cut Bank Pioneer Press - Golden Triangle, MT)
Council purchases new holiday lighting; WPD launches new Web site May 6, 2009
Borough council approved the purchase of new Christmas lights in the amount of $16,875 on Monday. The lights will cover poles and trees in the park. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Inside Edinburgh May 5, 2009
At Christmas time there is a night market in Princes Street gardens (opposite Princes Street) which was all lit up with Christmas lights creating a wonderful festive atmosphere. Another spot which was not on all the maps, is St Giles' lucky heart this is a heart shape in the paving outside St Giles Cathedral and you are meant to spit on it for good luck so we did. (iAfrica.com)
Letter to the editor: In wake of tragedy, Loyola students transcend friendship and become family Apr 28, 2009
Multi-colored Christmas lights decorated the walls. A stuffed pheasant hung from the ceiling. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
- Just warming up: I sure will miss that house (1) Apr 28, 2009
My dad, a former professional athlete, famously fell out of a tree in the front yard hanging Christmas lights in it on year. He had to have a knee operation to fix the damage. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Fresno power company sparked in 1896 Apr 20, 2009
San Joaquin Light and Power manager Albert G. Wishon built a home in 1918 at 3555 E. Huntington Blvd. As an advertisement for electricity, he decorated a small redwood tree in the home's large frontyard with Christmas lights. It was Fresno's first outdoor Christmas tree. (Fresno Bee)
Latin food goes upscale at Marinitas Apr 20, 2009
The decor, while handsome, relies on cliches: lots of skulls, lassos, sombreros, a plastic Santa Claus, Halloween pumpkins and wrought-iron chandeliers wrapped in Christmas lights. If you take those away, the 150-seat dining room can feel grown-up and handsome. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Overhaul for a little town's star attraction Apr 19, 2009
Six or seven years ago, Georgia Power workers strung Christmas lights around the star after most of the lights built into the ornament burned out. Since then, locals have wanted to increase the star's wattage to help direct more visitors into Bethlehem from Thanksgiving to New Year's, Bell said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Seaside or cities, hill or dale, all fun runs Apr 19, 2009
in December with my brother and my friends and look at all the Christmas lights and decorations. It was this memory that inspired the Bill Rodgers Jingle Bell Run years ago. (Boston Globe)
Rotary Lights not at risk Apr 17, 2009
annie wrote on Apr 15, 2009 8:55 PM:" FYI "wakeup" as a respiratory therapist for 28 years, I have never encountered an asthma patient being set off by christmas lights. Dork!! ". Ike wrote on Apr 7, 2009 11:07 PM:" Dorothy loses race for Mayor!!!!!!!!! Thank God that she is out of City Politics!!!!!! She is so unethical!! Nom reality kicks in for Harter.Remember people, your taxes won't go up, ya right!!!!! ". (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Deirdre Reilly: Spring is here, so get to work in the yard! Apr 15, 2009
It s also time to wrestle the dried-out Christmas wreaths off the windows, remove your strings of Christmas lights, and take the leprechaun figurine from the shrubs you re celebrating too many holidays at once, people. Spring is about paring down and adding natural beauty. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Gallagher: Prom on Monday? Apr 14, 2009
"So they built one. It wasn't too bad. They even put Christmas lights on it. And they made a door with a half-moon.". The outhouse wasn't functional, he noted. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
COLUMN: Americas consumer pigs need a different diet Apr 10, 2009
From cars to Christmas lights, we consumers couldn t stop whipping out our plastic and buying, buying, buying. This policy has wrought disaster for the national economy and for individual families. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
COLUMN: Wave and clap if you like foolin' around every day Apr 7, 2009
My favorite April Fool's prank was carried out by a T.V. station in Albany, NY. They had a story on the 6:00 News about people whose Christmas lights hadn't been taken down yet, and how law enforcement was cracking down on them ... She was very frail and just shuffling along, but under arrest because she hadn't taken her Christmas lights down. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Halcyon Woman's Club: Celebrating 70 years Apr 4, 2009
The club s purchase of the town s first Christmas lights in 1940. They purchased 700 bulbs at a cost of 38 cents apiece. (Troy Montgomery Herald, NC)
Longtime public servant retires Mar 29, 2009
Kaderka will also head Keep Taylor Beautiful next year and continue her Christmas lights work with Taylor Area Business. women. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)
The tort claims of '08 Mar 25, 2009
She recalls one incident where a city plow accidentally took out a line of Christmas lights at a resident's home. Within two weeks, the claim was paid. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Letter to the editor:City’s law enforcement upsets visitor Mar 23, 2009
No more bringing tourists from Denmark into visit the town or coming up to see the Christmas lights. Instead, we tell everyone our Taylor story. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)
Residents tour light-pole plant Mar 20, 2009
Poles can be made with specific accessories, such as mounting hardware to hold flags, banners or street signs, plant-hanging accessories or electrical receptacles for Christmas lights, among many other options. The facility has the ability to produce 40 decorative cement poles per eight-hour shift in various sizes, reinforced with metal wire caging, produced on-site, for safety. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Henrico Home Gutted By Fire Mar 16, 2009
