Thousands of plus-size women are now wearing Lane Bryant's revolutionary new jeans with Right Fit technology. Now you can ROCK YOUR RIGHT FIT by entering the Right Fit Music Package sweepstakes, which includes a customized Right Fit 30GB Video iPOD, sound system, music downloads and brand new clothes!

After conducting the most extensive sizing study of plus-size women in fashion history, plus-size powerhouse Lane Bryant teamed up with the developers of Right Fit technology to create a simple formula, based on waist to hip ratio, for finding the perfect pair of jeans. The sizing comes down to three colors: Yellow, Red and Blue. Right Fit jeans have been available at Lane Bryant, www.rightfit.com and www.lanebryant.com since July and are revolutionizing the way women shop.

"Customer response has been unbelievable! Some Right Fit sizes are gone within hours of arriving in the store.

Podcasts available on Weber's Website - News

Weber State University has a list of podcasts for students to listen to, available at weber.edu. Each podcast is of different lectures or guest speakers that have spoken at WSU in the past few weeks. This allows students who missed the event to download it to their iPod or mp3 player and listen at their leisure.

The podcasts include speeches such as the business lecture from vice provost for Innovation & Economic Development Curt Roberts or one given by Yellowstone Wolf Restoration Project Leader Douglass W. Smith. More information, as well as a list of available podcasts, can be found at weber.edu/WSUToday/podcasts.html
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Police Notebook: Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007

Information is taken from the records of the Portage police and fire departments and does not represent a comprehensive list of police or fire department activity. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

West Conant Street and MacFarlane Road: Police stopped a car at 1:57 a.m. Friday after an officer reported seeing a broken brake light. The officer also reported that the driver smelled of alcohol and ran away while he was about to be placed under arrest. Carnell Perkins, 28, of Sun Prairie, was arrested and charged with drunken driving as a second offense, operating after revocation and resisting arrest. A passenger in the car, Suzanne Beebe, 22, was taken into custody on two warrants, one from the city of Portage and another from Dane County, police said.

Slaves to TV Ads? (in Mediacheck)

All I want for Christmas is a legal TiVo. By Michael Geist Published: November 20, 2007 TheTyee.ca

Michael Powell, the former chair of the United States Federal Communications Commission, received his first TiVo, a popular personal video recorder (PVR), as a Christmas gift in 2002. Within days, Powell gushed that the TiVo was "God's machine," predicting that it would have a transformative effect on how consumers watch television by allowing them to easily record programs, pause shows in real time, and quickly skip through unwanted commercials.

Years later, TiVo claims that its service is available in Canada, yet few retailers carry the product. In fact, notwithstanding the growing popularity of PVRs and the ubiquity of VCRs -- the CRTC estimates that 700,000 Canadian households own a PVR and Statistics Canada reports that over 10 million households have video cassette recorders (VCR) -- the absence of the TiVo is not the only difference between the U.S.

Soaring Hawk awards honor Ankeny students

The Soaring Hawk awards allow staff members at Ankeny High School to recognize students for a variety of reasons. Students can be nominated for leadership, good attendance, hard work, improvement, a positive attitude or for any reason a staff member sees fit.

A ceremony was held Wednesday in the auditorium. Each student received a certificate, a letter from their nominating teacher and a T-shirt.

Students were entered in a drawing for two prizes. Sophomore Lejla Vehabovic won an iPod Touch and junior John Knox won a $100 savings bond from Northwest Bank.

The honorees are: Amissa Arbogast, Anthony Ardon, Isaac Ardon, Megan Bark, Michael Bell, Austin Bennien, Marissa Berrier, Chelsea Bilyeu, Erin Blank, Michael Boal, Adam Bockenstedt, Jessica Bowden, Andrew Browder, Katelin Brown, Beau Brummel, Andrew Burns, Derek Butler, Courtney Carlson, Matt Covington, Logan Culver-Bass, Berina Delic, Shelli Ellis, Jonathon Fiscus, Orlando Frey, Samantha Gaddis, Taylor Gibbins, Amy Golly, Andrew Goodrich, Jenny Gould, Chris Gowdy, Bryant Grimmius, Gina Grozier, Shelby Guarino, Koral Haines, Andrew Heiderscheit, Nolan Henkle, T.J.