"There's a tree in the living room with Christmas lights on it. My mom said she heard a pop and came in to see the drapes on fire, and it spread fast," says Lahy. All content. (WTVR.com, VA)
Town comedian hailed as hero in Alabama killings Mar 15, 2009
Christmas lights still hang from the side. Maloy's youngest child, 19-year-old Eva Maloy, helped his ex-wife and friends gather a few items from his home Friday as others made funeral arrangements. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
36 hours in Shanghai Mar 14, 2009
Emerge from the tunnel in Pudong and walk toward the Oriental Pearl Tower, a TV tower that would be Shanghai's Statue of Liberty if the Statue of Liberty looked like a rocket ship in Christmas lights. Then head to the skyscraper with the giant hole at the top: the new 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center. (International Herald Tribune)
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He helped Ron a lot at the grocery store, putting up Christmas lights and hauling things around. We always looked to him for a strong back. (Enumclaw Courier Herald, WA)
Man Hailed for Trying to Stop Ala. Killer Mar 14, 2009
Christmas lights still hang from the side. Photo Essays. (Fox News)
Race to Witch Mountain Mar 14, 2009
A similar sequence earlier in the film, taking place in an underground alien cave, feels like it was shot in Johnson's dressing room and decorated with discount Christmas lights. The production value here simply isn't up to the task of the film's own ambition, and neither is Fickman. (IGN FilmForce)
Lebanon honors DSA winner, Woman of the Year (23) Mar 12, 2009
Dave Robinson of City ban Electric, Lebanon s Man of the Year, was taking a well-deserved break after a holiday season spent looking after every aspect of the city s Christmas lights, from equipment to transport to storage, said presenter Rod Sell. When new bulbs are needed, they just kind of magically appear, and there s never a request for a reimbursement, Sell said. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Students tout science projects Mar 6, 2009
One project had colored Christmas lights blinking to music. Christian Vachal's Synchronized Lights experiment determined what causes Christmas lights to blink in various modes: FM radio stations or little devices called solid state relays. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
Clough retires from Santa's Castle after five seasons Mar 6, 2009
In 2008 with the help of Brett Nelson and community members Clough says they attempted to hold a world record for the largest ball of dead Christmas lights. She says she doesn't know of any other giant ball of Christmas lights so says it might just be fun to finish it and have it for a display even it if will never officially hold a world record title. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Head of nano materials company files for personal bankruptcy Mar 5, 2009
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Carthage melodrama begins Saturday Mar 5, 2009
Miner County's Thrivent chapter 30601 will provide supporting funds toward the proceeds, which will be used for a community project that will most likely be new Christmas lights and decorations for Carthage. Madison Daily Leader 2009. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Zoo Launches 'Poop To Power' Plan Mar 4, 2009
The box produces enough electricity to power a couple of strands of Christmas lights. But Ren thinks the application eventually could turn America's existing water treatment plants into power plants -- producing electricity from the water they are already cleaning. (Click2Houston, TX)
ROB Cover Story: Kicking the factory addiction Mar 2, 2009
Demand for made-in-China watches, hammers, Christmas lights and DVD players is drying up as Western consumers rein in their spending. Thousands of manufacturers have shut their doors, including half the country's toy factories. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
U.S. families feel pain of Mexico's drug violence Mar 2, 2009
But instead of making it home to help her husband hang Christmas lights, Marisella Molinar became yet another victim in the drug war taking place just steps from the U.S. border. The violence generated by the war of the drug cartels for control of translated last year into some 6,000 killings. (CNN -- US)
Unique partnership turns theory into reality Feb 28, 2009
Other customers watching the students noted that it was about time for the Christmas lights to change and the walls needed painting. Article Rating. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Phosphorescent's trail of heartache and hard living Feb 27, 2009
The next year he returned with a band, wearing a jacket illuminated by a patchwork of white Christmas lights. The entire evening, cast in a dim glow, was as spectral as the sounds. (Boston Globe)
PATSY R. BRUMFIELD:People, take down those Xmas greens! Feb 26, 2009
While I love Christmas lights as much, or perhaps more, than the average person, I have my limits ... I love Christmas lights, even year-round, although most assuredly not on my own home ... So here's my unofficial rule: If you've still got your Christmas lights up, you are required to turn them on for the rest of us to enjoy or comment upon. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Mission Street Food: low-down haute cuisine Feb 20, 2009
For atmosphere, Myint and Leibowitz darken the room and turn on a few strings of Christmas lights. Dinner isn't served until 6 p.m., but patrons start lining up an hour early. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Brookneal businesses closer to getting a "face lift" Feb 20, 2009
-Vice-Mayor James "Champ" Nowlin reported town Christmas lights would be taken down by March when someone who has volunteered to do it at no charge will be back in town. POLICE REPORT. (Brookneal Union Star, VA)
Throw an award-winning Oscar party Feb 19, 2009
Lay a red towel or blanket at the doorway, and string golden stars or twinkling white Christmas lights from the ceiling. Tape movie ads cut from the newspaper on the walls or buy old movie posters from your local video store or theater. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Beech Mountain's Land of Oz theme park Feb 17, 2009
With a flick of a switch, Keller turns on cyclone-style sound effects and green Christmas lights while visitors peruse the black light paintings on the wall, including one of the Wicked Witch soaring across the sky writing Surrender Dorothy in clouds of smoke. Next door is a topsy-turvy house made to look like Dorothy s home after the cyclone hit. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
* A four-track guy in a digital world Feb 16, 2009
Reel-to-reel tapes are stacked on the linoleum floor upstairs; a broken film projector with an old coil speaker serves as an amplifier; bells and shakers crowd a shelf in a studio lit mostly by Christmas lights; the Wurlitzer gets a lot of use. Ward X the initial stands for Matt X is a connoisseur of the old-fashioned, like the Japanese-made circa-1970 Epiphone guitar that Mike Coykendall, the owner of the house and one of Wards longtime producers, handed him to strum. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Feds seize 7 boxes of Palo Alto Utilities records Feb 11, 2009
We only turned on our Christmas lights for about 3 hours a night ... I don't know craig, I know my moms suddenly spiked to 700 and she didn't do Christmas lights this year and kept the heat turned down. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Davis calls energy crisis over Feb 9, 2009
More than two years after the last blackouts hit California, Davis noted in a press release that the state had survived a hot summer with heavy electricity demand this year, and "the lights didn't even flicker. I'm pleased to declare California's energy emergency over.'' Those involved in continuing energy issues had mostly tongue-in-cheek responses to the news. "I guess I'll turn my Christmas lights on this year,'' said Jan Smutny- Jones, executive director of the Independent Energy Producers.... (Yahoo News -- Utility Industry Deregulation)
Terry Woster: Rural South Dakota can be a pretty cool place (16) Feb 9, 2009
During the holiday season, I'd be pounding through the black night and encounter an amazing display of Christmas lights, an hour from the nearest town, and miles from the next nearest yard light. Did 10 people a season go past those displays. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Church columnists: December 24, 2008 Feb 8, 2009
Gregg Kittle loaded up the van with children and young people to see the Christmas lights on Monday night. They really had a good time. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Life after dark Feb 8, 2009
The decor was wood with glowing Christmas lights and a corner fireplace. The soundtrack was a Cher concert, which aired on the bar's television. (Boston Globe)
Will Pfeifer: Stellar cast stuck in cookie-cutter story in 'Pride ... Feb 8, 2009
Director Gavin O Connor and cinematographer Declan Quinn (Aidan s big brother) use a blue filter and Christmas lights to give the film an ominous, overcast look. There are also intriguing turns by the supporting cast Jennifer Ehle as Emmerich s dying wife, Frank Grillo and Shea Whigham as two increasingly desperate cops that give the movie a jolt just when it needs one. (Utica Observer Dispatch)
A lesson about Groundhog Day Feb 8, 2009
He said that those of us who do not remove our Christmas lights by Three Kings Day should take them down on Groundhog Day, which by the old calendar was half way between Christmas and Easter. He was cool. (Winona Daily News, MN)
I-Team: Religious Group Claims Discrimination at McCarran Feb 8, 2009
The swastika symbol has caused confusion for the Raelians in the past, including 20 years ago when two Las Vegans used it in Christmas lights on their roof. At the posh home where Rael is staying this weekend, there are festive swastikas out in the yard. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Cobb teen is really plugged in to Christmas Feb 8, 2009
Michael bought a box of Christmas lights for $1 ... When he won a contest at school, he asked that his $15 prize be a gift certificate to buy more Christmas lights, his mother said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Rolling Green gets new wheels Feb 8, 2009
Residents climbed in and got a tour of Christmas lights in the Nevada area. Perdue said that outing was really fun, because it gave her the chance to show residents where some of Rolling Green's employees live. (Nevada Journal, IA)
The heist at Harry's Feb 8, 2009
It was just before closing time on a chilly evening along this golden triangle of boutiques that includes Dior, Chanel and Gucci, the ornate facades and trees resplendent with Christmas lights. Buzzed in, the men rolled a small valise on wheels into the hushed inner refuge. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Search For More Effective Tuberculosis Drugs Feb 7, 2009
Called fatty acyl-AMP ligases (FAALs), these enzymes tweak fatty acids so that a second class of enzymes can string them together like bulbs on a strand of Christmas lights. In their most recent study, Gokhale and his colleagues show that particular molecules that inhibit FAALs also inhibit other, similarly-shaped enzymes involved in the assembly line that is lipid use and degradation. (Science Daily)
Another patent for Evident Technologies Feb 7, 2009
The Troy, N.Y., technology company was the first to develop nanocrystal quantum dots, technology that is used in everything from flat screen TVs to cancer treatments to Christmas lights. The company s new patented product acts as a protective coating to preserve the crystals unique properties and prevent them from oxidizing. (Albany Business Review, NY)
